Chapter 72

When the comfort came out, the rain did not decrease but intensified. It was Shen Yi who held her umbrella to send her out. Every move seemed redundant. After all, only a simple spell could solve all the problems. However, Shen Xu didn't stop him.

They walked forward in silence on the increasingly muddy and dirty road. The umbrella was barely able to cover the two of them. Most of Mu Yu's body was exposed, but not even a drop of raindrops touched it.

"Like my cousin, you know how to..." He said abruptly, pointing to her still dry sleeves.

"Magic, spell, whatever you want to call it." After walking out of the door, she seemed to be completely different from the one who was strategizing and negotiating just now, and she could finally see a little bit of the thirteen-year-old girl.

They continued to walk forward without saying a word. When they were about to leave the left-behind area, Mu Yu stopped him: "Just send it here." She handed the umbrella to him, "I can go back by myself."

Shen Yi pulled the umbrella back again, and it was considered a stalemate with her. She was not surprised by this, but rather waited for him to continue speaking as if she had expected it.

His eyebrows were completely twisted together, as if he was wondering whether she was reliable, and finally said: "If I learn the spell you gave to my cousin, can I be like you..."

"Magic can go far. It goes far beyond protecting you from the wind and rain." She made up these words without any sense of guilt. "It can become the cornerstone of your control of power and give you earth-shaking strength."

"I am a member of the Shen family, and I don't have as many talents as my direct descendants. "He held the umbrella tighter, and his fingertips turned slightly white.

Mu Yu kept turning the jade pendant in his hand, as if he was taking the opportunity to think about how to reply to him. She looked at him very seriously, as if the Shuzhi in his mouth was just a meaningless term.

She did not miss the unwillingness and desire in these eyes that had no time to restrain.

"Only people will consider bloodline talents, but gods are different. In the eyes of gods, everyone, regardless of bloodline or origin, is equal. Those who seriously serve the gods will always be rewarded. This is a gift, don't live up to it. She met Shen Yi's increasingly meaningful gaze, and these words were not entirely meant for him, "There is no need to rush to hand over your faith. You can try as much as you like, but where there is reward, there will always be punishment. There is always power." It's not for free."

Her tone was as comfortable as a breeze in the cold and biting rain. Even though it was full of sharpness, it could still induce people to swallow every word.

"My cousin saved my life." He suddenly said. Mu Yu didn't seem to intend to continue blowing the cold wind with him. She took the initiative to let go of the umbrella and walked towards the rain curtain. She only waved to him from a distance: "It's also a spell."

She didn't need to think about Shen Shen Yi had enough things to think about, and Shen Yi was not worthy of her attention. In the future, there will be many people who will dedicate everything for their ideals and their own desires. They are more eager, more desperate, and more unwilling than Shen Yi. He will never be the only choice.

When we returned to Mingyuan Mountain, the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping.

In the small courtyard halfway up the mountain, green potion was steaming in the crucible. The crucible was placed on a cluster of flames that rose out of thin air. Mu Yu carefully waved the wand with one hand to control the heat, and gently stirred the potion that had turned light green with the other hand.

Stirring the potion again and again to make the potion more and more transparent, she still carefully controlled the heat until the potion exuded a faint fragrance and the flames were extinguished. This scent soon filled the entire empty living room. She carefully took out two drops of potion and dropped them on the jade pendant in her hand.

After seeing that the potion was completely absorbed, she sat up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room to look at the red ground outside the courtyard. The flowers are enchanted so that they bloom all year round, but the enchantment does not guarantee that they will not be eroded by wind and rain.

"My magic potion can only assist the jade pendant to nourish your soul. You should not leave the jade pendant frequently." Two figures were gradually reflected on the window. She just stared at the falling flowers on the ground and half leaned against the glass. "In Norway "Legilimency, and the oath you just made almost caused your soul to collapse again."

Throughout the whole process, whether it was the transaction with Shen Xu or the subtle hint to Shen Yi, she never thought of avoiding Tom, and she knew she could not avoid it. open. As if he thought of something interesting, his tone that was heavy just now became lighter.

"You have changed a lot. Using a house elf...this is not like you at all."

Tom Riddle silently watched with her at the petals that were constantly being knocked off by the heavy rain. It was already approaching evening, but the rain still continued unabated. The slender petals are scattered messily on the ground and in the flowing stream, like flowing blood under the wash of rain.

She would rather look at the flowers in the courtyard that were beaten to pieces by the rain than take another look at him. He didn't know whether it was because the approaching of his own plan or the temptation to regain his body made him uneasy. He became more and more concerned about her eyes, and he wanted her eyes and attention to revolve around him more and more.

This girl deserves to sacrifice everything for him.

