Her right hand tucked into her sleeve, and in an instant she held her wand in her hand. But when she saw the black robe tumbling violently behind the tall figure, her breath immediately relaxed, and she even withdrew her wand, just quietly maintaining the previous position of sitting half-leaning against the wall, and did not bother to strengthen or disarm the defensive spell on her body, and stared at the figure quietly.

The man stopped at the end of the alleyway, and he didn't notice her for a while due to the effect of the spell on Willow Spring's body.

She thought he had come to clean up the mess, or maybe the Death Eaters had left him down to check if there were any loose Phoenix fish nearby. She was still confident in her defensive charm, but he stood in the depths of the alley, and the lines of his taut face in the shadows were particularly deep and unapproachable. He looked around warily, his wand peeking out. Although he didn't see anything, he didn't seem to give up.

Liu Quan still watched him silently, and did not say a word.

He twitched his nose suddenly, furrowed his eyebrows deeper, and took two steps into the corner where she was. And then in an instant, the wand that was sticking out of his cuff slipped out and into his hand. His wand was pointed at the corner where Willow Spring was, and shouted, "Who?!"

Liu Quan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

How did he see through her disguise spell?

He's impatient. She remained silent for a minute without responding, and a faint red glow appeared on the tip of his wand, as if it was about to unleash an attack spell.

The current Headmaster of Hogwarts repeated the words again: "Who is it?!"

Liu Quan looked up at him, sighed, and waved his wand slowly, removing the invisibility and ignorance spells from his body.

"Severus. ”

Severus Snape's figure froze, and her eyes widened for a moment as if in disbelief, and the silky, low, velvety voice she was familiar with immediately rang out: "...... Bigonia?!"

But he soon noticed that the wand that Liu Quan was holding in his right hand had not yet been put away—in fact, Liu Quan didn't have the strength to put it back into his sleeve or pocket—and his face sank slightly, and he bent down slightly to look down at her pale face, and the corners of his lips provoked a smile of unknown meaning.

"Merlin's glasses, you dare to unravel the defensive spell you cast on yourself in front of Dumbledore's killer. He exclaimed contrivedly, his voice as smooth as the finest grease pouring down from above. "I guess that old, torn Sorting Hat must have gone wrong with the old eyes, and someone of your stature should be assigned to Gryffindor. ”

"I do this because I believe in you, Severus. Liu Quan looked up at his unpredictable expression without flinching, clenched his wand in his right hand, and then slid it into his cuff little by little with his five fingers that were spasmed by the loss of force.

Snape's expression twisted for a moment at her answer. He quickly regained his usual look, staring sarcastically at her slow withdrawal of her wand.

"What a touching trust, Bigonia. He said in a tone like the most beautiful aria, "Dumbledore trusted me like that, too, but he was killed by my own hands - and now you dare to trust me like that? You don't ...... you don't fear."

Liu Quan sighed.

Thanks to Merlin, now her face is Bigonia Kollenbang. So could the trust that she had been unable to speak out of her time as Lily Evans be made clear to her when she was as Bigonia?

"Severus, don't be angry. She rubbed her hand to her brow wearily, "In these difficult times, I don't know if there is any other way we can overcome the despair of this boundless darkness than trusting each other—I trust Dumbledore's decision, and since he thinks you can be trusted, then you can be trusted." Before he died, he had told me that you had promised to do everything in your power to protect Hogwarts - I don't believe a true Death Eater would make such a promise. So now can we stop testing each other? I'm tired, it's not a good time for me to fight tonight, but unfortunately the Order of the Phoenix is short on manpower right now......"

Snape shook slightly. Perhaps he had never heard such a frank statement, and even Bigonia Colombon, who had always been very frank in his presence, had never expressed her own thoughts so bluntly.

He was silent for a few seconds, then bent down to help her up, hesitated, ran his hand under her armpit, supported her unsteady body, and whispered, "Hold on." Then he took her with him and apparitioned.

When Liu Quan landed dizzily, if it weren't for the big hand that still supported her body, she would definitely fall to the ground with a pop. The whirlwind of the illusion made her feel even more uncomfortable, her chest was irritable and she coughed violently, but nothing came out.

Unexpectedly, Snape waited patiently for her to regain a little strength, rather than immediately letting go and throwing her to the ground. When her violent coughing had stopped, he helped her to a couch, drew his wand and whispered a spell before letting go and causing her to fall heavily into the couch.

