Harry Potter: This senior is pretty strong

Chapter 162 The Holiday is Approaching

"Hogwarts has four seasons, with autumn turning into winter and bringing new scenery."

During the Christmas season, the wind blows and snow falls; the Black Lake is like a mirror, open to travelers!

As winter deepens and the weather gets colder, Christmas is just around the corner after a heavy snowfall.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is about to have a relatively long holiday – the Christmas holiday.

During this period, Qin Yu had a relatively leisurely time. He even had the leisure to write a limerick after seeing the snow falling all over the sky and the Black Lake freezing over.

When he translated the poem into English for Hermione, he didn't receive much praise from the girl. She just exclaimed "Wow!" without looking up and said, "You're so great!"

This is the ultimate example of being perfunctory!

Qin Yu was indignant about this, but he couldn't muster much anger because Hermione was sitting next to him, looking at a book called "Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century".

Hermione was carefully examining the book because she wanted to find a name called "Nico Flamel" within it.

The reason she wanted to find this name was precisely because of the "problem-solving task" assigned to her by Qin Yu.

Ever since Uncle Hagrid inadvertently revealed too much information at Hagrid's cabin that day, Qin Yu took the opportunity to let them find out who "Nico Flamel" was.

Then, Hermione spent her after-school time in the library. After completing her studies, she flipped through all the books she could find, including "Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century," which she had read before and wanted to see if there were any clues.

She became so engrossed in her book that she wouldn't even acknowledge Qin Yu, let alone her own father. If he gave Qin Yu a perfunctory compliment, that would be considered a favor.

Qin Yu was helpless in this regard, after all, he was also the instigator.

"Alas, highbrow art finds few admirers!" someone lamented, feigning sadness that no one appreciated his doggerel.

Of course, he wasn't idle; he was just taking a break to relax while reading.

Besides, they were in the library, and Mrs. Pince could come over at any time, so he couldn't say too much.

However, before looking at the book in front of him again, Qin Yu reached out and ruffled the head of the girl beside him.

There was no way to stop him; seeing her studying so diligently, Qin Yu felt an urge to do something mischievous, and he couldn't control himself from reaching out his hand.

As a result of his impulsive actions, he was stomped on hard by a small leather shoe and received a furious glare from the girl, like that of an angry little beast.

What? The idiom "如愿以偿" is used incorrectly?

Hmm, it's not important.

Mrs. Pines appeared not far away at just the right moment, scanning the restless young wizards with her sharp, hawk-like eyes.

Some might ask, why is Mrs. Pince so strict, yet our protagonist and the students still occasionally cause trouble in the library?

Because that's how rules are; when there's no oversight of the rules, they become meaningless. That's why Mrs. Pince keeps appearing.

Well, if everyone were obedient, she would be out of a job.

Therefore, mischievous students are the biggest guarantee for Mrs. Pince to do this job!

Supporting a bandit to enhance one's own prestige is indeed a mistake!

As a "bandit," Qin Yu naturally dared not make a scene at this time, so he composed himself and obediently sat down to read.

Hermione also saw the librarian appear. Not daring to break the rules and get caught, she gave Qin Yu a light snort and then turned back to the book "Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century" to continue looking for names.

However, the girl did not immediately pull her foot back. Instead, she secretly exerted force, pressing her little leather shoe hard on the guy's foot several times.

However, who is our protagonist? He is a prominent figure at Hogwarts, who can lose anything but his pride! Even after being stepped on several times, he remained unfazed, calmly looking at the alchemy manual, his features refined and handsome, exuding an air of tranquility.

After stomping a few times, Hermione vented her anger. Knowing she couldn't go too far, or she might face retaliation from that guy, she quickly pulled her foot back.

Hmph, at worst I'll just squat down and wipe his shoes for him later. That way he won't retaliate too badly, right? Hmm, that should be it.

Hermione was thinking about these things when she realized she had been a little distracted. She had just flipped through a few pages haphazardly without really reading the contents.

