Chapter 94 Self-deception
"This is what happened. I'll leave this matter to you."
Jiang Li threw all the matters to Dumbledore and planned to just leave.
"Gardenia."
Dumbledore called out to her.
Jiang Li turned her head and saw Dumbledore staring at her with a frown. She was slightly startled and asked, "Is there any problem?"
Dumbledore pointed at the hair on top of Bella's head and said with a kind smile, "Can you do the same style for my beard?"
Jiang Li: “…”
It was taken so seriously that she thought this matter would be difficult to handle.
She waved her wand and gave Dumbledore's beard a beautiful shape. She also took out her butterfly hairpin inlaid with diamonds and pinned it on the beard.
Dumbledore took out a mirror, checked his look, and said with satisfaction, "Your craftsmanship is really good. It would be nice if you could add some pink bows."
"The pink bow doesn't go with your outfit. Change into a pink robe next time." Jiang Li suggested seriously.
"You're right, maybe I should upgrade my wardrobe," Dumbledore agreed.
Seeing that the two were getting off topic, Snape interrupted and said, "Isn't it the most important thing now to get rid of the person?"
"Oh, yeah, I'll leave it to you."
Jiang Li gave Dumbledore a sly smile and pulled Snape away.
Dumbledore looked at the man and the corpse on the ground, raised his hand to call Fawkes, gently stroked his head, and placed the written letter in his paw.
The phoenix grabbed the letter, circled in the air, then quickly flew in one direction and disappeared.
The next day, when Professor McGonagall came to the auditorium, she saw that the score counter of her own college had reached the bottom and her face turned black.
"Mr. Potter, perhaps you should explain to me why you went there again last night... What is this look like?"
Professor McGonagall was about to punish James when she saw him wrapping his scarf around his head.
"I have a cold." James coughed weakly, "I didn't leave the dormitory last night."
"Do you really have a cold?" Professor McGonagall looked at him doubtfully.
"real."
In order to prove that he was sick, James coughed violently, and blood appeared on his handkerchief.
"Look, I'm coughing up blood."
Seeing this, Professor McGonagall's serious expression immediately turned into worry, "I'll take you to the infirmary."
"No, I just came from the infirmary. Mrs. Ponderley has prescribed me some medicine and told me to go back to the dormitory and rest for a day or two." James said quickly.
Jiang Li happened to pass by, took a look at the handkerchief in his hand, and said with a smile: "Why didn't you wash the handkerchief after your jam got on it? Sirius did the same. You two really have a tacit understanding."
Hearing this, Professor McGonagall's face instantly turned to look at James' handkerchief.
James was sweating profusely. He immediately put the handkerchief behind his back and said to Professor McGonagall, "I suddenly feel much better. I don't think I need to rest."
He was about to leave with a guilty look on his face, when Sirius happened to come over and spoke weakly.
"Professor McGonagall, I have a cold. I can't attend class for the next two days."
Hearing the same excuse, Professor McGonagall knew that the two were pretending to be sick.
She grabbed the scarves on the two people's heads in anger and said through gritted teeth, "Both of you go to the trophy display room and clean the trophies. Also, wear your scarves properly and don't make any weird poses..."
The scarves on their heads were pulled off. Professor McGonagall saw half of their smooth heads. She was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing.
"What's wrong with your two heads?"
Others also saw the funny looks of the two and started laughing secretly.
The two of them left with their heads in their hands in despair.
Jiang Li hid his achievements and fame and walked away.
Bullying kids is fun.
Feeling someone's gaze fixed on him, Jiang Li turned his head to look.
Then Regulus hurriedly withdrew his gaze and pretended to adjust his robes.
Jiang Li withdrew his gaze.
Another face of premature death, so sad.
After a day of classes, Jiang Li welcomed a not-so-unexpected guest.
Irene looked at Jiang Li and said seriously, "Miss Malfoy, can I talk to you?"
"Do you need me to call Snape?" Jiang Li said with a smile.
"No need." Irene interrupted nervously, "It's just the two of us, no third person."
Hearing this, Jiang Li took her to a quiet and deserted classroom nearby.
He took out a table from the bracelet, put some tea and snacks on it, and said to Irene in a gentle tone, "Try it. This is a snack made by Mia. It tastes great."
"No, I don't eat weird things."
Irene sat on the chair with her back straight, her hand tightly grasping the wand, and she looked at Jiang Li with a tense expression.
"Miss Malfoy, it was you who taught Sevilla how to use the Oblivion Charm, right?" she said firmly.
Jiang Li took a sip of black tea, leaned back in his chair, looked at Irene calmly and said, "So what if it is, so what if it isn't?"
"You are too mean!"
Irene had already determined that this matter was related to her. She stood up excitedly, looked at Jiang Li with anger on her face and said, "It was you who ordered Sifu not to return to the Prince family, right? Why did you do this? What is your purpose!"
Hearing this, Jiang Li propped his elbows on the armrests of the chair, held his chin up to his head, looked at Irene and said slowly: "Do you really think the reason is my fault? Isn't it because of your inaction as a mother that Severus is unwilling to return to you?
I'm really curious as to why it took you so long to come to him and why it took so many years to remove the forgetfulness spell that a young child cast on you.
Maybe you have recovered your memory a long time ago, but you are unwilling to admit the past, and you don't go to Severus for fear that he will disturb your peaceful life now."
"no!"
Irene interrupted Jiang Li excitedly, "He is my child, how can I give up on him! I just... I just haven't thought it through yet.
The situation in the family is not as easy as you think. If I rashly bring him home, it will only hurt him!"
Jiang Li was amused by this.
Even if the family feud is terrible, it would be difficult for a seven-year-old child to survive on his own in the Muggle world.
Without family and without financial resources, and with a group of extremely vicious people living there, it's easy to imagine what the outcome would be.
Irene actually said it was for Snape's own good.
She was really curious about the structure of Irene's brain and why she was so good at deceiving herself.
"So, have you won the inheritance rights of the Prince family now?" she asked Irene.
Irene was stunned by her question, then she reacted and replied: “Although I cannot be the heir of the Prince family, the next heir of the Prince family will definitely be Sifu.
His talent is higher than his grandfather's, and he will definitely become the best potion master."
The speed of his fingers tapping on the armrest slightly increased. Jiang Li looked at Irene with pity and said, "So you have been back for so long, but you haven't gained a certain position in the family. Do you still need your son to help you?
It seems you don't care about Severus as much as you thought."
The scene that she had pretended with great difficulty was instantly exposed by Jiang Li, and Irene's face turned pale.
"No matter what, I am Xifu's biological mother. You have no right to stop me from bringing him home. I will not let him stay with someone who has ulterior motives towards him." She looked at Jiang Li sharply.
"You have no idea how much I have given to this child. How can you deny everything I have given you with just one sentence?"