【Yo Deng】Badger and Snake

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Caged Bird (1)

Qihai Dengzi saw this scene after a short lunch break.

A petite figure is curled up on the half-width window sill, with a thin hardcover book spread out on her lap; soft orange hair is leaning against the glass, and the focused side face is reflected in the cold green light outside the window, which is a bit elegant and almost elegant. Very quiet, so delicate that you can't move your eyes.

Qihai Dengzi discovered for the first time that the Slytherin dormitory where she had always felt eerie and spurned could be as warm as spring.

She carefully lifted the quilt off her body and stepped out of bed.Although the movement was slight, it was still noticed by the girl reading the book.Koito Yu turned her head slightly, showing her a gentle smile: "Senior, are you awake?"

"Hmm..." Qihai shyly closed the open collar of her pajamas, "What book are you reading?"

""Prisoner Bird"." You nimbly jumped down from the window sill, and showed her the cover with red letters on a black background, "It's Lin Lianmo's new book, Aaron and Li have been recommending it, so I borrowed it from Maki to read it. "

"Sounds like an unpleasant title." Qihai Dengzi got up and walked towards her, gently hugging her.The girl slowly sat on the carpet under her lead, Qihai spread her legs and adjusted her posture so that she could lean in her arms.

"It's a love story," You leaned comfortably against the person behind him, turning the pages of the book, "And it's Lily—I didn't expect Teacher Lin Lianmo to write such a literary script."

"'Lily' refers to female love?" After getting along with Yu for a long time, Qihai has also begun to understand the popular vocabulary in the Muggle world, "Lin Lianmo is a Muggle writer, and he can write such subjects .”

Yoo laughed: "There are many such subjects in the Muggle world. Not only women and men, but also men and women. There are also more special subjects of sexual minorities who will be written."

Nanami combed the girl's braid with her fingers: "That's much more open than I imagined."

"That's not all." Yu suddenly turned his head seriously, "The same-sex marriage law in the UK has officially come into effect since March this year. As far as I know, there is no such regulation in the wizarding world, right?"

"Indeed not." Qihai murmured, supporting the girl and turning around, letting her sit on his lap, "Then we——we'll get married in the Muggle world then."

As she spoke, she gave him a charming kiss.Perhaps it was because the Slytherin dormitory was at the bottom of the black lake and it was extremely humid. This kiss also carried a lingering wetness, and a little saliva overflowed from the corners of the mouth, which made Yu push her away in embarrassment: " Mmm..."

Looking at the girl wiping the corners of her lips in embarrassment, Nanami smiled happily.She licked her lips, and then attacked the other's neck.Listening to the girl's uncontrollable groans, she stretched out her hand to untie the other party's bow tie, exposing the delicate collarbone to the moist air, and then breathed slightly against the collarbone: "You know...you sit like this , very erotic."

You blushed: "What? Isn't this just what you want?" She looked at Qihai's mischievous smile, and continued a little unconvinced: "Huh? Senior Dengzi?"

This time, it was Qihai's turn to be stunned.After a while, her fair face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye: "You...when...you started calling my name..."

"Isn't it possible?" Yuu hugged the back of Qihai's neck, and smiled a little viciously, "Leng~zi~senior?"

"Get rid of 'Senior'," Qi Hai seemed to have finally come to his senses, blushing hotly, "Remove!"

"Don't go."

"You evil-minded!"

"Bad-hearted, don't you like it?" Yu casually put away the book that was in the way in his hand, "Senior, you usually behave so positively, it would be very bad for me."

"Woo..." Qihai pulled the other party's neckline wider as if punishing, and wanted to continue to kiss down, but her head was held up by the other party, and her lips and tongue overlapped again.

The two were kissing inseparably, when there was a sudden knock on the door, Yuu immediately climbed off Qihai's knees in fright, stood up with a look of surprise, and asked in a low voice: "Senior...?"

Qihai frowned and stood up, and responded in a low voice: "I don't have an appointment this afternoon..." She glanced at you, and then at the door, as if hesitant—seeing her troubles, girl He tied up his collar, drew out his wand and said, "I'll use an illusion spell, senior, go and open the door."

