Chapter 104: Cat and Mouse

After Johnny re-mixed into the crowd around them, Harry explained with some embarrassment: "This is because of Sirius Black. It is said that he is a terrifying Death Eater who escaped from Azkaban specifically to come to Hogwarts to find me."

"Oh, I'm sorry I only know now; I was in France before." Hermione carried the large book bag with difficulty. "However, Grandmother once said that there is no restaurant in this world that can make money with bad food, and no evil can run rampant forever."

"I'll help you carry the books, Neville." Luo En said, taking the bag from her.

Hermione's face was red, and she whispered: "Actually, I didn't intend to learn how to speak like him."

"But I'm curious, how are you going to take so many subjects?" Harry asked. "Won't it be too hard?"

"Sorry, I can't tell you." Hermione smiled. "This is a secret."

"Alright, I'm certain Hermione that you are a person who is easily influenced by the people around you." Harry shrugged. "Your tone just now was exactly like Zhang Qiu's."

"A bad habit of Asians, always hiding their own learning methods." Eve said sharply. "Afraid that once others adopt the same method, they will surpass them in grades."

"You shouldn't say that, Eve." Harry said awkwardly. His eyes scanned everywhere, wanting to change the subject. "Look, a pet shop, let's go take a look there. Luo En, haven't you always wanted an owl?"

"Alright, but I won't buy anything." Luo En took Scabbers out of his pocket. "Zhang Qiu said I might lose him this year. Actually, I quite like Scabbers. Although he is old, lazy, and useless, he is after all a member of the Wei Wei Silai family."

"Perhaps some rat tonic or something can be tried on him." Harry suggested. "Many divinations have been postponed; I think you can try to let him accompany you for a longer time."

In the pet shop, Luo En successfully bought some rat tonic, while Hermione bought a ginger-colored cat and named it Crookshanks.

"Bad guy! Don't stare at my Scabbers!" Luo En looked at the cat with some vigilance; it was struggling to break free from Hermione's arms. "Harry, you have to know how much I miss Percy."

"Sorry, I originally thought he was quite lively." Hermione said with embarrassment. "Now it seems a bit too lively."

Several people returned to the Leaky Cauldron. It seemed that Luo En and Hermione also intended to stay here until school started. The Wei Wei Silai family was noisily telling jokes, while Hermione took her books back to her room.

"Eve, you can't say that to Hermione; it's very rude." Closing the door, Harry intended to educate Eve properly.

"So what? She's just a bookworm with no emotional intelligence and is of no help to you." Eve said disdainfully.

"How can you say that? She is Neville's friend, and of course, she is my friend too!"

"You heard it too, Neville chose Hanna." Eve said dismissively. "So she started aiming at Luo En; this is a green tea."

"What tea? No, how can you be so mean to a classmate?" Harry was very dissatisfied.

"So what? Look at which girl likes her?" Eve said self-righteously. "And does she really treat Luo En as a friend? Directly bought a cat as a pet? Doesn't she know Luo En's pet is a rat?"

"Cats and mice can also become friends, haven't you watched cartoons? Tom and Jerry?"

"You'd better not mention it. As soon as you mention it, I remember that Tang Mu also said that there are always some girls who will stop at nothing to gain status, studying while seducing pure-blood boys." Eve said dismissively. "Maybe, when she finds out Luo En is focused on chivalrous virtues, she will aim at you."

It took Harry half a minute to realize that the Tang Mu she was talking about was Tang Mu Riddle in the diary.

"In short, I suggest you take Luo En and stay far away from her. Look at how many friends she can make among girls." Eve rolled her eyes. "Girls are the ones who understand girls best; don't think I'm talking nonsense."

"I really don't know how you learned to be bad." Harry said with a headache. "Can't you think of people in a good way?"

"Hey, Harry, want to come down for dinner together?" Luo En knocked on the door and asked.

"Alright, we're coming." Harry pointed at Eve's forehead with one finger and said, "In any case, I don't want you to be rude in front of Luo En, understand?"

"Of course." She returned to her lively self.

The pub owner put three tables together. Harry took Eve and joined the Wei Wei Silai family's dinner. Luo En and Jin Ni had left seats for them beside them. Hermione was also sitting beside Luo En. Fortunately, Eve had been whispering to Jin Ni and didn't cause any unpleasantness, which made Harry breathe a sigh of relief.

"How are we going to King's Cross Station tomorrow? Dad." When they had dug into a large mouthful of chocolate pudding, Fred asked.

