Chapter 54
Severus looked at the two bottles of age-enhancing potion that the house-elves had bought, and felt a little uncomfortable. The Prince family, who are famous for their potions, actually bought potions outside, which is really a bit of an irony to be slapped in the face.
Gail saw Severus's pursed lips and guessed that he was upset: "Speaking of which, the elves just cleaned up the potions workshop, and you haven't boiled any potions to fill the empty space on the shelves, have you?" Don't be upset, in a few years those empty shelves will be full! ”
Seaver nodded, acknowledging that he heard Gail's words, and picked up the bottle.
Gail also happily picked up the bottle and shook it: "One bottle has the effect of twelve hours, which is enough!" But just in case, I put a few extra bottles in my bag. Cheers! With that, he uncorked the potion bottle in his hand, clinked glasses with Seaver, and drank it in one gulp.
I have to say, the taste of the potion is really not very good. The texture is as sticky as a lump of glue that has lost moisture, and the taste is even more like a spoiled egg: "Seaver, one day you must change the taste of the potion!" It's so--gag-" Gale couldn't go any longer, retching to express his feelings.
Severus also drank the potion in one gulp, but the face was still tense instead of Gail's expression about to vomit. Seaver has always felt that the effect of potions is to treat or alleviate the symptoms of certain diseases, so he really doesn't care much about the taste of potions, he cares more about the efficacy. But seeing Gail's expression, Seaver began to think about how to get rid of the strange smell of the potion.
The two of them hurriedly entered the two small powder rooms next to the living room before their bodies changed—they needed to change their clothes.
Gail felt a burning sensation in his body, even his bones were heating up, and his whole body began to swell outwards like a dough with yeast. Then Gale felt suffocated - the clothes that a twelve-year-old child wore just right on his body were really stranglehold for an adult!
"Damn it!" Gale was strangled by the collar and felt that he was about to lose his breath, so he quickly tugged at his collar with his hand. As a result, the force was too strong, and the clothes directly turned into rags. "Okay," Gail looked at the front half of the dress in his hand, reassuring himself helplessly, "You've grown up anyway, and this dress doesn't fit a little bit." ”
Putting on his new clothes, Gail looked in the mirror to see what he would look like as an adult. "Not bad!" A young man about 1.8 meters tall looked at Gail in the mirror, with profound and handsome facial features, a long body, and a dusty temperament. It's just that Gail in front of the mirror saw that he was a little unaccustomed to this, and couldn't help but make all kinds of stupid expressions, which immediately made the very fairy young man in the mirror start to be stupid.
There was a knock on the door, and Gail didn't reply, "Please come in", still grimacing in the mirror - this is what Severus saw when he came in.
Severus was used to Gale doing inappropriate but innocuous gestures from time to time. He looked at Gail, his eyes automatically blocking out those strange expressions, and his heart beat faster because of Gail's excellent skin appearance, a feeling that only came when he was brewing potions.
Gail finally stopped his abusive gesture and looked at Seaver, then fell silent. Originally, he thought he was tall, but Severus was no worse than himself, and even a few centimeters taller - he should. The potion of potential successfully transformed Severus's scarred condition, leaving him with a healthy body.
His complexion is not sallow, but a healthy color, and his expression is not gloomy, but a little strict, and the well-fitting gentleman's three-piece suit is worn on his body, which fully reflects the model figure like the other party's clothes rack. Well, Gail was a little jealous in his admiration.
Severus picked up the black trench coat that was held in the crook of his arm and looked at Gail, who was pouting, "We can go." ”
Gail felt like he was being stimulated by infrasound in his heart - it sounded so good!
Although Severus didn't know what Gale was upset about just now, and he didn't know why Gale laughed again when he said a word, he still didn't think much about Gail's character of sometimes saying that wind is rain. Watching Gale pick up his light brown trench coat, the two of them left the mansion one after another, heading to the place they were going to today - London.
Two good-looking handsome guys walking on the road, even in Britain in the seventies, is an absolutely eye-catching scenery.
Gail and Seaver, who are other people's strict eye exercises, don't care much about other people's gazes. One day, the two agreed that there would be no homework, no additional learning content, just simple relaxation, and Gail and Seaver were in a good mood.
"Hey, I'll take you to that dessert!" Gail said to Seaver, who was a little less stern, "His coffee smells good, but after I drink it, I only feel bitter." But the dim sum was delicious! Dean Green had bought them for Christmas and it was one of the few treats he could remember.
