[HP] Sheep with soy sauce

This year's year-end dinner was the most depressing one Rui Yi had ever attended.The auditorium didn't have the decorations of the Victory Academy, black curtains were hung behind the teachers' seats, every long table was quiet, almost everyone lowered their heads, and the Hufflepuffs didn't want to talk.

Because they lost Cedric together.

Dumbledore said something, please remember Cedric with him, remember that Voldemort killed him, and be wary of Voldemort's return.

Ray thought it was weird, since Cedric wasn't dead.He was lying in St. Mungo's lifelong magic injury ward, still breathing and heartbeating, and his body was a little bit warm, like a "corpse" that could breathe.

This should not be regarded as death.

Rie became strangely silent after the Triwizard Tournament, and everything that happened that day kept replaying in her mind.The nervous Cho, the disappearing Harry and Cedric, the hysterical Diggory couple, the dead Cedric, the broken Cho, the Cedric who "comes back to life" like a corpse...

As for the bad things that happened to Harry later-Moody pretended by Death Eaters, Rita Skeeter's malicious articles, others' distrust, etc., Ray was not killed by the twins until the train home. One informs.

Fred has also become a little silent these days. It seems that Cedric's death has also affected him. Except for the necessary product production, he and George seldom go out of the lounge.

Ray didn't notice any of this.Her mind kept thinking about other things, such as where the pendant that "resurrected" Cedric came from, and how Cho got it.What was the reason Cedric was half dead now—something like that.

On the second day after returning home, Ray and his mother, Mrs. Wood, came to St. Mungo's via the Floo network.She felt that there were some things that must be clarified with Qiu.After Cedric was admitted to St. Mungo's, Cho came to the hospital to accompany him, and even missed the year-end dinner.Many people advised her not to do that, but Qiu's actions were her answer.

Mrs. Wood works on the second floor, which mainly accepts wizards who have been injured by magical creatures.Cedric's ward was on the fifth floor, and Ray went up the stairs alone after saying goodbye to his mother.

Compared with the busy second floor in the early morning, the fifth floor is much quieter. Except for a few people who are in a trance, most of the patients are silent.Of course, many of them had no way to speak at all.

Cedric's ward is number 37, near the landing.There was a closed door with a "Do Not Disturb" sign on it, and "DIGORY - REASON UNKNOWN" written in silver script on a sign next to it.

Rui stood outside the door, doing mental construction for himself for a while.But before her knuckles touched the door, the door of the ward was already opened from the inside.Dumbledore, with silver-gray hair and beard, came out of the room, not surprised to see Rye at all. "Morning, Ray." The old man smiled as usual, his wise blue eyes twinkling behind half-moon lenses. "We were talking about you just now—Cho must be glad you're here."

She keenly noticed Dumbledore's address to Cho and Cedric. "Morning Professor, Seid—"

"His condition is good or bad." Dumbledore said with some regret. "I think Qiu should be clearer, and she has a lot to tell you. Then I won't delay you, go in quickly."

Ray walked into the ward and saw Cedric lying on the only hospital bed in the room, with a pot of bluebells on the bedside.Cho was sitting on a folding chair next to the hospital bed, looking down at Cedric.

The door slammed shut behind Rie with a slight creak.Cho turned his head, then smiled at Rae.She didn't look very well, her face was pale from lack of rest, her eyes were swollen, and there were blue shadows in her eyes.But for some reason, when Rui Yi saw her smile, it was so peaceful, which even calmed Rui Yi's uneasy heart.

"You are here," Qiu said, pointing to the armchair opposite her: "Please sit down."

Rui walked into the ward, and Cedric's face, which was blocked by Qiu just now, was revealed in front of her.His face looked much better, no longer as gray as it was a week ago, and a trace of blood had returned to his lips.But his breathing is still so weak, if you don't observe carefully, you can hardly find that his chest still rises and falls.

"He's much better, Mr. Lorraine said, maintaining the current state is the best state." Qiu said calmly. "Thank you for visiting him, Ray. I think Seid would be glad to know."

Rae's lips trembled, and she felt unable to utter a word.Qiu seems to have noticed her embarrassment, and slightly pursed her lips: "I know you have a lot to ask me—let me tell you, okay?"

The little mechanical clock on the wall clicks softly, and Cho's story begins: "Rae, I'm a sinner and a fool."

Rae saw tears glisten in her eyes, but Chosuke held it back.

