Chapter 29: The Plot
Warm braziers hang in the corners of the hall, long tables of food are still there, and today's ceiling is a vast and deep sky, dotted with stars, and the hall is as lively as ever with the atmosphere of ancient aristocracy.
The first-year students were talking loudly at the front of the long table about what they had found in the school, or what they had learned about something unknowing, and everyone's face was filled with excitement and excitement.
Compared to them, the second grade is a lot more silent, although it is also very active, but I don't know if I want to show myself in front of the younger students how can I not even know these things as a senior, I am silent one by one, and I exchange a few words from time to time, but it is all about the discussion of magic, and the things I learned in the usual etiquette class are used perfectly during this time period!
But as long as you look closely, you can see that many of them are actually eavesdropping on the conversation of the first year next to them with their ears pricked up, after all, how can such a huge and mysterious Hogwarts be explored in a year!
Of course, the maverick Mu Yan does not belong to any of these people.
At this moment, he was teasing the jelly beans that were scratching his head on his table.
Attracted by the colorful jelly beans in Mu Yan's hands, the jelly beans galloped on the table like an intoxicated ballet dancer, and each leg raised its wings and waved sonorously and powerfully, attracting a lot of attention from the surroundings.
Everyone was amazed, and felt that Xueba was not ordinary, and even the owls raised were so versatile.
The conversation also shifted from Mu Yan's owl to his own owl, and then diverged to all kinds of strange magical creatures.
Mu Yan listened with a smile on the side, nodded approvingly when he heard what others said, and then on the other side, the young wizard who had been recognized as a top student in this grade would feel as if he had received some honor, and his voice couldn't help but be a little louder.
Ravenclaw may not be good at communicating, but each of them has a quick mind, and the exploration of the unknown has always been the direction of their greatest interest, and in the four colleges, they have an almost fanatical worship of knowledge!
Mu Yan smiled and nodded at the little wizard who had just entered the school who was still talking, and the little wizard who had heard of Mu Yan's name in the seniors' story was suddenly a little excited and stammered.
However, what he didn't know was that Mu Yan didn't listen to what he said at all, but just subconsciously made this action following everyone's voices.
This is already the second month of school, and the plot offset that Mu Yan hates has risen from 15% to 20% again.
The reason was that on the night of school, because of his timely rescue, Ron and Harry did not pass the thrilling test, so Ron's wand did not break in that accident.
This has a great impact on the development of the subsequent plot, Ron's wand continues, and the great liar Harlot will not be attacked by magic when he casts the Oblivion Curse on Harry and Ron, so Harry will not have a chance to stop Voldemort's plan.
To put it mildly, Harry's future wife is gone, and to put it mildly, Voldemort will be resurrected in advance, so it seems that it is reasonable for the plot offset to increase by 5%, which Mu Yan also felt that he was negligent, so he didn't complain too much.
Just thinking about this, he has been spinning around Ron's wand with malicious eyes recently, and this kind of malicious gaze, even if Ron is dull, he will feel a chill behind his back from time to time......
Shaking his head, under the control of magic power, Mu Yan tore open the envelope that Jelly Bean had just delivered, revealing two ordinary pieces of letter paper inside.
"To Dear Brother Yan,
……”
This is a regular monthly letter from Regan, reporting to him about the orphanage and his and Luca's situation.
Mu Yan beckoned a piece of soft red wine pastry with one hand, and read the letter carefully with the other.
Soon, he finished eating the pastry and read the whole letter.
Mrs. Manlid has been managing the orphanage for nearly 30 years, and she has strong ability and experience in all aspects, and the orphanage will not change much under normal circumstances, plus there is now a mysterious person (Mu Yan) who has invested heavily in this orphanage, and everything in the orphanage is developing in a good direction.
After reading the letter, Mu Yan pulled out the next one with some amusement, this letter was much smaller than the first one, and it was obviously a little crumpled.
This is a list of gifts that little Luca just learned to write when she heard that Mu Yan would be coming back recently, and wrote a special gift list for him.
The handwriting on the letter paper was crooked, every word was like a worm crawling over, there was basically no space between the words, and Mu Yan wasted a lot of effort to understand what was written on it.
"Apples, bananas, small oranges, large oranges, ......"
Mu Yan: "......" How much this little Lori wants to eat fruit!
If it weren't for the last grapes, she really couldn't spell it, and she painted three ugly little briquettes in a row, and she was really embarrassed to write it down, Mu Yan estimated that she could write out all the fruits she could name!
