The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

The kitchen was not far from the Hufflepuff common room. Sun Zhu carried a bag of food and glanced hesitantly at Cedric who was knocking on a wooden barrel.

The passage leading to the lounge was quickly opened. Sun Zhu motioned Cedric to go first, and then she followed him, crawling slowly inside.

When she was almost at the exit, she tried to land with difficulty, but a piece of pudding fell out of her pocket and landed right at her feet.

Sun Zhu was caught off guard and stepped on it. The soft and slippery pudding almost made her come into close contact with the floor of the lounge. Fortunately, Cedric was quick to pull her up.

"Thank you..." Sun Zhu looked at the pudding that she had stepped on with some embarrassment. She swore that she really didn't mean to waste food!

Cedric's voice came with a smile: "Fortunately, the elf can't see this."

Sun Zhu looked at Cedric, who seemed very happy, with some embarrassment. His face darkened, and he took out his wand and used it to clean up the pudding residue, pretending that nothing had happened.

"You seem to be in a good mood today. Did the training of the academy team go well?"

"The seniors are all very nice. Quidditch is really an interesting sport." Cedric said with emotion: "I also saw the Gryffindor team at the training ground today. Their Seeker Charlie is very good."

Sun Zhu nodded. Charlie was indeed a great player certified by the original work.

"Are you feeling stressed because of this?" Sun Zhu guessed, "How does Senior Sister Cecilia compare to Charlie?"

"Pressure? Not really. I just envy his strength." Cedric said frankly, "After all, it is Senior Cecilia who needs to face him now. Senior Cecilia may be less strategic than Charlie. Senior Cecilia is not good at using fake moves to confuse the opponent."

Sun Zhu nodded. Senior Cecilia was more direct and didn't play tricks.

"The future Hufflepuff Seeker depends on you. Try your best to surpass Charlie." Sun Zhu thought about it and started to take things out of his pocket. His pockets, which were bulging with money stuffed by Meng Qi, finally lightened some of the burden.

"These are for you. There are too many. I can't eat them all. I can't let them go to waste." She stuffed the food into Cedric's arms. "Come to think of it, I remember Karina and Fina also came to watch you train. Why didn't I see them just now?"

Cedric was stunned for a moment while holding a pile of food, and then he reacted: "They came, but later Delphine seemed a little uncomfortable, so Karina took her back to rest. I don't know the details... I didn't pay much attention to other people."

"Fina is not feeling well?" Sun Zhu was a little worried. "I have to go back and check the situation... Then, see you later?"

"Well, good night." Cedric nodded.

"You too, good night." Sun Zhu was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something and looked back at Cedric who was still there.

"Is there anything else you want?" Cedric asked.

"I..." Sun Zhu hesitated, but still said: "Do you still remember something, well, it was something I gave you more than a year ago. A small blue purse with a note with symbols on it..."

Sun Zhu was a little embarrassed. She had almost forgotten about the intermediate defense charm she exchanged from the system. But recently, in order to find a proper way to dispose of the crown, she considered using the charms in the system store. Unfortunately, the system said that the charms could not work on inanimate objects. Even if they were used to suppress Voldemort's soul fragments, their effectiveness would be greatly reduced. She had no choice but to give up this method.

But Sun Zhu remembered the defensive charm she had given to Cedric. She had given it to him out of concern for him. After all, it was her first time accepting a rescue mission from the system. She felt distressed when she thought about the possible ending of such a good boy. If she could give more life-saving charms, she would not be stingy.

However, she never explained to him the specific use of this thing. After all, it looked ordinary on the outside. If she said that the paper inside could be used to block black magic attacks, she didn't know how many people would believe it.

Cedric looked surprised, as if he didn't expect her to bring this up.

"Well, I just suddenly thought of it. It doesn't matter if you forget or lose it, but..." Sun Zhu quickly added: "It still has some special uses. I may have to give you some in the future..."

"Are you talking about this?" Cedric took out the dark blue purse with golden bamboo patterns from somewhere. Seeing that she looked even more surprised than him, he couldn't help laughing and said, "You are so surprised, do you think I have thrown it away?"

"That's not the case..." Sun Zhu shook his head and said, "I just didn't expect you to still carry it with you..."

"Oh, you told me it was a talisman. The pattern and words on it all belong to China. Don't Chinese talismans need to be carried with us?" Cedric looked at her with confusion in his eyes. "Did I do something wrong?"

"No, you did...very well, very correctly." Sun Zhu didn't know why, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed to look him in the eye. "Well, if that's the case, then I don't need to say anything more. Remember to keep it. And...well, I have to go back. Goodbye."

"Zhu, please wait a moment." Cedric walked a few steps closer and said, "We will continue to practice Quidditch tomorrow. Will you come and watch?"

"Tomorrow?" Sun Zhu raised his head slightly. "Tomorrow I might..."

Tomorrow she planned to go to the Ravenclaw common room to check out the situation, although there was no rush for this matter...

"If you have other plans, that's fine." Cedric lowered his head, his light gray eyes reflecting the warm yellow light of the lounge, looking quiet and gentle.

"I don't have anything important to do. Are you training this afternoon? If you don't mind disturbing me, I'll come a little later." She suddenly felt that she could go to the Ravenclaw common room in the morning and watch them train in the afternoon. It was completely in time. "But do you and James need to go on stage right now? I thought first-years could only watch at best."

"That's the theory, but Captain Field said that training won't be effective just by watching, and he hopes that we can take turns to have actual training. James played a friendly match against the Gryffindor team during the day today." Cedric smiled and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, I will also need to play a friendly match with other college teams tomorrow. Oh, I feel a little nervous all of a sudden."

"It's just a friendly match, don't be nervous." Sun Zhu waved his hand and said, "No matter what the result is, Hufflepuff is always number one in my mind."

"I'm not nervous because I'm worried about losing." Cedric shook his head gently: "Anyway... it's getting late, I'll take you home."

Sun Zhu nodded and followed him towards the girls' dormitory. It was only a one-minute walk from the lounge to the dormitory, and they soon stopped at the door.

"Well, see you tomorrow." Sun Zhu nodded to him.

"Good night, see you tomorrow." Cedric smiled and said, "This is the second time I say 'good night' to you today."