Chapter 336: Growing Apart

Early the next morning, Harry received a letter from Sirius, saying that Bellatrix wanted to take Nagini away early, and for this, she transferred many high-quality assets and even threw in a large sum of cash.

This made Harry's mood slightly better, and he decided to cheer up, using a full Sunday to review his textbooks properly and write his homework seriously.

In the evening, when Harry returned to the dormitory with his homework book filled to the brim, he found Luo En sitting on the floor with a blanket draped over him, looking frustrated.

"What are you doing?" Harry asked.

"I went to talk to Elena." Luo En said in a low voice, "Zhang Qiu was right, she doesn't really like me."

"What?" Harry was a bit surprised, "You went to find her directly?"

"Can't I?" Luo En pulled a hair from the blanket, "On Wednesday, although she came back to find me, we actually didn't have much fun."

"Uh," Harry put down his book and sat beside him; he felt Luo En needed someone to confide in right now.

"She kept talking about Hermione, she said Hermione is her best friend, including yesterday, she said it was because Hermione wasn't feeling well that they left early."

"Oh, I thought you didn't notice."

"I rarely do this, you know?" Luo En said frustratedly, "After winning the match, I especially hoped to let Elena see... although I didn't seem to see her when I was on the pitch. I saw her leave without a word, and I felt the victory was discounted."

"So what did you talk about when you went to find her today?" Harry asked calmly.

"I feel she's a bit perfunctory toward me, I feel she values Hermione more, this is really," Luo En sighed, "If Zhang Qiu hadn't told me about LGBT, maybe I wouldn't have minded so much."

"Then how did she answer?"

"She... I feel she's still stalling me." Luo En's tone carried a hint of anger, "She said I shouldn't be jealous of a best friend, she also told me to put myself in her shoes, saying Zhang Qiu has never been jealous of me."

Harry didn't know what opinion to express at this time; the progress of his romantic relationship was the only thing he did worse than Luo En, and even worse than Malfoy.

"So, that's it, we parted on bad terms." Luo En spread his hands.

"Then you're sitting on the floor wrapped in a blanket," Harry couldn't help laughing, "I saw your face, I thought you two broke up."

"I feel it's almost there." Luo En's eyebrows twisted together, "I've vaguely made up my mind, I don't want to continue wasting energy on her, just to prove how charming she is in front of Hermione."

"We have so many great things to do!" Luo En patted the floor.

"Like passing an OWL exam first?" Harry deliberately picked this thing to say.

Luo En showed a wry smile, then stood up, "Alright, you're right, we can't expect someone who can't even pass an exam to do anything great."

Harry was surprised to find that Luo En seemed to have really changed his nature. In the next week, he went to the library with Harry, wrote his homework very seriously, and occasionally asked Harry for advice on learning.

"He's just sulking." On Saturday, while Luo En was at Quidditch training, Zhang Qiu said quietly to Harry, "To be precise, sulking with himself."

"Sulking about what?" Harry didn't look up; he was flipping through an advanced Transfiguration textbook.

"Sulking about why he fell in love with Elena so easily." Zhang Qiu summarized, "And why he gave up on Hermione so easily."

"Just as you said before, it's too late to do anything now." Harry closed his book, "After Tang Tang Nade brought out the Focusing Rainbow, this matter wasn't that easy to meddle in."

"As the saying goes, when you find a sheep is missing and then start repairing the fence, it's not too late." Zhang Qiu said with burning eyes, "Luo En's change of heart is because of Elena's perfunctoriness, this is Tang Tang Nade lifting a rock to drop on his own feet."

"This is the second time I've heard this sentence, do Yankees like rocks so much?" Harry complained, "Neville said the same thing, he's preparing to instigate Elena and Hermione to be completely together, which can also hinder Tang Tang Nade."

"Oh? That's not bad, but there's a premise for doing this, which is that Luo En doesn't like Hermione." Zhang Qiu shrugged, "But I feel he still has feelings for Hermione."

"Don't you think this is not very good?" Harry hesitated slightly, but decided to speak out his hidden worries, "Using Neville and Elena to bypass Tang Tang Nade's attention, how is this different from the Ministry of Magic using Hermione and innocent students to bypass Death's attention?"

"That's not even close," Zhang Qiu giggled, "You tell me first, are we doing this for Hermione's good?"

"I suppose." Harry muttered, "After all, I don't want her to become the next Cassandra."

"Right, first of all, your starting point is good, and secondly, you have to think about it this way: Tang Tang Nade is still half a good person, will he really vent his anger on innocent people because of unpredictable objective factors?" Zhang Qiu continued to ask.

"Setting aside the bastard things he did in terms of feelings, Tang Tang Nade is still like a person in other aspects." Harry admitted reluctantly.

