I recite the Analects of Confucius at Hogwarts

A person with lofty ideals and benevolence does not seek life to harm others, but kills to achieve benevolence.

On Sunday afternoon, the sun shines through the tall poles and rings of the Quidditch pitch, leaving sloping shadows on the grass.Surrounded by high-enclosed stadium stands, hundreds of chairs were arranged neatly and orderly.In the center of the field, Hufflepuff Quidditch Captain Truman stood there, enthusiastically introducing this interesting activity to their prospective new players.

"To be honest, I really don't understand the fun of this kind of activity where a group of people fly around a few balls." Hermione complained: "With that time, I can finish reading in the lounge A whole volume of important inventions in modern magic."

"But you still agreed to accompany me." Elena said in a cheerful tone: "Good girl, now that things have happened, I think I have to tell you the truth of the matter - the beauty of Quidditch has never been about twists and turns. Flying around on that tall pole."

Hermione tilted her head, looking puzzled.

It has to be said that although Quidditch has always been the most popular sport in the British wizarding world, there are just as many girls who love it as there are girls who disdain it - this made Draco a little bit more curious. Heart, it is rare to concentrate on listening to the conversation not far away:

"It depends on the person." The fourth-year Gryffindor girl said this, nodding towards Hermione with a sure and firm look. She continued in a beautiful tone: "Just imagine the heroic appearance of my little prince in the air. With its sassy and sparkling appearance, it’s not difficult for me to understand why so many people are obsessed with Quidditch.”

Hermione: ""

Draco: ""No, you don't understand anything at all.

Draco, a deep Quidditch enthusiast, Malfoy simply couldn't bear to listen any more. He looked at the vast and lively Quidditch training ground with a heavy and complicated heart, and finally began to reflect on his series of abnormal behaviors: So, why did he do this? Because I had a brain twitch, I came here to watch that damn Hufflepuff Quidditch training.

Let's go back three hours.

Three hours ago on Sunday morning, when the Hufflepuff opposite asked that incomprehensible question with a sad face, how did he answer it?

"I think it's better for your friend to be more cautious." After a long time, Draco finally found his voice. Draco took a deep breath and pretended to be calm and said: "After all, we are at our age. "It's too early to discuss feelings, and no one can guarantee whether this kind of liking is true love, or just envy or yearning."

"What you said makes sense." The junior Hufflepuff thought for a while, nodded, and agreed: "Maybe he just yearns for outstanding seniors, rather than really liking him. But then again," Kong Yun said hesitantly: "Draco, did I tell you his age?"

Isn't it you?Having already seen through everything in his heart, Draco said calmly on his face: "That's not the point."

"what"

"I think that if your friend really can't distinguish his feelings, it's better to keep this feeling in his heart for the time being. If after a period of time, he still insists on his feelings, then maybe he really likes it. ” he added.

It sounds very reliable

"Thank you, Draco." The junior Hufflepuff's eyes lit up, and he didn't care about why the other party could guess the age of his junior brother - he probably guessed: "I will pass on your suggestion to his."

In this regard, Draco thoughtfully chose to see through but not tell.

As usual, the two had a serious discussion and exchange on each other's recent self-study content. The difference was that this time, Kong Yun, who had always been more addicted to learning and found it hard to extricate himself, took the initiative to say goodbye a few hours in advance.

"Mr. Truman hopes that I can join the Quidditch house team." Kong Yun closed the book in his hand, put it neatly and carefully into his schoolbag and put it away: "Senior Diggory asked me to meet at the Quidditch training ground this afternoon, and he agreed Guide me through some Quidditch questions and tricks."

Draco: ""As a former self-proclaimed best seeker at Hogwarts, I heard someone let him go for the reason of "accepting Quidditch instruction from another seeker". I still feel a little bit unhappy.

Tsk, what a lack of vision.

Not noticing anything was wrong with the Slytherin opposite, Kong Yun picked up his backpack, stood up, and asked casually: "Draco, do you want to come and take a look?"

What's so good about this? Draco thought indifferently. He's just a defeated enemy. Follow that guy's example and just wait for Hufflepuff to always be ranked last in Quidditch matches:

He selectively ignored the fact that Cedric Diggory was an excellent Seeker.

Draco decided to refuse the other party's invitation without hesitation.

However, when he raised his head and looked at the young man's inquiring gaze, maybe that afternoon was too boring, or maybe he did miss the sport that had obsessed him all his youth. Somehow, He said: "Okay."

