Severus Snape hurried through the eighth-floor corridor.

In front of the tapestry of the silly Barnabas beating the troll, he cautiously looked around for a week, and saw no one else. Then he walked three times in front of that tapestry.

A door suddenly appeared on the wall.

Snape took one last look around and scurried through the door. The door disappeared again as silently as it had appeared.

As soon as Snape entered the Room of Requirement, he found that the room was set up that sounded familiar to him.

It's the first of May!Damn Merlin's stockings!Hell, that imposter actually turned this place into a Muggle shopping street for Christmas!Look what else he saw!The huge mistletoe wreath hanging from the ceiling!......

It seems that that Ravenclaw mad girl Luna Lovegood really didn't lie to him. It was indeed the fake Lily who had called her to meet him.

A bead of sweat appeared on his forehead for a moment.

They hadn't seen each other for almost a year. She's so damn well hidden. The Dark Lord had been trying to capture her for more than a year, but unfortunately he couldn't find where she was, and several Death Eaters had already been punished by the Curse of Heartburn for their incompetence, including himself.

And now—she'd come to her door and show up in a castle that was already a danger to her?! Did she even know that the Dark Lord had given the order to take "that disgusting and filthy mud breed who lied about the benefits of Muggles" back and tortured him half to death with the Diamond Heart Curse, and then throw it to Nagini for dinner?!

He had a strange delusion at the thought of this, as if he had a deep hope in his heart that this room was only his imagination, and not the will of the impostor. Why did she come back? Wouldn't it be nice to just hide until everything was over? Could all Gryffindors be like Dumbledore's old fox, and be able to play with their own lives for the so-called "greatest good?!......

Then he heard a familiar voice. He jerked around to face in that direction, but didn't draw his wand.

"Long time no see, Severus. ”

The fake Lily was standing next to a huge Christmas tree in the corner. There were a lot of gift boxes piled up under the tree, but she didn't touch any of them. She stood there, after about a year of hiding, her green eyes that belonged to Lily were as bright as ever, and when she looked at him, they seemed to be ignited, and they glowed with a bright, dazzling light.

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, squirming as if to say hello, but he didn't make any sound.

The fake Lily, who seemed to have completely ignored his indifferent reaction, walked towards him with great vigour, with a brisk step and a slight hint of joy in her tone.

"You don't seem to be too reluctant to see me—why? I'm probably not your employee anymore, so that's how you welcome a long-lost visitor, Headmaster?" she grinned, nonchalantly, as she stood a few feet in front of him, glanced up at the space above their heads, and stared at him nonchalantly.

"Li...... Impostor?!" Snape was finally able to speak, his eyebrows raised as high as a mountain, and his tone became smoother.

"I thought you were dead. You know, you've seemed to have disappeared since that night in the Astronomy Tower - the first thing I heard when I returned to Hogwarts was the sudden disappearance of Professor Evans. I was very surprised. His voice was deeper and smoother, like a beautiful double bass. "You know, it's not a good habit to say goodbye without saying goodbye and to show up out of the blue—"

His taunt sounded so nostalgic, Liu Quan thought.

Even when he was scathingly sarcastic, his tone sounded like an aria. That's a ...... It's amazing. She sighed in her heart.

"What? are you so weak that you can't speak?" Snape raised his voice a little when he saw her expression clearly out of the world.

Liu Quan reacted, and hurriedly laughed and said, "No." I'm not missing either - in fact, I've heard that Death Eaters are coming to Hogwarts, and the first one to be unlucky is the Muggle Studies professor. I didn't want to be Avada at this time, so I hid......"

Snape's eyebrows were raised.

"I thought the best thing you Gryffindors did was run to your death recklessly. He sarcastically said, "I didn't expect that some people would hide first when they saw that things were not going well - do you still enjoy the life of a fugitive all this time?, maybe the stupid dog you saved can share with you some tips on how to escape and hide......"

"Cialis you say?" said Willow Springs, surprised, a little confused as to what he was doing when he mentioned Cialis Black. Presumably to make sure that Sirius wouldn't jump out and wear the gang before Voldemort died.

Snape snorted, but didn't speak. Willow Springs, unable to guess his intention in mentioning Cyris Black, simply replied frankly: "I don't think he will trouble you again now, Severus." ”

Snape snorted again, clasping his hands around his chest, seemingly not quite believing her assurances. Liu Quan looked wistfully at his smoky, contemptuous and disdainful look on his face at the mention of the Marauder Four, and the corners of his lips involuntarily escaped a hint of a smile, and his tone was much softer.

