Chapter 99: Grandpa, I'll Burn the Newspaper for You
"What is this aircraft carrier?"
A month after the Battle of the Yellow Sea, in a guest room of Deng Shichang's home, Deng Shichang was being brainstormed by Zhang Xu.
After Zhang Xu helped the Zhiyuan sink the Yoshino in the naval battle that day, he fainted on the spot because of too much mental load, and then was rescued by the Fang Shi sent by Zhao Lao.
Zhang Xu woke up half a month later.
Zhang Xu, who claimed to have stayed abroad with his family in his early years and recently returned to serve the Qing Dynasty, was taken home by Deng Shichang to recuperate.
In the next half month, Zhang Xu continued to instill in Deng Shichang the direction of the future development of the navy.
Zhang Xu couldn't confirm whether he was teleported to the same world, so he left some clues that he only knew at the beginning.
After recuperating, Zhang Xu found an excuse to say goodbye to Deng Shichang.
A few days later, in the middle of the night in the capital, Zhang Xu secretly came to the place where the Monument to the Future People's Heroes was located, dug a pit two or three meters deep in the ground, and buried the gift he got when he used the time turner for the third timeβa jade seal engraved with the words "Ordered by Heaven and Longevity Yongchang" and a missing corner of the jade seal made up with gold. Then he brushed off his clothes, hid his merit and fame, and used the time turner again to leave.
This time, Zhang Xu looked confused when he arrived at the station, because he was very familiar with this place, and it was the family cemetery of their Zhang family.
At this moment, a voice came from not far away.
"Grandpa, rest in peace, the Chinese team has finally won the World Cup, I will burn the newspaper to your old man, and you will be happy below."
Zhang Xu turned on his stealth and walked in the direction where the voice came from, only to see a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance and personable demeanor, who knew at a glance that it was a middle-aged man who had inherited his grandfather's advantages, was standing in front of a tombstone and preparing to light a few newspapers.
And on the tombstone, it is Zhang Xu's name engraved.
Zhang Xu, who didn't know what expression to make, waited for his grandson to leave and then left his grave.
After a few more time travels, Zhang Xu finally adjusted the time turner and returned to the first game of the Quidditch season in November 1993.
As a result, Zhang Xu was subjected to an unprecedented backlash this time, and his whole body had no strength, and his head was in chaos.
After resting for a while and drinking two bottles of medicine that relied on overdraft to treat his body, Zhang Xu's body barely stabilized.
At this time, Zhang Xu saw that the Dementors had begun to float towards the Quidditch pitch.
At this time, Zhang Xu remembered that he didn't have a broomstick on his body now. The broomstick on his body had been lent to Snape and Lupin "before".
In the end, Zhang Xu still used the transformation technique, turned himself into a swallow, and flew towards the Quidditch pitch.
When Zhang Xu flew over the Quidditch pitch in the wind, he finally realized the greatness of Gorky's "Petrel".
Soon, Harry Potter, who had turned into a balloon, flew past Zhang Xu, and Zhang Xu, who had turned into a swallow, could only hold on to Harry Potter's robe tightly with his claws.
Since he didn't have a broomstick, Zhang Xu could only follow Harry and wait for him to land with him before sending the signal.
Zhang Xu flew with Harry in the sky for an hour, and the levitation spell on Harry's body had not yet begun to dissipate, and Zhang Xu had consumed most of the mana he had replenished by drinking medicine and overdraft in order to maintain the transformation technique.
Seeing that it was not a way to go on like this, Zhang Xu decided to take a risk.
When an updraft blew them high into the air, Zhang Xu lifted the transformation technique, clamped Harry under his arm with one hand in the air, and let himself and Harry fall down.
Harry, who was wearing a levitation charm, was like a balloon, and as Zhang Xu expected, it played a role in slowing down the landing.
Just when the two of them were still two or three hundred meters from the ground, Zhang Xu quickly cast several levitation techniques on himself before he landed safely to the ground.
Just when Zhang Xu landed on the ground, a wave of dizziness hit him, almost causing him to fall.
After holding back his dizziness, he took out a rope from the treasure bag, and tied the Harry Potter classmate, who was still unconscious and floating, to the tree like a balloon, Zhang Xu fired a large signal flare into the sky, and then fainted.
The news of Zhang Xu's awakening spread quickly, and Harry immediately ran over to thank him, followed by other classmates and professors.
At this moment, Zhang Xu fell into a deep sleep again without even eating lunch after drinking the medicine sent by Madam Pomfrey because of the use of the time turner backlash and magic overdraft.
When Zhang Xu woke up hungry, it was already dark.
"Are you awake, are you hungry?" A voice sounded beside Zhang Xu's bedside.
Hearing this voice, Zhang Xu immediately had the urge to coma again.
At this moment, Zhang Xu was hungry and there was a gurgling sound.
Zhang Xu struggled to sit up, although his spirit had recovered somewhat, but his physical strength had not yet recovered.
Scarlet sighed, took a few pillows from the empty hospital bed next to him with a flying charm, and then helped Zhang Xu up, and then used the pillow to cushion his back so that he could sit up.
Then Scarlett used his magic to warm a bowl of milk oatmeal on the bedside table next to the hospital bed, and fed Zhang Xu with a spoon.
There were no lights in the ward, only the moonlight shining through the window, which shone right on the two people.
The two of them just fed one and the other, and no one spoke.
After feeding Zhang Xu a bowl of milk oatmeal, Scarlet put down the bowl and wiped the corners of his mouth with a towel.
After packing up his things, Scarlet sat on Zhang Xu's hospital bed, his eyes staring at Zhang Xu. And Zhang Xu couldn't stand her gaze and wanted to turn his head away from her.
As soon as Zhang Xu turned his head, Scarlet stretched out his right hand, grabbed Zhang Xu's left cheek, and pulled his face back.
After pulling Zhang Xu's face back, Scarlett did not withdraw his right hand, but stretched his hand forward a little more, and gently stroked the earlobe that was half missing from Zhang Xu's left ear with his fingers.
At that time, when the Zhiyuan was about to collide with the Yoshino, a Japanese ship's artillery shell hit the position near the bridge of the Zhiyuan, and a piece of shrapnel cut off half of the earlobe that was originally a little drooping on the left side of Zhang Xu's ear.
Zhang Xu's familiar face, his injured left ear, and his use of a time turner, the three pieces of evidence add up, and Scarlet believes that Zhang Xu is the person she met fourteen years ago.
Fourteen years ago, the Death Eaters traveled to Hong Kong to wipe out the Scarlett family.
That day, in order to protect the safety of his family, Scarlet single-handedly led away the Death Eaters, but when she was under siege, someone stepped forward at the last moment to rescue her, just like the male protagonist in the movie.
Scarlet then followed the self-proclaimed "Nie Feng" around the countryside and fought the Death Eaters for several days, until reinforcements from the Chinese government arrived and pressed all the Death Eaters to the ground.
"Tell me, what shall I call you?"
Scarlett's voice was a little cold.
"Is it calling you Zhang Xu? Or do you want to be in the clouds? β
"......" Zhang Xu broke out in a cold sweat.
"Who is Nie Feng?"
"My dad."
"No wonder he rejected me at the time, saying he was ready to be a father. It's all your fault, can I strangle you? β
"Can't ......"
"Why didn't you be the one who carried me when the two of you rushed out to save me at that time?"
"I'm only thirteen years old, can I hold it?"