Chapter 12: Friends
The Potions lesson was full of ups and downs, and after praising Ning'an, Snape praised Malfoy's unique method of cooking slugs, and then Neville? Longbottom burned out Seamus? Figani's cauldron, the potion spilled all over the ground and splashed on his body.
Snape jumped to his feet in anger, and at the same time turned his anger on Harry, taking the opportunity to sneer at him again. This made Ning An also a little frightened, and hurriedly got up to help Daphne complete the potion.
After class, Harry was obviously in a bad mood, Ning An said hello to him, and watched the three of them leave the classroom, and after tidying up for a while, he and Daphne went to the cold basement corridor, and Daphne complained to him
"It's all because you got into trouble the first day, and Snape had a bad impression of you, and I thought I was going to be scolded." She shook her hand and said, this lesson was about to break her hand, she never thought that cutting a slug was more tiring than casting a spell.
"Then I think his attitude towards me now should be better." Ning An smiled and shrugged, he wasn't Harry Potter and Snape had such complex emotional entanglements, he was just an ordinary student who loved potions. And after he discovered the wonderful connection between potions and cooking, he really fell in love with the science.
After class, he still asked Snape a few questions in Daphne's surprised eyes, although Snape had a cold face, but he didn't reprimand him, this is progress, isn't it?
The two were talking and laughing, and Ning An caught a glimpse of the other side of the corridor that seemed to be surrounded by a few people, and through the gap in the crowd, he happened to see that the person surrounding the wall was Calidora. She's being by Pansy at this time? Parkinson and a few other Slytherin girls surrounded him.
"Uh... She can handle it herself...? Ning An asked Daphne beside him, he thought that Calidora was usually so arrogant and conceited, and she must have some skills that ordinary people could not match.
Daphne finally saw Calidora surrounded by her, and she rubbed her hair in some distress
"Deal with a fart...", the blonde girl let out a rare expletive, "she's an idiot... The reason for this proud appearance is nothing more than a childish attempt to maintain the dignity of the Shafiq family. ”
Daphne looked a little worried, and she muttered, "Oh my God... She's going to be cleaned up by the Parkinson's guys. ”
"House Shafiq?" Ning An was a little puzzled, "Isn't that one of the twenty-eight pure-blooded families?" ”
"Oh, yes, it is, but I'm afraid it's about to become a pure-blood twenty-seven, and she's the only one left alive in the Shafiq family." Daphne's tone was also a little low, "My mother sent me a letter yesterday that Theodore not long ago? Shafiq is dead... Well, it's Calidora's grandfather, and in the future she will have to live on her own... Poor Carly..."
Ning An frowned, he actually didn't care much about Calidora's arrogance, after all, in his eyes, Calidora was just a child, Ning An thought that Calidora, who had a little temper, was quite cute.
Sighing, Ning An still walked up, although he didn't want to be in the limelight, but so many people bullied one, Ning An was a little unsightly.
Daphne also followed closely behind Ning An, and the two of them walked towards Pansy? Parkinson's group only heard Pansy's voice coming
"The eldest lady of the Shafiq family? Oh, my God? I can't see it! She shrieked her voice and pinned Calydora to the damp stone wall, exclaiming, "Look at the potions you've made!" You're totally, nothing, any, talented! I'm going to be scolded by Professor Snape too! ”
By the time Ning An and Daphne walked in, Pansy was almost on the verge of putting her face on Calydora's face, and she sneered and mocked, "Wow, look at the way you look like no one, Miss Shafiq!" Haha, now it's the only Shafiq! ”
Ning An could see in the crowd that Calidora's face was flushed, I don't know if it was because of anger or because of being humiliated, she could see that she was trying her best to restrain her emotions, a pair of fists were clenched to death, and her fingertips were already swollen from congestion. But she still tilted her head, maintaining her peculiar and strange pride.
Ning An couldn't stand it anymore, he pushed away the crowd and rushed at Pansy? Parkinson shouted:
"Hey Pansy, that's enough, stay away from that girl, you can't be a Slytherin bully." With that, Ning An and Daphne came to the middle of the crowd and stood in front of Calydora.
See Ning'an, Pansy? Parkinson's face changed slightly, Ning An taught Malfoy the day, she was also present, she knew that although the Oriental in front of her was usually silent and only mixed with Daphne, but her heart was very vicious, just like a lurking poisonous snake, so she was very jealous of Ning An.
"You don't make very good of your own potions, Miss Parkinson, where did you get the courage to make fun of others?" Daphne glared at Pansy and said with a sneer. Although Pansy's group of companions was five or six men, she was undaunted.
