Chapter 40 Return to Calm

There are only three days before the official exam. After meeting Draco Malfoy in the library that day, Winnie can meet Draco Malfoy in the library for a few days, and the other party will sit Beside her, reviewing quietly, and sometimes giving her some pointers.

This is very unlike Malfoy's style. According to Winnie's understanding of Malfoy, Malfoy will not suddenly have such a big transformation, so the first thing she thought of was Polyjuice Potion. Someone used Polyjuice Potion and pretended to be Draco Malfoy, however, this idea was quickly dismissed, the inadvertent sarcasm and consistent behavior are difficult for ordinary people to imitate, and she can't think of anyone who will use Polyjuice Potion Come close to yourself.

Therefore, Winnie came to a conclusion that Draco Malfoy was smoking intermittently, which may be the split personality that Sherlock said, and the main cause is very likely to be Harry Potter.

Of course, Winnie didn't tell Draco such a conclusion. It's fine to know some things, and speaking out may aggravate Malfoy's illness.

If Draco knew what Winnie was thinking at this time, he would be so angry that he would immediately pull out his wand and throw a curse at it. He was trying very hard to follow his father's instructions and play the role of a loving senior, with the purpose of pleasing his eyes. little idiot.

Although neither of them knew what the other was thinking, they formed a harmonious relationship, at least on the surface.

On this day, Winnie came to the auditorium for breakfast as usual, but before the official start, Professor McGonagall suddenly stood up from the teacher's desk and had something to announce.

"I have some good news to tell you." Professor McGonagall's usual stern expression relaxed a little at this moment. It seemed that something good had really happened, so all the students fell silent and stared at Professor McGonagall with bated breath. , looking forward to the so-called good news in her mouth.

"Professor Sprout told me that the mandrake can finally be harvested, which means that the students who were petrified can recover. At the same time, it also means that they can probably tell us the clues of the attack and help us Catch the real prisoner and end the terrible events that happened this year." After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, everyone burst into cheers, and seeing the joyful and excited expressions of everyone, they couldn't help showing a faint smile.

"Do you think those who were attacked would say that Hagrid was the murderer when they woke up?" Jacob lowered his voice and whispered.

Thinking of Hagrid, who was huge and a bit rough, Winnie still remembered that although Hagrid looked scary, he had an upright expression when he spoke, and he didn't seem like he would do anything to attack students. Hagrid had already opened the secret room once when he was a student, and was expelled because of it. Under the circumstances of everyone's suspicion, only Dumbledore believed that Hagrid was innocent, and tried his best to keep Hagrid. Greg served as Hogwarts keykeeper and gamekeeper.

"But Hagrid is a student of Gryffindor, no matter how you look at it, he will not be the successor of Slytherin." Betty reached for a piece of bread and said as she tore it.

"However, if Hagrid was really innocent, why was he fired back then? And after he left, the attack never happened again." More than half of Jacob thought that Hagrid was the murderer of the attack.

"It's possible that he was framed back then, but he couldn't find the real culprit at that time, so he had to push out Hagrid, who was the most suspected, as a scapegoat to block the school board and parents." Justin touched Touching his chin, he spoke solemnly.

"But we can't deny that no matter whether it was back then or now, after Hagrid was fired, the attack never happened again." Jacob still insisted on his own thoughts and refuted the past.

What Jacob said is indeed correct, but there are still many places that make people feel wrong, but they can't explain it clearly.

"If Hagrid is really the murderer, as a half-giant, he has always been laughed at by Slytherin students, it is impossible for him to only attack the students of the other three houses, and why did he attack again after so many years? What happened?" Winnie, who was eating pudding, looked up and suddenly spoke, seeing Betty and the others cast their gazes together, and continued: "More importantly, when everyone doubted Hagrid, Dumbledore believed him, Dumbledore He is a wise person, and he must have seen some doubts at that time to believe in Hagrid so much."

"Very agree." Justin nodded vigorously, and Jacob beside him also seemed to be deep in thought, frowning and remaining silent.

After breakfast, all the students were getting ready for class, but when Winnie finished herbal medicine class and was about to leave with Betty, Professor Sprout suddenly stopped her.

