Chapter 64: Christmas Eve
Ning An stopped, turned around, and stared at Luna coldly? Lovegood.
The mad girl looked at Ning An with those foggy, bulging eyes.
"Looks like you're a smart guy who likes to be smart." A little displeased, Ning An smiled sarcastically and said lightly to Luna.
"But you're in painβ" Unaffected by Ning An's words, Luna continued to herself: "I can hear your heart crying, you listenβwoo woo oh"
"Neuropathy."
Ning An was about to turn away, and he found that he was very bad at dealing with people with Luna's personality.
"Sometimes you feel bad, it might just be a harassing fly flying into your ears β keep it nice and they'll fly out." Luna's voice still came from behind her.
Ning An ignored it and left the corridor directly, maybe she was poked in the sore spot by Luna, in fact, what the girl said was right, in the period just now, Ning An suddenly felt very painful, but after being debunked, it calmed him down.
Caridora hadn't been resurrected yet, he didn't have that much time to suffer, he left his memories behind, calmed down, and Ning An returned to his normal state.
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Christmas is coming soon, and most of the people around Ning An are gone at once, Daphne, Walter, Pani, Malfoy, and even Laurel have left school and gone home for Christmas.
What Ning An didn't expect was that during the Christmas holiday, he actually received a special invitation.
Ning An, who was about to go back to the lounge after lunch that day, actually saw a familiar figure at the door of the Slytherin common room.
He turned to leave, but behind him came the girl's shout:
"Hey! Where are you going to Ning'an? β
Ning An turned his head, and the girl who spoke just now had already come to her side, with black eyes and black hair, and her height was a little taller than Ning An, it was the Ravenclaw third-year student who she hadn't seen for a long time, Qiu Zhang.
Qiu Zhang looked at Ning An with a complicated expression, a touch of disappointment flashed on her face, and the prepared lines couldn't help but be left behind, she couldn't help but speak:
"What are you doing Ning'an? Why did you run away as soon as you saw me this semester? β
Ning An took a deep breath, like Hermione, he was a little unable to face Qiu Zhang, after the beginning of this semester, when he encountered Qiu Zhang many times, he avoided it from afar, because he didn't know how to face this girl.
Ning An is not a fool, he can also feel Qiu Zhang's good impression of him, but can Ning An really bear it now?
"What's the matter?" Not wanting to say anything more, Ning An asked with an impatient expression.
Qiu Zhang patted his chest and also took a few deep breaths, Ning An's attitude just now really made her want to leave, but for some reason, her legs seemed to be unresponsive, and she just couldn't take a step.
"At least get it done." Qiu Zhang secretly said to himself in his heart, maybe it came from the glimmer of anticipation he still had.
She stroked a handful of black hair from her ear, and looked at Ning An's eyes, and the black pupils of the two of them reflected each other's figures.
"Hmm...... Ravenkla has a small Christmas ball tomorrow, can you come and be my dance partner? Even though Ning An's face was expressionless, Qiu Zhang still showed a gentle smile, but Ning An's words instantly froze her smile.
"I don't have timeβ" The cold eyes, without the slightest emotion, made Qiu Zhang feel like two people with the boy he knew before.
She still remembers that at the end of last semester, the two of them were at the station, and they invited each other to their homes as guests, even if Ning An didn't come, Qiu Zhang was still a little anxious and angry at home, but he never treated himself with such an attitude.
As soon as her nose was sore, for some reason, the girl's eyes turned red, and she stepped back step by step, staring at Ning An, as if she wanted to understand why the person in front of her had become like this.
Step by step, step by step, she forcibly did not let the inexplicable tears fall, whether the reason for her sadness was an impolite rejection, or a little fantasy in her heart was shattered, Qiu Zhang didn't want to think about it.
In fact, it was already clear before he came that this boy had not taken the initiative to look for her for almost half a semester, and was even avoiding her, so this attitude was naturally self-evident.
Blame herself for deceiving herself, the more Qiu Zhang thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became, and at the moment when the tears were about to fall, she turned around, turned and ran away, leaving the cold, damp underground, and running towards the Ravenclaw Tower.
Ning An took a step, he felt that his heart was a little colder, and he was numb to the point that he calmed down with a slight pain, and he calmly returned to the common room in Slytherin, Samantha? Powell was sitting at a small round table.
Ning An walked over and sat down on the sofa next to the table. On the small round table was a large package, on which the words written in magic ink flashed from time to time "Handle with care"
"This is for me?" Ning An asked Samantha.
"Yes, master." Samantha replied in a low voice, "Is it Pani?" Starr's owl sent it back. β
Nodding, Ning An didn't expect Pani's efficiency to be so high, and he had collected all the things he needed after only a few days of vacation.