"Don't underestimate any kind of creature. Being servile also means that it can be exploited." He repeated their previous conversation in a low voice, "I have had enough of the eleven years in Albania."

Mu Yu did nothing. She responded, but at least she could see that neither the gloomy weather nor the words of some people could ruin her mood.

"I grew up here. He taught me a lot, and I also learned a lot on my own." She looked at the fallen red ground with no regrets in her eyes, only pure appreciation. "But I found that there is still a lot to learn. . I don’t like Shen Xu’s tone when he taught me, and I hope he pays for all his deceptions, but I have to admit

that what he said makes sense, power is never simple, and my previous thoughts were too childish.” The girl's eyes were becoming more confused and frightened, but she didn't want to hide it. Neither the place she was in nor the people she faced were enough to make her put on her usual mask.

"In order to learn the secret of the Horcrux, I fed that old slug pineapple pie for a week before prying his mouth open." He listened quietly to what Mu Yu said and made sure she finished speaking before he spoke. But it was an unrelated topic, and he stopped immediately as if he noticed something was wrong.

For a moment, even he couldn't tell whether this was a way to trap her with false affection or if it was serious... He wanted to comfort her.

Comfort and pity are the most shameless and despicable emotions.

This was the first time that he took the initiative to mention his past. Previously, Mu Yu could only glimpse a little bit of the past that he claimed to be unable to look back on from the Horcrux, but this was the first time that he knew such detailed details.

Even if he didn't want to talk anymore, she didn't want to let him go.

"Slug, who is that?" She was finally willing to look away from the petals on the ground, but at this time Tom Riddle would rather she continue to stare outside.

It was obvious that she was just looking at him with her usual, calm eyes, and the weather outside was obviously extremely cold, but he seemed to have suddenly returned to the old Riddle house in the summer, with the wind still carrying residual heat in his soul at dusk. Raging.

"Slughorn." He said it with gritted teeth, and he didn't know who he was talking about.

After reading the name twice, Mu Yu knew where the slug came from, and she immediately laughed, but she was very, very careful. Whenever she smiled in front of the mirror, she couldn't help but look at herself a little bit. She couldn't help but compare the smiles she saw in the magic mirror in the same grade again and again.

She could discern the calculation and desire in it, but she couldn't analyze any more. It was an area related to Tom, and it was also an area she never intended to touch.

It is best for this area to be mixed with calculations, interests, and power for the rest of your life and never to be separated again.

As usual, Tom Riddle lifted a strand of hair hanging on her shoulders. He wanted to get closer to her, closer. He wanted to appreciate the flower of the other side carefully before it was broken, and hold her firmly in his hands. He has always been very self-indulgent in this regard. In short, it is something that needs to be destroyed. But when he stood next to the girl and looked at the delicate and gentle face reflected on the glass window, he felt like he was under a forgetting spell, and all his calculations and conspiracies merged into the blurry smile on the glass.

Thousands of words, just like that night on the top of Mingyuan Mountain, can only be turned into whispers that are nothing more than nonsense: "You have always known what to do, you have always been an extremely talented student."

When he touched her Shi Muyu completely realized something was wrong. She was used to his coldness, his emptiness, and to his vague presence and purposeful approach to her. However, at this moment, she longed for him to have a complete body as soon as possible. Although the hug when parting two years ago was cold, it was at least real.

Two years later she wouldn't even settle for a hug, every organ in her body was clamoring for more. The blood is also boiling, rushing to the brain in waves, making the cheeks red from dizziness. She could feel the heat on her face without looking at the glass.

"I know everything." She tried her best to bring her thoughts back, and pressing against the glass also made the heat fade a lot, and the strangeness just now was covered up by her unknowingly.

She returned to her usual gentle and gentle look: "I always know how to do it."

When she said this, she had an idea.

The lingering snow on the streets had not yet receded when I returned to England. She stood across the street from King's Cross Station. It was still early before the train back to school left, so she was in no hurry to walk inside.

The angrier the man in front of her becomes, the happier she will be.

"That letter of yours," seeing the Muggles around him looking at him strangely, Albert Greengrass lowered his voice, but his anger did not diminish, "What does it mean? I thought that at least half of our transaction was completed, and the other half was There is basically no need for your participation..."

"Literally, Mr. Greengrass," Mu Yu said slowly after turning into a deserted alley with him, "Is there a grammatical error in my letter? I asked you to ask this question."

Her calm tone made Albert Greengrass furious: "Don't pretend to be stupid here. You actually, actually," he couldn't help but gasp at the mention of this. "If you want to sow discord between Cornelius Fudge and Dumbledore, I don't care what you want to do, but I will never get involved!"

"What if it concerns your daughters?" No matter how angry he was, she seemed too cold. "I mean, more than one."