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Cedric's hands were wide and dry, and the calluses on his hands from playing Quidditch made Camelia's palms itch. At the same time, what felt itchy was not only the skin that was attached to his hands but also There was her pounding heart, but she knew it wasn't a normal heart attack symptom.

The only thing to be thankful for is that it is now night, and the dim light kindly helped her cover the two imaginative blushes that had already appeared on her cheeks, and also slightly concealed her swollen cheeks that were no longer visible. Eye.

Camelia thought that she was somewhat embarrassed now, and she couldn't let Cedric see it.

It was Cedric who took the initiative.When he went downstairs, he pretended to be inadvertently tested with the back of his hand, and after seeing that the other party didn't feel disgusted, he began to take an inch. Perhaps this was the first time he acted in such a domineering and rogue manner, he squeezed his five fingers into the The gap between her fingers forced her to intertwine with his own.

When Cedric realized that the little hand was also cooperating and tightly hooking his big hand, his heart jumped suddenly, and he wished that time could pass more slowly.

So close, Camelia could smell Cedric's perfume, a fresh sea-salt citrus scent, which reminded her of the day she realized she liked him.

It was a sweltering summer afternoon, in a small corner of Lihen Bookstore that was always forgotten by people, all the obscure books in the store were piled up there, waiting to become a meal for moths after being covered with dust.The air that was originally blocked became more and more turbid in the small space. In addition to the unbelievable sweltering heat here, it also mixed with the ink smell that Camelia was most unaccustomed to.

Although she repeatedly expressed embarrassment to bother Cedric and asked him to do other things in the store first, the responsible summer worker did not even frown, and patiently helped her rummage through the dust in the dust. An out-of-print ancient book.So she also squatted down next to him. Although all kinds of smells were mixed, she still smelled the fragrance of his body. For a moment, her heart was pounding like a deer, and she involuntarily moved closer to his side.

Ten minutes later, a torrential rain came unexpectedly, with pea-sized raindrops crackling on the ground, and the glass windows of the bookstore were immediately covered with water mist, and the raindrops were happily rolling on the smooth glass outside. Like a child playing on a slide in the park, Camelia, who was temporarily trapped in the store, could only bite her lower lip and look out the window, wondering how long it would take for the rain to stop. At this moment, Cedric Handing the cleaned book to her, he brought another cup of freshly brewed black tea. Faced with the other party's confusion, he explained that this was a special service enjoyed by his friend, and he did not need to pay any fees .

Then he smiled and asked her what she was thinking about so preoccupied, she just smiled back, shook her head with him and said nothing, in fact, at that time she was staring at the raindrops outside the window, thinking about everything related to him thing.

After Cedric walked away, Camelia used a thick book to hide her dazed face, and she peeked at his busy figure through the crack of the book, as if no matter what he did, it was right for him. There is a fatal attraction to her.

At that moment, Camelia suddenly felt that the always annoying rainy day became more pleasant, as if as long as Cedric was around, the sun could shine outside at any time.

It wasn't until that day that Camelia realized that she fell in love with this tall and handsome boy, and since then she has never been so tempted by other boys.

But what was it about Cedric that he liked?Camelia couldn't explain clearly. Feelings cannot be deduced from a standard answer by applying a bunch of cold formulas. There is no logic or reason at all. Sometimes it can be for many reasons, and sometimes it can be for no reason , Maybe if you like it, you like it.

Now they went down the tower of the Astronomy Tower, and then followed the marble staircase into the foyer below. There were two doors below the stairs.One is leading to the following, and the other is leading to the auditorium.The door to the auditorium was ajar, and bright candlelight shone through the crack, while laughter and the smell of food slipped through the crack.

Camelia hesitated, "It seems that the banquet is not over yet, you can still go in, but I won't go."

"I won't go, anyway, this kind of banquet happens every year." Cedric glanced at Camelia, paused, "I want to take you to eat, I can't make you hungry all night .”

After he finished speaking, he took Camelia's hand and turned to the left, walking towards another door.

The underground passage here is not as dark and gloomy as the passage of the bunker. On the contrary, it is a wide stone corridor, which is brightly illuminated by torches. The walls of the corridor are decorated with pleasant pictures, but the paintings are mainly about food. .

The common room of Hufflepuff and the kitchen of Hogwarts are located here. Camelia doesn't usually come here, but she is always pulled over by a few friends of Hufflepuff recently. Dropping in and going back and forth made her no longer a stranger to this.

Cedric finally stopped in front of a picture, which was a huge silver bowl full of fruits. He stretched out his index finger and gently scratched the big green pear, and saw the pear wriggling, Chucking and laughing, it suddenly turned into a big green doorknob.