After that, she skillfully tapped her arm with her wand, and a cold feeling flowed through her whole body; when she lifted it up, her arm was already transparent, the same color as the surroundings.

Nanami Dengko nodded at the place where Yuko Koito was originally, and reached out to open the door.

There stood a man neither of them had expected—crew-cut, hard-lined, high-nosed, big-eyed—

"Hey, Qihai," Landon Knott put his trembling hands in his pockets, his eyes quickly swept across her face, "Take a step to talk, okay?"

"..." Qihai Dengzi raised his eyebrows and looked at him. After a while, he turned sideways: "Please come in."

Langdon's tall shoulders relaxed a little after entering the room—Nanami Dengzi's attitude was softer than he expected.He sat down on the sofa opposite Qihai sullenly, not knowing that standing behind the sofa was the girl who made him completely pissed off Qihai.

"What's the matter?" Qihai said straight to the point, "I won't pour you tea."

"No need." Langdon replied bluntly, his face darkened, "I just wanted to ask you one thing - are you and Koito for real?"

Qi Hai glanced at the back of the sofa subconsciously, and her tone became cold: "What does this have to do with you? I advise you not to meddle in your own business."

Langdon clenched his fists: "...to meddle in my own business?" He finally couldn't restrain himself from growling, "You betrayed Zuobo, and you still have the face to say I'm nosy?!"

"What?" Qihai frowned, "When did I betray Sha Mixiang?"

"You still play dumb with me!" Langdon looked at her viciously, his eyes were all red, "She will be engaged to Rozier on the 21st, don't you know? You—!" He wanted to scold The last two sentences, but stopped in fear.

This time, it was Qihai's turn to be surprised: "What did you say? Sha Mixiang is going to be engaged to Rozier? Tufts Rozier?"

"It's Theodore Rozier!" Langdon corrected through gritted teeth, "You really don't know about this?"

"Why would I know?" Qihai raised her eyebrows again, "Don't tell me you think Sha Mixiang and I are lovers? Oh..." She laughed lowly as if she had realized something, "Take it from Ivan Knott. What's up, isn't it?"

"——!" Landon Knott's face turned pale instantly.

"I guess," Qihai folded her hands in a leisurely manner, and leaned forward, "your good brother gave you something—or a secret phrase—right? He probably told you something about that day The situation caused you to mistakenly think that Sha Mixiang and I are in a relationship, so you came here angrily after learning that she was going to get engaged, didn't you?"

Landon Knott pursed his lips without saying a word, cold sweat seeping from his forehead.He never expected that the woman in front of him would grasp the key point in just a few words, and guess the truth very closely——

——"Give up, Landon Knott, you'll never beat her."

Maki Seiji's words echoed in his ears like a curse, his hands trembled uncontrollably, as if he had returned to that hellish night——

"Ah, yes." Langdon's voice was trembling, "Since you're so smart, you must have guessed that thing—it's fatal to you." He desperately asked himself to recall Saeki Samika, as if this Can give him more courage, "You are from the Rutherford family, can you say something? Find a way to prevent her and Rozier's engagement ceremony, or I will, I will - make it public."

Qihai Dengzi was silent.She looked silently at the back of the opposite sofa, there seemed to be nothing there, but she still stared at the emptiness.

After a while, she withdrew her gaze and said, "Sa Mixiang and Theodore Rozier are obviously a political marriage. Even Rutherford can't talk about it, and you should understand."

Mistakenly thinking that his threat was effective, Langdon's face showed a flaw for a moment: "Then you-then you go to persuade her, and persuade her not to get engaged to Rozier."

Qihai raised her hand and covered her mouth, as if lost in thought.Seeing this, Langdon became more confident, and couldn't help but attack, "She likes you, you know that too, right? You go to persuade her, maybe she, maybe—"

"—Maybe you changed your mind?" Qihai interrupted him, and stood up a little irritatedly, "You don't understand Sha Mixiang—although I can see that you really admire her—she won't be loved by me. Do you think she is the kind of person who makes decisions casually and is influenced casually?"

