Chapter 333: Rosa Parks

"Over here, Luo En." Before Harry could speak, Zhang Qiu suddenly waved at him, "Harry was just looking for you."

"What?" Harry was stunned; he didn't know how he had come to be looking for Luo En.

Luo En's face suddenly looked much better, and he strode over, saying with relief: "Oh, Harry, do you have any urgent mission for me?"

"Uh." Harry stood up instinctively, but he wasn't quite sure of the situation, especially since Elena and Hermione were looking over curiously.

"Yes, it's top-secret intelligence from the Order of the Phoenix, let's go somewhere else to talk." Zhang Qiu suddenly said.

The three of them left the teahouse just like that. Before leaving, Harry carefully left the meal money on the table.

"Luo En, you seem to have fallen into a trap." After going outside, Zhang Qiu said with a serious expression, "Why were you with the two of them?"

"Elena invited him." Harry explained for him.

"Yeah, I think it's very strange. Elena invited me to spend Valentine's Day with her, but I don't know why Hermione was there too." Luo En looked very confused, and also carried a hint of dissatisfaction, "Is she really that free?"

"You think it's Hermione's fault? Then you've really fallen into a trap." Zhang Qiu said, looking back, "Hermione wouldn't go and crash a party, she's not that kind of person."

"That's hard to say." Harry scratched his head, "Do you remember her and Neville?"

"Right, why not?" Luo En looked at Zhang Qiu, "And you said I fell into a trap, so whose trap was it?"

"Of course it was!" Zhang Qiu suddenly paused; it looked like she didn't intend to mention Tang Tang Nade, "Of course it was Elena's trap."

"What? You're joking, right?" Luo En rolled his eyes.

"You must still think Elena likes you, right?" Zhang Qiu asked sharply.

"What do you mean?"

"If she really liked you, she wouldn't let Hermione come and disturb your date." Zhang Qiu's tone was very certain, "There are only two possibilities: either Hermione insisted on barging in, or Elena herself didn't take you to heart."

"Why couldn't it be the former—" Harry tried to use Neville as an example, but he paused because he remembered: during the time when Hermione, Neville, and Hannah were caught in a love triangle, no matter who Neville was talking to, at least Hermione and Hannah would absolutely not talk to each other, let alone hold hands.

"But, we," Luo En's expression showed visible disappointment, but he seemed to still hold a glimmer of hope, "we kissed after all, at the Yule Ball!"

"Optimistically speaking, Elena just had a change of heart recently;" Zhang Qiu shook her head, "but pessimistically speaking, even then, she was just playing along."

"You'd better make yourself clear!" Luo En said dissatisfiedly, "I admit some accidents happened today, but originally—originally I didn't beg you to help me out."

"I know very well, this isn't just a matter of helping out or not, this relates to some layouts, I mean..." Zhang Qiu seemed to have already reached a conclusion in her heart, just thinking about how to bypass Tang Tang Nade to communicate with Luo En.

"It's the White House's layout. Elena works for the White House; we only just confirmed this not long ago." Harry found a vague excuse.

"Is that so?" Luo En didn't look surprised, "I should have noticed earlier, otherwise why wouldn't even McGonagall welcome her? But I think the White House and the Ministry of Magic should be on the same side, right?"

"Right, so what Elena is doing here also conforms to the Ministry of Magic's plan, otherwise how could Snape easily allow her to enter the school?" Zhang Qiu changed the subject, "However, what she is doing undoubtedly needs to use, and possibly harm, some student, which is why the professors don't really like her."

"Interesting guess, but have you figured out what she's actually trying to do?" Harry said, "We analyzed one, two, three, four points before. You said she's on the fifth level, but no matter which level it is, it won't cause any substantial damage to innocent students."

"Then you're assuming Hermione and Luo En aren't innocent?" Zhang Qiu countered.

"I think I understand a bit. You're trying to say that Elena is carrying a plan discussed by the White House and the Ministry of Magic, and this plan will likely harm... me or Hermione?" Luo En frowned, but his face still carried a hint of confusion.

"If that's the case, then what kind of plan would it be?" Harry couldn't help but think along, "What does the White House want?"

"I don't know." Zhang Qiu shrugged, "I don't know what this plan is about, but when I realized Elena probably doesn't really like Luo En, I thought I definitely couldn't let you get involved first."

"Then I really thank you." Luo En said gruffly.