Pushing the door open, there was a large room with a high ceiling, as large as the auditorium above. The surrounding stone walls were piled with many gleaming copper pots and basins. There were a hundred elves standing in the kitchen, wearing the same uniform: a tea towel with the Hogwarts crest on it, but they all wrapped the tea towel around them like a robe.

Seeing someone coming in, the elves put down their work one after another, surrounded Cedric and Camelia enthusiastically, and asked what they could do for this gentleman and lady.

Camelia only wanted a plate of salad, but Cedric thought she was eating too little, so he ordered a lot at once.The pixies dispersed quickly after being instructed, but they seemed very happy.

There were a few small round tables and chairs on the side of the kitchen, probably where these elves usually rested, so Cedric and Camelia randomly found a small round table to sit down and wait.

As soon as he sat down, Cedric said, "You are coming to the kitchen for the first time, I don't know the people from other colleges, but our Hufflepuff students often come to the kitchen to grab something to eat, saying Come to think of it, this is a small perk only for us Hufflepuffs."

"It's no wonder you always hear girls in your school complaining that they are going to get fat after eating too much." Camelia said, "I have heard people talk about the Hogwarts kitchen before, but I never thought of it. There are so many elves here, and there are only two or three in my own home now."

"I didn't expect your family... That's right, your surname is Shafik."

Generally, house-elves are slaves of some ancient and wealthy wizarding families. They have served their masters for generations, and this service is unpaid and without holidays, but they are proud to serve their masters for life.As one of the few ancient and wealthy pure-blood families in existence, it is quite normal for the Shafik family to have a few house elves, but Cedric didn't know what expression seemed a little unnatural, but Kami Leah didn't notice.

"When my grandparents lived with us, there were more elves in the family than now. Later, when they moved to West Sussex for the elderly, they took a few away, and many old elves were sick. The ones died, so there are not many of them. Speaking of which, when I was very young, I wanted my father to release all the elves in the house, because I thought we were not qualified to use them as our slaves, but my father Explained to me that freedom is not a good thing for them, because in their eyes it is a disgrace."

Camelia stopped talking because an elf with long ears was walking towards them with a basket full of food.

When the food was put on the table, Camelia thanked the elf out of a habit she had developed at home. In fact, she shouldn't be so "polite", because in the concept of house elves , it thinks that its status is low, and it is only natural to serve wizards, and it is not worthy of praise.

So this also caused the elf to be flattered, and even exaggerated to the point of crying. It wiped the tears with the tea towel on its body, and kept saying something that no one had ever said thank you to Coco. It's an honor, but it doesn't deserve your thanks or something.

Apparently Coco was the house-elf's name, and it was too much to add to his overreaction.

Camelia, who was dumbfounded by this, only realized at this time that she is not at home now. Almost all the elves in the house have been indoctrinated with special ideas by her and her father, so they will not behave so humblely. After the result, she can only pin her hope on Cedric who is on the sidelines.

In the end, they spent a lot of time talking together to let the elf Keke accept the thank you with peace of mind, but its eyes the size of ping pong balls were still full of tears of gratitude before it left.

Although all kinds of food looked very tempting, Camelia chose a whole wheat bread very restrainedly, put some vegetables in it, and took a cup of pumpkin juice as today's meal. For dinner, she ate slowly. Cedric's eating was not so gentle, he must be starving.

Camelia was surprised that Cedric ate ​​several meals by herself, and wondered if the stomachs of most boys were like bottomless pits, but then she thought that Cedric would grow up if he didn’t eat more. Not so tall.

After about a while, Cedric noticed that the food he had just put on Camelia's plate, she had barely moved, and she had stopped eating and was watching him eat, so he put down his hands Knives and forks, and asked Camelia with concern if the food was not to her liking.

"I'm just used to eating so little because once you realize you're putting on weight, it's too late," Camelia said.

"With all due respect, you don't need to lose weight at all, because you look as light as a feather. In order not to be blown away by the wind, I think you'd better eat more. When I was dining in the auditorium a few days ago, I saw You just eat that little, and I specifically asked Iris if you girls can really be full by eating that little food, but she eats more than you."

Camelia sighed and stirred the pumpkin juice in the cup with a spoon, "I don't know if one day I can't even control my own weight, then what else in my life can I control."

"Then don't control it, relax once in a while, learn to let nature take its course, maybe things will turn out better than if you force yourself to do it." He said with a fork on a small roast that was sizzling. The intestines were directly passed to Camelia's mouth, "You really should try this, it tastes very good."

