Chapter 10 I Won't Send Sif Away
Abraxas is handsome, with a pair of moving gray-blue eyes that are full of affection when looking at people. Few women can remain unmoved. Abraxas never refuses lovers who come to him voluntarily, so he has many female confidants.
Lucius was unhappy with his behavior, but he didn't say anything as it was too rude.
"No, I'm still used to people calling me by my last name. I've been researching alchemical items for long-distance communication recently. Maybe we can have other cooperation in the future." Jiang Li said politely but distantly.
Lucius was very satisfied with Jiang Li's attitude. At least he was not a brainless vase. He even liked Snape, who looked poor, more.
He took the initiative to step forward and stretched out his hand to Snape and said, "I am Lucius Malfoy, and I am now a second-year student at Hogwarts. Do you like alchemy as well?"
Faced with the boy's friendliness, Snape immediately shook his hand and replied, "I'm Severus Snape, and I like potions."
Lucius thought that Snape had already started making the potion, so he asked Snape a few questions about the potion. Seeing that Snape could answer them quickly, he became more certain of his guess and his eyes became more sincere.
Being able to make potions before going to school means he is a very talented person and worth investing in.
Jiang Li chatted with Abraxas for a few words, exchanged their contact information, and then left with Snape.
Abraxas was sensible. He saw that Jiang Li had no interest in him, so he did not continue to exude his charm to her. He just felt a little bit sorry that such a beauty had such a stupid mind.
Jiang Li took Snape home. Seeing that his face was pale and he was about to vomit, he immediately poured him a glass of water and said, "Let's make some scabies medicine tomorrow."
Snape originally felt like vomiting, but when he heard this, his eyes lit up.
"It's a little too late today. Let's have dinner first and start making the potion tomorrow." Jiang Li said.
Although Snape was looking forward to making the potion quickly, he was afraid that he had made a mistake in the steps, so he planned to go back and look at the steps carefully to avoid wasting precious potion materials.
Jiang Li took Snape to a nearby restaurant for dinner, and then said he would take him back under the pretext of taking a walk.
Afraid that someone would come over to chat her up, she used a confounding spell, so that when people around her saw him, they would automatically forget their purpose and slowly walk away.
Seeing Snape staring at his movements, Jiang Li explained: "I just cast a Confusion Spell on them so that they would not disturb us. If you are interested, I can teach you this spell."
"Okay, but aren't underage wizards not allowed to use magic outside of school?" Snape asked somewhat tangledly.
He felt that he really needed this spell, and he could cast it next time someone in Tobias came to steal his things.
"You can just use it secretly." Jiang Li winked at him slyly and said, "Besides, you also need to cast a spell when making potions. Just don't use a wand registered with the Ministry of Magic. Without any trace, they won't find out about it."
Hearing this, Snape's black eyes widened slightly in surprise, "Is this still possible?"
"Of course we can do that. As the saying goes, there are countermeasures from above and policies from below. We can just be flexible and adapt."
As Jiang Li was speaking, he noticed that Snape's hands were exposed and red from the cold, so he took off the glove on his left hand, put it on his left hand, held his little hand that was frozen purple, and put it directly into his coat pocket.
The ears covered by black hair turned slightly red. Snape wanted to say that he didn't need to be so nice to him, but looking at Jiang Li's gentle eyes, he couldn't say anything.
He thought a little greedily, if only this road could be longer.
Arriving at the door of the shabby and small house, Snape suddenly felt a little embarrassed, afraid to see a look of disgust on Jiang Li's face.
Jiang Li didn't know what he was thinking, so he touched his little face and said, "Go in quickly, it's too cold outside."
She didn't dislike it.
Snape was very happy. He felt that Jiang Li was different from others.
Waving at Jiang Li, Snape turned and went into the house, then quickly ran upstairs, opened the door, lay in front of the window, and looked at the light shining on Jiang Li through the glass window.
As if sensing his gaze, Jiang Li looked up towards the second floor and saw a small group of people with their faces pressed against the window. They smiled and waved at him, then used Apparition to move away.
