The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

Early Monday morning, Sun Zhu, with two panda eyes, looked at each other in bewilderment with his two roommates.

"Zhu, are you wearing the same smoky makeup as the weird sisters?" Karina blinked in surprise.

"What?" Sun Zhu asked somewhat dully.

Fina handed over a mirror. Sun Zhu looked at himself and covered his eyes helplessly.

"Ahem, this is actually the same model as China's national treasure. Well, if you have ever been to a Muggle zoo, you might understand what I am talking about." She explained awkwardly.

"Obviously, you didn't sleep well last night." Fina shook her head, rummaged through her desk, took out a small jar, pulled her over, and applied it around her eye sockets.

Sun Zhu only felt a cool breeze blowing around her eyes, which kept getting into her eye sockets. She subconsciously closed her eyes and tried to rub them with her hands, but Fina slapped her away.

"If you don't want to appear in Charms and Potions with this look on your face... just bear with it for ten minutes."

"Ouch..." My hands hurt so much.

"Did you have a nightmare last night?" Carina looked at her closely, "Zhu, did you dream about Professor Snape?"

...Not really.

But she nodded slightly: "Yeah, I'm so nervous. Potions class is so scary."

I'm sorry, Professor Snape, but that's a very good excuse.

There was no way she was telling the truth anyway.

Even Fina had no doubt: "I hope he can focus all his attention on us Slytherin. Since he doesn't like us, why not just ignore us."

In fact, Professor Snape really ignored most people. Except for Harry and his friends, he didn't even bother to look at anyone else.

Even James Wright, whose name was particularly dangerous, was not targeted by him. However, Sun Zhu thought that this might be because this James did not look like that James at all.

Besides, with Sirius as a sitting duck, there was no need for him to make things difficult for this group of students.

Fortunately, Fina's medicine was effective. Although Sun Zhu still looked a little listless, at least he couldn't pretend to be a panda anymore.

Breakfast was still some sweet soups and snacks. Sun Zhu was eating absentmindedly, but he heard a familiar noise coming from next door.

"Sed, did you not sleep well last night?" Duke seemed to have discovered a new world. "I just noticed that you got up very late today."

"Ahem..." Sun Zhu lowered his head and pretended to pick up the textbook that fell on the ground.

But Duke's loud voice was not something she could ignore just because she didn't want to.

"It's because of Snape. To be honest, it would be great if there were no Mondays and Fridays in the week." Duke shouted, almost attracting the collective attention of the Slytherins at the next table.

"Look." Anna suddenly passed by with a plate in her hand. "Professor Snape is really amazing. He scared our two top Hufflepuff students."

Karina nodded and said, "That's right, Senior Anna. Zhu was so scared by him that he had a nightmare. Humph, last week he actually deducted 20 points from us because Zhu gave a wrong answer about the purpose of Fire Dragon Blood!"

Anna touched Sun Zhu's head and said, "Don't be afraid."

Sun Zhu looked at her with tears in his eyes, not knowing how to explain.

"Anyway, there will be many more things like this in the future. Professor Snape is indeed a little more irritable this semester than before." Anna looked as if she had transcended life and death. "I hope he can be a little gentler next year, otherwise I'm not sure if I can successfully obtain the OWSLs certificate for Potions. After graduation, I want to be a pastry chef, or a pharmacist at St. Mungo's. Both of these professions require a certificate in Potions before you can apply."

Sun Zhu sighed resignedly and continued to struggle with the syrup pie on the plate.

I don’t know why, but I always feel that today’s breakfast is a bit hard. Maybe the elves don’t like Mondays either.

She was cutting the pieces laboriously with a table knife while listening to the idle chatter of her classmates around her.

But suddenly she felt a pair of eyes falling on her.

Sun Zhu's hand holding the knife trembled slightly, but he continued to stare at the pie.

"Do you think it's Professor Snape?" Fina gave her a strange look. "There's a gentleman next to you who seems willing to help you."

"Do it yourself and you will have enough food and clothing." Sun Zhu simply threw the things away and said, "I'm full and I'm going to class."

Fina held the soup spoon and looked at Sun Zhu's hurriedly leaving back. For the first time, a look of confusion appeared on her face.

She turned to look at Cedric who was also absent-minded and said, "Diggory, maybe you know why Zhu looks a little dazed? What did you do to her yesterday?"

"I..." Cedric shrugged distressedly, "I expressed my feelings to her, but she probably didn't understand. Or, she didn't really want to understand."

"You confessed to her?" Fina almost couldn't control her voice. Fortunately, there were not many people at the table at this time, so it didn't attract anyone's attention.

"It can't be considered a confession. I was afraid that it would scare her, but I couldn't control myself." He looked a little annoyed. "She was drunk, so she didn't quite understand what I meant. This is normal. But why is she avoiding me?"

Fina looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so she simply said, "Although I've already seen it, I still want to ask. When did you fall in love with Zhu?"

"Well... from the first time I saw her." He lowered his head, as if lost in memory. "It sounds frivolous, but emotions are uncontrollable. Fortunately, I can control my words and actions so as not to be too abrupt and embarrass her. I know that she is an oriental girl, so I shouldn't be too direct. Maybe not all oriental girls are as shy as her, but other people are not important to me. I just need to know what she is like."

"That sounds..." Fina's teeth ached for a moment, and then she muttered in a low voice, "It's really strange, why am I so desperate to ask these questions. Digory, so you didn't tell her these confessions directly?"

"Well, yes." Cedric suddenly smiled, "But I didn't hide it very well. Not only you, but many people around me, including my mother, could all notice it. But..."

"Are you still planning to express your feelings to her?" Fina checked the time. "Maybe we should go to the Charms classroom."

Cedric stood up and motioned Fina to go first, then he hung his head in disappointment, "To be honest, I don't know what to do next. Obviously, if I push too hard, she will only retreat faster. Perhaps, this is just my wishful thinking. So, I should be content with our current relationship."

Fina sighed with a headache: "I can see that you two are not only a good match on the surface, but you are also awkward in your heart. Are you afraid that if you are more direct, you can't even be friends?"

"Yes. That sounds rather unambitious, doesn't it?"

Fina rolled her eyes and said, "I beg you two to stay together. I don't want you to harm other innocent people separately in the future."

Cedric was not angry at all, he smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your good words."