Footsteps were coming from the corner of the stairs leading to the tower, and Harry turned around at the last moment, pretending to go up the stairs, two figures appeared in front of him, and Harry heard the faint gasps of Qiu Zhang behind him.

"Ah, good morning—Harry."

Ning An stopped in a slightly surprised way, as if he was surprised to meet the person who came to send the letter early in the morning, he slowly looked away, and saw Qiu Zhang, who was a few positions behind Harry, paused, nodded politely, and also said hello

"You're early, too, Autumn."

Snape's face was gloomy, like a creditor who had come to collect debts, and his falcon-like gaze swept over Harry, his hands behind his back, and he did not explain why he was here, but stepped forward fiercely, and interrogated Harry:

"You're here to send a letter so early in the morning? Porter? Snape slumped down the staircase, his long hooked nose about to touch Harry's hair, condescending, undisguised as he made a secret of his malice, suspiciously harassing Harry

"You can't be trying to order something to get into trouble, you've made enough trouble at school, if you have that time, why don't you fill your empty brain with knowledge?"

Snape straightened up, looked at Harry, who was trembling with anger, and shook the hem of his robe, as if he had just slapped off a bedbug that had stuck to it, and his eyelids were halfway closed, as if he was too lazy to look at Harry, and said disdainfully:

"Your essay on moonstone, I can only give you a 'terrible' assessment, and if you continue to complete your homework with this attitude, . . . I'm guaranteed to fail, understand, Potter? ”

Harry folded his arms and glared at Snape angrily, and Autumn behind him looked at Harry and then at Snape, and frowned, the Potions professor didn't treat Ravenclaw students very well, in fact, only when facing Slytherin, he could see Snape's pleasant face.

"Alright, Professor Snape, let's go to breakfast, I'm going hungry." Ning An walked down the stairs from the previous stairs and reached out to pat Snape on the shoulder, but he was quickly shaken off, he didn't seem to care at all, and approached Harry with a smile, their faces on the same level.

Harry suddenly thought of what he had experienced, and it was as if a voice in his heart was reminding him over and over again: Don't look into his eyes, don't look into his eyes, get out of his sight, get out of his sight—

"We shouldn't be probing around other people's letters, that's rude—you say, Harry?"

Harry subconsciously avoided Ning An's gaze, and looked at the old brick wall of Hogwarts Castle next to him, he saw every vicissitudes of life in great detail, extending along the gray horizontal and vertical joints of the brick wall, and saw the scenery outside the tower, and the green on the grassland also came into view.

Whatever he saw, as long as he didn't make eye contact with Ning An's eyes, Harry understood how terrifying those eyes were, especially after he learned that there was a magic called Regent Vision, and in his opinion, Ning An was undoubtedly a master of this way.

"Hmm...... yes......"

Harry didn't look over his head to deal with it, seeing that he didn't look at himself, Ning An shrugged his shoulders helplessly, walked directly past Harry, and passed by him, as if he was really hungry and was in a hurry to go to the auditorium to eat.

"Hmph."

Snape glanced at Harry sarcastically, snorted with a mixture of disdain and disgust from his nose, and flicked his robes and walked down past Harry, who wanted to give him a curse at once, why was this the scene every time he met this pesky old bat.

"Wait a minute—"

Qiu Zhang's face was red, she shouted, and three people turned around at the same time, Snape looked at her and his gaze did not fall on him, he moved his hooked nose, the sneering expression on his face remained unchanged, he turned back again, and did not greet Ning An, and walked straight to the eighth floor of the castle.

Harry's face was more melancholy than ever, his mind was in turmoil, and he even felt that he really shouldn't be here at this moment, Qiu Zhang faced him with his back, she was calling Ning An.

The scar on his forehead and the sting on the back of his hand from Umbridge's punishment were nothing compared to the moment, and Harry felt as if his heart was cracked, torn alive, and he wanted to burrow through the crack in the wall to the castle, and for a moment he thought how good it would be if he were a ghost like Nick who almost lost his head.

"I know you've opened a brand new Defence Against the Dark Arts club—"

Qiu and Ning An looked at each other, the girl's face flushed slightly, "That's great, that woman surnamed Umbridge is very annoying...... I mean, I want to be part of your club, and I'm sure you can teach something special—"

Harry's heart was bleeding, and he looked at the steps not far from him, obviously close but far away, and he was the one who opposed Umbridge, and he was the one who was right, and he was even locked up by the hateful old witch because of it.

The internal organs churned all at once, as if displaced, which made Harry feel nauseous and ready to vomit at any moment, and he wanted to show Qiu Zhang the scar on the back of his hand and tell her who really dared to fight Umbridge, but Qiu Zhang only left him with a beautiful back and long black and silky hair draped behind his head.

"Haha, I don't mean to go against Professor Umbridge, but you're always welcome to learn, and I promise to make it as fun as possible for everyone involved—"

Ning An smiled peacefully, Harry couldn't see Qiu Zhang's expression, which made him anxious, but his feet were as if they were filled with lead.

"Also, I'd love to teach some practical stuff too, I'm glad you'd like to participate, just go to Hermione and sign up, by the way, you know her, if not, you can let Harry introduce ......"

"No, no, I know—" Qiu interrupted Ning An's words, her voice now seemed to come from a quilt, and all the joy and liveliness in the air were drained, and Harry saw her shoulders shake slightly, and he felt his heart tremble with it.

"Hmm...... Then let's see you soon, Autumn. Ning An turned around, walked down the stairs with a tom, and disappeared at the entrance of the corridor leading to the castle.

