The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

Seeing Sun Zhu return to the dormitory in a gloomy mood, Fina was a little curious: "What happened?"

"I've been discovered."

“Hahahahahahaha…” Fina laughed out loud: “So where on earth did you go?”

"Zhu, what delicious food did you eat in the kitchen?" Karina poked her head in and asked, "I have a Muggle Studies class tomorrow, and I'm really curious if this class is fun to teach."

"I'm going to eat hamburgers, fried chicken, and popcorn." Sun Zhu said casually, "I heard that the textbooks for Muggle Studies are very outdated. Rather than Muggle Studies, it's more like Muggle history research and popular science on stereotypes."

"It's OK as long as you pass the exam." Fina said, "Do you really expect to learn about Muggles in a wizard class?"

"Zhu, what are those things you just mentioned?" Karina's focus was indeed unusual, "What popcorn..."

"Have you ever tried Muggle food? Mix butter and corn together, stir with a special machine and heat it up to make it fluffy and crispy. Muggle children cry when they see it."

"Really? Do we have these in the kitchen right now?"

"No, even if I know the formula, there is no machine for the elves to use." Sun Zhu spread his hands and said, "Actually, I didn't go to the kitchen just now. I stayed in the lounge to observe the new students."

Karina's eyes widened. "What? What are you doing there?"

"Observe which players are suitable for playing Quidditch... Didn't Captain Field tell you that he wants us to check in advance if there are any good talents among the freshmen, and then mobilize them to serve as substitutes?"

"I told you, I didn't expect you to take action so quickly!" Karina asked excitedly, "Did you observe the results?"

Fina looked at Sun Zhu quietly, and when she saw her fooling around, she said, "Well... there are a few pure-blood students. I'll try to call them over if I can. For example, Ernie, Fina has met him before. His cousin is on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. It shouldn't be difficult to get him into the Hufflepuff team."

Fina smiled and said, "You really have gained something."

"Those who are born into Muggle families may not be very good at it. I'm not discriminating, but Quidditch does require a certain level of skill. You need a broom and you can't be afraid of heights, which is quite difficult for young wizards who have just started to learn magic."

Karina nodded and said, "That's why Hufflepuff often has trouble recruiting new people, because we have the most Muggleblood wizards in our house."

"Hannah and Susan, I'll try to mobilize both of them, but Susan is a little timid, so I'm not sure."

"Then we are actually not sure about it?" Karina asked, "Is there anyone who can definitely join us?"

"...Yes." Sun Zhu said with some difficulty: "But that person is very annoying."

Fina and Karina stared at her at the same time: "This is the first time I've seen you call someone annoying. How strange."

"Let me guess, is it Smith?" Karina lay on the bed, pressing her upper body on the pillow, and said with certainty.

Sun Zhu raised his eyebrows in surprise: "How did you find out?"

"I didn't notice anything, I just thought he was ugly! So I guess you don't like him, because I don't like him either!"

Well, this reason is indeed very Karina.

"Although everyone is superficially obsessed with looks, there must be more than just a simple reason for someone to be hated." Fina shook her head. "What's the specific reason?"

"I..." Sun Zhu recalled and sighed, "This person is opportunistic, cunning and arrogant. In short, he is the opposite of all the good qualities of Hufflepuff. But he seems to have some basic Quidditch skills. I made a Bludger model to tease him, and he said that if he had brought a bat, this would not have happened at all."

"This is a difficult situation. We are indeed short of people, but if he has a bad character..." Karina frowned, "Then we can't..."

"Forget it, don't worry about me. I just have some personal opinions about him. Don't let me influence you." Sun Zhu put away the books on the bookshelf. "It's late, take a rest. There is a Potions class tomorrow. I heard that Professor Snape will be more difficult to get along with this semester than before."

"Oh my God? Why?" Carina's eyes widened, "Because he failed to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor again?"

"Maybe we'll know later. Anyway, everyone should be careful in class." Sun Zhu said as he washed up, "This semester may be a little different, but we just need to do our own thing."

"Don't be too tired." Fina pulled up the quilt and glanced at Sun Zhu, "There is no end to the work, we can only take it slowly."

Sun Zhu nodded silently.

Lying on her own soft pillow, she thought of Neville's words.

After the freshmen had gone to the dormitories one after another, Sun Zhu finally took off his invisibility cloak and talked to Neville face to face.

"Although I didn't mean to eavesdrop... well, this is not important, but can I ask you why you want to come to Hufflepuff?"

Neville seemed a little surprised: "Because this is a very good place."

"That's not what I'm asking. I know this place is great, like home." Sun Zhu pulled his sleeves and said, "I mean, did the Sorting Hat give you other options? For example, Gryffindor?"

Neville was stunned for a moment, and his eyes turned more excited when he looked at her: "You really know everything. Yes, the Sorting Hat said that I should go to Gryffindor, but I asked it if I could go to Hufflepuff, and it agreed, saying that as long as I wanted, Hufflepuff must be the one that suits me better."

"So..." Sun Zhu repeated, "Why... did you come here?"

"Is this question important?" Neville suddenly felt a little confused, even scared.

Sun Zhu was very surprised by his reaction and said quickly: "If you are not comfortable talking about it...it's actually not that important. I'm just curious."

"The one with black hair looks... a little..." Neville suddenly whispered.

"What?" Sun Zhu moved a little closer.

"The black-haired... professor." He seemed to have gathered up the courage to finish the sentence. "My pet toad accidentally jumped onto his robe. I was scared, but Leif often does this. I apologized to the professor... and he asked me if I was Longbottom."

Sun Zhu seemed to realize something.

She tried to recall what happened before the Sorting Ceremony, but her memory was already blurry.

Neville's voice was still low: "I said I was Longbottom. He was very angry and threw Leif out... I know the professor didn't mean it, Leif is very annoying, but... that was a gift from my grandma..."

There seemed to be tears in Neville's eyes.

"Professor Sprout came by and rescued Radford along with Madam Pomfrey and another... I knew she was the Head of Hufflepuff House, so I..."

Sun Zhu nodded. She finally understood what was going on, but her heart became heavier uncontrollably.