It's okay, now that the materials have been collected, the potion will be boiled without further ado. Ning An said hello to Samantha and returned to the dormitory with the large package.
There was no one in the bedroom, so Ning An opened the package, and the small packages were neatly placed inside.
Ning An opened them in turn, namely: a few pieces of aconitum, narcissus, shrunken figs, Billy Wig insect stinging needles, ginger powder, ginkgo biloba leaves...... and so on.
These ingredients were exactly what Ning An needed to boil a potion of magic.
Because the brewing of this potion could not be made in a day or two, Ning An was glad that Pani could gather all the materials so quickly, because Ning An was not sure when he would use it.
The crucible and other tools were neatly propped up in a corner of the bedroom, and because I didn't plan to go to the Room of Requirement anymore, I had to make them in the bedroom.
Mashing the aconite, the narcissus and gently cutting it, Ning An mixed the potion step by step, and Pani sent a lot of ingredients very carefully, so he could also boil more copies, without sparing the scarcity of materials.
After pouring the processed aconitum and narcissus into the pot and boiling, Ning An added a few more figs, and then waited quietly for a day and a night before proceeding to the next step.
He put the lid on the pot and just walked out of the dormitory when three unexpected people appeared in front of him.
"Draco? How did you get back? Looking at the blonde boy in front of him, Ning An frowned, he obviously let Malfoy go home.
Crabbe and Goyle followed behind Malfoy, and the three of them looked cowering until they saw Ning An seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Hmm- I suddenly decided to come back, it's boring to go home, you know." Malfoy hesitated, squeezed his brows, and said to Ning An.
"Noβthere's a ghost!"
With his shoulders trembling slightly, Ning An instantly understood that it was definitely not Malfoy in front of him, the real Malfoy was ordered by him to go back and describe to Lucius the panicked situation of the people in the school, how could he suddenly decide to come back.
He silently tucked his hand into his robe, made a gesture to warm his hand, and secretly clenched his wand.
"Yes," nodded coldly, and he turned back to the dormitory, turning back and saying, "Come on in then, I won't have to take care of that pesky two-eared grass for you." β
"Malfoy" and the three laughed and followed.
However, as soon as the "Crabbe" who was walking at the back closed the door, he heard Ning An shouting in front of him, "Pass out!" Immediately afterwards, "Malfoy" fell to the ground.
Crabbe and Goyle were stunned for a moment, but Ning An would not give them time to react, Ning An, who was already quite experienced in combat, connected the magic wand, and two red lights, accurately hit the two.
In the blink of an eye, the three wizards were lying on the ground, and Ning An pointed at his wand with an expressionless face, thick ropes erupted from his head, and they automatically and flexibly tied the three people on the ground into a strong knot.
"The Wand Flies"
With a slight wave of his hand, three wands flew out from under their clothes and landed in Ning An's hands, being thrown aside by him.
Ning An also wanted to see who would disguise Malfoy as infiltrate the Slytherin lounge, but there were already three candidates in his mind.
It's better to count the calculations...... Rubbing her chin, a girl's face came to mind, her fluffy and thick brown hair, cute smile, and wise eyes.
There was a pain in his heart, and for a moment Ning An felt that what he thought of might not be a good idea, but he was pressed to the bottom of his heart in the blink of an eye. He knew he had to do it, and there was no better opportunity than this.
After a while, the bodies of the three people on the ground began to tremble violently, and what was even more terrifying was that their faces began to twitch and change, and their bodies continued to change as if they were undergoing some kind of strange mutation.
The three of them were awakened by the pain of the deformation, and they let out an uncomfortable cry, and then they saw long hair grow on the back of Malfoy's head, and the color of the blonde hair began to darken, turning brown, and the already thin body became more slender, but the clothes generally fit well.
But the other two, Crabbe and Goyle, were outrageous, their bodies shrank suddenly, their shoulders were already thick and broad, they were narrowed by half, and the length of their legs and bodies also shortened rapidly, and finally the clothes on their bodies were like quilts, covering the two of them.
Needless to say, the three of them were, Hermione, Harry, and Ron, and they looked at Ning An at this time, Harry and Ron looked panicked, and Hermione's face was even redder like a ripe apple. She never thought that she would face Ning An face to face again in this situation.
Since the last opening banquet was provoked by Ning An to cry, Hermione and Ning An have never communicated face-to-face, both of them are subconsciously avoiding each other, even in Potions class, Ning An will leave the classroom as soon as class is over, to avoid meeting with Hermione, and now the situation has made several of them embarrassed.