HP: I just wanted to drop out of school, but I saved the world

Although Ron, who was happily sentenced to double detention, lamented his bad luck, there was another person who was even angrier than him.

——That was his brother Percy Weasley.

He was as ashamed now as he had been proud to take Mr Crouch's place at the Yule Ball.

He rushed over and learned from the professor what his younger brother and sister had done. He covered his face with his gown and lowered his head, wishing he could ram his head into the ground and die in front of Jian Yu.

"That's ridiculous!" he shouted. "Not long ago, Mom was still upset about your fight, and now you actually - actually -"

Perhaps it is because too many lice do not itch, and too many debts do not worry -

Fred and George didn't even think it was a big deal that Filch was detained for a year. The two detention professionals said sarcastically:

"That's wonderful, future Minister. We are honored to receive your condescending concern for us--"

"You are busy with official duties, so I think we can't continue to disturb you to write your Crucible Report--"

Percy's face turned pink, and he lowered his head and finally stopped talking when he received Jian Yu's gaze:

"I...I apologize for what they did, for not being able to discipline them-"

After receiving Jian Yu's forgiveness, he breathed a sigh of relief and the two started chatting.

"Come to think of it, I haven't even congratulated you on successfully passing your first project yet. I heard that the Fire Dragon Research and Restriction Bureau is so excited that they want to send you an invitation as soon as you graduate."

This time, he brought up something that was not relevant to him. This time, he touched on Jian Yu's sore spot.

Why is it so difficult to withdraw from a competition?

"It's not worth mentioning." She closed her eyes in pain and forced herself to change the subject. "Did you come to the ball alone? Why didn't Mr. Crouch attend?"

This topic really made Percy talkative, and the shame on his face slowly faded away:

"I got promoted, thanks to your help. Suddenly I became very busy, with a lot of documents and things to deal with-"

"Like attending the ball this time, unfortunately Mr. Crouch is not feeling well. You know, the work is too hard, so he asked me to come on his behalf."

Jian Yu nodded in understanding and extended his sincere congratulations:

"Congratulations on your promotion. You must have worked really hard for your job."

Percy's face turned pink again. He fiddled with the hem of his robe nervously, looking a little embarrassed, and said:

"Ah, that's nothing. Thanks to the report you gave me last time, the proposal for product standardization is very popular in the ministry."

"The department is still discussing the establishment of a market supervision and administration office. This may give us a few more positions, but I'm afraid the department will feel that there are too many people in our department and it's not balanced enough - the relationships within the department are also very complicated -"

Ron, who was watching the two of them blowing each other off in amazement, muttered softly:

"Very welcome, but Crouch still calls him Weatherby."

The Weasleys chuckled and began calling each other "Fred Weatherby", "George Weatherby", "Ginny Weatherby", "Ron Weatherby"...

Percy pointed a trembling finger at his siblings and shouted:

"You-you-you-are just a name! Why don't you go back to the tower and sleep?"

Feeling that he had lost face in front of Jian Yu, he quickly drove away his younger brother and sister.

Without the Weatherbys who were trying to sabotage him, he heaved a sigh of relief and turned to her:

"The guidance document on product standardization has been submitted to Minister Fudge, who will organize a meeting to discuss whether to adopt it."

He quickly revealed his worries. He frowned, originally happy about his promotion.

"It's just that Mr. Crouch fell ill at this critical moment. Without him, there's no one to push this matter forward—"

"Then there will be the Christmas holidays. It won't be until January. I don't know if he will come to work. Given the low efficiency of the department - ah -"

Jian Yu listened to his troubles for a while, then asked:

"What's wrong with Mr. Crouch? Is he going to work from home?"

"I don't know." Percy shook his head and continued to sigh, "He sent instructions in letters, and I followed them, that's all."

"It's just a big matter like product standardization that I have to report to the higher authorities. After all, I can't influence the department's decision - sigh -"

Jian Yu secretly sighed at Percy's emotional intelligence.

The ways of the world are universal. How can you not even understand your boss's health condition?

Give him some attention, maybe Mr. Crouch has other ideas about these plans?

"You can pay more attention to Mr. Crouch." She suggested, "You also know that the elf named Winky has been released. Besides, he has no family and can only interact with his superiors and colleagues at work. In this situation, he must feel very uncomfortable-"

Percy nodded, as if he suddenly understood, and looked a little embarrassed:

"That makes sense... ahem... to be honest, I really don't want to hear him call me Weatherby anymore."

"Getting on good terms with the boss... Indeed... These are all connections within the department..."

Jian Yu controlled herself from laughing out loud:

"Since you have such ambitions, you should have something in common with Mr. Crouch. Why don't you go visit him?"

Percy's eyes lit up, and he quickly looked through his schedule:

"Excellent suggestion! Let me check my calendar—"

Having made up his mind, he soon became anxious again and asked softly:

"But if I go to visit the patient alone, won't it seem too flattering?"

"After all, there are so many people in the ministry. If people knew about the rumors, what would they say?"

Jian Yu pondered for a moment and felt that what he said made sense:

"Maybe you can organize the people in the department to go together. After all, everyone respects him very much--"

"Mr. Crouch has devoted his entire life to the Ministry of Magic. Now that he is sick at home, shouldn't the Ministry send someone to show their concern?"

Percy's eyes almost lit up like stars, and he almost applauded her!

"Yes! Yes!" he sighed, "If I were Mr. Crouch, I would be heartbroken after giving so much to the Ministry of Magic but no one cared!"

"I can organize people from our Department of International Magical Cooperation to go visit him together! I think people from other departments will be happy to join us!"

Percy left with many thanks, looking very ambitious and ready to do something great with Mr. Crouch.

But what neither Jian Yu nor he had expected was that Percy's ambition would directly uncover a shocking secret.