Hepziba Smith,

As a pure-blood descendant of the Hufflepuff family, she not only inherited the gold cup of Helga Hufflepuff, but also got the frame with her and her portrait of her.

But decades ago, Hepzibah Smith was killed by Tom Riddle...... The old house, along with her collection, was packaged and sold by her niece to the Borgin-Bock store.

This is a perfectly normal thing, after all, Hepziba Smith is a famous antique collector, and her collection of things is worth a lot of money.

But the problem is that the Borgin-Bock store is also an antique shop, and the shop buys all kinds of old family items, all of which are sold at a high price.

It's like...... Bock bought Slytherin's locket from Voldemort's mother, Merope, for ten Galleons of cabbage, and sold it to Hepziba Smith at a high price.

In the same way, the items that the Burgin Burck store bought from Smith could not have been kept in his hands, and he might have sold them long ago.

Once it is sold, trying to get it back is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is extremely difficult.

Rove sighed slightly, he thought that finding the Smith Mansion would make the whole thing easy, but he didn't expect it to suddenly become complicated because of Tom Riddle.

The boy stared at the newspapers and asked curiously, "Where did you two get these?" ”

It's almost fifty years old, and this can also be found?

Shirley smiled and narrowed her eyes, like two crescents, and said, "It's on the rightmost shelf in the library." ”

"There's all the Daily Prophet there, and Shirley and I went through all the old papers." Hermione raised her pointed chin.

Rove was a little moved for a while, he restrained his lost look, and said with a serious face: "Thank you both." ”

Shirley didn't say anything polite, just smiled, like the first touch of winter plum on the branch after winter, extremely beautiful.

"You're welcome." Hermione grinned, bared her two front teeth, and said, "You want to give me an extra one for Christmas." ”

"Okay." Rove laughed and teased: "However, you still owe me a bet, can we be willing to lose the bet?" It's been half a year. ”

Hermione deliberately looked left and right, just not looking at Rove, and she was confused: "Bet, what bet?" How come I don't remember? ”

Rove reached out and gently pressed the girl's unkempt head to prevent her from shaking it.

Hermione slapped his claws off and said disdainfully, "I knew I wouldn't look for you any information, stingy!" ”

Rove laughed angrily, "You only have one Christmas gift left!" ”

Hermione glared at him and asked softly, "Are you both home for the Christmas holidays?" ”

Shirley shook her head and said, "I'm not going back to the convent. ”

"I'm not going home either." Rove said softly.

This Christmas, he will not return to the Dragon Sanctuary in Romania, nor to the old house of Scamander in Dorset, England.

There is no one in both houses, why go back?

His parents are both in the United States, and Newt even took Tina to the virgin forest of Brazil for her wedding anniversary, obviously not wanting her grandson to disturb her old age.

Homeless Rove, who can only stay at Hogwarts this holiday season.

Hermione hesitated, and when she saw that neither of them was leaving, she whispered, "Then I won't go back either!" ”

"Didn't you say that you were going skiing with your parents at Christmas?" Rove raised an eyebrow.

"Skiing may not be for me." Hermione blushed, shook her head, and said:

"I'd better stay at Hogwarts and study my homework seriously, my mom and dad want me to do well in the exam, and they will understand me."

"It's only Christmas."

"yes, there are only six months left for the final exam, so you have to get nervous!" With a smug look on her face, Hermione pulled out a neatly folded piece of paper from her pocket and explained:

"Here's my Christmas review plan, almost down to the second."

The girl stretched and said energetically, "Let's stay in the library at Christmas and study hard!"

Next year's final exam is sure to be in the top three! ”

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As the Christmas break approached, Slytherin and Ravenclaw played their final Quidditch match of the term.

But what is surprising is that Ravenclaw, who has not won for many years, actually won and gnawed a key game from Slytherin!

Their new Seeker, Qiu Zhang, captures the Golden Snitch under Malfoy's nose and lays the foundation for victory.

Cho Chang became a celebrity at Hogwarts in no time, and even Cedric praised her for her good flying and wanted to have an in-depth conversation with her.

It was really demoralizing to be cut off by the "fish belly" who was despised before the game, and Malfoy's cowering appearance to avoid the Bludger was also nicknamed the cowardly lizard.

Captain Flint was hit by a Bludger in the first two minutes and had to go off...... It is also known as the Death Knight.

Of course, the key to Ravenclaw's victory was the occurrence of off-field factors.

I don't know who secretly took the photo, and then immediately circulated throughout Hogwarts, causing an uproar:

It turned out to be former Seeker Terrence Higgins, who was robbed of his position, and during training with the team, he punched Malfoy so hard that he almost went into shock.

The Slytherin's infighting is good news, after all, they are well-equipped and have no off-field factors, which really doesn't stop them from defending their title.

Terrance Higgins is also widely suspected of being an undercover agent...... It must have been bought by the Gryffindor Quidditch team!

Slytherin put his hat on Gryffindor's head, and the lion cub was not used to each other, and the two sides clashed several times before the Christmas holidays.

Professor Snape frantically deducted points from Gryffindor, and Professor McGonagall didn't let it out...... The faculties of the two academies are falling in a downward spiral.

Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw somehow came to the top two, and it can only be said that happiness came too quickly.

As the Christmas holidays approach, the entire Hogwarts are being redecorated.

The auditorium is magnificent, with a dozen or so Christmas trees covered in silver frost and thick friezes crisscrossed by mistletoe and holly.

After a big dinner, it was finally the last official holiday of the year - Christmas.

There is no such thing as a compensatory holiday, there is no need to leave the school, and everyone will have a two-week or so vacation.

Usually Christmas, there are so many students left, especially those in the fifth and seventh grades who are preparing for the .ls. and .l. exams, and few of them go home.

But this year, the students are almost gone.

No way, after a few attacks, even Lockhart was transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magic and Magic, and the little wizards were too scared.

Neville saw that Rove, Shirley, and Hermione were all staying, and he wanted to stay too.

But Hannah invited him to visit Professor Lockhart at St. Mungo's Hospital for Witchcraft and Wizardry during the holidays, and the two spent the whole day together in London.

Neville had vowed to carry out Hermione's revision plan at Hogwarts that night, and changed his mind the next morning...... Walk pretty crisply!

The whole change took less than three minutes.

But before leaving, Neville's Rifle stayed with Rove.

The pregnant rooster finally lays eggs, and Rove needs Rifle to help hatch them.

The basilisk egg is Rove's Christmas gift to Rifle, the basilisk son who picked up for nothing...... Let's have fun if it's okay.

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(Thanks to the "Book Friends 20210301106541117782", "Love to Wade in the Water" and "Book Friends 2022051 6221529144" for their tips.)

There's also a chapter that's a little slower...... There may be a little bit of no hurry. ）