Ning An stopped talking, just silently put his hand into his arms, held the wand and said with a smile:
"Although Professor Snape just reminded me not to get into trouble, I think I can accept being locked up for a few days or cleaning the professor's office."
Caridora was completely stunned, she was ready to put up with the humiliation of Pansy and the others, because she didn't have a single friend in the academy, and she knew that no one would help her.
The stereotypical character of the Shafiq family is deeply imprinted on her body, and her grandmother's death telling her to "always be proud" is upheld by her as a life creed, although she once wanted to get into trouble and play with her peers, but the phrase "always stay proud" is like a shackle that binds her.
Over time, she became a single person, and slowly lost the ability to communicate, and she found that she couldn't get rid of this layer of pride disguise, and she had forgotten the beginning of greeting others, what to say.
When Ning An and Daphne stood in front of her, tears were pouring in, even when she received the news of her grandfather's death. She didn't want to cry so much, but she gritted her teeth, desperately didn't let the tears flow, still held her head high, and maintained the proud posture she had always had, I don't know why, she just didn't want these two people to see her crying.
Pansy didn't speak, she silently glanced at Ning An, who was stretched out in her arms, as if ready to pull out her wand at any time, and Daphne, who was beside him with a mocking face but also maintained a vigilant posture, snorted heavily, and left with a group of people after leaving a "Let's see".
The corridor outside the Potions classroom was rarely passed, and Ning An and the two left relatively late, so when Pansy and his gang left, there were only three of them left in the entire corridor, and the atmosphere fell silent all of a sudden.
"Uh... Do you want... Let's have a meal together... Dinner? Ning An scratched her head and asked Callidora softly, I don't know what's going on, this girl looks like she's about to cry, which makes Ning An a little embarrassed, and she doesn't know what to say.
Daphne also looked at her former childhood friend with some expectation, and showed a rare sincere smile.
Calidora's face turned redder than before, she tilted her head and didn't look at Ning An and Daphne at all, her hands were still clenched tightly, as if there was some treasure that needed to be pinched to death. Her body trembled and trembled, but she was obviously trying to restrain herself, and I saw her mouth open and her voice was a little strange, as if she was trying to hide her crying.
"You... You guys.. It's really...-nosy! After a pause for a long time, she suddenly couldn't help it, the last word almost popped out with tears, and after speaking, she hugged the textbook, squeezed Ning An and Daphne away, and rushed all the way up the stairs.
"I knew it was so," Daphne said, shrugging her shoulders and turning a little blue.
"My body is quite soft..."Ning An was thinking about something.
"What did you say?!" Daphne asked, glaring.
"Ah, I said it would be nice if there were soft milk candy for dinner..."Ning An came back to his senses and quickly waved his hand and said.
In this way, the following days were still full of surprises, Ning An swam in the sea of magic every day, spell classes, transformation classes and potions classes became his favorites, and even every night he had to lie in bed and carefully read a copy of the "Standard Spells" that he had bought a long time ago, which also made Ning An master almost as many spells as a seventh-grade student in just one month after entering school.
Of course, Ning An also gained quite tranquility in the bedroom, Malfoy himself couldn't tell what kind of emotions he had for Ning An now, he was afraid, unconvinced, and hated him, but at the same time he felt that what he said also made some sense, although it was different from what his father said, but Ning An's grades were also very good, Malfoy was a little confused.
However, at least he didn't dare to provoke Ning'an, and Malfoy had spent a lot less time showing off and bullying people lately, probably after listening to some of Ning'an's advice, Ning'an even saw him secretly practicing spells in his dorm room, but he was still in constant conflict with Harry and Ron.
Another roommate, Archibald? McLeish, in Ning'an's eyes, was a complete opportunist, and on the first day, when Ning'an was tricked by Malfoy, he only snickered but didn't remind him of anything.
And when Ning An taught Malfoy a lesson, McLeish began to think of ways to please Ning An, and tried his best to become friends with Ning An, Ning An has no prejudice against this, it is human nature to seek advantages and avoid harm, not to mention in Slytherin, and MacLeish also has his own small circle, Ning An also got a lot of news about the wizarding world from him, so he didn't exclude it too much.
Compared to McLeish, Ning An really wanted to be friends with Calidora, since the last incident, Ning An invited her to dinner from time to time, Caridora seemed very surprised by this, she thought that after the last refusal, Ning An and Daphne would not pay attention to her anymore.
Eventually, in Caridora "died of rambling, and if you want to eat, hurry up." After the answer, Ning An and Daphne's daily action duo has now joined a Caridora with a cold face every day, and has become a trio.
But Ning An felt that although Calydora had a cold face every day, the corners of her mouth would always rise unconsciously, and then after she found out herself, she forcibly flattened it, making Daphne laugh at her more than once.