"Miss Einstein, can you help me deliver these herbs to Madam Pomfrey?"

Winnie nodded, took the herbal medicine from Professor Sprout, and told Betty to go back first, without waiting for her, and finally walked towards the medical room.

As soon as Winnie stepped into the medical room, she walked a few steps, and before she could find Madam Pomfrey, she heard an excited voice.

"Ron, the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is the Basilisk, that's why I can hear that voice everywhere I go but others can't, because I can understand Parseltongue!"

Winnie looked in the direction of the voice, and found that it was Harry Potter who was speaking, and the red-haired man standing next to him was obviously Ron Weasley. Neither of them noticed Winnie's existence, and they still stood still. Granger, who was still awake, talked about their discovery.

She looked around, looking for Madam Pomfrey, but she couldn't find it, so she approached Harry and Ron slowly, intending to ask them if they had seen Madam Pomfrey.

"Anyone who looks directly into the eyes of the basilisk will die, but Hermione and the others only saw it indirectly, so they were only petrified!" Harry pinched a piece of paper in his hand, and said firmly, "Remember Hagrid's Are the roosters killed? The crowing of a rooster is deadly to a basilisk, that's why the heirs of Slytherin kill those roosters, and Aragog also said that he could feel living in a castle That's the ancient creature that scares spiders the most!"

"But such a big snake, how can it crawl around without being noticed?" Ron said in surprise.

"Pipe!" Harry pointed to the paper in his hand, where Hermione wrote two words on the paper, "The basilisk has been moving in the pipe all the time, that's why I always hear voices coming from the wall!"

"If I'm not mistaken, the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is likely to be in Myrtle's bathroom." Harry looked at Ron, who also became agitated, and said again, "This means that I am not the only one who knows Parseltongue One, the heir of Slytherin also understands, so he can always control the basilisk to attack others!"

"Let's go and tell Professor McGonagall about this!" Ron grabbed Harry and said excitedly. Harry nodded, and the two turned around together. At this moment, they finally found Winnie.

Harry and Ron were stunned for a moment, looking at Winnie and the herbs in her hand with stupid faces, and didn't speak for a long time.

"I'm here to look for Madam Pomfrey, have you seen her?" Winnie said plainly as she adjusted her glasses.

Harry and Ron nodded foolishly, then shook their heads again, and finally, suddenly, Ron pointed at Winnie excitedly and shouted, "You...you eavesdropped on us."

"Ron!" Harry grabbed Ron's hand and forced him to let it go.

"I didn't eavesdrop on you, it's just that you were talking too loudly. I heard you talking as soon as I walked in." Winnie explained with a serious face. She did not eavesdrop on purpose, it was just what the two said So loud, she could hear it from the door.

Harry and Ron were taken aback for a moment, and then they realized that they were indeed too excited to speak loudly just now, and their faces flushed instantly.

"Do you know where Madam Pomfrey is?" Winnie asked without going into the sudden silence of the two.

"Madam Pomfrey must have gone to the bathroom." Harry rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment and said, his face still blushing.

As soon as Harry finished speaking, Madam Pomfrey appeared, "What are you doing? Leave as soon as possible after visiting the sick."

Harry and Ron looked at each other and finally agreed to leave first, so they passed Winnie and left towards the door.

"Madame Pomfrey, I'm here to deliver herbs for Professor Sprout." Winnie held the herbs in front of Madam Pomfrey.

"Thank you for your hard work, you should hurry back to class, the next class should start soon." Madam Pomfrey took the herbs and said to Winnie.

Winnie nodded, turned her head and glanced at Hermione Granger who was still sleeping on the bed, remembering the previous communication, it is better to wait for the other party to wake up before visiting.

As soon as she walked out of the medical room and took a few steps, Winnie saw Harry Potter in front of him, leaning against the wall, as if waiting for someone, and Ron Weasley, who was with him just now Time is not there.

Harry, who was leaning against the wall and lost in his own thoughts, immediately came back to his senses when he heard the footsteps. He turned his head and found Winnie's figure, and immediately stood up nervously.