——Samika Saeki must have thought carefully before agreeing to be engaged to Theodore Rozier.

Landon Knott obviously also thought of this in her words, and his face couldn't help turning pale again: "She—if she wasn't hurt by you, how could she—"

Qihai smacked her lips.She really couldn't completely rule out this factor, so she had to say: "You go back first, I will find a way to talk to Sha Mixiang to confirm what she is thinking now, and then discuss it-but," she stopped and squinted. Looking at the other party, "Don't think that your threat has worked - as a friend of Sha Mixiang, I don't want to see her bound by a political marriage. This is the original intention of my promise to you."

After that, she approached Langdon again: "Since I dare to let Ivan Nott do things for me, I have a way to deal with his left behind. Understand?"

"..." Landon Knott's face turned pale and then blue, then blue and white, and finally stood up abruptly, without saying a word, opened the door and left.

After he left, the air behind the sofa twisted - Nanami Dengko watched the air until the girl's figure gradually emerged from the void - she observed Koito Yu's expression, and found that the other party was surprisingly calm.

"Yu..." She couldn't help calling out.The fierce aura just now was let out in an instant, leaving only a soft body like water, which was spread out naked in front of the girl.

Frankly speaking, she was a little guilty about the conversation just now.Although she has been with the girl for some time, she has never mentioned Saeki Samika's feelings for her, and she also tacitly admits that the other party does not know about it-now this veil has been torn openly by Langdon Knott It made her quite embarrassed, and she didn't know how to deal with it for a moment.

"Yo," she took two steps forward, "The matter about Sha Mixiang..."

"I know she likes you," Yuu smiled, "I used to get along with her when I was pretending to be you, and I noticed at that time that she had a special attitude towards you-but I didn't understand at the time what it was It's the same thing, until I also..." She paused slightly, "I didn't realize that she should like you."

"I haven't dated Sha Mixiang..." Qihai hurriedly explained another matter that was misunderstood by Langdon, but Yu also shook his head and said with a smile: "I know. Do you still remember the meeting at the lake at the end of May?" Did I say that? You have a friend... your troubles. Is that referring to Saiki-senpai?"

She leaned forward, hugged him gently, and comforted him softly: "I understand everything, so you don't have to worry about my misunderstanding, senior."

"...You are so, so perceptive." Qihai took a deep breath, and put her arms around the girl, "Then there is only one thing left for me to explain, about the dance..."

Koito Yu moved in her arms, but did not break free, just quietly listening to her talk.

"...You know that Sha Mixiang ate the golden apple containing the love potion by mistake, and...because of the drug, she..." Qihai opened and closed her mouth, feeling a little embarrassed to speak, but finally said out on her own. : "She kissed me."

After finishing speaking, she quickly explained: "It's not our usual way of kissing! I have a tilted head, so she only kissed to the corner of my mouth... But to outsiders, it looks like..."

"...It seems like a kiss," Yu continued calmly, "and then? What did you ask Ivan Knott to do to cover it up?"

"Memory modification," Qihai tightened her arms around the girl, she was afraid to look at the other person's expression at the moment, "Ivan Knott is a highly skilled memory tamperer, he used this method to board the Chairmanship."

"I see." Yu broke away from her, "so he tampered with the memory modification, and taught Langdon Knott a certain way to restore the memory. That's why he dared to come to you today confidence."

"That's right." Qihai carefully looked at the girl's expression, but no matter how she looked at it, there was no flaw, which made her more uneasy: "Yu...are you angry?"

"I didn't," Koito Yu looked away, "You don't tell me about this, of course it's your consideration, why should I be angry."

"Then..." Qihai pulled her hand cheekily, but the other party avoided her sensitively.

Qihai shook Sora's hand, and looked at her pitifully: "You... You said you weren't angry."

A faint blush floated on Yu's face: "I didn't—I just, you—" She tilted her head even more, and her voice became softer: "Obviously I kissed you for the first time...you...you but……"

"Are you jealous?" Qi Hai blurted out, with an uncontrollable smile on her face.

"I didn't!" Yu replied reflexively, then quickly glanced at her, "Don't laugh!"

