HP Wendy's crossing running account

Under the sunlight, the sewage in Spider's End Alley showed distorted colorful luster, like black soap bubbles.Such a bright afternoon is the best time in the dark slums.Even the rats in the gutters will stick out half of their bodies to sniff the sunshine.

In the dilapidated alley, two well-dressed ladies walked hurriedly.They seemed to have been sent to the ground by the dazzling sunlight. Whether it was their neat and decent attire or their compassionate expressions, they all carried a sense of alienation that was incompatible with Spider's End Alley.

"Wendy." Madam Poppy Pomfrey stepped across a sewage beach, she frowned because of the unknown sticky object stepped on by the sole of her shoe, "Miss Irene Prince really lives in this place?"

"Probably? I'm sorry Bobby, but I'm really not sure if the information I have is outdated." Wendy's blue eyes narrowed slightly due to the oncoming sunlight, and she saw a door hanging that was distorted by repeated repairs. The doorplate with the words "Snape".

"Tuk tuk." Wendy knocked on the door.

After waiting for a long time, a man opened the door cursing.As soon as the door opened, there was an overnight smell of alcohol.Mr. Tobias Snape wore a dirty old waistcoat. He was tall and thin, with an aquiline nose and high cheekbones. His son is exactly the same.

Wendy's beauty comparable to a movie star made Mr. Tobias Snape rub his eyes desperately: "This lady... hiccup...you..."

"Good morning. Does Miss Irene Prince live here?"

Tobia's expression changed instantly.All the drunkenness faded from his face along with the blood.He stared at Wendy warily: "Who are you talking about?"

"It appears she does live here."

Tobia started to tremble, but to Wendy's surprise, he didn't utter any hysterical curses. "You... you too..." His expression was strange, mixed with anger, fear, despair, and a sense of relief after finally hearing the doomsday judgment, "What do you want to say to that witch?"

Wendy tapped on the door frame lightly, signaling to the host that they were still standing at the door talking. "I want to speak to Miss Irene Prince, or Mrs. Irene Snape," she declared again.

The dim living room was small and messy, and it seemed that it hadn't been cleaned since moving in.The half-open storage boxes were piled up next to the sofa with springs exposed, and there were uncleaned food residues on the simple dining table, lumps of congealed lumps, exuding a vaguely strange smell.

Clean it up, or save some face for the host and just sit down on the dirty sofa?

This is a difficult problem.

Fortunately, Mrs. Bobby Pomfrey, who was with her, made the decision for her.With a whirlwind of housekeeping magic, clean dinner plates hop into cupboards and suspicious stains disappear from sofas.Because the dust and cobwebs have been removed, it seems that the whole living room has become several times brighter than before.

Tobias violently dragged Irene down the stairs, and even the instantaneously changing living room and kitchen couldn't enhance his favor towards magic. "Your companion is coming for you, hey witch," he said viciously, and pushed Erin in that direction.

Erin staggered, nearly falling.

Bobby hurried up to support her, and then threw a knife at Tobia.

Tobias trembled, and half squatted and half sat on the floor in the corner.He didn't dare to resist Bobby, maybe he knew that the Strange Witch was different from his wife and might really kill him.

Erin sat down opposite Wendy.

At first sight Wendy believed she was really Severus Snape's mother.Greasy black hair, sullen look, and pride buried deep in his eyes. "I haven't been in touch with the wizarding world for many years." When she said "magic", there was an obvious pause, disgust and pleasure coexisting.

Wendy suddenly became uncertain.

She wasn't sure Erin really needed help.This dark and weird woman really ruins the goodwill of passers-by every moment.

"Ha!" Tobia sneered from behind.He has been paying attention to the movement here, secretly listening to their every word.

Wendy closed her eyes and pondered for a while, and finally nodded to Bobby: "Just follow the process."

Bobby cleared his throat: "Cough. Let's start with self-introduction first. I'm Bobby Pomfrey, you can call me Mrs. Pomfrey. I belong to the Riddle Factory under the 'Wisdom Tree' group." Drug Development Department. This is my work permit."

Erin's eyeballs rolled, she was looking at Bobby's ID, her body was motionless.Tobias jumped up first: "Riddle Factory?!"

"I think it's the Riddle Factory you know," said Bobby bluntly. "We have as much influence in the Muggle world as in the wizarding world."

Tobia's eyes widened, and he gasped heavily.His expression was as if the British Empire was about to perish.After panting for a while, he sat down again. This time, he was blatantly observing them.

"I know the 'Tree of Wisdom'." Irene said, "You are decent people, the upper echelons of the magic world."

"Then do you know 'White Peach No. [-]'?"

"I know. Werewolf control agent, on the first day of anonymous sales in Diagon Alley, set a sales record of tens of thousands of bottles. It completely changed the living conditions of pro-wizard werewolves in three months." The expression she spoke at this time Not at all like an ignorant woman who is shy and suffering from domestic violence.

