[Comprehensive] Those years when I memorized the Analects of Confucius

The so-called appointment with Professor Stuart is of course just an excuse—it is not a good habit to lie. An aboveboard trick... And he was sure that no one would really go to Professor Stuart for verification on this matter.

Facts have proved that his conjecture was not wrong.

At least as of now, all the rejected people have not found out what this looks like.

As an ordinary person, being appreciated and liked by others should be a joyful thing, but as a boy, it makes the same sex and even girls around him have the idea of ​​​​"marrying home" , but it is not a happy thing.

Thinking of this, Kong Yun couldn't help being a little cautious.

He sighed slightly, and the black-haired and brown-eyed young man in the mirror also showed a somewhat sullen expression. The afternoon sun fell on him through the windows of the Hufflepuff common room, and sprinkled a layer of faint gold, It made his whole person seem a bit blurred and unreal.

Smith is staring at the silver-green hair band in awe - in Hufflepuff, who has a strong sense of honor in the academy, it is hard to imagine that a pure Hufflepuff would choose to use this color that belongs to Slytherin, While most people attribute it to Hufflepuff and Slytherin being on good terms, his gut tells him otherwise.

Kong Yun has always been Helga's proud student.

As the only son of Helga, since Smith entered Hogwarts, the person he has had the most contact with on weekdays is Senior Kong. The two gentle, hardworking and conscientious people can easily get along happily. Slowly, Smith also gradually discovered that this senior was not as easy to approach as he seemed.

He seems to be docile, gentle, considerate and patient to everyone, but in fact this is just due to his character and good family education, more often it is just out of politeness - when a person treats everyone with the same attitude At the same time, this actually means that you are no different to him than everyone else.

The most important thing is that Kong Yun has never been the kind of person who "treats people equally" when it comes to treating people around him. He knows exactly who is in what position.

Under such circumstances, as a suitor, it is the most stupid way to express your heart as soon as you come up.

Thinking of Helena who told him firmly this morning that he wanted to marry Kong Yun back home, but ended up running back in despair this morning, Smith silently shook his head.

In contrast, he admired that Slytherin a little bit.

No, the one who is being boiled in warm water doesn't feel anything at all?

***

Draco waited patiently on the landing outside the Hufflepuff common room.

The Hufflepuffs who come and go are not surprised to see this. As the only two students who have been granted privileges at Hogwarts, everyone knows that Hufflepuff's Kong and Slytherin's Malfoy have a very good relationship. His friend—maybe because he hid his true intentions so well that many people, including Kong Yun, didn't think about other aspects at all.

Therefore, when Draco was asked by the familiar Slytherin about Kong Yun's hobbies and other questions, it can be said that it was very hard to explain.

He felt slightly depressed, and even wondered if there was something wrong with what he did, but soon he lost the mood to think about it——

"Draco," the door of the common room opened and closed automatically, the black-haired Hufflepuff lowered his head slightly, and reached out to brush the loose hair behind his ears, he looked a little depressed, this After a while, as he came down the steps, he asked him stubbornly and earnestly: "Tell me, if I cut my hair short, would it be better?"

The words were endless, but Draco instantly understood what he meant, and then his eyes fell on the long hair that was as black as black jade. He tied the headband for him with his own hands. In retrospect, it seems that I can still feel the soft and delicate touch in my palm at that time.

His eyes turned slightly, and he fell into those sullen eyes. He knew that the other party was still brooding over Helena's declaration of marriage proposal, but he had the urge to laugh for no reason.

When he first came into contact with Kong Yun, what impressed him the most was the calm and steady demeanor of the other party who did not look like a young man, but as the two got to know each other for longer, Draco realized that gradually Discover the childish side that was hidden so deeply by him.

So, does this mean that, at least in the heart of the other party, he is already different?

The earlier depression was swept away, he subconsciously stretched out his hand, and held the bundle of long hair that was tied up casually. The black-haired Hufflepuff looked slightly sideways, and there was a slight confusion in the warm eyes, which seemed strange. His behavior did not mean to resist breaking free.

It is not uncommon for him to have more intimate actions in the past, but now facing Kong Yun's clear, almost trusting eyes, he is rarely at a loss——

No matter how mature he is mentally, in terms of emotions, he is not much better than his peers.