"But there is one point I feel is possible." Zhang Qiu narrowed her eyes, "Elena herself probably isn't just a simple tool. She might have her own thoughts, and those thoughts are... she likes Hermione."

"What?" Harry realized for the first time that the LGBT concepts long used for debate might not be that far from him.

"Setting aside political plans, just from an emotional perspective. Hasn't Elena considered what the result of this threesome would be?" Zhang Qiu analyzed, "You would be unhappy, yes, but she still did it, which proves she doesn't care, she didn't take you to heart."

"Ah, hmm." Luo En hummed listlessly.

"But what about Hermione? Hermione has always thought Elena and Luo En were a couple in love, but this way, at least she knows Elena doesn't like Luo En very much, right? Hmm, and if you really spent the whole day with them, things would become: even if she doesn't like you, you still like her." Zhang Qiu showed an awkward expression, "In China, we call this kind of person a 'lick-dog'."

"If Hermione thinks you are Elena's 'lick-dog', then what would she think? First, she would think Luo En is a fool, and second, she would think Elena is very charming. This is the information Elena wants to convey to Hermione." Zhang Qiu clapped her hands, "Why would Elena do this? The most obvious explanation is: she likes Hermione, and she senses that Hermione seems to like you."

Luo En's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Hermione's thoughts? Who could know that." Luo En shrugged, "I'm just thinking, last time she kept saying she was a non-marriageist, could it be that she wanted to come out then?"

"Let's put this aside for now, since we're out." Harry looked at the sky, "Before it rains, let's go somewhere else, for example, the Three Broomsticks?"

"You two go, I want to go to the photo studio again." Zhang Qiu looked toward the end of the street.

"Hey!" A figure suddenly ran over, waving vigorously at them.

"So annoying, Hermione forced me to agree to go to Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop with her, I really don't want to go, I originally wanted to spend the whole day with you." Elena said panting, "Unfortunately, there's no way, I could only ask you to accompany me there at the time, hoping to leave early. Oh right, I think Hermione is really ugly."

Harry and Luo En looked at each other, looking a bit confused.

Zhang Qiu's eyes widened, and suddenly, as if remembering something, she took out her little notebook recording divination to look at it, then couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Luo En asked.

"Nothing, since it's a small misunderstanding, then you guys have fun." Zhang Qiu wrapped her arms around both their shoulders, pushing them toward the other side of the street, "Luo En, have you taken her to visit the Shrieking Shack?"

"Ah, of course, that's a very interesting place." Luo En's mood suddenly became cheerful again.

Watching Luo En and Elena walk toward another fork in the road, Zhang Qiu pulled Harry to the Three Broomsticks, finding a quiet corner to sit down.

"What's the situation, who does Elena actually like?" Harry said somewhat puzzled.

"Hard to say, but one thing is certain, the words she just used to win Luo En back must have been taught by Hermione. The divination has come true." Zhang Qiu said, stifling a laugh, "Fate is truly wonderful."

"But what is Hermione thinking?" Harry frowned again.

"How would I know that? Listen, Harry, what Hermione thinks isn't important, what Elena thinks isn't important, what's important is what agreement Tang Tang Nade actually reached with the Ministry of Magic." Zhang Qiu took a deep breath, then waved her wand, "Superior wisdom is humanity's greatest wealth."

"What did you think of?" Harry asked, watching Zhang Qiu reveal a look of sudden realization with the help of the Inspiration Charm.

"Rosa Parks!" She slapped the table excitedly, "The Rosa Parks of the Wizarding World!"

"Who is that?"

"The mother of the American civil rights movement, she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, which then triggered a series of resistance movements, namely the famous Montgomery bus boycott—the organizer of this movement was the famous Martin Luther King." Zhang Qiu took a deep breath, "Can you understand the weight of this identity?"

"Sounds very powerful, at least I know Martin Luther King." Harry blinked, "But what does this person have to do with us?"

"Because Rosa Parks herself didn't need to do anything world-shaking, she only needed to show some courage to resist at a critical moment to enjoy all kinds of subsequent honors." Zhang Qiu knocked on the table, "If you know in advance that there will be a Martin Luther King standing behind you, then anyone can be that Rosa Parks."

"You mean, if we draw an analogy, taking the rights of Muggle-borns as the civil rights movement of the Wizarding World..." Harry's thinking barely kept up, "They want Hermione to be that Rosa Parks? What's the point of this?"

"The point is, now Hermione has a reason to stay in the Wizarding World again." ===== CHAPTER 334 =====