"Are you...waiting for me?" Winnie thought for a while, then said with some hesitation.

"Yes." Harry pursed his lips and nodded.

Winnie didn't speak, just waited for Harry to speak, she could see that Harry Potter seemed to have something to say to her.

"Well, did you hear everything in the medical room just now?" Harry said hoarsely.

Winnie nodded honestly. Seeing this, Harry's expression seemed a little stiff.

"Can you pretend you didn't hear it, or..." When Harry spoke, he heard Winnie say: "I won't say it."

Harry paused, staring at Winnie blankly.

"If you are afraid that if I say it, it will cause panic among the students or alert the prisoners, don't worry, I won't say it." Winnie glanced at Harry's clenched fist and said lightly.

As the other party said, if what they just said is spread, it will definitely cause panic among the students, and it is more likely to make the prisoners vigilant, so from the moment he left the medical room, Ron kept clamoring to tell Winnie Einstein came to one to forget, but the school rules stipulated that they could not use magic on their classmates, let alone forget, so he asked Ron to go to Professor McGonagall first, and he came to hold Winnie Einstein.

Although he and Winnie Einstein were just ordinary classmates, according to his observations, the other party didn't seem like a person with a weak mouth.

Harry stared at Winnie silently, hesitated for a long time, and finally said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Thank you."

"Harry!" A hurried voice suddenly sounded, it was Ron Weasley, who was running towards him with big strides.

"Ron?" Harry turned his head, and before he had time to say anything, Ron grabbed his hand, ignoring Winnie's presence, and said quickly, "Harry...it's Ginny! It's Ginny !"

"Calm down, Ron, what happened?" Harry shook Ron's hand, trying to calm him down and talk. .

"When I was looking for Professor McGonagall, I accidentally heard it in the staff lounge. A student was taken away and taken directly into the secret room! That student is Ginny! Ginny was taken into the secret room!" Ron said with a pale face, shaking Harry's hand involuntarily, he should tell the family that their youngest sister was taken away by the basilisk!

"What!" Harry's eyes widened suddenly, his expression seemed to be frightened.

"It's the heir of Slytherin! He left another line this time, just below the last paragraph—her bones will remain in the Chamber of Secrets forever!" Ron said palely, God knows when he heard When he arrived, he almost fainted from fright, he couldn't imagine what happened to Ginny!

"And you know what! Lockhart was recommended to solve this matter, it was that idiot!" Ron really hated Malfoy at this time, if it weren't for him, Dumbledore would not have been forced to leave, save Malfoy Ginny's people won't be that idiot of Lockhart's turn either!

Just when Harry was about to say something, Professor McGonagall's voice suddenly echoed in the corridor: "Attention all students, please return to the dormitory of your own college immediately, and all teachers please return to the staff lounge!"

"Harry, what should we do now?" Ron looked at Harry helplessly.

"Let's go back to the lounge first." Harry thought for a while, then looked at Winnie again, "Hurry up and go back too!"

The Ravenclaw lounge was filled with everyone chattering about what happened. Betty, who had been looking for Winnie for a long time, finally relaxed when she saw Winnie come back. He rushed forward, hugged Winnie tightly and said, "Merlin, I've been looking for you, but luckily you're back!"

"I'm fine." Winnie patted Betty's shoulder lightly, soothing Betty's emotions.

"Merlin's stinky socks, what happened?" Betty, who had returned to normal, was the first to speak. She was sitting in a ball with Winnie, Jacob and Justin.

"When I came back, I heard a piece of news that I don't know whether it's true or not. I heard that a student of Gryffindor had an accident, and it seemed that he was taken into the secret room." Jacob carefully talked about his discovery.

"No way!" Betty looked at Jacob in horror.

Winnie stayed beside Betty quietly without saying anything, and remained silent during the heated discussion between the three.

At night, no one felt sleepy, and stayed in the lounge in pajamas, still discussing today's matter enthusiastically.

Seeing Betty yawn beside her, Winnie said lightly, "If you're sleepy, you can rest on my shoulder."

Betty nodded confusedly, put her head on Winnie's shoulder, closed her eyes and rested.