"As you can imagine, the pendant that 'saved' Seid is related to Renata." Qiu first threw a heavy bomb. "She told me that thing could even stop the Unforgivable Curse, so I let Ced go to the Triwizard Tournament—I'm stupid, aren't I? How could there be anything that could stop the Unforgivable Curse? And I— And I've always believed Renata - even lied to you."

"You lied to me?" Rey couldn't believe it.

"Yes—it's my selfishness..." The tears in Qiu's eyes were finally overwhelmed, and big ones flowed down. "You remember when I told you about Renata threatening me during the summer vacation of the third grade, right?"

Rey nodded: "You, you told me at that time, if you don't listen to her and approach Harry, you will lose—"

"Losing Cedric, Rae." Qiu's face was expressionless, but there was despair in his eyes. "I'd lose Cedric."

Once again Rae was at a loss for a word.

"She said she knew everything, what would happen at Hogwarts every school year, who would die at the end, the mystery of the Mysterious Man and even the third wizarding war..." Qiu's voice broke. "She knew I wouldn't believe it, so she predicted Sirius' escape—"

"And that happened, so you believed her?!" Rae's voice was sharp with excitement.

"Yes." Qiu spat out the word with difficulty. "I forced myself not to think about what she said, and devoted myself to Quidditch training and learning. But Rui, I can control myself not to go to the Astronomy Tower to find Renata, but I can't control myself to like Seid—I Really, really liked him."

Rui Yi vaguely thought of Qiu who had always avoided seeing Cedric during that time. Now that she thinks about it, she might have suffered a lot at that time... right?

"The more I like him, the more I can't forget what Renata said. When Cedric congratulated me that time when we won the Hufflepuff game, I, I finally realized that I can't do anything. Nothing. What if it happened? What if what Renata said happened?!"

"So you're back where you started?" Rey asked blankly. "Going and going to fulfill her request, to get close to Harry, to expose myself to danger—"

"She said Peter Pettigrew was an Animagus, and he was the one who betrayed Harry's parents, not Sirius! If you don't catch him, not only will You-Know-Who be resurrected, but Cedric will die because of it— "

"But!" Rui pulled out his wand and cast a Silencing Charm roughly at the door. "But he—the man—he's back! You see, Cedric, he's still like this!"

Qiu wept silently, and Cedric on the bed breathed shallowly unconsciously.

"Why—why didn't you tell Professor Dumbledore?" Rye was in pain too, her eyes were dry and aching. "He is so powerful, he must know how to remedy..."

"I thought it would be enough to get rid of Pettigrew..." Qiu's voice was thick nasal, but she still looked numb. "Until Cedric told me that he wanted to sign up for the Triwizard Tournament, I remembered what Renata said a few years ago."

Seeing Qiu's mouth twitching slightly, Ruiyi revealed a wry smile.

"In third grade, after I gave the notebook to the twins and it was later stolen by Ginny, she said to me: 'Everything is destiny'."

Cedric on the bed was like a breathing corpse, motionless. After Ray had been in for so long, he didn't even tremble slightly.

"Renata once told me that Seid would die at the end of the Triwizard Tournament, at the hands of You-Know-Who. Pettigrew, who helped You-Know-Who resurrect, has been brought to justice, but I am still afraid that Seid will die in other The link was injured. It happened that Renata was teaching me how to make alchemy items, so I made him the first necklace."

"It does work." Rui couldn't help interjecting. "I saw it, replayed it through the Quidditch binoculars - you did it."

"I know." Qiu looked at Rui strangely. "I also know that necklace wasn't lost, it was given to you. I think I should be angry - because he likes you - but I can't be angry, Rie. I even have a little expectation, looking forward to you You can come and ask me, I look forward to someone sharing a little pressure with me..."

Ruiyi's breathing stagnates, looking at Qiu who is numb and narrating.Tears kept pouring from her dark eyes, dripping onto her beige robes, spattering one dark blotch after another, and she didn't seem to feel it.

"Encouraged by the success of the first necklace, I secretly made a second one. The materials were found by Blake, who had been collecting them all year. Renata allowed me to practice with some of these materials. , but she also told me that the finished product may have flaws, and the finished product can only be used for experiments at most, and it is really used on people, and if there are other side effects, it may not be remedied at all.”

"I don't believe it."

"Qiu——" Rui Yi looked at Qiu's flat and calm face, and felt that his heart was being squeezed dry by one hand like a blood-congested sponge. "Please, please stop talking..."

