HP: I just wanted to drop out of school, but I saved the world

The mandrake quickly matured, and the basilisk's victims were freed from their petrified state and regained their vitality.

Jian Yu's deeds had already spread throughout the school through the mouths of professors and the three protagonists.

The next day after the victims woke up, Hogwarts held a grand celebration banquet.

But this banquet seemed different from previous ones.

In the auditorium.

The decoration here was much more grand than the school year banquet, with thousands of candles quietly suspended in the air, and layers of four-color curtains hanging down like waterfalls, reflecting the light of the candles like gauze. There were various school logos and "Welcome Home" slogans on the walls, and the desserts and steaks on the table were almost full of plates.

The teacher's seat was moved to the left, and on its right was a row of tables and chairs, on which sat several restless ghosts. In front of them were plates of delicious food, three cauldrons and sandalwood branches, waiting for Jian Yu to light them.

It was Myrtle, Nearly Headless Nick, and the Fat Friar!

Seeing Jian Yu coming to the hall, their eyes lit up and they immediately floated to her seat at the Slytherin table -

"Thank God, you are finally here -" Myrtle's usually gloomy and depressed face now showed a smile, "Principal Dumbledore arranged a seat in the front for us... I didn't expect it, did I?"

After Jian Yu lit the branches, he looked at her carefully and found that she had taken off her big glasses, combed her hair, and dressed her robe neatly. She didn't look like the "crazy" girl that the students called her at all.

"I never dreamed that I would be invited to the table one day!" Nearly headless Nick waved his hands, his pearly white body was particularly obvious because the whole ghost was too excited. Tonight he still wore the tight-fitting shirt he usually wore, but with a particularly large round ruffled collar, his hair became wavy, and he even asked Jian Yu to give him a small flower to wear on his chest.

Seeing Jian Yu looking at him, he puffed out his chest even more:

"See my collar? Doesn't it look nice? I used to wear it like this in the palace." He shook his head excitedly, "And it can ensure that my head doesn't shake too much on my neck - if I get too excited in the middle of the ceremony and my head falls off, it won't look good!"

"Good evening." The fat monk pushed him aside with his round body and said to Jian Yu in a grateful tone, "Although I didn't help much, but thanks to your kindness and care, my life as a ghost has also been brightened - oh, they are coming, hurry back to your position!"

As the little wizards swarmed in, the three ghosts quickly floated back to their seats, straightened their backs, tried hard to hold back their saliva from the delicious food, and nodded to everyone with a smile, causing all the students to look at them in surprise and talk about them.

"How can they be treated so well!" The ghosts also came to the banquet and stared at their three companions at the seats with disbelief in their tone.

The banquet began.

"Congratulations, everyone!" Dumbledore stood up, holding a golden goblet high above his head. "Yesterday, the mandrakes were fully mature. Under their effect, the petrified students have returned to their teams!"

The Great Hall erupted in cheers, and the long tables of Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and Ravenclaw were even happier.

What followed was a long morale-boosting speech that made Jian Yu drowsy.

"Next, I would like to commend several people who have made outstanding contributions in this incident." Dumbledore continued, looking towards the Slytherin table with an expectant and joyful gaze.

Unfortunately, the child was found unconscious while almost falling asleep.

His throat choked and he coughed loudly twice, but he still spoke with difficulty:

"Let us thank Jade Jane from Slytherin! She was brave and resourceful. Despite great pressure, she found the Chamber of Secrets, killed the monster inside, rescued her classmates, and crushed the conspiracy of the dark wizard!"

"For this, I'm going to give Slytherin 200 points!"

"At the same time, she once again won the school's Special Contribution Award, becoming the first student in Hogwarts' history to win the school's Special Contribution Award for two consecutive years!"

After a few seconds of silence in the hall, there was a sudden burst of thunderous applause and cheers. Many students stood up from their seats and rushed to the Slytherin table - a place they usually dared not approach and did not want to approach.

Harry and Ron stood up and clapped their hands excitedly. Although it was Jane who received the honor, they felt as if they had won the award as well. Ginny's face was flushed red, and she looked like she would faint on the table at any second.

"She saved my sister!" Ron explained to the little lions, spitting. "And she saved Harry!"

"Can you imagine? It is said that the snake was more than twenty feet long! Not only did she kill the snake, she also defeated the dark wizard!" He gestured with his hands, and he even wanted to lift his feet onto the table to gesture together.

The little lions around burst into exclamations.

The Weasley twins whistled and conjured up several firework tubes from nowhere, which sprayed out streams of colorful sequins.

"Quiet! Quiet!" Dumbledore tried to stop them. "We still have some awards to hand out -"

He looked towards the teacher's seat, where three ghosts were sitting.

Feeling that everyone in the school was looking at them, the ghosts nervously turned silver-white.

"Friendship is precious, and friendship between humans and ghosts is even more rare. In this incident, three ghosts, based on their loyalty to their friends, risked their lives to gather intelligence, and made great contributions to the school—"

“For this, I will engrave a special trophy for them!”

Waves of cheers broke out in the auditorium again. The other ghosts who came to attend the banquet and were floating in the air looked at the three ghosts at the table with envy and jealousy.

"We are so lucky to have met Miss Jane. We can even win the award after our death." They muttered to each other, and the sour smell almost filled the entire auditorium.

Myrtle looked ashamed to the point of hiding under her chair, Nearly Headless Nick almost flew onto the table, and the Fat Friar's mouth was almost grinning to his ears - this was the first time they had received such kindness and admiration from their students.

"And now, let us eat and drink to our heart's content!" declared Dumbledore.

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Jane Yu's position was occupied by a crowd of people. Flint and Gemma had to lead the Slytherin seniors to stand in a circle around her to prevent the newly-minted heroic student who had won the Special Contribution Award for the second time from being suffocated to death.