Draco bets that just when he readily agreed, there was a moment of surprise in the eyes of the junior Hufflepuff, as if he did not expect that he would agree. This detail made Draco, who had been a little regretful just now, immediately change. idea:

"Didn't you say we were going to the Quidditch pitch?" He said nonchalantly, "Then let's go."

The Quidditch pitch on weekends is always the busiest place in Hogwarts, bar none.Students from the four houses often take turns applying to their respective deans for the use of the Quidditch training ground, so that they can enjoy a whole morning or afternoon training time.

When the two of them arrived at the Quidditch pitch together, many students were already crowding in the stands and on the pitch.

Draco noticed that whether it was in the stands or on the grass, the students gathered at the moment were all Hufflepuff students. In addition, there were even many Gryffindor and Ravenclaw girls.

He could feel the attention of the entire stadium instantly focused on a Slytherin or something among a large group of Hufflepuffs, and it was impossible not to pay attention.

An ordinary first-year Slytherin might have retreated and left under the attention of the crowd, but Draco was not really a first-year after all, and the gazes of others would not cause him any psychological pressure.No matter how many people are on guard, he still remains calm.

Scanning the field in front of him, Draco quickly spotted a few familiar people: Cedric Diggory from Hufflepuff, and two people who seemed to be Kong Yun's roommates.Elena Field, who was quite famous on the Gryffindor side, including Hermione Granger, whom he had dealt with before.

Oh, by the way, there's also Gryffindor's current prefect, Percy Weasley.

Considering that Draco's reputation in Hogwarts was different from that of other Slytherins, the Hufflepuffs on the field did not show any hostility towards his arrival, but simply chose to Just ignore it. Of course, there are exceptions, such as

There was no need to deliberately observe and search. Almost at the same moment when he and Kong Yun arrived at the Quidditch pitch, the almost vigilant gaze from the pitch was always focused on him.

Draco only tilted his head slightly before meeting the owner of his gaze.

Not far away, in the center of the Quidditch pitch, the senior Hufflepuff who was mentioned just three hours ago frowned slightly, looking through the heavy crowd in the middle, alert, and even brought the

Staring at him with some hostility.

If it were in the past, Draco would certainly not care about this kind of gaze. After all, he had been looked at by Gryffindors like this for so many years. However, after he accidentally learned a certain "secret", he felt a little emotional. Subtle.

In sharp contrast to Draco's own treatment, it was the junior Hufflepuff standing next to him.

As soon as Kong Yun stepped into the stadium, he was warmly welcomed by a group of Hufflepuffs. Ernie and Justin glanced at the Slytherins next to their friends, hesitated for a while, and decided to pretend they didn't see anything.The Gryffindor girl who had been waiting at the edge of the court immediately lit up her eyes and gave her a sweet smile.

"Good afternoon, Yun." Elena stood openly in front of Kong Yun and said rather sadly: "I haven't seen you in Gryffindor Tower for a long time. Don't you miss me?"

Still unable to adapt to the unique preference and enthusiasm of Gryffindor girls, Kong Yun pretended not to hear these words. He passed Elena, smiled and nodded to Hermione beside her, as a greeting.

He could see that the little badgers were wary of Draco, which was why he thought Draco would not agree to his invitation. It had to be said that the scene in front of him also made him feel a little relieved. Compared to resisting, And disgust, ignoring it is not a bad result.

Of course, the premise of this disregard is that the other party is a Hufflepuff.

As Elena stood still in front of Kong Yun, what was drawn closer was not only the distance between the two, but also the distance between her and the first-year Slytherin. Elena was not standing next to her. Slytherin doesn't mean others don't care.

As soon as Elena finished speaking, the Gryffindor prefect pulled her behind her. Percy Weasley lowered his head warily and looked at the Slytherin in front of him with an unkind tone: "Malfoy , what are you doing here?”

Draco didn't respond quickly to the question.

Due to his own maturity and more practical considerations, he has not tried to have a direct confrontation with the Gryffindor trio for a long time. Looking back now, it was almost a long, long time ago. I will listen to it now. Hearing such familiar words, he couldn't help but feel slightly absent-minded.

And just for a moment, before Draco could respond, Elena, who was protected behind him, curled her lips and choked: "I guess this has nothing to do with you, Mr. Weasley."

Percy's face suddenly became a little ugly. He looked at the lower-grade Slytherin who had no expression on his face, and then looked at Elena who had her arms folded with a disdainful expression on her face. His face changed again and again, and she became angry. gone.