"When he was brought back by Harry, I thought I was dreaming." Qiu's eyes were confused, and at that moment, a look that could only appear on Luna's face appeared on her face. "But he didn't move, and I realized that the pendant was really useless. So I had to break it-it was a little modification of Professor Renata's stuff. I put the new magic circle and talisman The text is divided into two parts, inscribed on separate cones. Once their link is unscrewed, it goes back a little bit in time."

"That was my last desperate hope, and fortunately, it seems to have succeeded."

Cedric's seemingly absent breathing on the hospital bed is a testament to Qiu's "success".

Rae can hardly believe that Cho has created a device that resembles a time travel machine all by himself.She asked softly: "So, Seid is back now..."

"Probably, the moment when he was struggling to die." Qiu gently held Cedric's hand. "He has a little temperature, a little breathing and a little heartbeat. But he has no soul. The attending physicians in St. Mungo's said that he is now just like the person kissed by the dementor, just a walking corpse."

"That's not right, he's not even as good as those. Apart from breathing and heartbeat, what's the difference between him and death?"

Rey was silent for a while: "Did you tell Professor Dumbledore all of this?"

"This is where I say I'm stupid." Qiu looked at the corner with a mocking expression on his face. "I was afraid that the headmaster would not believe me, so I proposed to use Veritaserum - but he told me that he believed me, that he would not doubt the words of a little girl who lost her lover." At this point, Qiu grabbed Cedric's hand tightly. tight. "Then he took some of my memories."

memory!

Rui Yi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, she understood why Qiu said she was stupid.That's because they all forgot that there is such a thing as a Pensieve in the wizarding world.Although the magic of extracting memory is still a bit difficult for them, Dumbledore can do it!And stupid as she never thought of it!

"I killed Cedric." Qiu said softly. "Ray, do you think I can forgive myself?"

"But Cho," Rae thought his words were dry. "Sed wouldn't want you to—"

"Yes, I know, he is such a gentle person." Qiu's voice gradually became firm and lively. "So I'm going to live and fight—in my own way, to fight."

That was the end of her conversation with Qiu, and they sat looking at each other in silence for a while.Then the Diggorys came, and they took Cho's care of Cedric--even though he didn't need to drink or eat every day or walk around like crazy.

Rie bade them good-bye, and Mr. and Mrs. Diggory shook her hand in silence.After walking out the door, she stopped at the door and pondered for a while, and suddenly found that the silencing spell she had just had no effect.

The sound of the Diggory couple talking with Qiu could be heard through the crack of the old wooden door.She heard Mrs. Diggory whisper softly to Cho: "My dear boy, we know you love Seid. But he's what he is now... Don't wait, you've got plenty of good years ahead of you."

Qiu's voice was soft but firm: "I won't."

"Qiu, none of this is your fault. Without you, Seid wouldn't even have the chance to lie here... But he wouldn't want to delay you—"

"If he doesn't want to delay me, get up and tell me himself," Cho interrupted Mr Diggory. "I am his girlfriend, he said it himself. If one day he doesn't want me anymore, he has to tell me in person. Before that, I will work hard until he—— When he gets better, let's say goodbye in person."

"Your parents will love you too—"

"I've made a decision." Qiu's voice became lighter, as if he was just talking about a beautiful thing. "I have decided that they will support my decision, and they will."

Rui Yi wiped away the tears from her face, she knew that Qiu was such a person who was soft on the outside but strong on the inside.Maybe from now on, she will never have anything to do with Renata again.Because her life's goal is to let Cedric open his eyes and say "breakup" to her himself.

She can do it.

The Diggory couple inside the door began to cry softly, and Rye outside the door guessed that they should be hugging like a family at this moment.When she turned her head to go to her mother to borrow the fireplace to go home, a silent man stood behind her.

It's a man, not a teenager.He was already tall, but his long ginger hair was cut short.Frowning slightly, brown eyes, darker than hers, stared at her.The tall and pointed nose and the thin lips are stretched in a straight line, and the chin is drawn down, as if it is no longer lively and flying like before.

Rui didn't like Fred like this, and she felt that Fred would definitely not like herself who was crying and silent in the past.Just as Seid would not want Cho to spend his whole life in shackles, just as Cho did not want Seid's body to be bedridden for life.

She hopes that the people she loves can die safely, and she hopes that the people in front of her will always be noisy and laughing with her twin brothers.

She walked up to him and hugged her lover.Neither of them spoke, but they both knew what the other was thinking.

To live, to fight.