Although Camelia wouldn't eat such greasy food at night, he personally offered it to her mouth, and it was hard to refuse, so she simply took a small bite. He didn't lie, the taste was really good, It’s just this mouth full of guilt, but Cedric didn’t care about it, seeing that she was too embarrassed to refuse, so after she finished eating, he immediately forked some other food and handed it to her maliciously.

Back and forth, they fed a lot of food until Camelia couldn't eat anymore. Although there was still a lot left on the plate, Cedric didn't force her any more when he saw it, and kindly took the rest Food is all settled.

After eating, they simply cleared the table, making it easier for the elves later.

Camelia rested her hands on the table and rested her cheeks, and asked Cedric who was busy cleaning up: "Did you get scared by me when you were in the Astronomy Tower?"

"No, but from the moment I met you, I have been frightened." Cedric looked up with a smile in his eyes that was about to overflow, "Don't get me wrong, I mean the kind of good fright, because before No girl has ever made me feel like this."

"Maybe it's because I'm different from ordinary girls. I'm very weird and withdrawn." She laughed at herself.

"No, you are not strange at all, at least in my eyes you are unique."

"Don't comfort me, I know I'm really weird. Many people around me have said that about me since I was a child, so you can see that no one wants to be my friend."

"It's those people who don't have eyesight. You see, I just—Iris and Iris have eyes. We never thought you were weird. We all like you and are happy to have friends like you. .In the future, don’t say anything that feels weird to you, and don’t care what those people say, you still have us no matter what.”

For some reason, when Cedric said this, his cheeks and neck were flushed, as red as the cherry cake they had just eaten.

"Actually, I found that when you are in front of us, you always pretend that you are very happy. Sometimes you are laughing, but in fact, it is not your smile from the bottom of your heart. It is just to deal with us, right? You hide I don’t want to talk about many things in my heart, which makes me very worried. Don’t keep avoiding me in the future, okay? I really want you to be truly happy.”

Want to make her really happy?

It reminded Camelia of the day her parents had a long conversation with the Muggle psychiatrist in his office when they were diagnosed with depression.

Mental illness is a new term for wizards, but in fact most Muggles are not familiar with this word, and some people even mistakenly classify it as a category with mental illness that is far different in nature, and simply and rudely think that the two There is no difference, it's all a brain problem.

Perhaps because of such a highly inductive misconception, most people don't believe that a person can never be happy. The only possibility is that this person has a brain problem.

It was not until the social pressure increased significantly in recent years that the public began to pay more attention to this point and had a better understanding of this disease, but at that time it also became another major problem encountered in the process of social development question.

Camelia will never forget the complex and confused look on her parents' faces after they walked out of the office.

After a while, Mr. Shafik turned his back to their mother and daughter, seemingly to make room for them who hadn't seen each other for a long time, but the clever Camelia had already noticed that his father turned around It's just that she didn't playfully try to expose him that day.

That's right, he, a big man, cried in such a shameful way in public. He was feeling sorry for his little princess. He loved her so much that he was willing to give everything to her, and he was willing to dedicate everything to her. After so many years, he I always thought that I could make up for the trauma caused by the divorce to my children, but I never thought that I was so irresponsible, so slow, and only found out so late that she was not living happily. Death may be the only escape from all suffering.

The always proud mother held her daughter's hand and hesitated to speak. That day she had no make-up or any attire. This was not her usual style, and she looked rather haggard.At that moment, the French woman took off all her disguises and degenerated into her most primitive appearance - a helpless mother. It was then that Camelia knew that her mother loved her so much, and those hurtful things before Words are nothing but the thorns that every rose instinctively evolves to protect itself out of the law of nature after weathering the storm.

It was also the first time after many years that the three of them hugged each other tightly for the first time, as if this family had never been separated.

Now the look on Cedric's face is something Camelia is very familiar with. It is only shown by people who really care about you. He looks really worried about her, which also makes Camelia Shi Shi had the crazy idea of ​​wanting to confess everything to him, but she quickly suppressed this absurd impulse.

After taking a deep breath, she quickly pretended to be relaxed and jokingly told Cedric the truth about her illness. She used this trick to scare away many people who were still saying eachother to her just a second ago. Although she knows that Cedric is different from those idiots and won't be scared away, she can't tell what kind of mentality she wants to tell him, maybe she just wants to see what he will think about it. what kind of response.

"It's useless. I have tried a lot for the people I care about. Those so-called ways to be happy are also for my own survival, but in the end nothing works. Who, or what, can really make me happy, and it’s been going on for years, and I was really thinking about making it through a while back, because I’ve had enough of those pills.”

