The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

"Ahhh, did I hear it wrongly, did I hear it wrongly!" When Karina's excited voice reached Sun Zhu's ears, she was listening to Tongzi's report on the progress of the analysis of the painting.

Without thinking, she said casually, "Yes, Fina's aunt got the gold cup."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Karina seemed to have lost the ability to speak, and kept repeating the same syllables in her mouth.

"Honey, calm down..." Sun Zhu tried to persuade her to calm down, but heard another voice in his ear.

"Ah! This is so wonderful! I'm so excited... I feel honored to witness this scene tonight!"

...It was Senior Cecilia. Sun Zhu looked around in bewilderment, and saw that none of her companions were without smiles on their faces. And those wealthy family heads were all shocked as if they had seen Merlin, with faces full of disbelief.

"What happened just now?" She looked at Cedric with a dreamy look on her face.

"Well, didn't you hear it?" He smiled, his eyes showing joy that could not be hidden. "Ms. Bulstrode just announced that she would donate the gold cup she won at the auction to Hogwarts, and hand it over to the headmaster and the headmaster of Hufflepuff House in the name of Delphine for safekeeping."

"Ah!" Sun Zhu jumped up from his seat, "This, this, this..."

"After Gryffindor, another house has regained its founder's treasure." Suddenly, a person dressed as a reporter came up from behind them, "You two are Hufflepuffs? Can I ask you how you feel at the moment?"

"Hey, Slytherin and Ravenclaw..."

"Oh, my dear girl." She said very familiarly, "The treasures of these two houses are still unknown. Even if they have not been damaged, they are not in their own hands. Only the Sword of Gryffindor has always been in the hands of Gryffindor."

"Is that so?" Sun Zhu nodded. She looked in the direction of Fina and found that she was surrounded by several reporters, and there was a circle of people surrounding Aunt Wilhelmina.

"Where did they come from? Why didn't I see them before?" Sun Zhu was very surprised.

"We have been here the whole time, but you were too focused." The reporter who stayed by their side laughed, "We waited all night, and finally it was not a waste of time."

"Then you should go find the two Ms. Bulstrode instead of asking us here." Sun Zhu turned his head and glanced at the reporter. "After all, the money was not paid by my family, and we are just ordinary Hufflepuffs. Of course, we are really excited. The treasure has been returned to its rightful owner, and it is a happy thing no matter how you look at it. The generous donation of the head of the Bulstrode family has not only supported the construction of the Ministry of Magic, but also touched the hearts of the Hufflepuffs. I really admire him very much..."

If I have to make an analogy, it's probably similar to seeing the animal heads from Old Summer Palace return to China... I guess.

"Is this how you feel?" The reporter took a quill from his ear and quickly wrote it down. "Oh, a Hufflepuff student who knows how to be grateful. Well...what about you?"

She looked back at Cedric.

"Same as her. Excited and in awe." He remained calm.

Sun Zhu added helplessly: "Yes, yes, every Hufflepuff will be proud of this moment!"

"A strong sense of collective honor." She concluded, "Thank you very much for cooperating with my interview. By the way, my name is Jane Lewis, a special correspondent and column editor for Witch Weekly."

"You're doing two jobs at once?" Sun Zhu looked at her a few more times. "Witch Weekly, sounds familiar."

"The newspaper that gives out the most charming smile award every year," Cedric reminded.

"...So it's you." Sun Zhu was speechless, "It's you, the newspaper, who has chosen Lockhart to win this award for five consecutive years?"

"He is indeed charming, isn't he?" Lewis laughed, "But not as charming as your boyfriend. After all, he is old."

Sun Zhu was stunned and stammered, "What? We are not...what you think. Hey, you can go over there for the interview."

"Oh, sorry, I saw you guys were together all night..." Lewis didn't look apologetic at all, "But we don't just give out the Most Charming Smile Award, all the content that witches are interested in can be found in our newspaper!"

"Well, you guys are actually running a gossip magazine, right?" Sun Zhu sighed. "I just hope you're not the second Rita Skeeter."

"You know her too?" Lewis ruffled her curly hair. "She loves to make up stories. It's really embarrassing for us Ravenclaws."

Sun Zhu couldn't agree more, and then introduced himself to her in front of her familiar gaze, and then saw her running towards the crowd in a hurry.

"This Ms. Lewis is really interesting." She looked at Karina and Cecilia who were excited on the other side and sighed, "Suddenly I feel that whether the gold cup is real or not is not that important. Maybe Aunt Wilhelmina knows that it only needs a symbolic meaning."

Cedric nodded, "Yes."

That reporter, that is very interesting indeed.

"Well, they're almost done. Let's go find Mr. Bagman while everyone's attention is still there."

"What?" Cedric stood up subconsciously with her, and then quickly reacted, "That painting..."

"Yes, I know what's written on those pebbles now." She seemed to be at a loss whether to laugh or cry. "It says 'Gift of Bamboo' in Chinese. The headmaster must have done this. I must go ask Mr. Bagman what's going on."

Fortunately, Xiao Tongzi spent a lot of time studying ancient characters, and finally found out that it was Chinese - Traditional Chinese. It is not wrong to say that it is ancient characters, but this sense of incongruity made Sun Zhu think that this painting might not really be an antique, otherwise why would the principal tamper with it?

"The headmaster is not someone who can use common sense to speculate." Cedric shook his head, "I think if this is a gift he wants to give you, it should be something very useful."

"Well, I also believe that the principal would not give gifts to others casually, but why did he suddenly give me something?"

Bagman wiped the sweat from his palms, handed the handkerchief to his assistant, and looked at Sun Zhu and Cedric.

"The words on the lower right corner of the painting? Oh, I don't know about that." He recognized the little girl in front of him as the daughter of his most capable subordinate. "But I know Hufflepuffs won't lie. Take the painting while no one is paying attention."

"Ah, don't you need to verify it? Or, you can ask the principal first?" Sun Zhu was very surprised. "Besides, I can't just accept such a gift for no reason. I have to..."

"Don't ask me any more questions," Bagman sighed. "I already knew this painting was to be given away. If you don't take it, my mission tonight will be unfulfilled."

"Actually, I just wanted to ask..."

"Then my commission wouldn't be fully paid, you know what I mean?" Bagman continued.

He stuffed the contents of the painting bag into her arms and left in a hurry.

"It seems that we can only rely on ourselves to understand what the principal's deep meaning is." Sun Zhu pinched the bag in his hand, "But if Karina knew, she would definitely use her screams to blow off the roof of Malfoy Manor."