"Percy", the Hufflepuff prefect who was holding the props needed for Quidditch arrived belatedly. He happened to see the back of the Gryffindor prefect leaving angrily. Truman put down the Quaffle, Bludger and Golden Snitch. box, and said puzzledly: "Why did he leave?"

No one answered his question.

"Of course he has to leave," Elena sneered, and said lazily and sarcastically: "After all, he is the prefect of Gryffindor. If he has time to embarrass himself in front of Slytherin, why not take advantage of that prefect?" Exercise your rights and read it again."

The scene was very embarrassing.

As a Hufflepuff with excellent gossip skills, most of the people present had heard about the relationship between the two ex-boyfriends. Therefore, Truman wisely skipped this topic. Only fools would be stupid enough to break up in love. The woman is reasonable.

Hermione was quite speechless. She felt that she could probably understand why Elena insisted that "Weasleys are all big idiots."

Although it was only for a moment, Hermione did clearly notice that when the Gryffindor prefect left angrily, there was a fleeting sadness in Elena's eyes, even if it was only for a moment.It can be seen that although Elena initiated the breakup and has always rejected the other party's proposal to get back together, she may not be emotionless in her heart.

Originally he was dumped for a stupid reason, but the person who was dumped didn't even realize the reason for being dumped, and even made the same mistake over and over again during the stage of asking for forgiveness.

"Come on, Hermione, let's go to the stage and watch."

Quickly walking out of the shadow of her stupid ex-boyfriend, Elena greeted Hermione to the stands with a smile. Kong Yun looked back at Draco, and when the latter nodded indifferently, he talked directly to Truman, Together with Cedric, they went under the long metal pole in the center of the court.

Ernie and Justin sat with most of the Hufflepuffs. Elena and Hermione sat alone in the corner closest to the court with the best view. Draco thought about it and realized that it was not far away. After all, this is the place with the best view except for the stands occupied by the little badgers.

The distance between the two sides was neither far nor close. Elena glanced at him, turned her head, and continued talking to Hermione in a low voice, seemingly not caring that there was a Slytherin sitting not far away from her.

"To be honest, Hermione, I have always felt that God is so unfair." Looking at the center of the Quidditch pitch, Elena sighed: "Obviously Hufflepuff already has Digory. , and ended up giving them another cloud."

"But what about Gryffindor?" She shrugged, speaking ill of her own house without any hesitation: "Our house is just a bunch of out-and-out fools."

Before Hermione could say anything, another Gryffindor who heard her words snorted and laughed: "Don't say that, Elena, at least we still have a savior."

Elena raised her eyebrows and said indifferently: "Even if Harry Potter is the savior, he is also a fool's savior." She said unceremoniously: "I guess he still feels that Hermione is still with him. There must be a boy like the little fool Weasley."

Hermione, who was hit by an arrow in the knee: ""

"Perhaps when one of them can't find a partner for the dance one day, they may suddenly realize that Hermione is a girl too. Something like that," she said sarcastically.

"After all, not everyone is as considerate as my little prince." It was not strange for Elena to step on her ex-boyfriend's family and then brag about her "little prince". Hermione's expression didn't change at all. Listening to her senior sister, she continued: "Well, Digory counts. After all, they are the same kind of person."

"Ah, I admit that." Another Gryffindor agreed: "Digory has always been very charming."

Draco didn't listen much to the rest.

Although he had no intention of listening to the conversation between several Gryffindors, Elena always spared no effort when complaining about her ex-boyfriend. He couldn't hear it even if he didn't want to. Originally, he was still staring at the court absentmindedly, but now What Elena said unintentionally made his heart move slightly.

Are they the same kind of people after all?

The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention.This thought just flashed through his mind, and his eyes subconsciously fell on the two Hufflepuffs in the center of the court, one teaching and the other learning.Different from the wary and slightly hostile eyes when facing him, the senior Hufflepuff's attitude when guiding the little badgers of the same school can only be described as gentle.

Draco only glanced at it and then looked away.The first-year Slytherin lowered his head slightly, his expression was incomprehensible, and the corners of his lips could be vaguely curved into a sarcastic arc.

In this world, there are people who are pretentious, there are people who are brave and loyal, there are people who are strong-willed, and there are naturally people who are ruthless and unjust.He has no intention of exploring the pros and cons, but if the price of being kind to others is more sacrifices and losses when disaster strikes, then what is the meaning of these so-called high moral integrity?