HP: Becoming a Maiden Heartthrob

Mr. Aykbery's lawn was so big that they spent the whole morning mowing it, and the butler John paid them generously for it and invited them to lunch.

Tom wasn't very happy about it, but Li En was looking forward to it. "Sorry to bother you then."

This is an opportunity to promote Tom's adoption.

So they had lunch with the owner, Mr. Aykbery.

Mr. Aykbery is a gentle and elegant old British man with slightly gray hair and pale skin, but he has a gentle personality and especially likes to take care of people.

"You can try this lamb chop, Miss Li En," Mr. Aykbery said. John, the butler serving behind him, immediately brought the lamb chop in front of him to Li En. "The chef at home is very confident in this dish."

Li En smiled at him and said, "Thank you, Mr. Aykbery."

Mr. Aykbery smiled back at her.

Li En started cutting the lamb chops. Her dining etiquette was pretty standard. Tom, on the other hand, was a bit flustered at first, but after Li En reminded him a few times, he just used a fork.

"Are you brother and sister?" Mr. Aykbery asked when he saw this scene.

Tom paused and looked at Li En, who answered without hesitation, "Yes!"

Mr. Aykbery's smile widened. "You've all been very good."

The person who had the most fun at the meal was Li En, and the person who had the least fun was Tom.

After leaving Mr. Aykbery's house and being pulled back by Tom, who covered his face with his tattered hat and scarf, Lee En asked, "What do you think?"

"Not much," said Tom, looking about him gravely.

"Hit?" Li En guessed.

"No!" retorted Tom, giving her a nasty look.

"Hey, Tom," Lee En shouted, "when he adopts you, all those will be yours."

There are many oil paintings and sculptures hanging in this villa. When entering the restaurant, Li En couldn't take his eyes off them. After all, his dining table was covered with relief antiques.

"The old man is incredibly rich," she said, "and he doesn't have a wife or children. If you're adopted, all his inheritance will be yours."

Tom scoffed, "You were having such a good time talking to that guy, but you were thinking about his money."

"Ha," Li En thought this man was truly heartless yet naive. "I had such a good chat because of you. I wanted to leave a good impression on him."

Tom pursed his lips, feeling a little better, but unwilling to forgive her.

"Besides," Li En said, "I'm not after his money. I'm after him because he's old, balding, and not very good-looking."

Tom turned his head to look at her, meeting her eyes that were still carefree and wanton under the tattered hat, and tightened her hand. "That's right, you have to remember, Li En, you are mine."

Li En rolled his eyes. Why was he still like this? "Okay, okay, it's yours, all yours, all yours."

Hearing her words, Tom said, "Of course," and remembered what she said about the brother and sister.

"Actually, it's not impossible for you to have my last name," he said when Li En was casually answering him with "hmm" and "ah".

Li En: Huh?

Who wants to take his last name?

"If you behave yourself," said Tom, "I'll give you my last name."

From pets to family, this is definitely something she needs to work on continuously.

Li En narrowed his eyes and looked at him as he said this.

The words "She doesn't want to take his last name" remained unsaid.

Forget it, who cares?

*

After returning to the orphanage, Amy ran to find Li En and took Li En away from Tom.

Tom was reluctant, but with Mrs. Cole watching, he had to let go.

"Tom Riddle, how could you threaten Amy into switching with you?"

Mrs. Cole was shaking with rage, not only because of Tom's disobedience, but also because she had broken her promise to Mr. Aykbery.

Tom kept silent.

He couldn't argue, and he didn't want to listen to Li En's words and admit his mistakes and act good, especially in front of her.

Mrs. Cole was furious at his insubordination and his stubbornness. She raised her hand and said, "If the gentleman continues to ask questions, you will go--"

Tom waited silently to be slapped.

"Mother Cole!" Li En came over and hugged Mrs. Cole. "Mr. Aykbery seems to like Tom very much and even said he wants to adopt us."

Tom looked at her.

Mrs. Cole was startled. "Really?"

"Yeah!" Li En nodded. "Because Tom performed really well. He rushed to mow the entire lawn. He was really awesome!"

Tom froze.

Mrs. Cole was skeptical. "Is he that diligent?"

"He's actually changed," Li En said. "Look, he can even shake my hand," she said, extending her hand toward Tom. "Come on, Tom, shake hands."

Her tone was like training a dog.

Tom gritted his teeth and took her hand.

Mrs. Cole, "So Tom, you really realize that you were wrong."

"Maybe he just lacks friends," Li En said.

Hearing this, Mrs. Cole realized that Tom was indeed alone most of the time. Her heart softened, she sighed, and patted Tom's shoulder, "Tom, stay out of trouble."

Tom was startled and looked at Li En.

Li En, who was holding Mrs. Cole, squinted and smiled at him.

It's different from a doll, Tom thought.

After all, it's his.

*

"Do you really want to be friends with that Riddle?"

At night, after the lights in the dormitory were turned off, Amy, lying on the bed, spoke to her roommate.

Li En was lying on the bed looking at her fingers. When she heard this, she replied, "Not friends either."

Tom kept emphasizing what a shit master he was.

"I don't like him," Amy said. "He's horrible."

"I don't like it either," said Li En.

She has absolutely no fondness for this kind of weird, dark, bad-tempered, and pretentious type.

"Then why do you want to play with him?" Amy couldn't help asking.

"After all, he saved me," Li En said.

"That's very kind of you," Amy couldn't help saying.

Li En cried out in pain.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether he saves her or not.

It's just because he always appears in her dreams, which makes her care about him.

I always want to do something for him so that he can at least gain a foothold in this society.

At night, Li En fell into a deep sleep.

In her dream, she met that person again. He was far away from her. She chased him, desperately and with all her strength.

The hazy light covering him dissipated, and she saw a little bit -

Short black hair, black eyes.

She reached out her hand eagerly, wanting to touch him, but before she could touch him, tears started to fall and she lost all the strength to catch up.

elder brother……