In fact, Winnie asked Betty to go back to the room to rest more than once, but Betty was unwilling and insisted on staying in the lounge like everyone else to wait for the latest news, so Winnie had to sit with Betty on the sofa in the lounge wait.

After a long time, Professor Flitwick appeared, and everyone stopped discussing immediately, and turned their attention to Professor Flitwick together.

Winnie gently shook Betty awake, and Betty opened her eyes in a daze.

"Professor Flitwick is here." Winnie whispered in Betty's ear.

Hearing this, Betty woke up suddenly, her eyes fixed on Professor Flitwick.

"I have some news to tell you." Professor Flitwick looked calmly at them who were all in their pajamas, and then said slowly: "Ginny Weasley has been successfully rescued, and the attacking prisoner He was finally caught, and Hogwarts doesn't have to go bankrupt."

As soon as Professor Flitwick said this, everyone cheered enthusiastically, with joyful expressions on their faces.

"One more thing, Dumbledore is back, and in order to celebrate the end of the attack, Hogwarts will hold a banquet later." Professor Flitwick, who was affected by the students' emotions, couldn't help showing a smile at this time .

Winnie and Betty went back to the dormitory to change a set of clothes, and then set out for the auditorium. Before they went in, there were warm and noisy voices inside.

At Gryffin's table, everyone was wearing pajamas, obviously not changing clothes, while they and Hufflepuff were still wearing school uniforms, only Ravenclaw and Slytherin were wearing simple casual clothes.

While everyone was happily enjoying the celebratory meal, Dumbledore suddenly stood up and walked out from the teacher's desk.

Dumbledore raised a smiling face, knocked on the glass with a shovel, and asked everyone to listen to him quietly: "First of all, here, I want to say sorry to you, let you have a good time this semester. There is so much anxiety and fear inside, even though the prisoner has been caught, I don’t think you can concentrate on studying during this time, so here I want to tell you a piece of good news, that is, this exam has been cancelled.”

Everyone immediately raised their hands and cheered enthusiastically. Among them, Gryffindor was the most excited. Of course, they really hate studying!

"Also, this year's House Cup." Dumbledore paused, watched everyone staring at him with bated breath, and said with a smile: "According to the statistics, Hufflepuff has 310 points, Gryffin Mostly 330, Ravenclaw 430, Slytherin 480."

Hearing the score, Draco raised the corner of his mouth slightly. Obviously, this year's House Cup will belong to Slytherin. In fact, in the past, Slytherin had won it for seven consecutive years, and last year it was close. The old bee added points to Gryffindor because of the Sorcerer's Stone incident, and Gryffindor won.

Just when everyone thought that this year's House Cup would be Slytherin, Dumbledore suddenly said again: "However, here I want to tell you something, this attack can be resolved satisfactorily, there are two We have to praise the students, they are not afraid, bravely duel with the prisoner, and finally successfully rescued Ginny Weasley, let us applaud Harry Potter and Ron Weasley!"

Hearing such enthusiastic applause, both Harry and Ron blushed. However, such a familiar scene made Raitlin feel bad, and it turned out that they were right, because Dumbledore I spoke again.

"For this, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley won 730 points, and Gryffindor scored a total of [-] points, which means that this year's Academy Cup will be won by Gryffindor."

Gryffindor burst into appalling cheers, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw clapped their hands, only Slytherin didn't respond.

Draco stared sullenly at Harry Potter, and again, that damned old bee, who keeps favoring Gryffindor, doesn't deserve to be Headmaster!

Like the Slytherin students, Snape didn't have a good face to go there. Although Harry Potter and Ron Weasley did help a lot this time, even if you want to add points, you don't need to add a full four points. percentage!

"Four hundred points. We tried to raise our hands to answer the questions all year but we couldn't add so many points." Although Betty also clapped her hands, her expression was a little unhappy.

Indeed, Winnie also felt that Dumbledore's extra points were a bit too much this time. Although she also thought that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley deserved extra points, they added four hundred for one addition, which cost them a whole year. The effort to get down is kind of ridiculous.