"Finally, you have to know, reneging on one's word is the instinct of Yankees. After you receive the Focusing Rainbow, are you really willing to abide by the agreement and no longer interfere with him—even if it's just on the surface, or simply as long as you still remember this matter," Zhang Qiu raised a hand, "then your moral level is higher than his to who knows where."

"Alright, thank you." Harry pursed his lips, "But if possible, I still don't really want to do that kind of, how to say, using Neville and Elena as guns."

"Then you be upright." Zhang Qiu pointed out the window, "Let Luo En face his own heart, let him boldly pursue Hermione."

"I don't think it will necessarily work, he has to figure it out himself." Harry picked up the book again, "I even suspect that after he figures it out, he will find that he doesn't like Hermione at all."

However, sometimes this thing Zhang Qiu called "fate" is always very wonderful. On Monday, when Harry and Luo En were at the Slug Club, they were surprised to find that Hermione had taken the initiative to find them.

"Hey, Luo En, I..." She looked a bit hesitant, "Ahem, I mean, I discovered a huge conspiracy of the Ministry of Magic."

"What?" This topic immediately attracted the attention of Harry and Luo En. They hurriedly lowered their voices and pulled her to one side, "What's going on?"

"You know we have a new Minister of Defense, right?" Hermione said, "In fact, the original Minister of Defense was almost forced away."

"What is all this." Luo En frowned.

"What I want to say is, the Ministry of Magic is obviously biased toward the Labour Party, and Ray is the main force among them, so Major shouldn't have done that." Hermione said in a low voice, "Unless someone forced him."

"Ah, ah." Harry echoed with slight confusion.

"You didn't read the newspaper? Blair has been in the Ministry of Magic for almost half a month, this is very unusual!"

"Blair... who is that again?" Luo En's voice was slightly louder.

"Haha, Miss Granger." Slughorn happened to pass by with a glass of fruit wine, "If you want to find some topics with Mr. Weasley, it's best not to talk about things he doesn't understand. Perhaps you can exchange some Potions knowledge."

Luo En narrowed his eyes—he knew even less about Potions.

"Alright, then let's talk about Potions." Hermione pouted and dragged out a long tone. As soon as the professor left, she immediately said, "Alright, simply put, I suspect the Ministry of Magic is preparing to meddle in the general election."

"General election? Who do they want the public to elect, Harry?" Luo En laughed.

"Uh, general election isn't about electing whoever you want." Harry scratched his head, "But this seems completely unrelated to us. I think you'd better pay attention to student movements."

"That is, Muggle-borns casting spells outside of school, those people have been arguing until now." Harry tried to remind Hermione implicitly, "I always feel the Ministry of Magic is putting effort here."

"A group of students who might make a fuss, and the candidate for the next Prime Minister, which one do you think is more important!" Hermione's voice was louder than she realized, and she hurriedly looked around vigilantly.

"So you've been talking for a long time, are you talking about things in the Muggle world?" Luo En finally turned the corner, "You think the Ministry of Magic is preparing to meddle in the Muggle world's general election? And they support someone called 'Ray'?"

"She's talking about the Labour Party, a party, opposite to the Conservative Party, similar to the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters, but there is no clear distinction between good and evil." Harry roughly popularized it for Luo En, "If I remember correctly, the Conservative Party has won four consecutive victories since Thatcher. Even if the Ministry of Magic is preparing to get votes for the Labour Party... the Ministry of Magic can't walk to the front desk, what can they do? Let Muggle-borns go home and cast a vote?"

"But in short, I suggest you pay more attention to Blair." Hermione said stiffly.

"I also suggest you pay more attention to the student movement in school." Harry looked at Luo En, wondering if Hermione was deliberately finding a scary topic to talk to them just to attract their attention.

"Of course, let's put these annoying things aside for now. Arnold is inviting a guest professor to give a public lecture next week, aren't you looking forward to it?" Harry deliberately changed to a topic Luo En could pick up.

"Unless he can invite Thatcher." Hermione said angrily, "I feel the Wizarding World is beyond saving."

"Can you say something about guys I know?" Luo En's mouth also started to have some fire.

"Yeah, to be fair, her coming to give a public lecture to middle school students won't have much effect." Harry smoothed things over, "And what the Wizarding World needs is someone with powerful magic, the system is secondary."

"If he could invite Master Xuanjun, it would be interesting." Luo En said happily.

"Oh..." Hermione showed a painful expression, "You guys talk, I feel a bit of a stomachache."

She walked out of the classroom at a speed that didn't look like she had a stomachache.

"What is she thinking?" Luo En said dissatisfiedly.

"The good news is, she originally wanted to talk to you." Harry grabbed his arm awkwardly, "The bad news is, the current Hermione probably doesn't have much in common with you." ===== CHAPTER 337 =====