Liu Quan was stunned for a moment, staring at George's excellent singing and songwriting performance. For some reason, she suddenly remembered that after Fred's death in the final battle, it was said that George would never be able to use the Patronus Charm again, because the prerequisite for using the Patronus Charm was to think about happy things, and when Fred died, George who lost his brother could no longer be happy.

This incident is not mentioned in the book, but Liu Quan once said it in an interview with Rowling in rare memory. This is a complete tragedy. But she doesn't have the power – and perhaps not the right time – to turn the fate of the likable twins around.

She remembered that the ruthless system had warned her not to do unnecessary things, not to be the Virgin, not to joke with the whole world for the sake of her own compassion, because she could not afford to fail.

Liu Quan's mood suddenly fell. In order to hide this emotion, she tried to bend her eyes and said with a smile: "I'm sure you don't know how many people have broken their hearts with those little inventions—I heard two days ago that an unlucky kid accidentally ate fat-tongued toffee and couldn't speak in potions class, so he was fined for failing to answer the question—"

The Weasley twins looked at each other and laughed.

But the jovial laughter was soon interrupted by a cold, slippery voice.

"Rude to the professor, Gryffindor deducts ten points. ”

The smiles on everyone's faces froze almost at the same time, and the little lions stood straight and straight as if they had been under a petrification spell, not daring to look back. Only George was unconvinced: "Where are we being rude to the professor?"

Snape stepped out of the Potions classroom, stared condescendingly at the group of lions, and said slowly, "None of the antidote you boiled today could solve the hormonal rush in your body—how dare you openly invite a Hogwarts professor to be your dance partner?" he curled his lips into a grim smile. "Why don't you try inviting Dumbledore, I guess he'll be happy to see how popular he is among the young—"

Fred couldn't help but whisper a flaw in his words, "Sir, Professor Dumbledore is also a gentleman. ”

"It's okay, maybe you can try Transfiguration. Snape said in a vicious tone, apparently not forgetting the day in the courtyard where Draco Malfoy, a Slytherin, was turned into a stoat by Moody. He suggested in a caustic tone, "Transfiguration would solve your problem of not being able to invite Professor Dumbledore as a dance partner - and the old dress that Mr. Ron Weasley received would come in handy, what a perfect solution!"

Ron's cheeks flushed with anger. The old lace-clad dress robe was one of the sore spots in his heart, and his most hated professor, Snape, poked his scar without hesitation, making him want to duel the old bat. Thankfully, a second before he lost his mind, Harry grabbed his arm just in time to stop him from doing something stupid.

But Snape didn't seem to be going to just let go of the nasty people he saw as nasty. He turned to Harry and continued to smirk caustently and asked, "Oh, I haven't yet greeted the great savior, the loyal godfather of the big black dog who has endured humiliation for many years, and who has done justice to his friends even when he is misunderstood—has he been okay lately? I guess he is too good to be - I have to say that if he hadn't come to Hogwarts, you little trolls probably wouldn't have to go through the trouble of finding a dance partner like you do now." ”

Harry was stunned for a moment before he realized what Snape meant by sarcasm. His face immediately flushed as quickly as Ron had been a few minutes ago, and he held back his anger, and his voice was a little muffled because of it.

"We are no more nerve-wracking than you, sir. ”

Snape's face distorted for a moment, a clear malice and a bitter coldness on his face. He opened his mouth, just as he was about to say something, and Willow Quan, alertly aware that things were going off the rails, intervened in time to intervene in the tense conversation between them, preventing Snape from deducting more points from Gryffindor.

"After class, what are you still doing here? She said softly to the little lions, but there was a rare lack of expression on her face.

"Since you have all successfully passed the test of self-made antidote/poison/medicine today, go and prepare for the Yule Ball, gentlemen. "She drove them away in a rare way, blasting the Gryffindor boys away.

Then she turned to Snape and smiled good-naturedly, "Shall we go to dinner together, Severus?"

Snape seemed annoyed by the question she had deliberately understated. He tilted his head and let out a breath from his hooked nose.

