The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

With a lot on her mind, Sun Zhu arranged her daily schedule in the library. The end of the semester was also difficult to deal with, but it could be said that this was all her own fault.

She had to take all the exams except Trelawney's Divination, and also had to take care of a lot of other things.

What she should learn most is the art of clones. She can use one to study, another to play Quidditch, another to save the world, and the last one to bully Ced to pass the time.

Unfortunately, neither magic nor Tongzi's shop could satisfy her wish.

She rubbed her swollen eyes and began to use the learning tools she had exchanged with Tongzi to look at arithmetic divination and runic notes.

Her father and the leader took a two-pronged approach, but it still made her feel miserable.

A brown head poked its head over and also looked at her book and notes for a long time. Sun Zhu did not move, but continued to flip through the book and underline it quickly until she heard a sigh in her ears.

Sun Zhu picked up the cup of water, took a sip of coffee, and looked at the little witch beside him.

"What's wrong, Hermione?"

"Am I disturbing your studies?" Hermione asked in a low voice while holding a booklet.

"No, I'm just tired too." Sun Zhu pressed his temple. "I haven't seen you for a while. How have you been lately?"

"We're fine!" Hermione seemed to have come here to say this on purpose. "I mentioned to you that Sirius gave Harry something, and Harry carried it with him every day. Sure enough, he no longer complained about pain in his scar or heard any strange noises. Bamboo, you know, we encountered some terrible things last semester, and Harry was restless this semester, often telling us that the You-Know-Who would be back soon. But I haven't heard him mention it recently."

Sun Zhu nodded. She knew that the three children still had some uncertain impressions of Voldemort. Even though Harry had seen Voldemort possessed Quirrell, he didn't know if that guy would really come back to harm him. Neither Dumbledore nor Sirius had mentioned this clearly. So Hermione and Ron were naturally not very sure about this matter.

After all, they are only in the second grade, Sun Zhu thought. Even if there are responsibilities that cannot be avoided, there is no need to be so anxious.

"That's good. It looks like you won't be in any danger this semester like you were last semester."

"But I'm still worried about the students who were hurt by the basilisk. Do we have a chance to go see them?"

"Wait until the Easter holiday." Sun Zhu said, "We can go to St. Mungo's together. They are all there."

"Great!" Hermione whispered, "Ron told me that it was because his two brothers were always out at night, which made the prefects very worried, that Penelope, the head girl of Ravenclaw, got into trouble, and Percy has completely broken off with them. Penelope is a very nice person. I often ran into her when I was reading here before. She taught me a lot. I want to go and see how she is doing."

Sun Zhu remembered that Penelope fainted in the Herbology class due to excessive fatigue half a month ago. Madam Pomfrey and Professor Sprout agreed that she should rest. So within two days, she was "attacked" by a basilisk during a night patrol and had to live in St. Mungo's.

The twins who happened to be nearby that day became the main targets of condemnation. Their skateboards were confiscated by Filch. It was said that Filch had wanted to do this for a long time and this time he finally found the opportunity.

Percy scolded them severely, and they rarely talked back and were quiet for a while.

Sun Zhu touched Hermione's head and said, "Don't worry. I heard that the work of the prefect is also very hard. It's a good opportunity for Senior Penelope to take a break. Let's meet at Diagon Alley during the Easter holiday next week. I will take you to St. Mungo's then?"

"That's great, Zhu. Sometimes I don't know what to do without you." Hermione rested her chin on the table and tilted her head to look at her. "And the time with Harry... you didn't care about his attitude towards you at all, and you continued to help him. Even I might not be able to do that."

Sun Zhu rubbed his face awkwardly: "Haha, we are all friends, this is nothing."

"Zhu, let me tell you, I had a chat with Dobby, whom Harry knew a while ago. Did you know that..."

Hermione was both angry and conflicted, and her words were chattering like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

"Dobby has worked for the Malfoy family for decades without a day's rest or a penny of pay. And Ron said that this is normal, all house-elves are like this! I remember the other elves you and I saw in the kitchen before..."

"Fortunately, Harry's godfather saved him, so Dobby didn't have to be so miserable and helpless. By the way, Bamboo, Dobby admitted to me that he said bad things about you in front of Harry and broke the gift you gave Harry. And all this was instigated by Malfoy. Harry has always wanted to apologize to you, but he was afraid of disturbing you."

Sun Zhu smiled awkwardly. For the first time, he felt a little sorry for the Malfoy father and son.

We can’t just put all the blame on them just because they are “villains”, right?

Previously, Sirius asked Dumbledore to convey his apologies, saying that he would make things right for her with Harry, and he also took away Dobby and the dragon scale given to her.

She didn't think much about it at the time, she just thought Sirius would be more cautious about Harry's affairs. Not long after, she saw Neville handing her a letter on behalf of Hermione.

It said that she had learned the whole truth from Sirius. Unexpectedly, Dobby actually took advantage of Harry and Sirius' absence to steal Harry's storage safe. Fortunately, Sirius found out in time, and he noticed that Dobby wanted to secretly take something from the locker because it was a treasure that could restrain the basilisk. Although it had been in Harry's hands for a long time, Harry didn't know its function. The basilisk could sense its nemesis, so Lucius forced Dobby to steal it, but fortunately he failed.

"Sirius found Dobby who was making trouble, but he didn't punish him. Instead, he repaid evil with kindness and found a way to rescue him from Lucius. Dobby realized his mistake and followed Sirius from then on. He no longer did bad things for Malfoy and confessed many things.

"Sirius didn't believe Dobby at first, but after hearing about Harry's abnormality from you, he decided to give this treasure to Harry for a try, and the situation really improved.

"Bamboo, I just realized that you were also wronged because of this, but you don't hold any resentment. You and Sirius are both very good people. I will tell Harry everything!"

Sun Zhu still remembered the end of the letter. The little witch was so moved, but she felt extremely guilty.

How should I put it? When it comes to lying, blaming others and flattering herself, she still has a lot to learn compared to Sirius.

As for Lucius, the biggest wronged person, no one cared whether he was wronged or not, and it was even more impossible to confront him and listen to his explanation. However, Dobby, the best actor, spared no effort to follow the instructions, and looked like he had turned over a new leaf and made amends for his past mistakes. He would bang his head and apologize at every turn, which made Harry, who had suffered for months in vain, speechless.

"It's okay, I don't blame him." She looked at the ceiling of the library and said sincerely, "I'm not angry, and Harry doesn't need to apologize, really. We Hufflepuffs are not the kind of people who hold grudges."