Obviously, only Gryffindor students enjoyed the banquet the most. Not only were the exams cancelled, they were also given [-] points, and won the house cup again. Looking at Slytherin's scorched face, They really felt extremely happy.

After Dumbledore announced the cancellation of the exam, all the students became very leisurely in the next week or so, only needing to attend half a day of class every day, and the Defense Against the Dark Arts class originally taught by Lockhart was also suddenly cancelled, become a self-study course.

It seems that the rumor has been confirmed again, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was cursed by that person, which made it impossible for every Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to teach for more than a year.

But it's okay that Lockhart's idiot left. To be honest, they didn't seem to really learn anything during Lockhart's teaching.

There is still a week left before going home. From the letter, it seems that Brett is very excited about the news. He used almost a page to express his expectation, and finally mentioned the invitation from the Holmes family. Yes, she There will be a month with Sherlock.

On this day, Winnie, who finished her class early, met Hermione Granger in the library. Even if the exam was cancelled, Granger was still studying very hard. You must know that during her petrification, she left After a lot of homework and lessons, you can catch up now.

Unlike Granger, Winnie just borrowed a few books for entertainment, she walked to where Granger was sitting, "Hi, is there anyone here?"

Granger raised her head and realized that it was Winnie, she shook her head with a smile and said, "You can sit down as you please, I'm the only one at this table."

Winnie glanced at the books on Hermione Granger's desk. They were all second-grade textbooks, and the notes were filled with dense words. She was a little curious about why the other party would go to Gryffindor instead of Ravenclaw.

"Do you feel better? I wanted to visit you, but Madam Pomfrey forbade everyone from entering the medical room." Winnie said as soon as she sat down.

"Physically I feel much better, but mentally I'm not feeling well. My progress is too far behind, and now I feel a little stressed. Although the exam is cancelled, I always feel that if I don't catch up quickly, I can't settle down. Come on." Hermione frowned, and told Winnie her thoughts very directly. At first, Harry and Ron also told her not to work so hard. It's okay to come back after a period of rest, but there are other homework to do during the summer vacation. She still has to prepare for the third grade class, how can she have so much time!

Winnie nodded, and understood Hermione's feelings in her heart, and she would be the same as her.

Knowing Hermione's pressure, Winnie didn't bother the other party too much, said a few words, left a contact information for each other, and left.

Once out of the library, Winnie saw Draco Malfoy, and Draco saw Winnie, so he came over.

"Would you like to come to my house to play this summer?" Draco said what he had practiced alone for a long time, he raised his chin slightly, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, trying to make himself look full of kindness.

In fact, he thought that even if he didn't do this, the other party would definitely not refuse. Who would refuse an invitation from Malfoy, but his father said in the letter that he should behave kindly, so he could only obey.

Winnie stared at Draco's pale face, and suddenly realized that Draco seemed to be a little taller.

"I'll write you an invitation letter when I get home, and you can bring your homework to my house, and I'll wait for you at the manor." There was almost no time for Winnie to respond, and Draco breathed a sigh of relief Just speak up.

"Sorry, I already have an appointment this summer." Winnie spoke slowly after Draco finished speaking.

Draco: "…"

"Betty White?" Draco raised his eyebrows, and the first person that came to mind was her.

Winnie shook her head, seeing this, Draco frowned, and a name that made him slightly disgusted flashed through his mind, and sure enough, Winnie said the name of the person in his mind in a second.

"I have promised to be a guest at Sherlock's house this holiday."

"You're actually going to visit a Muggle's house!" Draco said with his eyes widened in disbelief.

"Is there a problem?" Winnie didn't understand why Malfoy was so excited.

"You actually dare to ask me, is your brain full of slugs when you refuse Malfoy's invitation because you are a Muggle!" Draco said viciously, and his pale face was also angry at this time And dyed a touch of pink.

"My mind is normal." Winnie responded calmly without being irritated by Draco's words.

"You!" Delaware stared at Winnie with an ugly face, and said in an angry voice, "You damn fool, you will regret it!"

After speaking, Draco turned and left angrily.

The author has something to say: a fat chapter!

I hurried out of the door, and caught the worms again when I came back! >333

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