Chapter 42 Test:

"Xiaoyu, why are you here? Shouldn't you..."

The person behind her seemed very surprised to see her here.

"I asked for leave from school. I really..." She turned her head, as if she couldn't bear to look at the tombstone again, "I miss my grandpa so much."

Facing this thin and fragile girl who looked like she was about to cry, Shen Xu felt a little agitated. At a loss, he wanted to comfort but didn't know where to start. However, the vigilance brought about by being in charge of the family for many years reminded him that it was very strange for Mu Yu to be here at this time.

"Xiao Yu, the deceased has passed away, please express my condolences." He could only speak dryly and politely.

Mu Yu wiped the corners of his eyes and felt extremely ridiculous when he saw Shen Xu solemnly placing incense and candle offerings in front of the tomb. No one is here anymore, so who is going to enjoy the incense and candles?

He came alone. Looking at the proficiency in placing the offerings, this private worship must have been performed more than once.

"You know grandpa very well."

Shen Xu laid out the offerings and put in a stick of incense solemnly: "It's just repaying a favor."

He said vaguely, but Mu Yu had a bold guess in her heart, and she did say it. : "Because of Qitong."

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man who had been paying respects to the grave stood up, his peaceful and kind face cracked, and his whole figure looked like a sword about to be unsheathed: "How did you know that? "

Shen Qitong is like a counter scale to him. Even the slightest touch can make this old man who is in charge of a clan lose his temper.

"Xitong came to Mingyuan Mountain to visit grandpa in the summer. She called grandpa her master, and said that even her close relatives gave up on her back then." Mu Yu seemed to be under Shen Su's pressure, lowering his head slightly, but not at all afraid. , on the contrary, she could clearly see that Shen Sui, who was so majestic just now, was shrinking little by little. She calmly continued to add fuel to the fire, "Qitong also had a long talk with me. You can't imagine how she got through those days. Yes."

Shen Xu was completely decadent. The newly inserted incense candle seemed to be falling in the cold wind.

Mu Yu took a few steps closer, as if he was simply trying to avenge a close friend, but also as if he was using this as a thread to try to pull out more inside stories: "Every day, I watch the sun rise in despair, pain, and self-torture. She was rising and falling, and all she had was strength to support her, but if she really wanted to survive, this strength was far from enough."

She looked at the incense burner and then at Shen Xu, very puzzled: "Excuse me for offending you. I have come here to pay homage to my grandfather and give gifts to the deceased. Why have I never gone to Kunlun to see her?"

Shen Xu asked in disbelief as if he was meeting her for the first time, "What are you doing for Qitong? Isn't it worth your time? Question me for her."

Before Mu Yu could say anything, he sneered as if he had seen something new and funny: "Zi Huai protects you so well, you don't even have to think about family responsibility."

Mu Yu quickly turned the gun in his hand. Ring, a smile flashed in the corner of her eyes, and was quickly suppressed. Fortunately, Shen Xu didn't notice: "Family responsibility"

"I am the head of the Shen family, I must consider the entire family," Shen Xu's tone was completely like When educating a child who is ignorant of the world, "Qitong is my granddaughter and the only direct bloodline of the Shen family at that time. You don't know the consequences of not having any of the seventy-two dharma lines in Kunlun recognize her."

Mu Yu actually already knew The answer, but she still pretended to frown and think: "She represents the legitimacy of the direct branch of the Shen family."

"You are not stupid," Shen Xu took a long breath, seeming to know that his attitude was inappropriate, and gradually relaxed, "The status of the clan is already in jeopardy. If at this time, a direct bloodline of the Shen family appears..."

He gritted his teeth, as if he said that word with great disdain: "What the West calls... a squib... not only will there be turmoil within the family, but also for the clan. The coveted academy will also use this to further attack the clan. We have suffered enough. As the head of the family, I must make a choice. Qitong is too stubborn and ignorant. He is not willing to understand the family's difficulties now..."

