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

Jian Yu only stayed in the Hog's Head Inn for two nights before being shooed out by Dumbledore.

Because the brothers' anger almost set the whole house on fire.

Almost any trivial matter can make them argue, such as whether the toothbrush should be placed on the left or the right, or whether to put one sugar cube or ten in the tea - they can even argue for two hours over this.

"Get your bird and your luggage out of my bar!"

Aberforth growled, balling up his brother's robes in anger and throwing them out the door, where they landed in a pile of sheep dung.

Then he turned to Jian Yu and changed his expression at the speed of light, revealing a kind smile:

"Of course, good boy, I'm not referring to you. I've prepared some cookies for you."

Dumbledore's heart was filled with alarm.

He picked up his outer robe and stared at his brother with a wary look.

It was obviously he who first discovered Jian Yu's talent, so why are there people everywhere trying to poach him?

Don’t you have your own cabbage?

Do you understand the first-come-first-served rule?

He couldn't help but think of throwing the sheep dung in Aberforth's face.

"Impossible." He resisted the urge, his chest heaving with anger, "She won't stay here. You are not her guardian - legally."

Faced with his brother's action of using a shovel to undermine the wall, he chose to move the wall at the speed of light and took Jian Yu away from the scene.

As the phantom broke through the air, Jian Yu only felt that he was being squeezed strongly.

After a dizzy spell, she arrived at a manor.

To be honest, she felt that Dumbledore's Apparition was not as good as Dobby the house-elf.

Because it’s just disgusting.

She couldn't help but vomit all over Dumbledore.

"Oh! Child -" Dumbledore hurriedly stuffed the toad-shaped cream mint candy into her mouth, and hurriedly cleaned it up, "I have to apologize for my recklessness. I forgot to remind you that there are side effects of Apparition. Maybe I should choose Floo powder..."

When Jian Yu recovered, she saw that Dumbledore had taken out the parchment again.

It has gone through a lot of painting and modification, and is now full of various colors.

Away from the Hog's Head, Dumbledore's originally bad mood seemed to have recovered a lot. He smiled and stuffed a bag of pineapple preserves into Jian Yu's hand:

"Next, we will go visit Professor Slughorn. He used to be the head of Slytherin. I believe you will learn a lot from him."

It has to be said that Aberforth's scolding did slightly affect Dumbledore's thinking.

He decided to pick out some Slytherin partners for Jian Yu whom he thought were worthy of dating.

And Slughorn was one of them.

Although this person is vain and snobbish, he has a mild temper, values ​​talent, and is a kind person by nature.

Therefore, Dumbledore included him in Jian Yu's "Summer Plan".

......

Slughorn received them warmly.

The retired professor looked like a fat monk, with a completely bald head, bulging eyes, and a thick silver beard like a walrus.

"What brings you here?" He bowed cheerfully to Dumbledore with his bulging belly.

Unfortunately, his movement was stuck in his stomach, so it looked like he just nodded his head.

"Horace, you look good!" Dumbledore smiled and shook hands with him. He left the Hog's Head Inn as a perfect, respected, great wizard and good headmaster. "I heard about you from Froome the other day, and then I remembered that we haven't seen each other for a long time."

"Yes, yes, I often think of the time when we worked together. Those were really happy days." He touched his round belly with his chubby hands, and then turned his eyes to Jian Yu, with obvious confusion.

"This," Dumbledore stepped forward to introduce, "is Jade Jane, a Slytherin student who has won the school's special contribution award for two consecutive years since she enrolled. Jade, this is my old friend and colleague, Horace Slughorn."

"Wow!" Slughorn's round eyes were full of surprise, and he murmured, "This is unusual, two years in a row... There has never been such a genius in the history of Hogwarts... We Slytherins... Amazing, amazing."

After taking the candied pineapple gift from Jian Yu, he became visibly happy.

He twisted his body and walked to the wine cabinet himself, opened the door, took a bottle of wine from the top locked layer, and filled a glass:

"This is oak-aged mead, treasured for countless years. I just poured out a bottle yesterday—"

His voice was stuck, because he suddenly realized that Jian Yu was still a child, and his chubby hands covered his forehead again:

"I'm sorry, I forgot you're not yet an adult—"

He poured the glass of wine back into the bottle, not even noticing Dumbledore's outstretched hand frozen in the air.