She was somewhat annoyed by this, so she quickly flipped back to the page, banishing the jumbled thoughts. Her slender, fair fingers traced the lines of words, and she held her breath, searching intently for that name, or a word similar to it.

However, after finishing the entire book, she still hadn't gained anything.

……

The next day, Friday, was also the last day of school before the Christmas holidays.

Just like the last day of school before every holiday, the whole campus was filled with a jubilant atmosphere, as if a flock of caged birds were hopping and waiting for the cage door to be opened so they could fly out in a flash.

Harry was one of the young wizards looking forward to the holidays, but he didn't want to leave Hogwarts, and he certainly wouldn't. He would stay there for the entire Christmas holiday instead of going back to his home on Privet Road in Surrey.

No, that's not his home; it's just a place he's temporarily staying!

He much preferred staying at Hogwarts to going back to face his mean aunt and uncle and his foolish cousin Dudley.

Because Hogwarts felt more like home to him.

"Great! Ron isn't going back either. We can continue looking for clues together!" Harry said excitedly.

They were having breakfast in the auditorium when Ron received a letter from home. His mother said that she and his father were going to Long Field in Romania to see Charlie, because they had heard that Charlie seemed to be not doing well recently, and they were taking advantage of the holiday to visit the second son of the Weasleys.

Therefore, Ron, along with his brothers Percy, Fred, and George, don't need to go back; they wouldn't be allowed to enter the house anyway.

Ron was quite happy about this; school was great, there were people to play with, and good food too.

"We can't take the library books home, so I won't be able to help you look them up during the holidays. I'll leave them to you guys." Hermione shrugged, indicating her helplessness.

"Don't take this too seriously. You should enjoy your holiday and have a happy childhood. After all, Hogwarts is a school that promotes holistic education," Qin Yu said casually.

Hermione didn't understand anything about holistic education. Anyway, even if she studied every day, it wouldn't prevent her from having a happy and carefree childhood—well, at least that's how it was after Qin appeared.

"Qin, are you really going back?" Harry asked, quite reluctantly.

Seeing his expression that seemed to say, "Isn't it great that you're enjoying yourself on the mountain with us?", Qin Yu rolled his eyes and said irritably, "It's just a few days away, don't act like we're going to be separated for months or years."

The one who was separated for several months was Swinton.

"Damn, I wonder what that old bastard has been up to out there." Qin Yu thought to himself.

"Hehe, I think it would be really fun if we spent Christmas together. Hagrid even said you promised him last year that you'd spend Christmas with him." Harry smiled sheepishly.

"Next time, next time for sure..." Qin Yu made a rather unreliable promise.

He vaguely remembered that last year he seemed to have said that he would stay at Hogwarts for Christmas in two years, but now that Hermione was studying here, she hadn't been home for almost half a year, so he had to go back with her to see her parents.

Anyway, he sees Harry, Hagrid, and others often, so Christmas doesn't make a difference.

Later in the conversation, Qin Yu remembered Charlie's situation and casually said, "You could ask Aunt Molly to keep an eye on Charlie's love life. Last time he wrote a letter, he mentioned that a friend of his had offended a girl and didn't know how to apologize. That's too suspicious!"

"Yes, yes, I'll write to Mom today and tell her about it before she leaves!" Ron was clearly very enthusiastic about this kind of gossip and was very eager to participate.

Besides them, the other areas of the auditorium were also bustling with activity, with everyone mostly talking about the Christmas holidays.

After Draco Malfoy finished his meal, he made a point of passing by Harry and said, "Some people are so pitiful, they can't go home for Christmas."

Of course, intimidated by Qin Yu's "tyranny," he didn't act too arrogantly. After saying that, he hurriedly left with his followers.

Harry didn't care at all about Malfoy's sarcasm. As he had said before, he never wanted to go back to that so-called home.

And so, with restless hearts, they went to class after finishing their meal, but today's lesson was destined to be less than efficient.