When they arrived at the door of the Blotted bookstore, Ryan and the others found that the door of the bookstore was crowded with people. A banner on the door of the store reads that today is Lockhart's new book signing.

"It's a lot more fanatical than daddy fans. Ryan muttered to himself as he looked at the crowd of middle-aged witches.

"We can meet him in person!" Hermione said to Ryan, "After all, almost all the books on the list are written by him!"

"He may be really good, but this kind of behavior of using novels as textbooks is a bit too ......"

"There's a truth to what you're saying, Mr. Lambert's novels are so well written that they never make them textbooks. Hermione seemed to come to her senses.

Ryan saw Harry and Ron standing in front of the line clutching books and waiting for autographs, while Mrs. Weasley was a little nervous fixing her hair at the back, and Ginny was following her.

Of course, when Ryan and Hermione walked up to Mrs. Weasley, they heard Mrs. Weasley whisper to Ginny, "Oh, sorry dear, most of the stuff can only be bought second-hand for you, because Lockhart's novels aren't cheap." ”

"It's okay, Mom, textbooks are still very important. I don't mind any of that. Ginny replied in a whisper.

At this time, a group of people crowded over and squeezed Ryan to the door, and the twins happened to walk through the door, and Ryan said to the twins, "How about I brought something this time, right?"

"Stuff was good. Fred said. "But can I pay you later? George continued.

"It's okay, you can give me money whenever you want. It's just that I think your family is also a bit patriarchal, Ron had a new robe when he went to school last year, why did a girl in Ginny buy her an old robe this year. ”

"Hey, and it's not because of Lockhart's new book. We had to buy five sets in one go, so we had to buy old robes for Ginny. That's why it's a little late to pay you for the goods, and we'd like to send Ginny a few new quills and ink. ”

"Wait, why do you want five sets of books?" Ryan asked.

"There are five people in our family who go to school, of course, five sets of books. Fred said.

"No, I mean since all the books needed this year are the same. You're not in the same grade and don't be in Defence Against the Dark Arts class at the same time. Why don't you brothers use each other interchangeably? Just take notes and get a notebook, so that only one or two sets of books are needed. Ryan said, looking at the twins.

"yes, we didn't think of that. The twins looked at each other and squeezed into the store as if they were looking for their mother.

Ryan stood in front of the store and saw Lockhart taking pictures with Harry in his arms. This is the same as the way Ryan's father, Mr. Lambert, met the members of the U2 band at the book signing.

No wonder Lockhart has so many fans, this level of management is close to the Internet hype team decades later. It can be said that it is decades ahead of the times. Not to mention that Lockhart is indeed quite handsome, if you don't know that he is a straw bag, it is really easy to be fascinated by him.

Ryan managed to squeeze into the store and saw Harry's famous flirtatious scene: he put a whole set of Lockhart's new novels in Ginny's crucible.

Then came the brawl between Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Weasley. Ryan dragged the Granger couple to a safe corner of the bookstore to avoid the chaos.

Standing around the corner, Mr. Granger asked, a little worried, "Has the wizarding world always been so chaotic, and is that kind of discrimination common?"

Ryan knew that they were worried about their daughter's life here, so he was relieved: "There are not too many people who are similar to racism, and in the wizarding world, knowledge equals power, and Hermione is very good at learning, so no one usually messes with her." ”

After listening to Ryan's explanation, Mr. Granger seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. At this point, the fight between Weasley and Malfoy was stopped by Hagrid, who arrived at him. Ryan and Granger walked out of the bookstore with the crowd, Mrs. Granger still looking a little scared, and Mr. Granger was by his side to comfort her.

At the door, Ryan ran into the Weasleys and Hermione, Hermione quickly ran up to ask her parents and thanked Ryan, "Thank you for helping me comfort my parents, I'm really afraid they're worried about me because they're seeing this." ”

"No thanks, we're friends. Ryan replied. A group of people then walked towards the location of the Leaky Cauldron, and Ryan deliberately landed at the end to walk with Ginny. Then he pretended to have just discovered the old book in Ginny's crucible and said to her, "Do you also know how to appreciate the knowledge contained in the old book?"

Ginny was startled and turned to look at Ryan, who she recognized as a friend of his brothers.

"Hello, my name is Ryan Lean, you can call me Ryan. Every time I come to Diagon Alley, I look for all kinds of old books in the second-hand store that are interesting or have useful notes, and I gain a lot of useful knowledge from them. It's just that this kind of behavior is generally not understood by others.,So today I saw that you bought old books, so I came to look for like-minded people.,I'm sorry if it bothers you.。 ”

"I know you. Ginny looked up and said, "Ron said you were second in your grade last year and one of his best friends. You also told me that you don't understand, you obviously have the money to buy new books. Why go to a used bookstore and rummage through it. ”

After that, Ryan and Ginny chatted for a while, and when they were about to get to the Leaky Cauldron, Ryan slapped his forehead and said, "You're going to Hogwarts this year, and I, as your brother's friend, should give you a gift." After saying that, he took out the old notebook he had prepared in advance from his back bag and handed it to Ginny.

"Here's a note I've put together, I hope it can help you. Ginny happily accepted the gift and placed it in the cauldron.

At this time, Ryan saw the black notebook sandwiched in the worn-out Transfiguration textbook in Ginny's cauldron, and he pointed to the notebook and pretended to be surprised, "Oh my God, you started taking notes before you even went to school, that's amazing." ”

Ginny pulled out her notebook and looked at it, then shook her head and said, "This doesn't seem to be my notebook." Then I opened it and saw that there was not a word inside.

Ryan looked at the faded date on the cover of the notebook, indicating that it was fifty years old. On the first page, only one name is recognized, written in vague ink: Tang Riddle. The back cover bears the name of a newspaper dealer on London's Vauxhall Road, which appears to be an antique notebook.

"Who is Tom Riddle?" said Ginny, curiously. "Maybe the thrift store guy didn't read it carefully and added it to the book. ”

Seeing Ryan staring intently at the notebook, Ginny handed the notebook to Ryan and said, "Since you like it, I'll give it to you, and count it as a gift in return for my gift from you." ”

Ryan thanked him and put the book in his bag, telling Ginny that it was rare for a 50-year-old notebook to be so well preserved, and that he could give it to his father, who loved antiques.