Chapter 35 Why can't you give her a chance?
Although he was happy to see Lily again, Snape always felt that things were not going as he expected.
Because Lily was not interested in him, but followed Jiang Li around, pestering her with questions about all kinds of things in the magical world and ignored him completely.
Seeing that it was getting late, Jiang Li sent Lily and Penny home and told them to come over when they were free so that she could teach Lily some spells.
Lily was very happy. Before, Penny didn't let her go to Jiang Li's house because she was afraid of exposing her abnormality. But now everyone is a wizard, so it's okay to use magic.
Penny was also very happy. She really liked the swing covered with morning glories in Jiang Li's yard. Next time she went to Jiang Li's place, maybe she could sit on it and play for a while.
"Why are you being so nice to that Muggle."
After returning home, Jiang Li asked this question while Snape was shoveling in the yard, "She offended you with such ugly words."
Jiang Li dug out the sweet potato with a shovel, glanced at Snape and said, "She was much nicer than me. If you want to say it's offensive, you should be more offensive."
Snape wanted to retort, but found that his occasional sarcasm was indeed quite harsh, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"Actually, I think Penny is a little bit like you." Jiang Li looked at Snape with a smile, "Neither of you are frank people, so you don't like each other."
"I'm not like her," Snape argued.
"What's the difference?"
Jiang Li pretended to listen attentively.
"I am a wizard and she is a Muggle. We are from two different worlds. She is jealous of Lily. After Lily died in the previous life, Dumbledore gave the child to her to take care of, and she also abused Lily's child." Snape said in a deep voice.
Jiang Li listened carefully and asked Snape a question.
"Do you know how Penny is usually treated at home?"
"Is there any necessary connection to this question?" Snape looked at Jiang Li in confusion.
"Of course there is a connection." Jiang Li tapped the sweet potato vines with a shovel and said, "The reason why my sweet potatoes grow so well is because there is a magic circle here and they are carefully maintained. If the sweet potatoes are planted in other places in London, they will not bear fruit at all.
The same goes for Penny. She has never been valued by her parents since she was a child. Every time she does something wrong, the Evans always think it is Penny's problem. She has never felt love, so how can you ask her to love others?
Penny is still a blank slate now. She is not as mean and stubborn as the future. Why can't we give her a chance and become friends with each other? There is no life-and-death feud between you, and she hasn't done anything to offend you now, right? "
Snape was silent.
He really didn't expect Penny's situation at home. He always thought that Penny and Lily were in the same situation.
"In short, Petunia is my friend. You can dislike her, but don't do anything impolite to her. This is the most basic etiquette of a gentleman." Jiang Li looked at Snape seriously.
"I wouldn't target a little girl." Snape said calmly.
Seeing that he spoke so maturely, Jiang Li smiled and said, "Aren't you also a child?"
Snape didn't talk about this with Jiang Li. This guy always pretended to be an elder and teased him.
Seeing that he ignored him, Jiang Li ran over and stretched out his arm to lock his throat.
"How can you be so impolite? I'm talking to you."
Snape had long been accustomed to Jiang Li's occasional tantrums, and had a dead-eye expression on his face.
Jiang Li smiled and patted his head.
Snape's face turned dark in an instant. He felt dirt in his hair. Just as he was about to get angry, the person behind him had already disappeared without a trace.
He looked at the footprints on the ground, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his lips.
"Fool."
The next morning, Penny and Lily came to the door, and Penny was holding cookies in her hand.
Jiang Li asked Snape to open the door.
This guy started dressing up early in the morning. Don't think she didn't know that Snape had smoothed the wrinkles on his clothes in front of the mirror several times.
Snape gave Lily outside the door a friendly smile.
"Hello, Lily, I'm Severus Snape."
"Hello, I'm Lily Evans."
Lily greeted him in a friendly manner and tilted her head slightly to look inside the room.
Although Penny didn't like him, she still said to him politely, "I'm Penny Evans."
"Hello."
Severus Snape greeted him somewhat coldly.
Faced with the different treatment, Penny felt a little uncomfortable, but when she saw Jiang Li, this feeling disappeared without a trace.
"Penny! You're finally here."
Jiang Li gave her a big hug and kissed her on the face.
Yay, I finally kissed the sweet and soft little sister!
Penny's face flushed and she looked at Jiang Li shyly.
Lily came over and said to Jiang Li: "Ali, you haven't hugged me yet."
Jiang Li also gave Lily a warm hug.
The three girls in the living room ignored him and Snape coughed lightly.
Jiang Li glanced at him and said mischievously, "Do you have a cold? If you do, go back to your room and rest. I'll stay here with the two of them."
Knowing that she did it on purpose, Snape said with a simmering anger, "Didn't you say you would teach Lily spells?"
"But Penny doesn't know magic, and she'll be too bored here alone. You also know some simple spells, so why don't you teach Lily, and Penny and I can walk around the yard together." Jiang Li said readily.
Hearing this, Snape's joy was barely concealed, and he said calmly, "Okay."
Meng Sao.
Jiang Li silently commented in his heart, holding Penny's hand and said, "Let's go outside to pick flowers. Didn't you say last time that you wanted to pick some flowers to take back? You left without even having the chance to pick any."
Penny followed Jiang Li out and looked back, her face full of worry as she said, "Are they both okay?"
"It's okay. Although Severus speaks harshly, he is still very strong. He is more than capable of teaching Lily, and he also wants to make friends with people of his age." Jiang Li said with a relaxed expression.
Snape must have been smiling to his heart's content after finally meeting Lily and being able to be alone with her.
Snape looked at Lily who was staring at him, lost in thought for a moment, and then smiled.
It's just that because I don't smile often, my smile looks a little weird.
Lily instantly became nervous and wanted to go find Penny and the others.
"Don't be nervous. I will teach you some simple spells and the basics of potions. You are very smart and you will definitely be able to learn it." Snape looked at Lily tenderly.
Lily felt that Snape's eyes were very similar to the way her father looked at her, and she relaxed a little.
"Really? But Petunia said the spells would be hard to learn."
"It is indeed difficult for some fools, but you are different, you are very smart." Snape affirmed.
Hearing this, Lily suddenly felt under great pressure.
Snape was completely unaware of this and began to explain the spell to Lily in earnest, and took out a feather to demonstrate the levitation spell for her.
He motioned for Lily to try the simple spell.
"Yingardim Leviosa."
Lily chanted a spell towards the feather.
The feather swayed slightly and floated upwards.
Snape was about to give a compliment, but the next second the feather exploded and covered his face.