"And I'm not going to trouble you again, Severus. She said softly, her tone full of exclamation.

If everything goes well today and tomorrow, then their differences are close at hand.

It's hard to believe.

For more than two decades, the person in front of her had been at the center of her mind before she made any moves, and now they were on the verge of separation, never to see each other again, and never to be related again.

Liu Quan thought, probably destined to not belong to his own people, the fate between each other is so weak. Even if she knew what was going to happen, and even if she was about to try to reverse his fate, it was impossible to influence the direction of his feelings.

He still only loves Lily Evans. The real Lily Evans.

As she thought so, she didn't notice that Snape's brow had furrowed deeply. He lowered his gaze and quietly observed her face, scrutinizing her inquiringly, and after a long time it seemed to find nothing, his expression and tone were even worse.

“...... What's going on in your brain full of wizard firecrackers, huh?" he asked, exasperated.

Hearing this, Liu Quan also raised his eyebrows - I have to say that over the years, he has still had a lot of subtle influence on her, this similar expression is an example - and asked rhetorically: "Wizard firecrackers?"

Snape let out a heavy breath from his big nose in exasperation.

She's always like that! Never get to the point in other people's words! Are they talking about that ridiculous thing that can blow up a lot of unexpected and funny gifts?!

He kept a straight face and decided not to dwell on such details with her anymore.

"You're risking your life to sneak into Hogwarts today just so I can see that you've set up this room in such a way that's even more ridiculous and messy than the idea of the little trolls?"

Liu Quan stared at him in surprise, but after a few seconds, he lowered his gaze slightly, pursed his lips and laughed softly.

"I remind you to fulfill your promise to Albus. She said clearly, "All the promises." ”

Snape's expression distorted for a moment, he gritted his teeth, glared at her with a hideous expression, and asked viciously, "...... That's all you're here for today?!"

Liu Quan didn't know why, but at that moment, her heart did suddenly move slightly.

So she once again forgot the calmness and reason she should have in such a critical moment, and acted according to her instincts.

She raised her head, her eyebrows curled as if she were smiling, and the face of the darkened man in front of her fell into her eyes, and she whispered, "No, of course not. ”

Snape was indeed stunned.

For a while—maybe just for a moment, maybe for a long time—they just stood in front of each other one step away, staring at each other in silence. There was silence in the room, except for the sound of singing wafting from the record player in the corner.

“I don’t want a lot for Christmas

There is just one thing I need

I don’t care about presents

Underneath the Christmas tree

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you...”

Snape suddenly jumped to his feet as if he had been burned by fire. But at the same time, Liu Quan has already taken a step forward, and there is almost no distance between them.

If we are to fight a brutal battle, then I want us to have faith that will encourage us to move forward forever on the battlefield of killing.

And you, can you give me such faith?

Willow Springs looked up at the current Headmaster of Hogwarts. The words only swirled around her chest, and did not come to her lips.

It's not time to say it all. Maybe never like this.

But that didn't mean she couldn't get so close to him. Liu Quan thought bitterly with a hint of self-deprecation.

After all, the shell she is wearing still has a little privilege in front of him...... Is it?

She noticed that his black hair, which had finally looked less bad after years of her unremitting reminders and efforts, had become greasy again, and that a small flame of inexplicable fire burned in the depths of his black eyes, and he pursed his lips, the corners of which were stern and deep. There was a vertical line in the center of his eyebrows, apparently caused by frowning for a long time. His black robe was neat and clean, and even had a very faint scent of soap mixed with sunlight, and it was clearly a freshly washed robe.

For a moment a very ridiculous idea even came to her mind - it turned out that in order to come to see her, he had done his best to clean himself up in a short time, but unfortunately his hair was not so easy to wash - but she immediately dismissed this idea, because it sounded too ridiculous and whimsical.

His body was straight, like the birch wand in his sleeve. He seemed to be reluctantly ordering himself not to take a step backwards in front of her like a coward, but her proximity undoubtedly made him nervous, angry, and bewildered.

He could have ordered her to stay away from him. But for some reason, he felt that this kind of order was also in vain.

Gryffindor made up their minds to do something, no matter how crazy it was, and they wouldn't stop.

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June 2:

Okay, then let's have a little cliché and OOC romance meme these days [You are enough

Chapter soundtrack: Everyone should be familiar with it, the theme song of the movie "Love Actually", "All I Want For Christmas is You".

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