The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

Dumbledore looked at the girl who had come back and smiled and nodded.

Under his gentle gaze, Sun Zhu suppressed the tension in his heart and said, "I still don't understand how you told him about Professor Boster. I know I angered him in class before, and he is unlikely to let it go..."

Originally, she had left the headmaster's office with Cedric Fina, but Dumbledore's attitude really made her a little concerned.

They were not punished for their behavior in class. The headmaster comforted them gently and kindly added back all the points that Hufflepuff had lost.

Logically speaking, any ordinary student would be satisfied with such a thing. But as a "prophet", it was hard for Sun Zhu not to think too much.

If it was Harry and his two companions in front of him, even if Dumbledore thought the points deducted were unreasonable, he would not add them back so easily. At least they would have to go through some tests, such as getting the Philosopher's Stone and defeating the Basilisk.

But Sun Zhu and his friends are not saviors. In the eyes of the principal, the three of them are just ordinary students with some personality and do not need to go through the "training" that belongs to saviors.

Therefore, this reason for adding extra points seemed very arbitrary and was only used to show Dumbledore's attitude: in terms of his stance, he needed to protect the professors' right to deduct points, but psychologically he fully supported them.

But Sun Zhu wanted to know what method Dumbledore used to "appease" Alexander. After all, they would need to take a year of Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the future, and he obviously couldn't stand non-pure-blood students, and had close contacts with former Death Eaters like Lucius.

Originally, she tried to obtain information from the system, but unfortunately, Xiao Tongzi was not omnipotent. It did not have the extra authority to detect people and things that were not closely related to the mission and herself.

Sun Zhu had to find an excuse to get Cedric and Fina away and return to the principal's office.

Although she was mentally prepared that Dumbledore would not answer, Sun Zhu still felt a little embarrassed when she saw Dumbledore looking at her with a smile.

After all, she had many secrets, and she didn't want Principal Deng to know that she was the one who wrote to him and gave him the list of Horcruxes. If she exposed it to too many people, it would attract the attention of Mr. Noshin, and then she would have to find a way to practice brain occlumency to deal with Legilimency.

So it’s safer to keep a distance and hide among the students.

Although she could never suppress her wild thoughts and kept testing the edge of exposure, at this moment, Dumbledore's gaze on her made her feel a little overwhelmed.

Dumbledore was a master of Legilimency. If he wanted to, he only needed to look at her a few more times to guess how many tricks she had.

Although he only used this trick on some special people, such as Harry and Kreacher, she probably didn't have this honor yet.

"Miss Sun, or can I just call you Zhu?"

Sun Zhu nodded slightly stiffly.

"Don't be nervous, kid. In fact, before today, I knew that Hufflepuff had such an interesting girl like you." He clapped his hands, and a chair with a backrest automatically slid to her feet. "Sit down, Zhu, do you want a candy?"

Sun Zhu sat down as he was told and shook his head.

"Your Defense Against the Dark Arts professor last year, Sirius Black, once mentioned you to me." He continued with a smile, "Child, Sirius has a very unique way of praising people. He said that he thought you were a Gryffindor who strayed into Hufflepuff. I believe you can understand what he meant."

"You mean, I'm brave?" Sun Zhu asked uncertainly, "It seems like Gryffindors like to praise people like this."

After all, the nonsense she talked about in Snape's class was almost spread to all the classmates. Sirius once caught her arguing with the Slytherin prefect. She mentioned werewolves in front of him during his first class, and later she gave him some spiritual counseling on the matter of Fina... It was normal that he was impressed by her.

But Sirius, I actually have more surprises that you don't know.

"Sirius wrote to me two days ago, saying that he is now working in the Department of Sports and Physical Education of the Ministry of Magic, where he met an interesting new colleague, who turned out to be your father." Dumbledore took off his glasses and placed them on the desk. "You two are very compatible, but I don't think what he said is right."

Sun Zhu looked at Dumbledore with some surprise.

"I mean, he said you were more of a Gryffindor. Well, I am a Gryffindor myself, but I don't think Gryffindor is superior to the other three houses. In fact, my favorite student was a Hufflepuff."

"It's Mr. Newt Scamander!" Sun Zhu blurted out.

Now it was Dumbledore's turn to be surprised, but he quickly nodded and admitted: "Yes, Newt is one of my proudest and best students. He also mentioned you to me, saying that you are a girl who can bring surprises to others. You come from the ancient and mysterious East, and you have unknown power."