Liu Quan fell headlong into the soft sofa, but unfortunately no one had sat on this sofa for an unknown amount of time, and a puff of dust exploded, choking her with a cough. She had to reluctantly turn around and throw a "clean up" on the couch.

Snape strode around the room, throwing "clean up" around, kicking up puffs of dust wherever he went. He noticed Liu Quan's movements, didn't look back, just said insincerely, "Oh, I'm sorry. ”

Liu Quan struggled to sit up straight, only to realize that the sofa was the only piece of furniture in the room that could be seen. Aside from the dust that had caused her cough before, the sofa was still brand new, and although the pattern and pattern of the cloth were old, it was soft and comfortable to sit on, and it was obvious that someone had thrown the "repair as new" charm on it first.

Liu Quan curled the corners of his lips and whispered, "It's okay. This sofa was nice and perfect for a wounded person. ”

Snape clearly didn't appreciate her humor. He snorted coldly and continued to walk inside, not forgetting to order her as he went: "Wait here." ”

Liu Quan whispered "Okay", and his figure disappeared. She guessed he must have gone to the cellar. Although it was much more dilapidated than the last time she had visited, she could still recognize it as 19 Spidertail Alley, Snape's home.

He soon returned with a few bottles of potion, and Liu Quan silently took them and drank them. Although the taste of these potions almost made her want to die, she swallowed it reluctantly, and then thanked him with a twisted face.

Snape snorted, sat down on the other couch in front of her, which was obviously the same as the one she was sitting on, but looked much more shabby, stared at her face for a moment, and said in a flat tone, "You've obviously been on more and more missions lately. I have to suspect that you probably don't have anything else to do, otherwise you wouldn't have so much free time to fight the Death Eaters. ”

Is he quietly tempting her?

Don't think she didn't notice, although she did go on a lot more missions lately than he said before, but this was the first time they had met since Dumbledore's death. At first, she recognized him almost immediately on the battlefield, still wearing the Death Eater's hood and mask, but she didn't act rashly. At a time like this, the less contact they have, the better, for the sake of his safety.

Liu Quan's heart moved slightly, and he spread his hands and said, "I guess it's because the members of the Order of the Phoenix have also sacrificed almost. ”

Snape frowned, and said coldly: "If you don't have that ability, don't rush forward again and again and wait to die." ”

Liu Quan sighed, ignoring the anger and ridicule in his tone, and asked insincerely, "Severus, why are you there again? I thought you left with those people—"

Snape's jaw twitched, his eyes fierce as he wanted to cut her out of his heart. He was silent for a moment before reluctantly replying, "...... It's a place I'm familiar with...... I want to see if there's anyone left to save me!"

In Liu Quan's eyes, a small flame suddenly went out violently. Then she laughed calmly and said, "Ah, is that so...... I think I want to thank you for your kindness, Severus. ”

Snape looked even more uncomfortable. He stood up abruptly and said impatiently, "...... If you don't have anywhere to go tonight, you can stay here for a while. ”

Liu Quan continued to smile, looking like he was in a good mood.

"Oh, of course, thank you for taking me in for the time being, Severus. ”

Snape seemed to hate her repeated thanks, and he quickly turned and left the drawing-room, not answering her again.

Liu Quan watched the tumbling back of his black robe disappear at the entrance to the cellar, and then leaned back on the back of the sofa without any image, stretched out a hand to press his throbbing temple, and his rumbling mind gradually calmed down in the silence, and some thoughts came back to his mind.

Is that street familiar, Severus?

You hate the Muggle world, and you rarely go to the Muggle world, and there's no chance that there are any precious potions materials on that street for you to collect...... So, how do you feel familiar with that street and never forget it?

You haven't forgotten that Christmas Eve, have you?

...... Besides, you saw me tonight - and saw that Bigonia - was also on the fighting team of the Order of the Phoenix, so you returned there after leaving the battlefield with the Death Eaters to make sure that Bigonia was safe, right?

Christmas...... In any case, it's a wonderful, celebrated, and nostalgic holiday, right?

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May 27:

Okay, so the clichéd and vulgar old terrier is here [Hey!

Sick terrier, life-saving terrier, and this kind of terrier pretending to be another person!

I want to use W to my heart's content

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