Chapter 224: Of course I chose to forgive him (first update)
"Are you so happy, Mr. Hart?" asked Astoria Greengrass, with a bit of a tear.
She stopped at a willow tree more than ten yards from Jon, and a teardrop fell to the ground on her long eyelashes.
Jon only felt his breathing grow rapid, and he took a few steps forward.
"I'm sorry!" he said, biting his lip.
"Is that all?" Astoria choked up, "Fooled me for months, an apology is enough, right?"
Jon froze there.
He didn't know what to say!
β...... Do you know how sad and painful I am when I hear about your death......" Two lines of hot tears flowed down Astoria's cheeks, her eyes were red and swollen, tears were shining in her eyes, and her face was full of grievances.
"I'm sorry......"
β...... Why didn't you tell me in advance, why did you write to me a few days later...... Why didn't you open that mirror after that, why didn't you want to contact me for months......" she whimpered and continued to cry, "Why are you going back to Hogwarts, do you want to cheat me out of my heart again?"
"I'm sorry......" Jon whispered, and suddenly he felt a sharp pain and couldn't help but shout, "Ouch!"
It was the cauldron in his hand, and it seemed to share Astoria's hatred, and it bit Jon hardβ
Then, it quickly escaped Jon's grasp, fled to the willow tree on the side, and bared its teeth and claws at Jon.
Jon covered his hand, a trail of blood from the Cauldron of Tree Guards.
Astoria looked up, a look of concern on her face, which had been crying before, and she couldn't help but take two steps towards Jon's side.
Jon gritted his teeth, plucked up his courage, and ran straight to the girl.
Before she could escape, Jon took her into his arms.
......
Teardrops are like unclosed faucets, dripping onto the placket of your clothes.
Jon felt like his right shoulder was getting soaked.
But he didn't speak, but just hugged her tightly in his arms, gently stroking her pale blonde hair.
This comforted her until her whimpering gradually stopped, and her emotions seemed to calm down.
"I'm sorry...... Jon whispered, "but...... It's all Professor Dumbledore's plan!"
He had already decided to throw all the pots to Dumbledore in order to comfort the girl in front of him.
"Is the mystery man really back?" Astoria asked, somewhat incredulous.
"Yes!" Jon nodded, "The return of the mystery man is even part of Dumbledore's plan...... I'm sorry I can't tell you more details about this, but I was involved in this project at the time......"
Jon briefly told Astoria what had happened last semester.
Of course, some particularly important information is kept secret by him, or passed on as much as possible.
"It's unimaginable......" Astoria's expression looked a little scared.
"I had no choice then......" Jon sighed, "I had to take a hidden Death Eater into my form, and then kill Harry Potter in front of the mysterious man!"
"And on the surface, it was me who died, killed by a mysterious man. β
"I can't show up again in this case, so I'll have to go to Sweden and then to France, and change my identity!" Jon continued, explaining, "With Professor Dumbledore's help, of course. β
"Dumbledore didn't want me to tell anyone that I was still alive...... But I couldn't reassure you, so I sent Fawkes to write you a letter...... Because I trust you, you will definitely keep it a secret for me!"
Jon keenly felt Astoria's body tremble slightly in his arms.
"No one but you knows about it...... Whether it's a teacher or a student. β
"I didn't tell anyone!" Astoria said quietly, "even my sister and mother, they didn't know the contents of the letter. β
"Thank you!" Jon hugged the girl tighter.
......
After such an explanation, Astoria's resentment seems to have disappeared for the most part.
"Then why are you going back to Hogwarts!" she asked softly, and there was no more blame in her words.
"Because I can't let go of you, I'm back!" Jon said explicitly, adding, "Of course, I can't let go of everything else at Hogwarts!"
For the first time, an imperceptible smile appeared on Astoria's face.
"And what about you?" Jon quickly asked, "How did you find me?"
"Because when I knew there would be an extra exchange student in Year 4, I guessed it might be you!" Astoria explained, "I've been secretly observing you since you first arrived at Hogwarts......"
β...... You don't look like a first-time Hogwarts student, and you're deliberately avoiding my eyes......"
β...... Then the next day, I asked Joe Green to write you a letter!" Astoria had a smug look on his face: "I sent it to Jon Hart, and it ended up being delivered to you, it is so familiar with your smell that it will never make a mistake!"
Jon suddenly remembered the letter he had received yesterday morning without any content.
Unexpectedly, it was Astoria who used an owl to test him.
"Why did you come to Hogwarts and hide it from me?" Astoria asked.
"Because I don't know how to deal with you!" Jon replied honestly, "I don't know how to explain it to you, and I don't know if you'll forgive me......"
"Hmph, though your behavior is excessive, very, very excessive......" Astoria tilted her head and lay in Jon's arms:
β...... But after thinking about it, I decided to forgive you!"
"Thank you!" Jon breathed a sigh of relief.
He gently wiped the tears on Astoria's face with his sleeve: "Don't cry in the future, your eyes are swollen from crying!"
"It's not because of you......"
"I swear it won't happen again!" Jon shouted as Astoria looked at her as she turned cloudy.
"I hope you can remember today's words!" Astoria grabbed Jon's hand and looked at the wound on his finger from the Tree Guard, she quickly took out a bottle of white fresh and a roll of bandages, applied white fresh to the wound, and bandaged it carefully.
Carefully bandaging the wound, Astoria suddenly snorted coldly.
"And I think I should teach you a lesson!"
Then she suddenly lowered her head and bit Jon's arm......