When she said this, Qihai laughed even harder, so annoyed that Yuu grabbed her bow tie, pulled her down, and kissed the other party's lips fiercely.

Qihai squinted her eyes to enjoy this rare and rude kiss, and her hand began to wander restlessly around the girl's waist, causing Yuu to snort softly from her nasal cavity: "Mmm..."

After making the sound, she shoved him away in embarrassment: "Now is not the time to do such a thing!"

Qi Hai felt aggrieved: "Obviously you kissed me on the initiative?!"

"...That's because you laughed too much!"

"Yo is so cute that's why I laughed." Qihai felt that she was wronged—fortunately, Koito didn't want to continue messing around with her, so she cleared her throat with a blushing face, and said, "Then about Senior Saeki, you now What are you going to do?"

When talking about serious topics, Qihai also put away her smile and became a little more serious: "Just like I told Nott, I have to talk to her first before I can confirm the specifics of the matter."

Yu folded his arms: "If Senior Saiki is having a hard time with himself, I have a suggestion—"

"What?" Qihai raised her ears curiously.

"that is……"

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Saeki Samika fell in the chaos.As if tightly wrapped by a big hand, she lost all senses, only the endless sense of falling and floating.That's why she doesn't like taking sleeping potions - everyone's dreams are different after taking a sleeping potion, and hers was clearly not a good dream.

She fell blankly in the void, and after what seemed to be an eternity, her feet finally touched the ground.The soft touch of the bed and sheets followed, she let out a low moan, and slightly opened her eyes.The blurred blocks of color gradually solidified into shape, and the visual signal and the astonishing weight poured into my mind——

"...Dengzi?" She looked at the dark-haired woman sitting on the bed in disbelief, "Why are you here..."

"I'll come to see you." Qihai Dengzi didn't show the same smile as before, but that face was still bright and moving.Saeki sat up from the bed with some difficulty, groped for his monocle by the pillow, and put his head down to put it on.

"How do you know I'm in the school infirmary?"

"I guess," Qihai looked at the dark circles under her eyes that were still evident after she was asleep, with mixed emotions, "I asked Madam Pomfrey a little bit."

Saeki still didn't seem to recover from the feeling of falling.She rubbed her forehead, and sat on the head of the hospital bed wearily: "I thought Madam Pomfrey would never disclose the patient's information."

"She really can't," Qihai blinked, "so I used a little cliché."

"And then?" Zuobo looked out the window into the dark night, "You came out to find me at this time, what do you want to say to me?"

Qihai was silent.After a while, she said, "I see, you and Rozier's engagement."

This sentence greatly shook the opposite woman.She shook her body violently, and the chain of her monocle rattled: "How could you...?"

Before Qihai could answer, she smiled wryly and shook her head: "Forget it, you always have a solution." She curled up her legs, and looked directly into the black-haired woman's eyes for the first time since just now: "So? What do you want to say to me? If you want to congratulate me, you can excuse me, and you know that I—”

"—I know you don't want to," Qihai looked into her eyes seriously, "Theodore Rozier likes you very much, but you don't like him."

"..." Saeki was noncommittal.

"Why did you agree?" Qi Hai leaned forward slightly, "I know that your father's recent political situation is not going well, but it's not to the point where you have to sacrifice your only daughter to get married."

"It's not your turn to ask this question," Zuobo resisted and turned his head away, with a blunt tone, "I know my situation myself, and I know it well."

"...I think so too," Qihai sighed, "You are always such an assertive person."

After finishing speaking, she stood up: "Then, I won't bother you any more, Madam Pomfrey will probably send a second dose of sleep aid soon. It's just—"

Qihai Dengzi reached into his cuff and took out a letter with a simple binding: "Someone asked me to bring the letter to you."

Saeki stared at the letter for a while before reaching out to take it.After turning to the front, the inscription on the letter made her raise her eyebrows in surprise.This is a name she is not unfamiliar with, it might be better to say that the two have had a short and profound intersection——

"Good night, Sha Mixiang, may you have a good dream."

—The man who brought the letter left.The night wind outside the window blew the bed curtains. Except for the letter, there was no evidence to prove that she had been here.

