[hp] warm as jade

By the time Rong Jiu fully recovered and returned to Hogwarts, it was already more than a month later.During this time, she has been receiving treatment at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magic and Magic.After discussion, Dumbledore declared that Peter Pettigrew was found by Rong Jiu when he was escaping, and he was seriously injured when he tried to stop him.For this reason, the Ministry of Magic also specially rewarded them. Reporters from newspapers such as the Daily Prophet guarded the gate of St. Mungo's and wanted to interview the person involved.The little girl of the Malfoy family stood on the cusp for the second time and became the focus of the entire magic world.

"Dad got a lot of benefits from it." One time, when Draco came to visit her, he took an apple and gnawed on it, while telling her triumphantly about what happened these days, "They hurt you Pushed it to Pettigrew. My father knew the truth, and took the opportunity to get you a Merlin [-]rd Class Medal. There are also a lot of resources. I don’t know the details. In short, Dumbledore did it to keep Lupine. A lot of concessions... Don't look at me like this, it's you who said you don't want to pursue it, Dad can't let you suffer for nothing."

Rong Jiu was already much better at that time, and she could get up and do some less strenuous activities. She was sitting in front of the window wearing a special hospital gown, holding a cup of hot water, listening to him quietly, and echoing him when it was right. One sentence: "Well, that's it."

"I also got one for the professor by the way. Let me tell you, what medal does he need for hurting you like that? Dad also said that it was because I offended the professor, so I have to compensate him. What do you think is the matter?" Draco pursed his lips, disapprovingly, and threw the apple core into the trash can, not seeing Rong Jiu's slightly absent-minded look on the opposite side.

Since that day, Professor Snape has never appeared in front of her again.Only occasionally when she was half asleep and half awake, she could hear his sigh.

After returning to Hogwarts, Rong Jiu became much more silent than before.Unlike the initial livelyness, nor the previous dazedness, most of the time I just listen to what others say, and I don’t speak unless necessary, and I do my own thing quietly.

It was as if the girl who spoke with high spirits and all the emotions in her eyes had never existed before.

It seemed that she had always been so indifferent and alienated.

Although Dumbledore had already taken care of her, she didn't have to take the final exam and was directly promoted to the next grade.But she still shuttles between the library and the offices of various teachers, trying her best to make up for the lessons she left behind.Every day after dinner, she would either be in the common room, reading a heavy book, or appear in the library, where she would be overwhelmed by the piles of books beside her, and she would be scribbling away.

Except Potions.

The effort she had put in here was unimaginable to others—the tasks related to Potions that Snape assigned when he was embarrassing her, and she spontaneously delved into related content out of a mood that she didn't even understand at the time.Although she hadn't attended class for nearly two months, she was still the most dazzling one when she returned to class, always the first to complete the task, and always the best one.

However, all he could get was a faint voice: "Five points for Slytherin."

After a long time, not only Slytherin, but even people in other houses noticed something was wrong.

Even though they are not familiar with Rong Jiu, most of the students know that there is a student in Slytherin who is not afraid of death, who has nothing to do with Snape, and is taken to confinement every night (this is a rumor, hey) , It's still alive and kicking.But why...didn't you see her go to confinement during this time?Can meet her in the library every day?

"Could it be that Snape wanted to let Pettigrew go, but was stopped by Jiu?" Ron speculated, "Didn't the Ministry of Magic say that Jiu and Snape blocked Pettigrew's escape together, and Pettigrew Seriously injured Nine, Snape was worried about the students so he couldn't get Pettigrew back smoothly."

Hermione agreed with Ron's opinion: "Yes, do you remember what Jiu said, she said that Snape is a very powerful person. And Harry, did Sirius tell you that Snape is here?" Before entering school, he knew more about black magic than most of the seventh graders? Such a powerful character, and one more Jiu, how could he not be able to stop Pettigrew. I think Jiu discovered Snape's intentions, and the result was unsuccessful , The two of them quarreled like this."

Harry knew a lot of things from Sirius, and he didn't like Snape at first, but now he is just like Snape, with disgust on his face when he mentioned each other's names: "But Dumbledore believed him .”

"Okay then." Hermione shrugged, she didn't care what Snape's position was, she just mentioned Nine, feeling a little sad, "She still doesn't seem to forgive us, how many letters of apology have I sent her, she always Feng has never returned."

Harry scratched his head: "But last time, her attitude didn't look like she was thinking about it."

