HP Star Shining

"What are you laughing at?" she wondered.

Harry shook his head. "I just didn't expect you to have such intense emotions."

But who says this isn't a good thing?

At least I won't look at him with such calm and tolerant eyes like before, as if he is always a child.

He was not a fool to believe someone's words based on just a few words, even if that person was his best friend... after what happened with Sirius and Pettigrew.

Harry had been observing secretly. Xingchen's hands were placed on her knees, relaxed and natural.

That's why he makes up everything in his own mind.

Su Xingchen was still thinking about what Harry said. Yes, why was she so excited?

If this had happened before, not to mention that Harry hadn't said anything, even if he had taken the initiative to point it out, she wouldn't have reacted so abnormally. She wouldn't have cared about such a thing.

Dementor, what have you done!

Su Xingchen turned around and used both hands to smooth out the wrinkled collar on Harry's chest, revealing a smile that matched the curve of his lips. "Please teach me the Patronus Charm, starting right away next semester."

She doesn't plan to find a place to practice this summer.

The chirping of midsummer cicadas shattered against the glass windows, and the ding-dong music of the ice cream truck came from the end of the street, attracting groups of children chasing after it with laughter.

Su Xingchen was busy in the kitchen, and a variety of delicious dishes were already laid out on the table next to him. After completing most of its tasks, the puppet had been put away, trying to prevent any wizard from seeing it.

Harry had seen it before, but he was a Muggle at first, and the number of times he had seen it was very few, so it wasn't a big deal, and Ron probably wouldn't have noticed anything either. The ones you had to be wary of were smart people like Hermione and Cedric.

That's right, she was finally going to make up for the big meal she owed today.

Su Xingchen had originally planned to invite only Cedric, but then she thought it would be too strange to be the only two of them at home after the puppets were put away, so she invited Harry as well. Then she thought, Hermione had been saying she wanted to come over to her house, so she decided to invite both Ron and Hermione along.

Apart from Harry being very convenient, how other people would get here was not something she had to consider, after all, the fireplace at home was not connected to the Floo Network.

The doorbell rang. Su Xingchen thought it was Harry who lived opposite, so he ran to open the door with the spatula in his hand.

"Ha..." The words on his lips stopped abruptly. The person who came was not Harry. This was a bit embarrassing. Su Xingchen quickly hid the spatula behind him and said, "Hi, Cedric."

What should I do if a guest is greeted with a spatula for the first time? Waiting online, urgent!

"Hi." Cedric smiled back, as if he hadn't noticed her trying to cover up her mistake.

He was wearing a white T-shirt and a pair of worn jeans today, dressed like a Muggle and looking very youthful.

However, he was originally a real seventeen-year-old boy.

The sunlight cast an unruly shadow on his slightly messy forehead, his gray eyes appeared even deeper, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was gentle and warm, bringing a breeze to the hot air.

He seemed a little intimidated by the outfit. "I see your address is a Muggle address, so you want to dress this way for convenience. Isn't that strange?"

"No, it looks very good." Su Xingchen said quickly, looking like the serious and upright school idol.

The curve of Cedric's mouth corners was even more perfect, making his cheeks look like they had faint swirls.

At this time, a strange smell wafted over from the kitchen.

“My dish!”

There was no one in front of him. Cedric rubbed his nose with his knuckles somewhat helplessly. It was the first time he experienced such a special way of being a guest.

Su Xingchen, who was holding the pot, suddenly remembered that she seemed to have run away without letting anyone into the house?

Cedric walked into the kitchen, looked at the delicacies on the table, then looked at the food in the pot, and asked, "Do you need help?"

"No, no, just go sit down, it will be there in a moment." Su Xingchen let out a long sigh. Fortunately, Cedric was not that stubborn. If she had to go to the door again to let people in, she might as well just bump into the pillar.

"Are we the only two?" Cedric looked around, but it didn't look like anyone else was in the room.

Su Xingchen was startled and almost choked to death on his own saliva, "There are others."

In order to prevent others from arriving too early and encountering the puppet, she had repeatedly instructed everyone to show up only at mealtime. If she had known this, she would have asked Harry to come earlier.

"Who did you think you were?" Cedric looked at the little girl at the kitchen counter with a half-smile. It had been three years since they met at Hogwarts, and this was the first time he had seen her wearing anything other than her school uniform.

The calf-length goose yellow round-necked dress gives her a more lively and agile aura than the black college uniform, as if the outer layer has been torn off, which is closer to her true self.

The little girl grew up slowly, although she still looked very small.

But, it's becoming more and more similar.

Unfortunately, calling someone else's name to him was very unpleasant, "Is it Harry Potter?"

"Ah, that..." Su Xingchen snapped his fingers awkwardly, "We are neighbors, so I thought..."

It turned out that she had heard it, which made her even more grateful that she didn't release the puppet.

The doorbell rang again, making Su Xingchen feel relieved. She raised the spatula in her hand and said, "Please open the door for me."

Cedric raised his eyebrows, the curve of his mouth unchanged, and went to the door as he was told.

Harry came to Su Xingchen's house quite often. Sometimes it was Butler Aqua who opened the door, and sometimes it was Xingchen himself, but he never thought that one day the door would open and the person standing behind it would be Cedric Diggory.

"You're here, Potter."

The tall and handsome boy smiled as if in the spring breeze, and his skillful tone made him sound as if he was the master of this house.

Harry felt a sharp pain in his throat and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

A taxi stopped at the side of the street with a "hiss" sound. He looked back and saw that the people who got out were Hermione and Ron.

"Harry!" Ron ran over happily. When he saw the person at the door, he forgot what he wanted to say to Harry.

When Hermione also came over with her bag on her back, the four people and eight pairs of eyes looked at each other for a moment, and there was an eerie silence in the air.

"What are you all doing standing at the door?" Su Xingchen, who hadn't been in the house for a long time, poked her head out from behind Cedric. She looked at the three friends standing there stupidly, a little surprised. "Cedric, don't you know him too?"

I clearly told everyone who would be there in the morning, so why do they all look so surprised?

"Yes, come in." Cedric smiled even brighter.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron looked at each other, then filed in one after another, ending the inexplicable stalemate.