Looking at this immature handwriting, the corners of Mu Yan's mouth couldn't help but show a smile.
On the other side, at the Gryffindor table.
Ron gently nudged Harry and whispered like a thief, "Harry, look over there, Mu Yan is actually smiling!" ”
Harry turned his head, and quickly turned again, with an exaggerated look of surprise on his face, as if he had seen something unusual.
Hermione, who was sitting on the side, glanced at the two of them and rolled her eyes.
Since they were rescued by Mu Yan on the night of school, these two goods don't know if they were scared or what, in the past two months, they will only laugh when they see Mu Yan, which makes the scene of the four of them very embarrassing every time they meet, so that Hermione can't wait to kick these two goods into the ditch.
In this regard, Hermione once thought that Mu Yan had done something to these two people, leaving some shadows in their hearts, and she had not given Mu Yan a good look in the previous month.
It wasn't until later that I realized that Mu Yan not only did not do anything to them, but also saved the two of them, and only then did he react, it was not Mu Yan who did anything, but these two goods instigated themselves.
So a few weeks ago, the proud little witch still made up her mind and mustered up the courage to apologize to Mu Yan after a few struggles, and she was ready to be ridiculed by Mu Yan, at least she was ready to complain a few words, but Mu Yan, who was busy with the double spell connection experiment at the time, sent her away with a faint "I know".
This made the little witch who was already ready for everything very uncomfortable, she would rather Mu Yan scold her or taunt her, of course, if she could say it, it would be better if both parties understood each other, but Mu Yan's indifferent attitude made her feel that the other party didn't seem to take this matter to heart.
You know, she hasn't slept well for several days because of this, but for Mu Yan, these don't seem to be as good as a few notes in the book.
Now that I think about it, the little witch still has some repercussions in her heart, but after all, she is at fault first, and every time she thinks about it, she can only prevaricate herself with words like "Xueba should be like this".
Harry and Ron whispered about what was written on the letter Mu Yan read, which would make him smile so gently.
The two of them have been guessing the trolls in the forest from their girlfriends, and if Mu Yan sat beside them, it is estimated that they would have been smeared with a blasting curse on their faces!
Time flies by at Hogwarts, and the new professor Lockhart's Defence Against the Dark Arts class is also impressive, and the same class is not absent, Mu Yan still plays the image of a good student in front of this big liar wrapped in countless honors, but I have to say that this is probably the most entertaining class Mu Yan has ever taken at Hogwarts.
Mu Yan can find countless faults from his lecture notes in every class, but under the threat of many female brainless fans, he still chooses to turn a blind eye and do his own in class, Lockhart doesn't bother him, and he doesn't debunk Lockhart's ignorance.
But I don't know if Lockhart heard what Mu Yan did in the first grade from other professors, and felt that it was a face-saving thing to have such a student who actively spoke in his class, and he liked to ask Mu Yan to get up and answer questions in every class.
Mu Yan, who couldn't bear it, finally threw out ten questions like a cannon by answering questions in a certain class, and in the hateful eyes of countless girls, he turned this "most charming smile" into "the most embarrassing smile".
From then on, in order to avoid this embarrassing situation again, Lockhart would automatically ignore Mu Yan's existence every time he went to class.
However, people are often a kind of cheap creatures, which Mu Yan also agrees with.
When he didn't want Lockhart to bother him, Lockhart insisted on sticking it himself, but when Lockhart didn't dare to bother him anymore, he wanted to put it on again.
The reason is very simple, Mu Yan has encountered a bottleneck in memory magic, and as far as he knows, Lockhart, who is good for the defense of the dark arts, is a master in this regard, otherwise he would not be able to snatch countless honors that belong to others, and still be at large!
However, it is still a bit difficult to let Lockhart, who has committed several crimes and has rich experience, obediently teach himself his life-saving skills, and Mu Yan has been planning how to make him obedient recently.
Time passed quickly, and the plot developed backwards without any surprises, two terrorist attacks, and the existence of the Chamber of Secrets caused an uproar in Hogwarts, and for a time the students of the four houses except the other three houses of Slytherin fell into a panic.
Hogwarts was panicked, and Dumbledore's office was filled with letters from parents, questioning and scolding, but most of them felt that Hogwarts was no longer safe and asked to take their children home.
So, in order to strengthen the students' self-defense skills, the first assembly of the dueling club was held under the supervision of the school's top management, led by Lockhart and Snape.