"Who knows, maybe I want to talk to her face to face when I have the chance." Hermione said briskly, "I think she is a good person, she is different from those Slytherins, but I don't understand why she and Mal Fu came together...Okay, let's go, the next class is about to start."

The three hurriedly walked in one direction, and none of them turned their heads, so they didn't see. Behind them, a person stood there quietly, staring at their backs, without moving for a long time.

Outsiders guessed this way, and the Slytherins felt even more deeply.There used to be a lot of delicious food in the common room every three to five times. The laughter of Rong Jiu, Draco, Pansy, Blaise and Theodore filled the whole lounge, and sometimes other people would join in, from one From the first grade to the seventh grade, everyone was infected by such happiness.But now, there is nothing delicious, and when they are playing around, the girl who used to smile brightly is silently nestling in a corner, holding a book and reading, making this joy dull.

"What's wrong with you?" Draco couldn't help but get angry.When he went to visit Rong Jiu, he noticed that she was abnormally quiet, but at that time he thought it was because she was injured and lacked energy, but now she was still so quiet, which made him feel aggrieved.

Rong Jiu didn't seem to hear it, until the book in his hand was taken away, he raised his head in a daze, saw Draco, and then came back to his senses: "What's wrong?"

Draco repeated viciously, "What's the matter with you?"

Rong Jiu curled the corners of his mouth, but didn't smile at all: "It's okay." As he said that, he wanted to take the book back.As a result, Draco put it behind him, looking like I won't give it to you unless you make it clear.Rong Jiu sighed, and didn't continue to fight. He slowly opened the small bag he carried with him, took out a thicker book from it, put it on his lap, and continued to read, without being affected at all.

Draco was dumbfounded.After looking at the same thing in the small sachet, and then at the thick book, he swallowed hard.

"I said, what's the matter with you? Don't hide it from me. If nothing happened, you could suddenly become like this?" Draco simply lay down on Rong Jiu's lap, covering the book with his body, forcing She gives an answer.

Rong Jiu sighed softly, raised her hand suddenly, and stroked Draco's golden, soft short hair.

"It's just a little tired, and I haven't recovered. Don't worry about me, thank you."

She smiled with eyebrows and eyes crooked, as if she had often seen it before.

From that day on, she seemed to be back to normal. Although she was still obsessed with books, she smiled more.

However, at the end of the term, she insisted on taking the exam.

Speaking of this, I have to mention that because Professor Lupine "resigned due to illness", the rest of this semester's Defense Against the Dark Arts class will be temporarily replaced by Snape. It also makes people sigh that this toxic position will never calm.Of course, the Gryffindors hoped that the temporary Snape would also be cursed and that something would happen.

Unfortunately, because Rong Jiu was exempted from taking the final exam, she was not actually included in the exam group. What's more, the practical exam content of Defense Against the Dark Arts was to attack and defend in groups of two , the examiner—that is, the acting Snape—marked them according to their performance.Therefore, when she stood alone in the examination room, the faces of both of them turned dark.

After a moment of relative silence, Snape raised his wand: "Let's go."

Rong Jiu slightly raised his eyes.What he meant was that since he didn't have a partner, let him be his partner?

But she didn't have time to think about it, because it was all so familiar that she didn't even need to think about it.They are one-on-one like this, and they have practiced for two years.

A spell appeared on Rong Jiu's fingertips.

half a month later.

"Didn't you not go to class for nearly two months?" Draco held Rong Jiu's report card with a look of disbelief on his face, "What's the matter with your all-O grades? Aren't you allowed not to take the exam? You Why do you still have to take the exam?"

Unfortunately, Draco's great progress was defeated by Defense Against the Dark Arts.His report card was also full of O's - except for the big E in Defense Against the Dark Arts.When he took the exam with Pansy, his heart softened, he hesitated a little for a spell, and was scolded bloody by Professor Snape.

Rong Jiu pursed her lips: "Who knows, maybe it's because of boredom."

She turned her head, and the sky outside the window was as blue as if it had been washed, with white clouds dotting it leisurely.

Summer is here.

The holidays have also begun.

The author has something to say:

The Azkaban line is over, and then the Dark Lord is coming back, well, it’s almost time to fall in love 2333333

In fact, I still think it's a bit sweet, it's true.

That tsundere guy is shy after being confessed? (????ω?????)? And he still cares about Xiao Jiu very much!

Volume Four: The Beginning of the Storm