After fiddling with bottles and jars for a long time, he sat down on the sofa, holding a tray with three cups of tea. He excitedly pulled Jian Yu's arm, motioning her to sit closer, and personally put the cups of tea into her hands.

"Perhaps you haven't heard of my name." Slughorn said with great interest, "I have been retired for ten years. Before that, I was the head of Slytherin, teaching Potions - how are your Potions grades?"

"I have learned how to make the ecstasy potion." Jian Yu answered him.

"Wow!" Slughorn exclaimed again, "Incredible, incredible, this is the content of the sixth grade..."

Dumbledore took a sip of tea and spoke in a somewhat complacent tone:

"Not only that, in her first year, her thesis was published in the International Journal of Magical Potion Research."

"Huh!" Slughorn felt like he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. He stood up quickly and looked for the 1991 journal on the bookshelf that almost reached the ceiling. He soon pulled out the magazine.

"'Treatment and Use of the Pus of the Babo Tuber', I remember this article!" He sat back on the sofa, rubbing his hands excitedly, with beads of sweat on his face. "Oh, if I were still in Hogwarts, I would definitely be able to guide you to write better... Your teacher Severus Snape was also my student at the time."

He stood up again, trotted to the cupboard, took out a large box of beautifully packaged snacks, and pushed it in front of Jian Yu.

He seemed to have completely forgotten the existence of Dumbledore, and his mind and eyes were filled with this outstanding student.

Dumbledore smiled bitterly, holding his stomach and stood up from the sofa:

"Perhaps I need to use your bathroom, Horace."

"Oh, okay, okay." Slughorn finally reacted and pointed to the door. "Turn right."

Dumbledore walked out of the room. As the door closed behind him, the room fell silent.

But Slughorn was so excited that he was almost dancing.

"I once formed the Slughorn Club at Hogwarts." He was obviously happy that he could bring together so many talented wizards. "They are all students with potential. Many of them will leave their names in history after graduation."

With a smug smile on his face, he pointed to the glittering picture frame on the cabinet:

"These are all my former students, all signed photos. Barnabas Guffey, editor of the Daily Prophet; Dirk Cresswell, director of the Goblin Liaison Office... I introduce them to each other for work, recommend nominations, and help them expand their network..."

Jian Yu understood that Professor Slughorn could be said to be the wizard version of a professional mentor.

She continued to listen with interest, occasionally offering compliments out of politeness.

But Slughorn's mood suddenly became low again. He stared at Jane Yu's face and let out a long sigh:

"What a pity! What a pity! I am no longer teaching you, so Snape got the upper hand over you. He got a great advantage... Of course, he is also a very good student of mine."

He mentioned Snape with the tone of a crazed collector who had lost out in the bidding for a piece of jade.

"Many people in Slytherin are very outstanding. I got Regulus, the second son of the Black family, as soon as he arrived. It's a pity that his brother went to Gryffindor and is not with me. But fortunately he is not here, because what he did is not glorious..."

He stopped talking because Dumbledore came back at this moment and urged Jane to go to the guest room to put her luggage.

......

After Jian Yu left, Dumbledore immediately turned the topic to another serious direction.

"Well, Horace, why don't we change the subject?"

Slughorn turned his face away in defiance:

"No, you know that won't convince me, no matter how good she is, Albus, the answer is no!"

Dumbledore raised his eyebrows, his expression was still gentle, but his eyes were obviously cold:

"No, it has nothing to do with the job offer. There is already a new teacher for Defense Against the Dark Arts..."

"I just wanted to talk about a student we once taught, Tom Riddle."

Slughorn turned pale and twirled his fat fingers anxiously.

"How...how?" He said uneasily, "I know...I know he has become the person whose name must not be mentioned...Why are you suddenly talking about this?"

"A diary written fifty years ago, but it carries memory fragments and can open the Chamber of Secrets and release the basilisk. Don't you think it's strange?" Dumbledore said in a slightly amazed tone, "What's so strange is that his name is written on it."

Slughorn's fat body seemed to be trembling. It was clearly the summer of June, but he seemed to feel cold and huddled into the silk cloth of the sofa:

"Oh my god...what a shame...Oh my god...what a shame..."

He seemed to know only these two words, repeating them over and over again. The fear in his eyes almost overflowed.

But no matter how much Dumbledore tried to induce him to reveal his memory, he was unwilling to say another word.