" The clan has no other choice but to sacrifice..." If the timing was wrong, Mu Yu almost wanted to laugh. "We can only keep balancing, and keep internal friction in the balance."

After touching Shen Xu's alert gaze, she added: "I'm just curious. The Shen family or other clans have been balancing and compromising again and again. How far will they go to retreat and how many people will be sacrificed?"

She originally thought that Shen Xu's answer would not have much new ideas, and it was nothing more than scolding the college. Unruly, hinting at the hidden ambitions of the clan. Unexpectedly, he said quietly: "Looking for a new pattern in balance. Whether it is thousands of years ago, now, or thousands of years in the future, continuing the glory of the surname has always been a mission engraved in the blood of the clan."

Due to intuition Be wary of his reluctance to say more.

There was no need to say more, Mu Yu understood what the clan meant, at least what the Shen family meant.

They really weren't willing to give in.

"I understand your choice, and I understand Qitong even more," she respectfully put in a stick of incense and stared at the tombstone, "because my grandfather would never do that."

The following sentence was one of the few words she expressed her true feelings today: "Whether I am a fool, a squib, or even an ordinary person, he will not abandon me for the glory of my last name, and he will patiently raise me," she murmured, looking up at the gray sky, "Try Give me a real home."

Shen Xu's disdain and ridicule were beyond her reach, and she calmly stated her ultimate goal: "You are right. Grandpa is gone, and I can no longer be an innocent and simple child. Girl. If you don’t come today, I will ask you to help contact the heads of other clans. I have never seen them before.”

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What do you want to do?” She just wanted to keep an eye on them. "It's not that I don't understand the sense of family responsibility, it's just that I understood it too late."

The person behind her was obviously thinking deeply and constantly trying to figure out her intentions, but from her position, it seemed that all the reasons given so far were impeccable.

Mu Yu knelt in front of the grave without changing his expression, and was still thinking about sorting out some messy offerings.

"This summer vacation, come to Xianghai Hushan Villa. You know the address," he said in a protracted tone. "Zi Huai has been upright throughout his life, but you are different from him."

He left.

After realizing that the person behind him had completely left, big tears rolled down into the soil in front of the grave.

"If you take one step closer, I will throw the diary away in Kyushu." Even though she was crying, you could not see how choked the girl's voice was. "I would like to see how you can swim back to England based on a memory."

Tom Riddle stopped, no Because of intimidation, but double panic. His emotions seemed to be completely out of control. He was angry when he shouldn't be angry, but couldn't make any waves when he should be furious.

He hated Mu Yu's tears and was panicked by her tears, as if she was still lingering in the area where he was most disdainful and ignorant.

He could never understand part of Mu Yu's feelings, and this lack of understanding made him panic, and he became furious out of fear.

It wouldn't last long, he wouldn't allow anything beyond his control to arise.

Mu Yu didn't want to control her tears, and she couldn't control them in front of her grandfather's tomb. She looked at the tombstone tenderly, as if she was still the carefree and laughing little girl: "Why do you do this? Why do you do those things for me? I don't deserve it." , It's really not worth it."

She hugged the cold stone tablet gently: "I'm sorry."

The apology was blown away by the wind.

She stood up and patted the soil. There was no trace of crying at all: "Let's go."

She didn't even look back along the way.

She waited until the whole year was over before she set off back to Hogwarts.

When she stood completely in the Slytherin common room, she felt that she had truly stepped on the ground. Unknowingly, this living castle has become her second home. There are so many memories here.

After Muyu handed in all her homework to Snape and had her potions level checked by Snape, Daphne grabbed her as soon as she walked out of the potions office.

"Yu, you and dad..."

Daphne always remembered the secret conversation between the two in the study that night.