Snape, who disappeared under the street light, felt a little disappointed, but he became happy again when he thought that he could see Jiang Li tomorrow.
When Snape went out the next day, he saw Tobias at home. He instantly tensed up, thinking that Tobias must be up to something bad.
Unexpectedly, Tobias forced a smile on his face that was swollen from drinking and sex, and asked him kindly, "Are you going out?"
Snape felt like he must have seen a ghost. When did Tobias become so normal? Was he going to do something disgusting again?
He said coldly: "Well, I'm going out."
"Don't play too late and go home early. Your mother will cook your favorite pumpkin soup today." Tobias said kindly.
Snape thought Tobias was crazy and ran out in a hurry, thinking that Irene would be shocked to see Tobias like this.
He ran for a long time and finally found where Jiang Li lived.
Jiang Li stayed up late last night to study the alchemy of long-distance communication. When he heard the knock on the door, he immediately went to open it. When he saw Snape, he remembered what he said yesterday. He invited Snape to have breakfast together and accompanied him to make the potion.
The potion room was built from the beginning, and Jiang Li would occasionally make potions here, so the items inside are quite complete.
It was Snape's first time making a potion, and he was a little excited. He went over the steps in his mind several times before he began to grind the various potion ingredients, chanted the spell, and carefully placed the potion in the crucible, stirring the contents of the crucible according to the method in the book.
Seeing that the potion in the crucible had changed color, Snape's nervous heart almost jumped out of his throat. He only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the boiling potion turned into the color described in the book.
His potion worked!
The potion was made successfully for the first time and the quality was pretty good. Snape felt a great sense of accomplishment.
Jiang Li stood aside and watched, with no intention of helping.
In her previous life, she was a saint-level alchemist with a pair of eyes that could see through illusions. She could tell the energy changes in herbs during alchemy, so she didn't think that making potions in this world was difficult. She had no idea how dangerous it was to let a seven-year-old child make potions on her own.
Speaking of which, Snape looked thin and short, and Jiang Li thought he was only five years old, but he didn't expect that he was already seven years old.
Jiang Li planned to put a glass of milk in his meal, hoping that he would not grow too short in the future.
"Ali, I succeeded!"
Snape put the potion into the bottle and looked at Jiang Li with joy on his face, sharing his joy.
"That's amazing! You have a talent for potions." Jiang Li praised sincerely.
Snape's cheeks flushed with praise, and he made another scabies potion, this time with even better quality. He walked out of the potion room with a sense of unsatisfied feeling only after all the materials for the scabies potion were used up.
Because of the long period of potion fumigation, his hair was greasy and stuck to his face.
Jiang Li noticed this scene and couldn't help but use "Clean Fresh" on the top of his head, but it had no effect at all and his hair was still very oily.
Snape:?
Jiang Li smiled awkwardly and said, "Do you want to take a shower before going home?"
Snape touched his hair and felt uncomfortable, so he nodded and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Seeing this, Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the current Snape was not as venomous as the future one. He might even spray venom at him because of his action.
Tsk, I really don’t understand how such a cute child would become so awkward when he grows up.
In the next few days, Snape kept running back and forth between home and Jiang Li.
He was very happy. Tobias did not drink and hit anyone, and Irene had a relaxed smile on her face. The family seemed to have returned to the life before bankruptcy.
Although he didn't know what Tobias wanted to do, Snape felt that it would be good if Tobias remained so obedient.
Under Tobias's gaze, Snape quickly ran out of the house. Halfway through, he remembered that Jiang Li seemed to be out doing a business with someone today and was not at home, so he turned around and walked home.
As soon as he reached the door, he heard the excited conversation between Irene and Tobias from behind the door, and his hand that was about to open the door paused.
"No, I don't agree! Sev is my child, I will never give him away."
"Erin, listen to me, that's one thousand pounds! It can allow us to live a life of plenty. We can move out of this dirty place and live happily like before."