The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

"You can't imagine the pain I've been through in the past month. Zhu, even though I've been preparing for a long time, I still feel a little powerless. Just now, I was sure that my third attempt had also failed. However, I've only reached the first step. This really requires perseverance and luck."

Sun Zhu flipped through Fina's sloppy letter, feeling her confused and frustrated mood, and became nervous along with her.

"Mr. Lupin and Senior Tonks have guided me throughout the whole process, and have given me encouragement and help, but I am really worried that I will let them down. Bamboo, you know that I have already tried the leaves containing mandrake on the full moon night in May this year, and it was like a nightmare.

"It has a weird muddy smell, and it's a bit itchy and stinging in my mouth, but I was soon forced to get used to the feeling. But the scariest thing is that I can't talk too much while holding it in my mouth, and I have to be careful even when drinking water - you know how big the mandrake leaves are, and I'm afraid I'll spit it out or bite it if I move it a little. I have to be on my toes when I go to bed at night, for fear that I'll swallow it in my dreams. If I'm not careful, my saliva will flow out, and I'm so embarrassed that I simply don't go out, but even so, I still broke two leaves. The third time, which was a full moon night a month ago, I tried again. When I finally succeeded tonight, I failed again...

"I persisted for so long that I thought a year had passed, but I didn't expect that I would fail because of the weather. There is only one full moon night every month, but now it is windy and cloudy, just like my mood at the moment. I can't see the moon at all, and there is no way to let the mandrake bathe in the moonlight, so I have to start all over again."

Sun Zhu also frowned. It was indeed very windy last night. She closed the windows tightly and sent Yuanbao and Jade into the nest early. She was still congratulating herself for having gotten everything done, but she didn't expect how much torture Fina was suffering at that time.

"Mr. Lupin said he was busy and couldn't guide me, but my aunt and Tonks were by my side. Even so, I still couldn't do it. And the next step is a long way off. To be honest, I really began to admire those people who became Animagus 'Predators' in the fifth grade..."

The full moon night is also the night when Mr. Lupin transforms into a werewolf. He must avoid it. But I wonder if Senior Sister Tonks knows the inside story? The big black dog should tell her, right?

"Fortunately, school will start soon. In the most crucial fifth year, our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is the gentle and patient Mr. Lupin. Compared with that useless Lockhart, this is really the only thing that comforts me among so many terrible changes."

Sun Zhu thought of Lockhart who had now gone to St. Mungo's, and his mood improved.

Although it had always been her wish to have him stay in St. Mungo's and not come out to harm others, she had never taken the initiative to beat him up and throw him into St. Mungo's.

He thought that without the basilisk causing trouble, he might be able to escape. Unexpectedly, at the end of last semester, Lockhart still got into trouble.

And this matter actually has something to do with her.

Sun Zhu folded up Fina's letter and put it in his letter box, then took out a pen and paper to write something to comfort her.

Why not just write about the unfortunate Lockhart?

"Dear Fina, I know you must be very frustrated now, but please don't doubt your ability. You also know that this failure is purely bad luck, right? I also had this doubt when I was practicing the Patronus Charm a few months ago, but now you see, I can use it more smoothly than anyone else. Oh, by the way, speaking of bad luck, there are actually people who are much worse off than you, but I didn't tell you because I didn't want to disturb you a while ago.

"You still remember the diary I showed you and Carina, right? It can be seen as a prank prop based on the template of the young Voldemort. You should be aware of this. I gave it to the Weasleys' little sister, Ginny from Gryffindor. You know, Gryffindors love this kind of challenge. Unexpectedly, Ginny shared the magical diary that can talk to people with her roommates. They actually wrote on it together and 'chat' with the young version of Voldemort.

"The 'Voldemort' in the diary is arrogant, but also knowledgeable and a bit talkative. His memory is often confused, and sometimes he can't tell who is talking to him. But he can always talk back and persuade more and more girls to be willing to 'make friends' with him. Later, the first-year girls, and even a few boys, knew about it, and they all rushed to chat with the 'domineering senior' in the diary. Ginny was annoyed and started charging. 10 kopios could be rented for a day, and 10 knuts were enough to just say one word to him. She actually made a lot of money. Fred and the others kept praising her for being their sister.

"Ahem, I've strayed off topic, but I think you must have heard about it, because it caused quite a stir afterwards. However, at that time, none of us were interested in paying attention to the 'gossip' among the lower grades, so we all chose to ignore it. It was Neville who first mentioned it to me, because he saw an unconscious Lockhart at St. Mungo's, so I went to find out the whole story.

"As for how the diary 'involved' Lockhart, I can only say that it was both his bad luck and what he deserved. At that time, the diary was already an open secret among the first-year students. Some people liked to listen to his sharp tongue scolding people, some people liked to listen to anecdotes circulating in Hogwarts decades ago, and some people used him as a knowledge retrieval library and specifically asked some complex and excessive questions. Many people imagined his image and thought he was handsome and smart, and gradually looked down on their professors - mainly Lockhart, and then Professor Binns. Professor McGonagall was the first to realize that something was wrong with the students, and secretly asked several of them, but they were united and said nothing - I think this must be related to the diary's bewitching power. So Professor McGonagall questioned Lockhart and asked him to pay more attention to the students' condition and take more responsibility.

"Lockhart took full responsibility, saying that he would definitely find out what happened. As a result, a Ravenclaw looked down on him and said, "There is a senior who is smarter and more knowledgeable than you. I don't want to attend your class anymore." A Gryffindor laughed at him, saying that your stories are old-fashioned. It's better to listen to something interesting from Senior Sykes. A Hufflepuff said with disdain, "Ahem, you are old and narcissistic. I'm really tired of you. It's better for us to get along better with handsome and young seniors." Lockhart collapsed and had to find out who was the person who stole all his limelight.

"Later, it was discovered that the 'Senior Sykes' was not an ordinary carbon-based human, but a paper man. Ahem, I mean, a virtual universal 'boyfriend'. Lockhart didn't believe in the existence of such magic - of course he couldn't understand it, because he was uneducated and the only thing he knew was the forgetfulness spell. So he thought it was a collective prank by the senior boys. How could there be someone so perfect, so bewitching, not only knowing everything, but also more handsome than him? He must be a fake!

"So he belittled their 'male idol' in front of the first-years, and at the same time made things difficult for all the senior boys he suspected... Finally, after his last Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he was dragged to the Black Lake by someone and beaten up. Later, he fell into the Black Lake in a daze and was frightened into dementia by the magical creatures in it."