The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

"That shouldn't be the case, Ah Zhu. I've seen your transcript from last semester. With this foundation, after a month of practice, this shouldn't be the result."

Sun Zhengxing looked at the blurry light, rubbed his chin, and shook his head: "Although it is a defensive spell that can take effect in an instant, it also requires you to have sufficient magic power, be proficient in the use of spells, and have a stable mental strength... Ah Zhu, do you have any guesses about the problem?"

"Maybe I'm just not calm enough. Does this require understanding? Am I worrying too much?"

"No, on the contrary. After eliminating the reason of your own insufficient foundation, I can be sure... all this is because your life is going smoothly, without major setbacks, and no unavoidable losses. Therefore, you cannot compare the preciousness of 'happiness', and that's why there has been no progress." Sun Zhengxing came to the conclusion directly.

Seeing that she didn't seem to react, he continued to explain: "Don't always doubt your abilities. Many things in the magic world are completely unreasonable. It doesn't even believe in the principle of 'hard work will be rewarded'. Some people can easily master skills that others can't get even if they work hard. There are natural Legilimency and natural Metamorphmagus... Haven't you heard of them?"

"Then what should I do? I can't sacrifice anything just to learn a spell, right?" Sun Zhu had an even bigger headache. "Wait, Dad, tell me, how did you learn it back then? What did you lose that made you realize the preciousness of happiness?"

"Oh." Sun Zhengxing recalled for a moment, then waved his hand, "It should be because I didn't get first place in the grade that semester."

…Should I say that she is worthy of being called Ravenclaw?

"Once you succeed once, under the same external conditions, it will be much easier to summon the guardian again. Ah Zhu, I will teach you a method that will allow you to succeed quickly."

"Really?" Sun Zhu's eyes lit up. "Is there a quick way to do this?"

"Haha, go tell that kid Diggory that we can just be ordinary friends from now on. Just like you told me a long time ago, I guarantee that you will make great progress in your studies in no time."

"..."Sun Zhu simply sat on the floor and looked at him with an embarrassed look.

Sun Zhengxing still smiled. He looked at his daughter for a while and suddenly said, "Do you know why your mother and I have never contacted each other in these years?"

"The topic changed so quickly." Sun Zhu sat cross-legged on the sofa. He wanted to bring Sun Yuanbao over to listen together, but then he remembered that guy was almost becoming Newt's cat. He could only support his chin and look at his father by himself.

"Because I had a big fight with her that year and decided not to have any contact with her anymore." He continued without any burden, "I said, if I don't take you back to England, you won't be able to survive in China if your magic goes haywire. At that time, there were no public magic schools in China. There were only some secluded wizards and monks, but there was no group that could help each other cover their tracks. And I was completely unfamiliar with the place and couldn't guarantee your material conditions, so I had to bring you back."

Sun Zhu said "hmm" softly. His father continued to stare at a certain place, as if he was recalling the details of their quarrel that year.

"She said I was arrogant and ignorant, conceited and self-deprecating, that I didn't respect her at all and was irresponsible to you. She said that I hadn't experienced the pain of childbirth and couldn't empathize with you and devote my heart and soul to you. She said that I had a lot of reasons, but they were all excuses to avoid the issue." He twirled the wand in his hand. "In fact, she was right."

"Then why can't you guys be together..." Sun Zhu felt that her question was a bit stupid, but she still couldn't help but ask.

"She had her own responsibilities to shoulder. She couldn't just leave them behind like that. In fact, it was indeed my fault. At that time, your grandparents suddenly fell ill. I was originally working at the International Magical Cooperation Department branch in HK and was expected to stay there for at least five years. But who could have thought... So I asked her if she was willing to go back with me, and of course she was very angry."

"You went back on your word, didn't you? You originally agreed to stay there, but because of grandpa and grandma... Anyway, you left and took me with you." Sun Zhu said calmly: "Have you ever gone back to look for mom in these years?"

"No, I was indeed avoiding it. Apart from taking care of you, I was numbing myself with the work at the Ministry of Magic. She was also a straightforward person and didn't like people who had already cut ties with her to bother her. But she said that if anything happened to you in my hands, she would come across half the world to kill me." He smiled, "When your grandparents fell ill and died, you were less than one year old and had only been in England for less than a month. But I'm sure you are a child with magical talent, because when I took you across the ocean, you didn't feel uncomfortable at all and adapted very well."

At that time, she must have been "taken care of" by Tongzi, but her father just didn't know it.

"Then, you held me up all by yourself for so many years out of guilt towards me and my mother? When you found out that I didn't have any magical riots at all, did you regret it?"

"Haha, Ah Zhu, Daddy is not the kind of person who would waste time on meaningless things like regrets, and I never doubt my own judgment." He reached out and rubbed her hair. "I told you so much because I wanted to tell you that although your mother didn't accompany you to grow up, it was mainly my fault. I hesitated and avoided, and was greedy and wanted everything. When you grow up, you can go to your mother and apologize for Daddy again."

"I've never blamed Mom, and I don't want her to lose her own life because of me." She hugged her knees, "Of course I don't blame you, because I'm fine now. If you don't regret your original choice, I'll be completely relieved. And I don't think Mom is the kind of person who cares, otherwise she wouldn't let you take me away. If she still hated you, she wouldn't send me anything. Dad, you have been insisting on not moving, is it because this is the only address Mom knows?"

"I guess so." He nodded, and then said: "So Ah Zhu, don't think you can't do it. It's just a spell. The more you are afraid of difficulties, the harder it will be to overcome it. Think about what you really yearn for, think about your mother, and feel full of strength, right?"

Sun Zhu looked at the little raccoon and couldn't help laughing: "You went through so much trouble just to talk about this? Dad, don't you know that I have never lacked the 'power of love'?"