"You're too kind to them, they're going to bet you!" he angrily accused, "These Gryffindors don't have the slightest respect they deserve for the professors!

"It's okay, I'm rejecting them anyway, aren't I?" Liu Quan replied to him with a smile, not angry at all. "Turning down an invitation from a young gentleman would undoubtedly hurt their fragile self-esteem. The lesson you want them to learn, they have already got. ”

Snape glared fiercely at Willow Spring, as if he couldn't stand her partiality.

"Don't joke with me! If they dare to make fun of the professor in public, I should deduct fifty points from Gryffindor!"

"Oh, Severus, don't do that. Willow Springs' tone was soft and calm as she tried to convince him, "Since you think Gryffindor deserves more lessons, then I'll come—"

Snape was slightly stunned, as if he didn't understand what she meant. But then he understood her true intentions, for she had come around to him and stood still, facing him squarely, and looked up at him, with a soft smile on her face.

"I don't have a dance partner for the Ball. Severus, would you like to come with me to the ball?"

For a moment, Snape looked stunned. But he quickly returned to his normal form, and even more gloomy - he cast his gaze from the tip of his big nose down to her face in disgust, and said coldly, "I'm sorry, I'm not going to go to that ball with anyone." The next time you make an unreasonable request, you'd better think about whether others can tolerate and accept—"

"So you're turning down my invitation, Severus?" Willow Spring didn't seem to be affected by his cold expression and words at all, she still looked at him with a smile, and her expression seemed to be unusually soft.

Snape choked, twisting his face to the other side very unnaturally, trying to avoid making eye contact with hers.

"You can go and invite that big black dog. This way you can save at least a few dozen young and ignorant trolls from being deceived by his pretentious manners. He advised her stiffly.

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and his eyebrows became crooked because of this.

"Oh no, he's surrounded by enough young and lovely girls, and I'm not going to bother him. When she had finished speaking, she did not continue to harass him as he had imagined, but turned on tiptoe like a ballet dancer, and playfully put her hands behind her back, and walked up the stairs leading to the great hall on the first floor with a very brisk step.

"I hope you'll change your mind then, sir. She didn't look back, but there was a faint smile in her crisp voice. As she passed by a piece of armor displayed in the hallway, it suddenly squeaked and opened the eye shield from her helmet because it had been enchanted, singing a Christmas carol.

“cry

pout,i'mtellingyouwhy

wn!”

"You'd better be careful

It's better not to cry

It's best not to pout

Let me tell you why—

Santa Claus is coming to town!]

The song was extremely light, but it was a little strange to be sung by old-fashioned armor with that creaking metallic sound, and Snape was slightly startled. But the fake Lily seemed to be extremely happy, and actually snapped her fingers with her right hand, and whistled to the melody of the song.

“he's

afindoutwho'

wn!

you'ping

you'reawake

you'd

dnesssake!”

[He has a list and checks it twice.]

He will find out who is a good child and who is a bear child

Santa Claus is coming to town!

He can see you while you sleep

He will know when you wake up

He knows if you're acting good or bad

So behave better for God's sake.]

Snape was about to blow up, for the imposter Lily stopped in front of the armor (they would sing as long as anyone stood in front of them), happily humming the naïve Muggle Christmas song along with the tattered armor that sang ridiculously, adding a few words to the armor when it forgot the words, and deliberately smiling back at him happily when she sang the lines "going nafindoutwho" and "you'd"!

Oh, Merlin's broken glasses, the look on her face is like "You're the bad boy in the lyrics!"

Fortunately, the song is not very long, and the armor quickly puts an end to this kind of tormented singing. The imposter stopped. Somehow Snape seemed to be able to see the smile in her eyes, though they were some distance away. Embarrassed and angry at his discovery, he quickly turned his face away and stopped looking at her.

Then he heard the sound of brisk footsteps again, and the impostor did not think of any other way to torture him again, but walked away very neatly. But somehow, he had some kind of bad premonition in his heart - that is, she would not let him go so easily.