Sun Zhu couldn't help but sweat for Newt's sharpness. In the two years since they knew each other, they had kept in touch. The frequency of communication was not frequent, but they would greet each other and exchange gifts on holidays and birthdays.

The content of the letters was usually Sun Zhu asking him for advice, for example, she once asked about the feeding methods and precautions of catkins, and Newt also had some discussions with her about the picture book of Chinese mythological animals that she gave him. Sun Zhu could see that he was very interested in these "unknown magical animals", and he even planned to rush to China to study them.

As a result, she became the spokesperson for the mysterious East in his eyes, even though he knew that she was a British "native".

"I am flattered by Mr. Scamander's comments. Actually, I don't know much." Sun Zhu waved his hands, almost forgetting what question he had planned to ask Dumbledore.

"I think what Newt said makes sense. He emphasized to me that every Hufflepuff has unlimited potential and contains underestimated power. Although his words are a bit biased, they are not wrong when applied to you." Dumbledore smiled and took a sip of tea. Seeing Sun Zhu's increasingly confused expression, he continued to explain: "After Christmas last year, when I received that international thank-you letter, I was really shocked by you two Hufflepuffs."

Sun Zhu reacted immediately. It turned out that the "Battle with the Tibetan Snowman" had left a deep impression on the principal. Fortunately, it was not something else, otherwise she would have felt that the principal had seen through her completely.

"Two first-year students actually got involved in such an incident. Even if there are adult wizards around you, it is still a remarkable thing." He said, "Cedric Diggory, the boy who just came with you, he is also a little wizard with unlimited possibilities."

Sun Zhu nodded, and the tension in his heart had completely disappeared at this moment.

Dumbledore suddenly laughed and said, "I have said so many things, but you always looked like you dared not admit it. Only when talking about Mr. Diggory, you finally showed a different expression. It seems that Zhu has more confidence in his classmates than in himself."

Sun Zhu looked at him awkwardly and said, "Well, in fact, I am indeed very ordinary..."

If she didn't know the original plot and had the help of the system and Uncle Long, she might not be able to do anything.

However, this is an advantage that she cannot ignore. It would be a waste if she had the golden finger but did not use it.

"Child, you still don't understand what I mean. Of course you are not ordinary. Every student at Hogwarts is extraordinary." Dumbledore shook his head. "You want to know what Professor Bulstrode and I agreed to, right? Is it for your friend Miss Bulstrode?"

Sun Zhu nodded slightly. Fina was of course a very important reason, but Sun Zhu believed that she could handle Alexander's difficulties.

More importantly, she wanted to know whether Alexander was involved in the Death Eaters' new conspiracy. The blood conflict in the school had become increasingly acute, and Dumbledore did not stop it, and even agreed to Alexander's appointment, which was really wrong.

"Child, do you know who is the easiest person to control in this world?"

"A person of low ability and cowardice?" She thought of Peter Pettigrew, who was still trapped by her beads.

"Think again."

"A person who is hesitant and weak-willed?"

"Not entirely." Dumbledore said directly, "It's someone who wants something from you. I promised Bulstrode that if he teaches students well, I will ensure that he can work in the Ministry of Magic after his term is over. It's just a letter of recommendation, which is not difficult."

Sun Zhu was stunned for a moment, then asked stupidly, "Is it difficult to work in the Ministry of Magic?"

Dumbledore laughed and said, "Of course it's not easy. Moreover, there are many Death Eaters in his mother's family, which makes it even more difficult."

"Then how can we let him enter the Ministry of Magic? People like him are everywhere..." Sun Zhu opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly stopped.

"Principal, I understand." She stood up from her chair, bent down slightly and said, "Thank you for telling me this. As long as he doesn't deliberately target non-pure-blood students in the future, we will study hard. Because you know, Hufflepuff has always had the most non-pure-blood wizards, so I..."

"Of course I know, kid, believe me, he won't be like this again in the future."

Sun Zhu straightened up and glanced at the half-moon glasses that Dumbledore had placed on the table, as well as an antique-looking notebook pressed under the glasses.

"I'm so sorry to have taken up so much of your time, Headmaster." She smiled and nodded at him, "It's a good thing that Hogwarts has you here."

"Answering students' questions is the headmaster's job." Dumbledore waved his hand gently. "If you need anything else in the future, you can always come to me. I will always be here."

"That is the happiest thing I have heard all day, Headmaster Dumbledore."