Even, just because of this mental maturity, it has become some kind of shackles and obstacles for him, preventing him from expressing his feelings freely, frankly and passionately like his real peers, even Like a person, also so calm and cautious.

From this aspect, Helena's sarcasm may not be wrong.

"Why should you be influenced by irrelevant people?" Draco concealed the complicated emotions in his heart, lowered his eyes slightly, let go of his hair and at the same time stretched out his hand to hold the other's hand, and pulled him up the stairs: "This is very nice."

Kong Yun thought about it seriously, and felt that his first sentence was very reasonable, but... "Hey! Mr. Malfoy, don't you think your use of adjectives is quite problematic?" He quickened his pace and followed When I came up, I was a little dissatisfied and complained: "How can you use 'good-looking' to describe a man?"

Draco stopped.

He turned his head, looked up and down the black-haired Hufflepuff solemnly, his eyes stayed on the Adam's apple in the neck of the other party for a second, and finally turned back to the white and clean cheeks, the eyes However, there was a hint of a smile that was not a smile: "...a man? Are you sure?"

"..." Kong Yun: "Shut up, Mr. Malfoy who is one year younger than me!"

Leaving Hogwarts Castle, they quickly passed through the bustling Quidditch pitch and came to another sparsely populated open space. Kong Yun was a little surprised at the destination of this trip, but now he looked up again, but I saw a steed with black wings waiting there.

"Is this... a Thestral?"

"It's been raining recently, and the road conditions outside are very bad. It's too troublesome to walk. Let's take the Thestral." Seeing the two approaching together, the Thestral lowered its head meekly, and rubbed Draco's palm.Strictly speaking, this thestral belonged to Salazar himself, and it had been lent to Draco for use since the things he asked Draco to do gradually expanded from inside Hogwarts to outside the school.

The place they are going to now, if explained by the place name of later generations, is called Knockturn Alley.

In fact, Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley did not exist in the British wizarding world at this time. It is said to be Knockturn Alley. In fact, the location is completely different from Knockturn Alley a thousand years later, but functionally, it is almost the same. .

Whether it is a thousand years ago or a thousand years later, even if the wizards of this period are more accustomed to hiding in the dark and living independently, they will need some gray places suitable for wizards to trade with each other. This "Knockturn Alley" a thousand years ago is exactly exists for this purpose.At this moment, the two of them were no longer wearing Hogwarts school uniforms, but wizard robes without any badge decoration and no trace of origin.

Thestrals flew very fast, and the originally cool spring breeze whizzed past the ears of the two of them like knives at this moment. In order to avoid the entrance of the strong wind, the two of them did not speak for a while, the sky was high and the road was far away, and all the noisy The sound seems to have gone away at this moment, leaving only the natural sound of the wind resounding through the sky and the earth.

It seems that everything is quiet.

Perhaps it was because the surroundings were too quiet, or the wind that was blowing away was too fierce, and the human beings who had intruded into his territory were surrounded into a separate small world. Patch was half-circled in his arms.

He could feel the opponent's body froze for a moment, but before the panic of the failed attempt rose from the bottom of his heart, Kong Yun lowered his head slightly, and let him wrap him in his arms quietly.Through the thin clothes, he could clearly feel the body temperature of another human being close to him.

Aware of this, he became even more at a loss, reflexively wanted to stay away, but was reluctant, so he hesitated for a while, and finally hugged the opponent's hand but subconsciously tightened it.

Seemingly feeling uncomfortable in this position, Kong Yun moved a little, adjusted his position in his arms, then took out his wand, cast a defensive spell, and waved away the deep chill, Then the spring breeze became gentle again, he only lifted his dark hood slightly, revealing a pair of pale jade ears.

Draco was momentarily dazed.

In this short moment, he suddenly realized that in those long, trivial and ordinary days, the bottom line that belonged to the other party and aimed at him seemed to have unconsciously and slowly come to an end. Very low.

Except for a slight discomfort at the beginning, the black-haired Hufflepuff didn't show any particular resistance from the beginning to the end, as if every time he stood in front of him in the past, he half-truthfully showed weakness by being tired.He said he wanted to hug him, but after hesitating for a while, he gave him a hug obediently.