"Mr. Greengrass is indeed worried about Leah's situation," Mu Yu had already said in response to Daphne's cross-examination, "He just bought a few oriental medicinal materials from me. It's just a transaction." It

is indeed a transaction, but it is a pity that the transaction The amount, I'm afraid Greengrass is not willing to pay in the end.

Daphne felt a little relieved when she saw her frankness, but she still asked uncertainly: "Zhen Yu, if you still treat me as a friend, don't lie to me."

"I swear."

She said it very sincerely. Daphne said this Only then did I temporarily dispel my doubts.

As they walked through the corridor, Mu Yu realized that he hadn't been back for two months and the corridor seemed unfamiliar. She looked at the gloomy-faced dwarfs with golden wings flying around in the corridor and carrying harps, "Merlin. Whose idea was this bunch of stuff?"

Daphne curled her lips: "Who else could it be? It's just our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. But why don't you take a break?"

Mu Yu and Daphne walked up the spiral staircase, and she came back just in time for the Charms class.

"I have been resting for a long time. It is Dumbledore's great kindness that I can stay until February."

They walked into the crowded corridor. There were more and more dwarfs with gloomy faces. Although Mu Yu looked down on Lockhart, he had to admit that these dwarfs still added a lively atmosphere to the castle that was cast a shadow due to the basilisk attack.

Just as Mu Yu was thinking this, she and Daphne were suddenly pushed away violently. Daphne said angrily: "Hey! Watch carefully!"

It was a dwarf.

"I have a musical message that I want to deliver to Harry Potter personally." The dwarf's expression was very fierce, and he plucked the harp in his hand without even waiting for Harry to resist.

Harry wanted to run away, but the dwarf roughly grabbed his schoolbag. There was a tearing sound, and Harry's schoolbag was torn in half. All his parchment, quills, and books fell to the ground, and the ink bottle was broken. . The corridors were even more congested.

Mu Yu was relatively close to him and saw at a glance that Harry already had the familiar diary in Harry's schoolbag. She didn't deserve it when the diary ended up in Harry's bag again.

It seemed that he was impatient to carry out his plan.

At the end of the corridor, Tom Riddle stood in a deserted corner. He showed a strange smile to Mu Yu.

Harry naturally saw Mu Yu, and he was even more panicked as he tried to pick up everything. The worst thing was that Malfoy's lazily voice came from behind: "What's going on?"

The dwarf blocked Harry's way. Way to go: "Okay, this is your Valentine's Day gift with a singing voice, listen up."

Even though Mu Yu had restrained her emotions, she almost couldn't hold back when she heard the first lyrics.

"His eyes are as green as freshly pickled leopard///clam///toad..." A burst of fierce laughter burst out from the crowd as the leopard////clam///toad was still freshly pickled . 

Even Daphne was laughing her head off. 

Mu Yu saw that Harry's face was getting uglier. Malfoy even picked up Tom Riddle's diary. He whistled loudly: "Potter's Valentine's Day gift! Potter must have written something in it!" He turned it over casually, and when he saw that there was nothing written on it, he was about to hand it to Crabbe and Goyle. 

Harry was angry. He was about to use magic on Malfoy. Malfoy suddenly held his wrist and screamed in pain. He threw the diary away as if he was electrocuted. The diary drew a perfect parabola in the air. Back in Harry's hands. 

Malfoy raised his eyes and saw Mu Yu's cold eyes. He shuddered slightly, but he refused to admit defeat at all: "The Oriental guy is back from skipping school." 

Mu Yu was too lazy to pay attention to him. She cast a repair spell on Harry's schoolbag: "Let's go, Harry." 

Percy, the prefect of Gryffindor House, also hurriedly walked forward at this time: "No magic is allowed in the corridor! Mu. Yu, I want to report!" 

Mu Yu didn't care at all: "It's up to you." 

"I cast the magic!" Two voices said at the same time. It was not so unusual for Harry to say this, but the person behind him... 

Daphne muttered: "Damn it, Theodore's got the wrong nerve." 

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