Compared to Gail's chance to taste dessert or something, Severus had obviously never eaten anything good before going to school, and even the birthday cake was just a somewhat spoiled cupcake, and it was trampled to pieces by Tobias in the end, and he didn't eat it.
Gale is very unkind to the professor who lacks love in the original book, and his final fate is his own choice. But it wasn't the professor who was beside him at the moment, it was his friend Severus! Gail has the heart to make up for the regrets of Seaver's childhood, starting with a delicious piece of cake.
On a winter day approaching Christmas, the two of them entered a dessert shop with ladies and children as their main customers, found a table and sat down. Chestnut cake and chocolate cake, accompanied by black tea and coffee, Gail looked at Severus, who was sitting opposite him, with a "loving" face: "Eat! Absolutely delicious! ”
Severus, stimulated by Gail's expression, took a bite of cake and took another sip of coffee. The coffee wasn't bitter, and Seaver didn't understand why Gail felt bitter - whether it was mocha or black coffee, Gail found them just as bitter, even though they smelled so good that you wanted to take a sip right away.
Seeing Severus eat the cake, Gail looked at Severus with shiny eyes. Without him having to speak, Severus could see that Gail's eyes clearly read, "Is it delicious?" It's delicious, be sure to say it and let me know! Severus couldn't help but tease him, his face became stern, and his lips pursed.
This reaction surprised Gail a little, isn't it delicious? Gail picked up his fork and cut a piece of Seaver's cake to taste, and then looked up suspiciously, a little apprehensive - it was delicious, why did Seaver have such an expression? Or does he prefer to eat mine?
Gail hesitantly dug up a large piece of cake and fed it to Seaver's mouth with his hand, "Why don't you try this?" Or do you think it's too sweet? ”
"Mom, he has to be fed when he grows up!" A child's voice rang out, and a little girl at the next table looked at Gail and Seaver with wide-eyed eyes with cream that hadn't been wiped off the corners of her mouth.
His mother glanced at the two of them, her expression was a little wrong, as if she was scared or something, and finally took a few deep breaths and came back to nature: "He just wants him to taste his share." It's like sometimes mom eats lamb chops, and dad eats steak and swaps with each other. ”
Gail was a little embarrassed and wanted to withdraw his hand, but Severus calmly ate the cake with the fork that Gail still held in front of him: "It's all delicious." I just thought about never eating these in the past, and no one brought me to eat them. ”
When Gail heard this, he immediately forgot the embarrassment just now to the back of his head: "That's because they have eyes and don't know gold and jade!" You can't just because they don't think you deserve good stuff! You deserve the best! ”
"Thank you, I already have the best brother." Seaver smiled at Gail, softening the lines on his face, and said a lot, "I never said that you were like my brother. Compared to them, you are my family, the real family. ”
"That's it! They can't compare to me! Gail took Seaver's words without humility.
At the same time, the mother, who was sitting at the table next to the two, also breathed a sigh of relief and relieved. Gail was a little strange because of the other party's "I'm finally relieved", but because he didn't know the reason, he didn't care much.
After dessert, Gail and Seaver head to the newly opened department store to pick out Christmas presents. Gail's gift to Dumbledore was still a love-and-kill novel and a pair of wool socks, and he just couldn't understand what could not be untied knots that made two people who were in love with each other almost die and avoided it.
The gifts for Lily and Penny were small things found in the manor that didn't need to be picked between two people, and the same was true for the new friend Longbottom. After a round trip to the department store, the two of them got up idle. The dessert he had eaten earlier had been digested, and when it was time for lunch, Gail excitedly took Seaver to London's Chinatown.
People in Soho live in the UK, so they embrace Christmas. There is an evergreen wreath hanging on the high gatehouse, and the whole Chinatown is very lively.
After nearly thirteen years of absence, Gail finally had the opportunity to taste Chinese food again, and he was so moved that he almost burst into tears, leaving Seaver a little confused.
Gail smiled at Severus, didn't explain, took Severus' hand and ran to a restaurant that looked like it was full of Beijing flavor. Although China has a large number of provinces due to its vast territory, the food flavors of each region have different emphasis, and there are also some salty and sweet jihad wars and other disputes between the north and the south. But food is food, in a foreign country like this, after accommodating the custom of some foreigners not eating this and not eating that, it still retains the characteristics of Chinese food that makes people want to eat it together!
Gail was looking forward to Severus's look when he ate these things! ――