"Okay...... Good bye. ”

Qiu Zhang whispered, the voice drifting into Harry's ears, as if it was a bowl of bitter potion poured directly from his ears, Harry stood still and could not move, the letter to Sirius, he grasped weakly in his hand, and would fall to the ground at any moment.

"Ah......h

Qiu Zhang had already turned around, her head lowered, her black hair covering her quiet face, Harry couldn't see her expression clearly, the girl didn't say another word, just passed by him, opened her mouth, Harry only let out a meaningless 'ah', he was very annoyed that he was talking about something.

Back at the owl hut, Harry stepped on the bones of small animals, most likely the remains of voles, frogs, or lizards that had been preyed upon, and Harry saw Hedwig at the top near the vaulted ceiling, and Hedwig saw him.

The white snowy owl let out a low cry and spread its huge white wings and flew down, landing on his shoulder, Harry's eyes turned back to Qiu Zhang, the girl was silently looking for a suitable owl, Harry stepped forward, embarrassed to start a topic, whatever is fine.

"You and ...... Is Cedric okay? ”

The moment he said that, Harry really wanted to slap himself hard, or jump from the top of the tallest tower in Hogwarts, maybe he could really become a ghost, and from now on Hogwarts would have one more 'Potter who couldn't speak', and then he could tell the new students how he chose to jump from the roof because he said bad things and angered the girl he liked.

Sure enough, Cho suddenly raised her head and looked at Harry angrily, she rarely showed such an expression in her gentle and tranquil manner

"I've never been with Cedric, I've never had anything with him!"

"Oh, that's not what I meant...... You know...... That's not what I said...... Besides, Cedric from last semester was also a fake, wasn't he...... I ......"

Hedwig stretched out her huge white wings over Harry's shoulders, and then buried her head under the wings, as if ashamed of the bad things her master had said, Harry's whole body was sore/ruan, he couldn't breathe, he was saying something terrible, why he mentioned this, and the more he explained, the more confused it became.

With his head down, Akihari chose a barn owl and gently summoned it to his arm, and when the owl settled, he obediently stretched out a foot and asked her to tie the package to it.

"What the hell are you trying to say? Harry? Qiu said coldly while tying the package, "If you just want to talk about these meaningless topics, then I'm sorry, I'm a little tired today." ”

Wrapped in half on the owl's feet, Harry was in a hurry, he knew that when the package was tied, Akihari would give him a big roll of the eyes, and then turned away, without a hint of hesitation, he had to say something to save it all.

Say something, damn it, say something, anything, everything, something that would interest this girl, whatever you want, Harry? Damn can't speak? Mr. Potter - Say something!

"Did you know that the person who pretended to be the Durmstrang Warriors last semester was Ning An?"

Harry was snorting and panting, not doing any strenuous exercise, but his heart was beating so fast that it seemed as if he were going to be dragged by gravity and sink to the straw ground covered in bird droppings—he thought he must have said the worst thing of the day.

"That's what you're trying to say?" Autumn said in a tone that had never been more cold than ever, and her movements to tie the package to the owl's leg also stopped, and in some ways, Harry did get his wish.

"That's how you slandered him?" Autumn looked at Harry, her beautiful face was as cold as ice at the moment, "You know what, Harry, although I never believed what the Daily Prophet said, when they said that Dumbledore and you were crazy, I always thought they were talking nonsense, but now-"

She looked at Harry, his heart trembling as her black pupils shimmered.

"But now I think they're probably right, and you're probably going crazy."

"I'm going crazy?" Harry muttered to himself, Qiu Zhang lowered his head again and continued to tie her package, the owl stretched out his feet and barked impatiently twice, Harry gradually lost hearing other sounds, and the eardrums 'thump' sounded like his heartbeat.

"I'm going crazy?" He muttered it again.

Cho says he's crazy...... She was utterly disgusted with him for the stupid things she had said...... That's good...... But what I said was the truth...... Ning'an, Snape...... They were still talking about poisoning Dumbledore this morning...... Why does no one believe what I say......

Of course, this may be because she likes Ning An...... Can you see it...... She liked him very much, and that was a fact that could not be hidden...... They are also very worthy...... Same brunette ...... Black eyes, like a deep pool......

Harry felt like he was about to lose his breath, and Autumn had already fastened her wrap, and she held the owl in her arms, ignoring Harry as she walked to the window.

"I'm not crazy!" Harry suddenly shouted at Qiuzhang's back, and Qiuzhang stretched out his arms and let the owl fly, turning his head and looking at him in surprise.

"I'm telling the truth! You don't know Ning An at all - think about it, why did he leave Hogwarts in the first place, and why was he expelled from Hogwarts? These Dumbledores have mentioned it before, is it Dumbledore lying!? ”

"The Daily Prophet's interview has made it clear that he stole the sword to rescue a friend, kidnapped by a vampire—" Cho said calmly:

"Besides, isn't that sword Godric too? Gryffindor got it from the elves, the true masters...... Maybe it's the goblins......"

"No, no, you were deceived, Qiu Zhang, you were deceived by him - I was at the scene, at that time - in that cemetery, I saw everything, I saw ...... Voldemort ...... I saw him......"

Qiu Zhang's eyes widened and he shuddered, and looked at Harry incredulously, as if surprised that he had said the unspeakable name.

Harry...... I know you're brave......" Akihari's tone softened as she tried to comfort Harry, "You've been through a lot, I understand...... This may have had an impact on you......"

She moved around the semicircle, and at this moment the two of them reversed positions, and Akihari was already standing at the door of the owl shed.

"But stop trying to discredit Ning An with such words, I know you may see something, but please don't do it again." Her tone was firm, but her face was inevitably flushed.

"Hermione is Ning An's girlfriend." Harry squeezed the last words out of his throat, before Cho Chang turned to leave.