Saiki Samika bowed his head again, his mood became extremely complicated.

The signature on that letter was someone she had never expected to meet with, and also someone who was too sensitive and the first person to notice her feelings——

Ye Li.

Caged Bird (2)

Ye Li arrived at the door of the coffee shop four or ten minutes earlier than the agreed time, only to find that a woman with flaxen hair in a water-colored dress was already sitting on a seat by the window.

There was no one else around her, so Ye Li's approach became very obvious.The woman raised her head slightly, her flaxen hair flowed down the curve of her neck, and was fiddled with by her slender fingertips to the back of her shoulders. The chain of golden single-sided glasses swayed left and right with the movement, making a slight rattling sound.

Under her silent gaze, Ye Li froze for a moment, and then nervously pulled away the opposite seat: "Hello, Senior Zuobo."

"Hello," Saeki nodded, "It's really early."

"Senior Zuobo is the one." Ye Li sat down on the seat cautiously, "Why did you arrive so early?"

"It's okay to stay at home," Zuobo said lightly, "I just came out early."

"Is that so." Ye Li squeezed the book in his hand tightly in the awkward atmosphere, Zuo Bo's eyes swept over her: "Would you like something to drink?"

"Eh? No, no need," Ye Li hurriedly waved his hands, "I'll just drink water."

"I invite you." Saibo Sha Mixiang flipped through the order without looking up, and one sentence made Ye Li blush: "It's not about the money... I don't like coffee very much."

"Really?" Zuobo paused, "That's fine."

After that, she inserted the order back into the transparent base, raised her chin, and stared at the black-haired girl's face quietly.Under her gaze, Ye Li clamped his shoulders helplessly, took a drink from the water glass, and then said awkwardly: "I've always heard that Senior Zuo Bo is very dabbled in wizard literature, but I have never had a chance to communicate. "

"It's the same on my side," Zuobo raised the corner of his lips, "I've read a lot of your articles in the school newspaper, and I've also read one or two Muggle literature you recommended. It's very interesting."

"Really?" Ye Li's shoulders relaxed, "Has the senior read Teacher Lin Lianmo's book?"

"No, but I know you admire her very much," Saeki tapped on the table, "The movie we're going to watch next is also adapted from her novel, isn't it?"

"Yes—yes," Ye Li pushed the book in his hand onto the table, "it's this one."

It was a book with a black leather cover, with a caged bird drawn in cumbersome gilt lines, and the title was "The Prison Bird" in bright red.

Zuobo looked at the half-opened and half-closed cage door in the writing for a while, and instead of touching it, he leaned back on the back of the chair: "What kind of story is it?"

Ye Li pursed his lips and said softly, "It's a love story set in Victorian England."

"Love...story," Saiki Samika looked at her with a half-smile, "A love story of two women, huh?"

Ye Li choked suddenly.

"I know that Dengzi asked you to come here," Zuobo tilted his head and played with the handle of the white porcelain cup, "I also know what she asked you to do—it was nothing more than persuading me to follow my heart and not get engaged to Rozier ,right?"

The woman in front of her was simply sitting, with an invisible pressure radiating from her body.Ye Li wiped the sweat from his forehead, summoned up his courage and said, "Since senior already knew, why did you still go to the appointment?"

Saeki's hand stroking the white porcelain cup stopped.

"Because I find it very interesting," those emerald green eyes looked from behind the lens, "I wonder how you can convince me."

Everything was punctured, and Ye Li was not so nervous.She shrugged: "I won't convince you, I just want you to watch something."

"A movie?" Saeki sipped his coffee slowly.

"If you want, we can also go for a walk—" Ye Li clasped his hands, "Anyway, there is still an hour before the movie starts."

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"Says a casual stroll—but you seem to know exactly where we're going."

Saeki Samika took off the monocle pinned to her left eye, and habitually took out the silk cloth in her pocket, only to find that this Muggle dress did not have pockets like the robe——she frowned and suppressed the clothes With the urge to pull out the wand to clean the glasses, he slowly put the lenses back on.