Cedric almost blurted out, "Those medicines? What do you mean? Are you sick? What kind of disease? I don't even know!"

"In fact, I have a disease, a disease that makes people never happy. According to Muggle doctors, it is called depression. They diagnosed me as very sick. In the eyes of many people, this Sickness and lunatics are almost the same concept. So those who don't play with me should not be because they have no vision. I even understand them a little bit. After all, mothers should have warned their children not to play with lunatics. I think, you It's best to stay away from me quickly, lest you be driven crazy by me."

Cedric touched his nose, "But I don't know if my mother has ever told me this kind of thing. How about I ask her now? Please wait a moment, okay?"

What he said was confusing, I saw him closing his eyes for a while and then opening them again, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he said: "Ah, I have already asked, she said she would not mind, I hope we The two can get along well, and my mother wants me to take good care of you, saying that it is not easy for you."

Camelia couldn't help laughing at such poor acting skills, but Cedric said eloquently: "Don't laugh at me, I was communicating with my mother through consciousness just now, and the communication was really successful."

Faced with his serious nonsense, Camelia couldn't help crying and had to surrender and admit that everything he said just now was true.

"However, even if my mother really said it before or she doesn't allow me to play with you, so what? I don't think anyone can be a mother's good baby all their lives. It's understandable to be rebellious once in a while. .” Cedric reached out to touch Camelia’s head, “Besides, I’m tired of being a good kid.”

Camelia was about to open her mouth to say something, when there were inappropriate noises outside, destroying the increasingly ambiguous atmosphere in the kitchen, and Camelia stepped back instinctively when she heard the sound , opened some distance from Cedric.

"Strange, it's still early, why are you all back?" Cedric looked at the watch on his wrist.

The closest to the kitchen is Hufflepuff's common room. There was such a sudden commotion outside that the Hufflepuff students might have returned, but judging from the schedule of dinner parties in previous years, it was just at this time. After dessert, even if some students would come back early, it would only be one or two people, but it was clear from the sound that they came in groups.

"By the way, I forgot today's Halloween. No wonder... we'd better wait until it's quiet outside before going out. I'm afraid something will happen. If we go out at this time, it may not be easy to explain."

Camelia's words reminded Cedric who was planning to go out to find out. If he came out of the kitchen at this time, he would definitely attract attention. I'm afraid he would be dragged to explain what happened today before he asked what happened. For some reason, I was absent from the banquet.After weighing things up, Cedric gave up the idea of ​​going out now. He thinks that Camille's worry is necessary. After all, last year's Halloween dinner was disturbed by a giant monster that suddenly broke into the school. Those who leave the table early, if something unexpected happens this year, it is also possible.

Fortunately, everyone was full at the banquet, so no one slipped into the kitchen for an impromptu meal.They didn't come out until they could no longer hear the sound outside.

Originally, Camelia just wanted to go back by herself, so that she would not have to trouble Cedric to accompany her again, but he refused to say anything, and had to send her back to feel at ease.

Strange to say, their journey was extremely smooth, and even Filch, the gatekeeper who likes to patrol around with a lamp at night on weekdays, didn't see him, but Camelia knew it, and at this moment he I'm afraid I'm crying for my beloved cat, Mrs. Norris, in the school hospital.

The castle tonight was much quieter than usual, the empty corridors now only echoed the footsteps of the two of them, but it was too quiet, and it seemed a little scary.

Walking on the way to the tower of Ravenclaw, Camelia said to Cedric: "Actually, you don't have to be so polite, I can come back by myself."

"You're welcome, this is what a gentleman should do." Cedric said, "By the way, have you been writing to your mother recently? Do you need the help of my owl?"

Although it was a little strange why Cedric asked this suddenly, Camelia replied seriously: "I have finished writing the letter. But there is no need to borrow your owl for now, because Perry is still here, I You can let it be delivered, and you don’t have to worry about me. It doesn’t matter if you send a letter or something. When you send it depends on Perry’s mood. When it has stayed here enough, it may fly back on its own initiative. of."

"Isn't it your mother's owl? Is it really all right after not going back for so long?"

"It's okay, mom still has an owl, which is the one she usually uses at work. Perry used to be mine, but I gave it to mom later, and wanted it to accompany her back to France instead of me. Can you Don't underestimate it, it's smart."

"I can see that there are not many owls who can understand French. But speaking of this, I want to ask you something." Cedric turned to look at her.

"What's the matter? Say whatever you want."

"Can you teach me French?"

This surprised Camelia, "Why do you suddenly want to learn French? I remember you said you would."

