Chapter 110 Zuowu
Irene looked at Barrett vigilantly, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he was out of her sight.
"Are you guys okay?"
She looked at the two of them worriedly, and her eyes couldn't help but fall on Snape.
Snape had mixed feelings when facing Irene and didn't know what to say.
"It's okay." Jiang Li looked at Irene and smiled, "I think you were right not to argue with him. He's very smart."
Bartlet was very similar to the disciples from aristocratic families that Jiang Li had seen before, extremely cunning. Irene was just like a little white rabbit, and there was no way she could deal with such a person.
Jiang Li seriously suspected that after Irene came back, no one took her seriously, otherwise Irene would not be safe now.
She said how could the person in charge of the household be a fool.
Irene didn't know how to respond to Jiang Li's words.
Disparaging another elder in front of children is not something a polite person would do.
"Zou Wu is not here. I will take you to another manor."
She led the way, trying to skip the subject.
"Where did you get the Zouwu? Isn't this a magical creature from China?" asked Snape.
"A few days ago, that Zouwu broke in and destroyed many of the precious medicinal materials in the manor. Your grandfather spent a lot of effort to lure it to a remote manor and trap it to prevent it from continuing to destroy the manor."
When Irene said this, her eyes fell on Snape, and she said unobtrusively: "Your grandfather is very happy to know that you are coming. After seeing Zou Wu, you can chat with your grandfather for a while. I believe he will be very happy.
He had always wanted to go to Hogwarts to find you, but he didn't go because he was worried that it would interfere with your studies.
Since you are on vacation now, why don’t you stay here for a few days? We haven’t talked for a long time, and I have a lot to tell you. ”
"No." Snape said in a calm voice, "I have appointments in the next few days. After seeing Zou Wu, I should go back.
and……"
He raised his eyes and looked at Irene and said, "Didn't you notice? Barrett is on guard against me. He probably thinks I'm competing with him for the inheritance of Prince.
What do you think he would think if I stayed? If you don't want to intensify the conflict between you and him, don't do anything that will cause him to misunderstand you. "
Irene was slightly startled, and quickly said: "I didn't think so, I just hope to spend more time with you."
"I know, but there's no need." Snape looked at Irene calmly, "I'm past the age where I need company."
Hearing this, Irene felt as if a piece of her heart had been dug out, as if something important had left her.
"Sif..."
"Don't you want to see Zou Wu? How long are you going to chat?"
Jiang Li interrupted the conversation, looked at Irene with great interest and said, "Can I have some of Zou Wu's blood and hair?"
"Ah? I don't know that either."
Irene quickly pulled herself out of her lost mood and answered seriously, "Zouwu is too dangerous. I don't recommend you get close to it."
"Are you going to hand it over to the Ministry of Magic?" Jiang Li asked.
"probably not."
Irene remembered her father's expression when he caught Zouwu, and felt that he wanted to study this magical animal even more.
After all, things from magical animals also have powerful magic, and are also very important for the research of potions.
"It is illegal to privately raise smuggled animals. If the people from the Ministry of Magic find out, they will probably punish you." Jiang Li said with a smile.
"This is not a magical creature we smuggled. It just happened to appear in our manor, and we just didn't report it, so it's not illegal." Irene explained.
Jiang Li smiled and said nothing.
I think Irene is really naive. No wonder Bartlet doesn't deal with her. There is no need to deal with her at all. She believes everything she says and is easy to fool.
How could a rare magical creature from the East appear in Prince Manor and be captured before the people from the Ministry of Magic found out without causing any noise?
Jiang Li guessed that the Zouwu was smuggled by someone from the Prince family and brought to the manor for research. It happened to be seen by Irene, so he lied to fool her.
As he entered the manor and was watched by countless eyes, both overt and covert, Jiang Li became more certain of this idea.
Because she also saw rare and magical animals from other continents here.
But Irene obviously didn't notice anything wrong.
She explained to the two of them, “These animals were sent here because they were injured. My father loves these magical animals, so he specially sent people here to take care of them.
It’s quiet here, there’s no need to worry about poachers, and they like it here.”
A long-haired swift rabbit hopped to Irene's feet. She bent down and gently stroked the rabbit's fur.
Jiang Li's eyes fell on the magical animals trapped in the cages. There were some fresh wounds on their bodies.
"These magical animals are too dangerous. We have no choice but to lock them up here. They always bump into the cages, causing their previous wounds to split open."
Irene looked at those magical animals and couldn't help sighing.
"Did Mr. Prince tell you this?" Jiang Li asked.
"No, that's just my own thought. They probably don't realize we are helping them," Irene replied.
Now even Snape couldn't help but look sideways at Irene, as if he was looking at a toad walking upright.
If you really want to help these animals, why not send them to the Ministry of Magic and let the people in the Ministry of Magic send these animals back to their original homes?
Imprisoning them in a small cage, even a fool would know what is going on.
Irene didn't realize that there was anything wrong with the way other people looked at her. After all, so many years of domestic violence didn't make her much smarter.
She took Jiang Li and Snape to the place where Zou Wu was trapped.
It was as big as a basketball court, surrounded by a fence with magic circles engraved on it to prevent the magical animals inside from escaping.
The light here was a little dim, and they could vaguely see a huge, lion-like body with its back to them, its tail swinging back and forth.
"Can we go in?" Jiang Li asked.
"No, it's too dangerous. If there's no cage to control it, it will hurt you." Irene refused seriously.
Jiang Li walked around the bars of the cage, wanting to see what Zou Wu looked like.
The Zouwu is huge in size, with colorful fur with multicolored patterns, big round eyes, four sharp fangs extending curvedly from its mouth, and an incredibly long, curly and colorful tail.
It looks very much like the monster Jiang Li had raised before.
She walked to the place closest to Zou Wu, took out a cat toy, reached into the fence, and swung it in front of Zou Wu.
"Ding-ding-dong..."
When Zouwu, who was still pretending to be asleep, heard the sound, his ears immediately pricked up and his eyes slightly opened.
"careful!"
The accident happened in an instant, and Irene couldn't help but scream in fear.