The world became clear again.The back of Ye Li leading the way stopped about five meters in front of her left. Zuo Bo looked up to see the signboard and found that it was an optical shop called "Light Redeemer".

"..." Facing Ye Li who turned around, she raised her left eyebrow in doubt, "Student Ye, do you want glasses?"

Ye Li blinked: "No, I told you, there is something I want you to see."

After that, she led Saeki into the shop.After thanking the clerk for their welcome, they limped past glass counters one after another, and finally stopped in front of a long cabinet.

"Why did senior Saeki choose to wear a monocle?" Ye Li said, "You should know that ordinary glasses are more conducive to vision correction."

"Ask knowingly." Zuo Bo glanced at her, "Naturally for the sake of beauty."

"That's right," Ye Li laughed, "monocles with a variety of patterns are the limit that wizards can do. But for Muggles, this is something that has long been eliminated-if you care about appearance, invisibility Glasses are the best choice."

Saeki looked in the direction of her finger, and slices of half-moon-shaped transparent objects soaked in liquid came into view.She frowned and looked at the explanatory text next to it. After a while, her eyes widened in surprise: "Direct contact with the eyes? This—you mean put this thing in the eyes?"

"To be precise, it covers the surface of the eyes," Ye Li explained patiently. "This is also a kind of glasses. It may be uncomfortable to wear for the first time, but after getting used to it, it will be like nothing."

"Isn't that bad for your eyes?"

Hearing Saeki's whisper, the clerk at the side immediately greeted him enthusiastically: "No, as long as you pay attention to the wearing time and timely disinfection, contact lenses will not cause any harm. Of course, we need to do a vision test for you first. , to see if you are suitable for wearing contact lenses, please come here..."

"Huh? Ah—wait, I'm not—"

Seeing Zuo Bo being dragged away by the clerk in a daze, Ye Li couldn't help but shook his head with a smile - it seems that this senior is not very good at dealing with enthusiasm.This is a fatal weakness for consumers...

While thinking about something, she watched Saeki Samika gradually relax her shoulders under the persuasion of the clerk, and agreed to try it on.

When the clerk gently pushed the second contact lens into the eye socket, Saeki's clenched fingers gradually loosened.She blinked, looking at the suddenly clear world in disbelief, her loose expression made her look soft and light, no longer so far away.

"How is it?" Ye Li stepped forward and asked.

"Very...very good?" Zuobo's ending sound was upturned in doubt, which made her flickering emerald green eyes even more endearing.Ye Li sighed in his heart, and murmured: "Senior, you have a pair of very beautiful eyes, it's really a pity to hide them behind the lenses."

Hearing this, Saeki raised his eyebrows to look at her, as if surprised that she would say such a sentence.Only then did Ye Li realize that he had crossed the line a little bit, he couldn't help pursing his lips and turning his head away, a tinge of red appeared on his face.

Fortunately, Zuobo didn't pursue her words. He just looked down at the monocle in his hand, then turned to the clerk, and said flatly, "How much is this? I want it."

While the clerk was leaving to pick up the goods, she stood up and looked around the store: the incandescent lamp, the refractor, the camera next to the glass cabinet, and the smoke alarm above her head...all of which she could name or not Everything comes from the crystallization of wisdom that Muggles are proud of - "technology".And Ye Li's lazy commentary accompanied her from inside the store to outside the store, from East Street to West Street, from the first floor to the seventh floor of the building—when the elevator started, she tugged on the other party's sleeve in a panic, Ye Li, however, held her arm steadily as if he had expected it long ago, and stuffed a pair of black glasses into her hand: "These are 3D glasses, I will use them to watch a movie later."

"3...3D," Saeki repeated the word with difficulty, "what does this mean?"

She didn't like this feeling, the feeling that she was like a newborn.Everything needs Ye Li to lead the way, and everything needs Ye Li to help explain, but she can only passively accept this new world——

But when she sat down in the theater seat, put on her glasses, and saw the special effects that were about to come out, she was suddenly deeply shocked.

—what does it matter?She didn't like it, but she didn't hate the feeling of infinite possibilities.

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"How does it feel?"