"I just happen to be able to speak a few words, and I can't communicate in daily life. Besides, knowing a foreign language can help a lot, and French is quite versatile. Now that I have a ready-made teacher, of course I have to Make good use of this resource, don't let it go to waste. So Miss Shafik, are you willing to accept me as a student?" He acted like a real student when facing a teacher.

This reminded Camelia of the rumors that came out of nowhere some time ago. It was rumored that Cedric fell in love with a beautiful girl with foreign blood. More common language approaches her preparation.

There are quite a few girls of foreign descent in Hogwarts, but the ones who are good-looking, and the ones everyone is more familiar with are the twin sisters Patil, who is in the second year of Gryffindor, and Qiu, who is in the third year of Ravenclaw. open.Therefore, many people speculated that it was Qiu Zhang, because she played Quidditch and could have more contact with Cedric, who was not in the same grade.

I don’t know how this news came out, and I don’t know who spread it in the first place, but Camelia did find that recently Qiu always glanced at Hufflepuff’s long table intentionally or unintentionally during meals, and as everyone said In that way, she is now elected as the substitute Seeker of the academy team, and she has many opportunities to meet Cedric on the training ground, or maybe she has already received Cedric's love letter that she does not want to be known by others, and she is afraid at this time. He was struggling with how to respond to his fiery love.

Originally, Camelia almost believed it, thinking that Cedric was really learning a foreign language for Qiu Zai as rumored, but now it seems that it was just a misrepresentation. He just wanted to master a foreign language, so he had to say those words Rumors are unreliable.

Relieved, Camelia said, "You don't need to be so polite with me. If you want to learn, of course I will be happy to teach you."

Although Filch was gone, they forgot that the prefects of each college also had night patrols every night, and they were stopped by a girl from Ravenclaw after walking less than half of the way.Since she was from her own college, Camelia knew this girl, her name was Penelope Clearwater, and she was the prefect of the sixth grade.

Penello gave them some impartial law enforcement and lectures on their behavior of still hanging out at this time, but it may be because of Ravenclaw's sake that he decided to secretly let them go without any points deducted at all. He kindly reminded them to go back quickly before the other prefects found out.

Perhaps it was because Cedric's expression of bewilderment and ignorance of what happened was too obvious, and Penello kindly informed the two of what happened tonight.

She said that it seems that someone has gone too far with Halloween jokes, poisoned the cat of the janitor Mr. Filch, and after the incident, tried to scare people with the things locked in the secret room built by the legendary Slytherin. However, the specific situation has to be discussed after the investigation is clear. Now all the students have to do is to go back to their college lounge and wait for the truth to come out.

After talking about these things, Penello said to Cedric seriously: "Although this is your personal matter, I still want to say, this classmate, if you really like your girlfriend, you have to Treat her heart and soul, don't bully her, you know? And your girlfriend is so cute, I can't figure out how you can bear to bully her. "

It turned out that she mistakenly thought that Cedric and Camelia didn't go to the banquet because they sneaked out on a secret date. At the same time, Camelia's eyes were swollen like peaches, and anyone could tell that she had cried a lot.

Seeing that there was a misunderstanding, Camelia had no choice but to come out and explain, "You misunderstood that, he didn't bully me, and our relationship is not you..."

But Cedric has already followed Penello's words, "Yes, you are right to teach me a lesson. It is my fault that made her feel wronged."

After he finished speaking, he took Camelia's hand again, and said to her very sincerely: "I will never let you shed a tear again."

"That's right, you know that girls should be pampered with heart, next time I see you make her angry, I will settle the score with you, understand?" Penello patted Cedric said with relief.

Cedric smiled and nodded to agree with her point of view, which made Camelia feel embarrassed. Seeing that it was too late to explain, she quickly shook off Cedric's hand and said, "You misunderstood, he is not my boyfriend."

Penello looked very surprised, "Not a boyfriend? Could it be that you are breaking up after a quarrel? But you two seem to be a good match. Is there anything you can't think about and want to break up? Or is he just chasing you now? "

When Camelia wanted to explain again, Penello had already put on a straight face to Cedric, "Forget it, I don't care what happened between you, anyway, this classmate, please hurry back to Go to the lounge of your own academy. As for her, I will send her back, so you don't have to worry too much."

Cedric said gratefully, "Thank you so much."

"You don't need to thank me." Penello said, "Oh, by the way, you should be more careful when you go down to the second floor. The prefect of Gryffindor is not as easy-talking as I am, and points will definitely be deducted if you are caught. You two are lucky today, it was me who ran into you."

Before Cedric left, he mouthed a silent "good night" to Camelia, still in French.

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