But the glare and shove of the tall Quidditch captain still couldn't stop the enthusiastic crowd. The encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, and many people stretched out their hands as far as they could, trying to touch the jade in the gap between their bodies.

"Merlin - are you some kind of magical creature? So many people want to see it - are they crazy?"

Draco shouted in shock into her ear. Since he was sitting opposite Jane Yu, he was the first to face the crowd. He was squeezed directly from his seat to the table, pushed across the table, and rolled off the table - fortunately her levitation spell saved his butt.

Draco was not the only one who was pushed off his seat. Daphne and Theodore on both sides of Jian Yu were also trapped in an increasingly small circle. Due to their height, they could not see outside at all. They could only see many hands reaching out to Jian Yu from all directions. They had to use armor to protect themselves from getting hurt in the shove.

Fortunately, Professor Snape rushed down from the teacher's seat in time and forced the farce to stop with the death glare and the threat of deducting points. He successfully saved his favorite student and prevented Jian Yu from becoming the first student in Hogwarts' history to be suffocated to death.

Several petrified students—Justin, Penelope, and Colin—rushed over from their long tables.

Justin from Hufflepuff stepped forward and held her hands tightly - although he was immediately slapped away by Theodore and Draco, who thanked her endlessly; Penelope from Ravenclaw, the smart prefect, repeatedly assured her that as long as she was in school, her paper would not get a grade lower than O; Colin from Gryffindor blushed and stammered to apologize for his secret photos and the trouble he had caused to Jane Yu, and said that he would write a hundred articles praising Jane Yu's heroic spirit and attach photos to them, and submit them to the Daily Prophet.

Peeves was escorted to her by the Bloody Baron. He usually acted so arrogant but bowed his head and wrung his hands:

"Miss Jian, you are a great man and you don't bear grudges..."

The Bloody Baron coughed twice, exerted force with his hands, and Peeves' head dropped even lower:

"I'm sorry, Miss Jane. If you want to tease someone from now on, just tell me..."

In addition to Peeves, students who had talked about Jane Jade also came forward to apologize for their suspicion and credulity in believing the rumors. Many people also apologized to their friends in Slytherin for their preconceived prejudices.

"Well done! Jade!" The little snakes of Slytherin came up to her and congratulated her. You know, in the past few months, Slytherin's reputation in the school has fallen to the bottom. They know how some students from the other three houses call them - dark wizards who support murderers!

Although Slytherin is good at internalizing its friendships, there are also many cross-house friendships with Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. After the incident in the Chamber of Secrets, many people had big quarrels with their friends in order to maintain the honor of the house, and even parted ways.

What Jian Yu did undoubtedly gave a heavy slap in the face to those skeptics. The rumored "murderer" and "heir" suddenly turned into a hero who saved them and would be recorded in the school history. How ironic!

They felt proud, their posture became higher, and they walked with more confidence. When they heard the apologies from students from other colleges, they felt particularly comfortable.

......

The rest of the semester passed quickly.

In order to entertain everyone, the school cancelled the exams and the remaining Defense Against the Dark Arts classes for the semester.

Thanks to Jane Yuga's 200 points, Slytherin won the house cup for eight consecutive years, causing the head class leader Gemma to hug her and cry and laugh, and sincerely invited her to visit the Farley family.

And she was not the only one who sent out the invitation. In fact, Jane Yu's good roommate Daphne had already handed over an invitation to the Greengrass family; and Marcus Flint, the Quidditch captain, also sent an invitation to the Flint family in the name of Quidditch discussion; and after she returned the gift to Draco and the two sides finally broke the ice, the platinum young master also awkwardly sent an invitation to Malfoy Manor.

Jian Yu understands them. This is like an asset appraisal that lasts for two years. In the eyes of these families, she has been labeled as a "high-quality asset" and may be a suitable ally or partner for them in the future.

But she was not very interested in these interpersonal interactions and was still troubled by her own plans.

Dumbledore's strong guardianship document caught her off guard and made her feel resentful.

But when she declined the invitation, saying that her summer vacation plans had not yet been finalized, Draco jumped up and shouted:

"Whose invitation do you think you're refusing! You're refusing an invitation from a Malfoy!"

"This is Malfoy Manor - I dare say 99% of people have never seen such a luxurious place in their lives!"

"There are fountains and white peacocks in the garden, and my mother can make cookies—"

He suddenly thought of something and narrowed his eyes dangerously:

"You're not going to spend your summer vacation with that red-haired mole again, are you?"

Fortunately, after more than a semester of Jane Yu's cold treatment, Draco seemed to have become desensitized to the word Weasley. He successfully suppressed his anger and did not continue to lose his temper, resulting in the two of them being in a cold war for another school year.

"Never mind... no matter what, you have to write to me even if you are imprisoned in a pyramid in Egypt."

"With that owl—what did you name it?"

"Uh..." Jian Yu was speechless.

She realized she hadn’t named it—she had avoided forming a deep emotional connection with the eagle owl because of the fear that the gift might be returned.

After all, in the wizarding world, giving a name is important, and she didn't want to name it lightly before confirming the ownership.

"It's been so long—and you didn't even give it a name!"

Draco's face looked as angry as the color of Ron's hair. Seeing that he was about to leave in anger, Jian Yu quickly spoke:

"I don't mean to neglect it, I just want the elders in my family to give it a name."

The scene was indeed a bit awkward.

Someone gave me a valuable eagle owl with good intentions, but I didn't give it a name.

Anyone who comes here has to say sorry.

Draco looked at her suspiciously, and reluctantly snorted through his nose to get over the matter.

Theodore, who was watching the conversation between the two coldly, sighed and put a letter between his books.

He thought of his luxurious but empty and impersonal home...

Maybe next time, he thought.