Chapter 258: Canary Biscuit Crisis

Ma Er had never felt snow this cold, so cold that he couldn't help but start to shiver.

The figure hidden under the black robes was like a thunderous dark cloud; although there was no movement, everyone knew that a storm was coming.

Ma Er couldn't understand at all what had happened; he had clearly avoided that Green, he had even actively avoided him.

This was something unimaginable before entering Hogwarts, and now, he regretted immensely not choosing Durmstrang...

He felt his legs shaking violently, and tilting his head slightly, Gao Er and Ke La Bu were already about to faint.

This made him even more afraid.

In such a predicament, Professor Sineipu spoke:

"Heh—orphan..."

Professor Sineipu's voice sounded like a cry from hell.

When Harry and Luo En left the Quidditch pitch, Xiang Xien, Jia Siting, and Na Wei were just not far away.

The greenhouse and the Quidditch pitch were not far apart, both behind the castle.

Therefore, when Harry and Luo En looked over, they could still vaguely see a few figures trekking through the snow.

"Is that... Xiang Xien?"

Harry was wrapped in a scarf, his words turning into white mist.

"... Anyway, Sineipu is of course a... um, it's Xiang Xien, Jia Siting, and Na Wei, oh, if Hemin didn't have to read ten books, she would also go to the greenhouse to help..."

Luo En replied, at which time he was still counting Sineipu's mean behaviors with Harry.

"Then... us?"

Harry didn't expect such a collective action, and no one had even told him.

"Harry... you actually didn't know? Oh! Of course you didn't! Because you were always at the Quidditch pitch."

Because the wind was so loud, Luo En had to raise his voice.

"Is the greenhouse short of..."

Harry's voice was also blurred in the wind and snow.

"Of course it is! Na Wei looks like he's dead every time he comes back!"

So the two looked at each other, seemingly thinking of the same thing.

The snow was getting heavier, and there were many plants in the greenhouse that needed care.

For example, the Bubotuber; its pods needed regular squeezing in winter.

More importantly, before squeezing, the pods had to be heated over a flame until they turned bright red. If you squeezed the cold pods directly with your hands, the sharp, moving black seeds inside would explode.

It was not easy to take the pods from the violent Bubotuber that whipped people, but fortunately, these were tasks completed by Senior Bruce and the other two in Greenhouse Three.

However, Xiang Xien and the other two could often hear their screams; or perhaps Senior Bruce was screaming, and Senior Leon was laughing.

In front of the dome building, Jia Siting was about to push the door and enter, and behind him, Na Wei was shyly sharing some techniques about plant handling with Xiang Xien.

At this time, Xiang Xien's face was covered with flying snow, and he nodded slightly, his shorthand quill scratching down the content, making Na Wei both happy and even more shy.

"Xiang Xien!"

"Xiang Xien!"

When the greenhouse door opened, two shouts came from afar.

It was Harry and Luo En; they ran over yelling, and Professor Sprout, who had just pushed open the door to Greenhouse Three from the inside, smiled brightly.

How wonderful, really wonderful...

"Congratulations on discovering the secret mission of the Hope Hut—Greenhouse One welcomes you, there are gloves on the shelf, don't forget to take them."

Jia Siting said with a gentle smile.

"Oh!"

Luo En panted; Jia Siting's words made him excited.

"You can hardly imagine, we just escaped from Professor Sineipu's clutches..."

While putting on gloves, Luo En didn't know what to say because of his excitement, so he subconsciously chatted about the topic he and Harry had just discussed.

"He would deduct points from Gryffindor for even a tiny mistake—and Na Wei, he treats Na Wei as a punching bag all day! Today, he was in a terrible mood, ha! Even Ma Er didn't escape..."

Hearing Luo En mention Professor Sineipu, Na Wei's face turned pale, and he even trembled a little.

"He must hate me to death. He didn't realize that apart from those Slytherins who only know how to flatter, no one really... likes him."

Harry also gritted his teeth.

Jia Siting frowned; according to his observation, although Professor Sineipu was indeed mean, his teaching ability was unquestionable.

However, thinking of Professor Sineipu's various behaviors, he didn't say anything.

What they didn't know was that in the distance, the wide black robes stood in the snow with some unspeakable purpose.

His black eyes were watching this place, and after a gloomy glance at Harry and Luo En, they fell on those green eyes.

"... He's just not a good person! He keeps to himself because no one can stand him!"

Luo En muttered.

Harry nodded convincingly, and the few entered the greenhouse one after another; Harry suddenly wanted to say something more.

Then he heard a very, very faint voice.

"Harry, even if there is no place for Professor Sineipu in this world, by what right do we judge his soul?"

Xiang Xien looked at Harry, sighed slightly, and entered the greenhouse.

Harry stood still, stunned; he rarely saw such complex eyes, wrapped in too many unspeakable things.

Harry suddenly thought of what Hemin had told him—it wasn't Professor Sineipu who was going to kill him.

He felt a shudder starting from his pores; who... could that be?

In the snow, there were no longer any wide robes, only the place he had once gazed upon, where a pair of green eyes had always been in the cold winter.

They were so similar.

"Alright, little gentlemen! It looks like we can finish early today!"

Professor Sprout was as enthusiastic as ever; she checked the gloves of the five people in the greenhouse to ensure they would not get hurt.

But just as everyone was excitedly preparing to act, a huge noise came from the direction of Greenhouse Three, accompanied by panicked shouts:

"Merlin—Canary Creams really can turn you into a canary!"

Professor Sprout's expression changed, and she hurried out.

Luo En and Harry looked at each other, while Sean and the other two were already clinging to the entrance of Greenhouse Three.

Inside Greenhouse Three, vines were dancing wildly, and senior Bruce was dodging everywhere with a pale face while clutching a canary; after having nowhere left to hide, he threw the canary and shouted:

"Pist, you must remember that I saved your life!"

Then he was lulled to sleep by the Snargaluff vines.

Professor Sprout, looking pale, carried away the "asleep" senior Bruce.

At this moment in the greenhouse, the canary suddenly transformed, turning into senior Pist, whose face was flushed red with anger.

"What... happened?"

Justin asked, and Sean, seeing the cookie crumbs in senior Pist's hand, probably understood.

"That idiot! While Pist and I were controlling the Snargaluff vines, he fed Pist some inexplicable cookie, ha—!"

Senior Leon was also furious—he basically never cursed senior Bruce in front of Sean.