After coming out of the movie theater, they found a coffee shop to sit again.Ye Li ordered a glass of fruit smoothie this time, and asked while stirring it.

"..." Zuobo lowered his eyes, staring at the coffee in his cup, "It's a good story, but the ending is too happy."

"It's the first time I've seen an audience complain that the ending is too happy."

"Isn't it?" Saeki held up his cup, "You also know that in that era when even the wizarding world suppressed homosexuality, it was impossible for such a story to happen in the Muggle world."

"Do you think the wizarding world is more accepting of homosexuality than the Muggle world?"

Saeki frowned.

"Isn't it? I only know a little about this aspect, but I also know that there are many voices against homosexuality among Muggles, religion, morality, humanities, history... You are facing too many problems, and wizards are just It's just focusing on the issue of offspring."

"You're right," Ye Li chewed the smoothie slowly, "so there are almost no wizards who oppose same-sex marriage except for pure-blood wizards—even so, this bill is still preempted by Muggles .”

"What did you say?" Saeki raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Ye Li didn't speak, but operated on the phone for a while, and directly placed the page in front of her: "The same-sex marriage law in the UK has come into effect at the end of March this year."

Saeki Shamixiang stared blankly at the black headline, with an imperceptible tremor in his voice: "But... this... why..."

"The Muggle world is much more open than you think, senior," Ye Li pushed away the smoothie and looked into her eyes seriously, "You can tell from the fact that this movie is released publicly. And, The issue of offspring that wizards are most concerned about, in fact, has a reasonable answer in the Muggle world - 'artificial insemination'."

Following Ye Li's brief introduction to popular science, Zuobo's hands clenched tighter and tighter: "Muggles—there is such a technology? It's just like magic—no, even magic can't do this—"

She let go of the handle of the cup, and interlocked her fingers: "If this technology can also be popularized in the magic world, the problem of offspring of same-sex couples... can solve most of it."

"From the perspective of potion science, it's not impossible. If you want to study it, I think you can definitely develop a method with higher efficiency and success rate."

"Then why is no one doing it?" Zuobo asked back, and then he asked himself and replied: "Yes. No one has thought about this road at all—just like me, if I didn't hear you mention it today, It never occurred to me that there was such a way.”

She took a deep breath and said to herself, "Maybe I should take a Muggle Studies section too."

"No, Muggle studies won't teach this either." Ye Li smiled.

"Leave me alone—" Saeki held his forehead, "This is—oh my god. I never knew—"

"- Homosexuality used to be considered a sin by Muggles, senior," Ye Li looked straight into those emerald green eyes, "but it's not the same now, more and more people are starting to speak out for this group, more and more More and more homosexuals are starting to stand up, and more and more people are starting to support them to get their rights—right now, right now, there is a huge parade going on in Manchester,” she flipped her fingers , pointing out the text message sent to her by Aaron Shaker, "If we leave now, there is still time, should we go and see?"

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Samika Saeki is greeted warmly by Aaron Shacklebolt after Apparating with Ye Li in a wizarding pub in Manchester.This simple and honest big man gave the two ladies a polite hug, then opened his thick lips and said: "I didn't expect you, Saeki, to be interested in Muggle activities!"

Naturally, it was impossible for Zuo Bo to tell where the part that aroused his interest was, so he nodded vaguely: "People who go out for a stroll are also idle. It's quite interesting to hear what Student Ye said."

"Then you are at the right place," Aaron introduced enthusiastically, "The Muggle Parade for Equal Rights in Manchester is the longest and largest parade of its kind. I participated in it a few years ago, but I didn't catch up with them this year. Just look at the registration time."

"You often participate in this kind of parade?" Saeki was a little surprised.

"Ah," Aaron touched his smooth head and smiled shyly, "I'm gay, so I'm quite interested in this kind of activities."

Hearing this, Saeki didn't know what to say.The fact that she had tried so hard to hide for so many years seemed insignificant to Aaron Shacklebolt, and it was not worth concealing—a kind of detached courage that she couldn't even think about now, let alone possess.

Noticing that she was looking at her in surprise, Ah