"The Ministry of Magic will help us provide cars." Mr. Wei Wei Silai said.

Everyone stared at him.

"Why?" Percy asked curiously.

"It's because of you, Percy," George said seriously: "Because of your student council badge, they respect you!"

"... They respect you!" Fred said.

Harry choked on the pudding into his nose.

"Why does the Ministry of Magic provide cars, Father?" Percy asked again, his voice revealing a kind of majesty.

"Eh~~ Actually, I feel as strange as you all." Mr. Wei Wei Silai said: "... When I got to the office, they expressed this kindness to me..."

"It's because Black might attack Harry or his friends on the way." The waiter serving the plates suddenly spoke up. Harry only then noticed that he was disguised by Johnny. "We must send Harry to Hogwarts without any mistakes, so that under the double insurance of Deng Buliduo and the guards, we can ensure Black has no chance."

"Alright, I was originally thinking whether I shouldn't have told Harry about this." Mr. Wei Wei Silai admitted generously. "Last year was somewhat against the rules, so I will watch you get on the train myself. In short, Harry, under the gaze of the Ministry of Magic, you are very safe."

"Thank you all." Harry lowered his head. "I will be careful."

In this way, Harry was a bit worried about whether he could still go to Hogsmeade, but thinking that he had already wandered around Diagon Alley for most of the summer, perhaps there was no need to be so nervous.

The day before school started, accompanied by Mr. Wei Wei Silai, Harry boarded a dark green sedan. The driver was wearing a black velvet suit. Harry was not surprised to find that it was Johnny in disguise. Johnny always lurked by his side in various strange disguises. Harry believed he was professional, but Johnny would always go out of character no matter what he did, making people realize at a glance that this was a different kind of person.

The Ministry of Magic's car drove smoothly to King's Cross Station. Mr. Wei Wei Silai kept close to Harry's elbow and entered the station together.

"Alright, then," he said after glancing around: "We have so many people, let's go to the platform in pairs. I'll be the first group with Harry."

Mr. Wei Wei Silai walked slowly toward the barrier between Platform Nine and Platform Ten, pushing Harry's trolley, pretending to be interested in the city exchange advertisement on Platform Nine just now, and stopped. He looked at Harry with a meaningful gaze and suddenly leaned back against the barrier. Harry learned to do the same with him.

In the next moment, they fell onto Platform Three-Quarters with the help of the metal road barrier next to them. As soon as they looked up, they saw the express train, the fat dark red steam engine, the smoke filling the entire platform, and the children with their luggage.

Percy and Jin Ni suddenly appeared behind Harry. They were panting because they had run through the barrier.

"Oh, Penelope!" Percy said, rubbing his hair again, and hurriedly pushed his luggage to find his girlfriend.

Harry and Mr. Wei Wei Silai walked along the road to the last carriage of the train and put their luggage into a small compartment. The compartment looked very empty, and they put their trunks up.

"There are some things I want to tell you before you leave..." Mr. Wei Wei Silai said in a nervous voice, and he also carefully looked behind him.

"What is it?" Harry said, "Tell me."

"Harry, you must be very careful, don't think about being a hero at any time."

"I understand," Harry said sincerely, "Once I encounter any danger, I will ask Deng Buliduo for help, oh and this year there is also a top-tier Auror like Johnny English secretly protecting me."

When Wei Wei Silai heard Johnny's name, the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Harry, I know many people are willing to protect you, but what I'm worried about is you." He said in a low voice: "Listen, I want you to give me a promise, at any time, no matter what you hear, don't try to find Sirius Black."

"Thank goodness, it's good enough that he doesn't come to find me." Harry said dejectedly.

"You might not feel it now, but in the future, there will be a lot of news intentionally or unintentionally reaching your ears." Wei Wei Silai said. "There may be well-meaning people who don't know the truth, and there may be Death Eaters with ulterior motives. Don't take it to heart, understand?"

"What? I don't understand?" Harry was confused.

"We still can't know the truth of ten years ago, but what is certain is, no matter what kind of person Sirius Black is." He said: "Death Eaters all hope you will find him."

As soon as he heard Death Eaters, Harry immediately became alert and said: "I understand, Mr. Wei Wei Silai, I promise you."

"No matter who tells you anything, don't go to find Sirius Black alone." Arthur Wei Wei Silai said word by word.

"No matter what I know, before making a decision, I will first discuss it with the professor." Harry promised solemnly. ===== CHAPTER 105 =====