At this moment, the door to the box was opened, and a panting third-grade girl walked in.

"I ...... I'm going to give these to Neville Longbottom and Harry Bo...... Porter. She stammered, her eyes flushing with shame as soon as she met Harry's.

She handed over two rolls of parchment with purple ribbons. Harry and Neville took the scroll with their names written on it, and the girl stumbled out of the box.

"What's that?" Ron asked, watching Harry open the scroll.

"An invitation." Harry said.

Harry:

I would be very happy if you could join me for lunch in Box C.

You are faithful

Professor H-E-F. SLUGHORN]

……

"Who is Professor Slughorn?" Neville asked, looking at his invitation in confusion.

"The new teacher in Potions class." Harry said. During the summer vacation, it was Dumbledore who took him to Slughorn's house and invited the professor out of the mountain.

"But why did he tell me to go?" Neville asked uneasily, as if he were going to be taken into confinement.

"I don't know, but it looks like we'll have to get there." As Harry spoke, the door to the box opened again.

……

Lin Xiaoan held two parchment rolls in his hand, exactly the same as the ones Harry and Neville were holding, handed them to Hermione and Ron respectively, and said, "Hi, pot friend, do you want to join the group?" ”

Hermione ate a pound (surprised), raised her eyebrows, and said, "We have it too?" ”

"I noticed that Professor Slughorn accidentally left two invitations, so I volunteered to send them to you."

This was to keep Hermione Ron from being alone in the same room...... Ahh

Lin Xiaoan smiled and said, "Well, at the beginning of this semester, I was a teaching assistant in the Potions class—ah, an intern—the kind with a salary. ”

At this moment, not only Hermione, but also Harry also looked at Lin Xiao'an in surprise.

"Xiao An—"

"Alright, Harry, I guess this is not the time to chat, we need to get to Box C as soon as possible."

Lin Xiaoan led the way in front, pondering as he went: With the popularity of Harry Savior Potter who is currently the focus of attention everywhere, if he sells handshake tickets at Hogwarts, can there be a market?

……

When they reached Box C, they found that Slughorn had invited several students from other houses, but Harry was the one he was most eager to see.

"Harry, my child!" Slughorn jumped to his feet at the sight of Harry, his velvet belly almost filling the rest of the box.

His bright bald head and large silver-white beard, like the gold buttons on his waistcoat, shone brightly in the sunlight that passed through the box window.

"It's so good to see you, it's so good to see you, Harry! Belch...... Well, you must be Mr. Longbottom! ”

Neville nodded timidly, as if frightened.

Lin Xiaoan interjected: "Professor, this is Miss Hermione Granger, and Mr. Ron Weasley. ”

"Oh-hello, Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley." Slughorn smiled politely at Hermione and Ron.

……

Slughorn spent the afternoon talking about anecdotes about the brilliant wizards he had taught back then, and they had all happily joined an organization he called the "Slug Club" at Hogwarts.

(The Slug Club: A gathering run by Horace-Slughorn at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, dedicated to the children of outstanding students, famous and successful people, and children from families with good connections in the wizarding world.)

Horace Slughorn, known as Horace Slughorn. In English, slug means "slug", so the club founded by Slughorn is jokingly called the "Slug Club". ）

……

Harry's brain was swollen when he heard this, and he wanted to leave quickly, but he didn't know how to get out so as not to be rude, so he had to hold a cup of tea and think about things in a daze.

Gradually, something became more and more strange to Harry, and that was Slughorn's attitude towards Lin Xiaoan.

Anyway, it's not polite at all, let alone enthusiastic, it's completely businesslike—like he really treats Xiao An as his subordinate or simply as a work-study student.

Maybe he didn't notice the two Slytherin students who were shivering when they received the tea that Xiao An had "personally served"—didn't he know that Xiao An was a local tyrant with a mine at home, and even the Minister of Magic had to avoid three points?

……

If Lin Xiaoan heard Harry's heart, he would definitely roll his iconic eyes: Yes! SlughornTM really didn't dig into Lin Xiao'an's details!

He really thought that Lin Xiaoan was just a disciple of Professor Snape - analogous to Tom Riddle back then, a poor student who was inspirational, and a golden phoenix flew out of the ravine - because Lin Xiaoan said that his family lived on the (Longkong) Mountain, and his parents were ordinary Muggles!

If Lin Xiaoan was not Professor Snape's disciple, maybe Slughorn would still be a little interested in him, but since Lin Xiaoan is already famous, Professor Slughorn said that rabbits don't eat grass by the nest, and this slug is also disciplined!

Lin-Golden Phoenix-Xiao An didn't feel sorry for this, and diligently served tea and muffins to his classmates—the two Slytherin students trembled even more.

……

Finally, the train passed through a long period of dense fog and entered the red sunset.

Hogwarts Castle, looming.