Vernon's new car slowly drove into the parking garage at 4 Privet Road in Little Whinging, Surrey, a familiar house, a familiar garden, and a familiar everything.

Penny is not used to living in other places, although the villa that Dudley gave them is big, and the servants don't have to do anything every day, but Penny is not used to living in it, and only stays most comfortable in the place where she has lived for ten or twenty years.

Penny is a very nostalgic person.

After Lily wrote to Dudley when little Lily was about five months old, they moved back in.

Little Lily will be a year old in a few weeks.

Dudley: They also came here to celebrate little Lily's birthday.

Of course, the Granger couples are also here.

Well, it's a family reunion after all.

Parking the car in the garage, Vernon greeted Mr. and Mrs. Granger warmly, and then hooked up with Mr. Granger to secretly open two beers.

"Seriously, Brother Wendell, I think you should move to Privet Road. The environment here is much better than on the streets of London, at least no one dares to defecate in the open. ”

Yes, it's open defecation, as we all know, toilets in Europe are charged, and many people are not willing to pay for it, so.

This is true not only of England, but of all of Europe, and England is slightly better off than Germany.

Mr. Granger took a big sip and didn't reply to Vernon directly, but asked, "I heard that the house next door to your house is for sale?" ”

As soon as Mr. Granger talked about this, Vernon seemed to open the conversation box, and said with a little depression: "Yes, you don't know. Two days ago, John's family next door suddenly moved out, and I heard that it was to find a better job"

"It's weird, this is the seventh household in this neighborhood this month."

"I hope the new neighbors get along."

Vernon suddenly thought of something when he said this, and turned to look at Mr. Granger: "Do you plan to do it, Brother Wendell?"

"Yes, that's what we think."

"Maybe they'll be neighbors in the future."

Mr. Granger said with a smile, confirming Vernon's suspicions.

What's happier than an old friend being a neighbor?

Vernon laughed and smothered the beer in his hand, giving him a long burp of satisfaction.

"Comfortable!"

Hermione looked at the Granger couple with a look of surprise: "Dad, Mom, are we going to move here in the future?" ”

Mrs. Granger teased, "Yes, Hermione. Don't you like it? Didn't you often complain about being too far away from Dudley's house? ”

Hermione's face flushed.

On the other hand, Penny lulls little Lily to sleep and walks out of the room, greeting Snape, who seems out of place in his surroundings.

"Long time no see, Severus."

"Long time no see, Penny."

Snape greeted him stiffly, his expression was a little unnatural, don't look at him as a good way to spray people, in fact, he is not very good at dealing with people.

Even when I met my neighbors who were children.

After saying hello, the two fell silent.

"You've changed a lot." In the end, it was Penny who took the initiative to break the silence.

Many times it is like this, childhood playmates, who have not been in touch for many years, and when they meet again, they are already different things.

Maybe you haven't changed, he's changed, maybe you've changed, he's not, maybe both of you have changed.

Getting along as before is almost non-existent.

Snape did change a lot, he got bigger, he got older, his hair got oily, well, a lot of oil.

"So are you." It took Snape a long time to squeeze out a few words.

Then the two fell silent again.

The others didn't bother them, and even Vernon chose to make small talk with the Grangers, giving them plenty of time to be alone.

"I still remember the past."

It was still Penny who took the initiative to speak, telling about the past.

When she was a child, in order not to let Snape get too close to Lily, Penny would follow behind like a thief, and Lily would find a way to bypass her every time in order to avoid her sister. Although they were not rich in their childhood, they were very happy.

Snape didn't speak, but his demeanor was clearly caught in his memory.

"If only I could have been at Hogwarts then."

Penny sighed.

“.”

Snape didn't speak, but he agreed with Penny's words.

If Penny was also there, and Lily had her sister by her side, maybe she wouldn't have said what she said back then, and even if she did, maybe there would be a chance to redeem it

"Wow wow."

A loud baby cry sounded, interrupting the memories of the two.

"Ah, it's Lily"

Penny hurriedly apologized to Snape, "I'm sorry, Severus, you wait for me here for a while." ”

After saying that, Penny hurriedly ran into the room.

Snape froze in place, what did he hear?

Lily?

At this time, he had only one thought in his mind, to go to the room and have a look.

Snape walked into the room like wind.

Then he froze in place as if struck by lightning.

Penny was holding a baby in her arms, patting her on the back and coaxing her to stop crying.

"Severus, she's a lot like Lily when she was a kid, isn't she?"

Penny coaxed little Lily and smiled when she saw Snape come in.

The moment Snape saw the baby, his gaze seemed to be caught in a magnet, and he could no longer move.

Like, more than like, it's exactly like Lily.

Baby's eyes. Look. The facial features are simply what Lily looked like when she was a child.

Lily's face has long been deeply engraved in Snape's heart, whether it is years, decades or decades, he will never forget, let alone admit his mistake.

This. This. How is this possible?!

Lily died, as he saw with his own eyes, in his arms.

Snape instinctively rushed to Penny.

Unconsciously wanted to reach out to hug little Lily, but when her hand was stretched out and touched little Lily, it retracted violently as if it had touched a red-hot soldering iron.

'How am I worthy'

'I killed him'

'I'm a murderer, I'm damned'

However, a miraculous scene happened, and little Lily, who had been crying, stopped crying after seeing Snape, but looked at him with big green eyes full of curiosity, and finally stretched out her hands to Snape to hug him, and giggled.

It was as if Snape was her family.

If it was a fantasy world, Snape would have to shout 'This son is related to me'.

The laughter seemed to have a magical charm that hit Snape's heart.

'I'm going to give her the best in the world!' ’

'I'm going to make it up to her for all that I've lost!' ’

"I want to. Be her godfather! ”

Snape's demeanor was more serious than ever, his tone was more sincere than ever, and his movements were more forceful than ever.

(End of chapter)