Moreover, her mastery of information about the magic world also contradicts her claim that she "has not been in touch with the magic world for a long time".

"Because of the success of 'White Peach No. [-]', we decided to set up a potion research group under the Drug R&D Department to further explore the wizard market. At the invitation of Mrs. Riddle, I will be the first leader of the potion research group. "Bobby didn't introduce Wendy's identity, but just briefly mentioned it.However, just by looking at the surname, one can tell that Wendy is not to be underestimated.

"We need team members, more team members who are good at traditional potions and master ancient secret recipes." Bobby continued, "Madam recommended you to me."

Erin didn't speak, she listened to every word, but didn't say a single "good" or "bad".

Bobby had no choice but to finish his one-man show: "I saw your grades. There is an O for potion on your NEWTs. There are only about ten students who can get this O every year. Of course you are very good. If you If you are willing to join our research and development team, we offer a basic salary of 7000 New Galleons per year," she glanced at Tobia, "in conversion, it is about [-] pounds. There are also dividends and bonuses."

Tobias stood up suddenly: "[-] pounds a year!"

"Of course, a professionally trained potionist is worth the price."

Wendy observed the complicated expression on Irene's face. She was like a groundhog that suddenly saw the light. Her first reaction was to go into the darker depths underground, and then looked at the sun with admiration.Wendy put the sample employment contract on her lap: "Mrs. Snape, what do you think?"

Erin stared at the cover of the first page of the contract, which had the famous snake and apple tree logo of "Tree of Wisdom". "I..." she spoke with difficulty.

"You go! Irene, you go! Thirty-five thousand pounds a year, such a large sum of money, why don't you accept it? It's much more respectable than you doing a little bit of needlework, and it's more money! Tobias waved his arms excitedly, "With this money, I can move out of this damn spider's end."

Erin eyed her husband suspiciously.

Under such resentful eyes, Tobia's excitement was immediately poured with cold water.He sat down on the first step of the stairs with a straight face, not knowing what he was thinking.

"You go. You go," he kept saying.

Irene stood up to see off the guests, she nodded to Wendy and Bobby: "Please let me think about it." Her hand tightly grasped the contract paper, almost scratching the paper.

Wendy looked at an ajar door behind the kitchen.With her insight, she had already noticed a pair of dark eyes that belonged to a child hidden behind the crack of the door.

She closed her eyes to hide her emotions, said goodbye to the Snapes and left with Bobby.

They walked out of the spider's end alley full of sewage.

Bobby couldn't help asking her: "Wendy, why do I feel that you don't seem very happy. You obviously invited Miss Prince, no, Mrs. Snape, it was you who suggested it yourself."

"Probably because of becoming a mother, I have a bit of a Madonna attack." Wendy murmured softly, "The appearance of Remus reminded me that there may be more little wizards who are suffering from things that should not be endured by children." Painful. But..."

Bobby looked at her inexplicably: "You mean...the Snapes have a child? It's true that Spider's End is not a suitable place for children to grow up. And with all due respect, their house is too messy. Mrs. Knepe had a brutal husband, which I sympathize with, but she's clearly not doing her part as a mother."

"I also thought at first that Eileen was a victim in the relationship and that a decent job would help her out."

"What do you mean?"

"Although physically she suffered rough treatment, but spiritually, Mrs. Snape is the leader in this marriage. She wants to drag Mr. Snape to hell, so Mr. Snape is selfish and cowardly Her character can't escape her control at all." Wendy's face was tense, "I was wrong. It's because she doesn't want to let go."

"Do you regret offering this lady a place? If she hadn't been a weakling."

"Of course not. We're a technology department, not a charity department. We make memberships based on merit."

Wendy thought that was all she could do for Severus Snape.

She couldn't force Irene to leave her husband, or take children away from their parents, even if they weren't good parents.Nor can she save all the children in the world who are implicated in unhappy marriages.

She offers Irene a second possibility, one in which she can find value elsewhere than tormenting her husband.This is the only thing she can do. If Irene accepts it, her fate will change, maybe for the better, maybe for the worse.

After all, in the final analysis, character determines destiny.What outsiders can do is to be more gentle to the unfortunate.

The next day, they received an owl from Mrs. Irene Snape.She agreed to be part of the "Wisdom Tree" potion development team.

One month later, on the day she officially joined the company, Irene took her 8-year-old son to the boarding primary school in the family area of ​​the Riddle Factory.There is not necessarily no discrimination here, but under the requirements of militarization, there are uniformly distributed clothing, uniformly limited health regulations, strict exercise regimes, and three meals a day with reasonable nutritional ratios.

The author has something to say:

Irene is still at Spider's End.Because, if she didn't marry Tobias, a scumbag, the professor would be... gone.

Regarding the image of Irene and the marriage relationship between Irene and Tobias, I adopted part of the statement in "HP Tobia's Life" (by the perfect old man), that is, Irene is not a simple victim of domestic violence By.