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Reminded by Zicomo, Furong also realized her current situation.

She pleaded with Zicomo, "Please, please help me one more time! I can't leave Gabrielle at the bottom of the lake."

As the saying goes, help people to the end and send Buddha to the West.

Furong's request was not difficult, and Zicomo naturally did not refuse.

He waved his hand toward the bottom of the lake and summoned Gabriel with a summoning spell.

Harry had just reached the bottom of the lake from another direction and hadn't even had time to be surprised when he saw Ron.

Turning my head, I saw Gabrielle flying away into the distance at an extremely fast speed.

Harry thought there were some terrifying creatures in the water.

Startled, he quickly untied the rope from Ron's feet and swam upwards with Ron in his arms.

Meanwhile, Furong was puzzled by Qi Kemo's waving gesture when she suddenly heard the sound of splashing water behind her.

She turned her head and saw her younger sister flying towards her.

Furong quickly reached out and caught Gabrielle.

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"Thank you!"

Fleur caught Gabrielle and thanked Zicomo again.

Zicomo waved his hand and said, "No need to be so polite, let's go upstairs and talk."

After saying that, he led Hermione upstream, with Fleur and Gabriel close behind.

The audience on the wooden tower cheered and applauded as Hermione and her friends emerged from the water one after another.

After the four girls got ashore, the female students from Beauxbatons quickly draped quick-drying towels over the Delacour sisters to prevent them from catching a cold or fever in the cold wind.

As for the Hogwarts students, they also wanted to drape the cloaks over Zicomo and Hermione.

But when these two came up, they weren't wet at all, and even their hair was dry.

If they hadn't seen the two men emerge from the water with their own eyes, they would have thought that Zicomo and Hermione had never gone down.

Fleur, wrapped in a bath towel, approached Zicomo and said, "Although I've said it many times before, I still want to say it again: thank you for helping my sister and me."

Without waiting for Zicomo's reply, Furong cupped his face and kissed him on the lips.

It has to be said that Fleur's move stunned Hermione, who was standing nearby.

Just then, Harry and Ron emerged from the water, and no one was paying attention to them.

Otherwise, if they see this scene, I don't know how many boys will be heartbroken.

However, it wasn't that no one saw it; for example, Ron had just come out of the water.

He had just opened his eyes when he saw this shocking scene.

In that instant, Harry thought he heard something shatter—the sound of Ron's heart breaking.

Ron wailed inwardly; his first love seemed to have ended before it even began.

Huh? Why did he say "again"?

However, no one cared about Ron's thoughts; everyone was cheering for Harry's successful completion of the mission.

As for Fleur, whom Ron considered his first love, after giving Zicomo a passionate kiss, she returned to the rest area that Beauxbatons had prepared for her before Zicomo could even react.

However, when she left, her pretty face was flushed, and even her ears were tinged with red.

Clearly, her inner self was not as calm as she appeared.

Zicomo looked in the direction Furong had left, shook his head with a smile. He really hadn't expected Furong to do that before she kissed him.

Furong is from the Land of Romance, where there is a custom of kissing the other person's cheek.

Zicomo thought Fleur would treat him with that kind of politeness, but he didn't expect her to just come at him directly.

Zicomo turned his head and saw Hermione pouting, looking at him with a displeased expression.

The little witch was clearly jealous.

Zicomo explained helplessly, "I really didn't know she would kiss me."

Hermione asked angrily, "Then why didn't you move away?"

Zicomo said, "I thought she was just going to give me a normal kiss on the cheek, so I didn't dodge. Who knew she would do that?"

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense; the romantic country is one of the countries where kissing on the cheek is the most frequent greeting.

This was something Furong initiated, so you can't blame Zicomo.

No matter how she thought about it, Hermione still felt annoyed.

She turned her head angrily and glared at Furong, who simply smiled slightly at her.

Hermione was so angry that she hugged Zicomo.

Seeing Hermione's actions, Zicomo reached out and stroked her hair to soothe her anger.

At this moment, Krum surfaced with the girl whose name he did not know; she was his dance partner at the Christmas ball.

It's worth mentioning that Krum's ability to stay underwater for extended periods wasn't due to the Bubble Head Charm, but rather to Polymorph.

He used shapeshifting magic to transform his head into a shark's head, effectively intimidating various underwater creatures and successfully finding his dance partner.

With Krum's successful landing, the second match of the Triwizard Tournament came to a successful conclusion.

The first place undoubtedly belongs to Hermione, who was the first to emerge.

As for the second place...

Furong felt that she had gotten up so quickly because of Zicomo's help, and she felt unworthy of second place.

She proactively explained her situation to the organizing committee, including Dumbledore and others, and requested to be ranked last.

After some discussion, Dumbledore and Crouch agreed to Fleur's request.

So second place went to Harry.

Harry and Ron had arranged to celebrate at Hagrid's hut that evening, while Harry himself was pulled aside by old Crouch.

The Soul-Stealing Curse is a peculiar spell. When the controller does not give any orders, the person being controlled will behave normally, just like they usually do.

At this moment, old Crouch was just going to say some polite words to Harry out of professional habit.

However, Moody, who was far away, was unaware of this.

After all, it was Voldemort who actually cast the Imperius Curse on Crouch, and he only had simple control over Crouch.

Upon seeing this, 'Moody' rushed over.

He worried that old Crouch might break free of the Imperius Curse and warn Harry.

Although the possibility was slim, to avoid alerting his master and affecting his plans, Moody couldn't allow old Crouch and Harry to have too much contact.

So he rushed over and interrupted their conversation, but because of one of his long-standing habits, 'Moody' ended up exposing himself instead.

Little Barty? (The rest of the text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the initial question.)

As his father, Crouch Sr. was very aware of his son's habits.

As mentioned before, a person afflicted by the Soul-Stealing Curse will behave the same as before the curse unless the caster gives an order.

Furthermore, they possess the ability to think for themselves.

Therefore, based on the gesture of 'Moody' licking his lips, old Crouch deduced that the 'Moody' in front of him was a fake, and that it was his own son in disguise.

However, he didn't make a fuss, but silently turned around and left, not knowing what he was going to do.

Moody clearly realized that he had inadvertently exposed this fact. Fearing that old Crouch would reveal his identity, he decided to find an opportunity to take action against old Crouch.

That evening, Harry, who was celebrating with Ron and the others near Hagrid's hut, saw old Crouch's body on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest.

Harry rushed back to the castle, wanting to tell Dumbledore what had happened.

As he passed through the main hall, he happened to run into Zicomo and his two companions, who had just finished eating and were coming out of the hall.

Harry grabbed Zicomo and led him toward the headmaster's office.

His actions completely baffled Hermione and Lani. When did their cousin (Wang) become so sought after that even boys wanted him?

Of course, this is just a joke.

They knew Harry probably had something urgent to discuss with Zicomo, but they weren't in a hurry to ask what it was; Zicomo would tell them when he got back.

They had just finished eating and were planning to go back to the Gryffindor common room to rest for a while.

Zicomo only managed to walk a short distance with Harry before breaking free of his grasp.

He feared that if he didn't break free soon, the next day the news would spread throughout the school that he and Harry had eloped.

Believe it or not, sometimes the spread of campus news can be just that outrageous.

Zicomo, standing beside Harry, asked, "What's going on? Where are you rushing me to?"

Harry said as he walked, "Mr. Crouch was murdered in the Forbidden Forest, and I was just about to tell Dumbledore about it."