[HP] look at you

There were too many people at the station to speak, so Elton greeted Snape very politely, and sent him back to Prince Manor first.

His apparition is not yet castable without a staff.

Snape didn't let Irene come to pick him up. The situation was tense now, Prince Manor was already envied, and he was afraid that something unexpected would happen to her.

He doubted his mother's ability to protect herself.

Before Elton took Olivia away, Snape politely invited him and Evangeline to Prince Manor on Christmas Eve, and Elton said that he would discuss with Evangeline when he went back.

Snape felt that his eyes were clearly saying that he would lock Orpington Manor, swallow the key, and even an owl would not be able to fly out!

Olivia had a cute face, winked at Elton when he was not paying attention, and blew a kiss secretly.

Snape's expression almost froze.

After watching the two leave, Snape turned to look at Irene with complicated eyes.

"You...are dating Olivia?"

"...Yes, how do you know?"

"Madame Ivan said."

"..."

Irene saw Snape shifting his gaze uncomfortably, as if embarrassed or embarrassed, this rare embarrassment shown in front of her made him no longer look like a precocious adult, but a young man with a fledgling love affair.

Her heart softened, and all the thoughts of resistance disappeared.

Irene sighed: "Well, if you really want to change your surname to Orpington, I won't stop it. After all, you treat your father..."

Snape: "???"

What kind of fast-jumping topic is this?

He immediately came up with three consecutive denials, "Don't listen to Mrs. Evangeline, there is no such thing..."

Pausing, remembering that Olivia's attitude seemed unclear when Evangeline was talking about it last time, Snape, who was not sure what she was thinking, hesitated, "...it's too early to say this now."

If she really wanted to, he wouldn't be able to accept it at all... What the hell is he thinking!

"How are the Christmas dinner preparations going?" Snape changed the subject abruptly.

Seeing her son's face change several times, Irene fully realized the fact that he was fascinated by that little girl from the Orpington family.

Back at Orpington Manor, Olivia flipped through the ledger calmly under Elton's hesitant expression, asking about the recent business situation.

"It seems that many houses in London have been rented out?"

"Yes, Muggles say that the economy seems to be in a bad mood recently. It seems to be called...inflation? The same is true in the United States, so housing prices have dropped a lot."

Olivia searched her memory, oh, the world economic crisis in 73.

"Then let's buy a few more houses." This is a great time to grab capitalism's wool! "By the way, we can donate more money to the children's welfare home this year."

Although she never understood why Olivia paid special attention to Muggles, the dedicated butler had no objection to her decision.

The two exchanged for a while the investment development plan for the next stage.

"The actions of the Death Eaters are becoming more and more frequent, and the funds of the dumbfounded department store can be gradually withdrawn, and there is no need to develop new projects for the time being." Olivia tapped her fingertips on the desktop, thinking while saying, "Wait two more years, most of the counters in the store can be closed, leaving some irrelevant ones for information collection.”

She wanted to prevent the Death Eaters from going to the store to cause trouble. It was okay to destroy the business, but it was not okay to injure the teller inside.

"Before, the traffic was inconvenient. Now that I'm going to Ilvermorny, you can go to the United States to open another branch, and then stay in most of the time." She continued.

"I'll go too?" Elton hesitated, "Tiantian is still too young... Wouldn't it be inconsiderate to entrust Orpington Manor to her for maintenance?"

Olivia knew that he just didn't want to stay in this place where he had spent his whole life, but she was also worried about leaving such an important family member in this place of right and wrong.

There is no ending to an old man named Elton in the novel.

She smiled and said, "Oh, then you can rest assured that Severus and I are in the United States?"

How can you rest assured!

Elton made a decision in an instant, "Then I will take care of everything before the end of your semester."

After dismissing Elton who completely forgot to ask about the situation that day, Evangeline appeared in the study.

She seemed to have just woken up, covering a lazy and charming yawn with a small lace fan.

"Elton, boy, is still so easy to fool at such an age."

"Of course it's because he loves me." Olivia stood up and stretched.

Unable to bear to look directly at her indecent posture, Evangeline moved the fan to her eyes and looked at her through the fan bone.

"What about you? Really like that little guy?"

Although she had been fanning the flames by the side, but it really happened, and she felt that it was a pity that her cabbage was being pushed like this, so she couldn't help but provoke it.

"Not as handsome and charming as Donan, nor as gentle and affectionate as Alan. The Prince Manor that I finally picked up has not declined a lot, and there is no one to help at home. The only commendable talent , it’s not worth paying yourself.”

Evangeline completely forgot how she had promoted Snape to Olivia before, belittling him into a worthless slow-selling product in a harsh tone.

Olivia has always had a good temper with Evangeline—you can't try to change a person who has been frozen in time—she said softly: "Ivan, you married Alan because he has the ability to let you Approved value?"

Evangeline fumbled for a moment, put the fan away and opened it again.

"of course not."

"so?"

"Well, because I love him, no, because he loves me!" Evangeline feigned impatience.

Olivia smiled, "I'm not sure whether we will definitely get married in the future, but if there is a day, it must be because we love each other just like you."

Evangeline snorted, whispered, "You're a big kid, what do you know about love?" Then she resumed her seriousness and said, "You guys are going to Ilvermorny, what should Mrs. Snape do?"

Olivia had an idea in her mind, but she still said, "I will discuss it with Severus and let him decide."

Evangeline silently decided to intensify the brainwashing of Irene for the sake of family harmony of her great-granddaughter.

On Christmas Eve, Olivia and Elton timed their way to Prince Manor—and, of course, the portrait of Evangeline dressed up, slipping past the frame herself.

Snape and Irene stood at the door to greet them.

Snape was wearing formal attire, a white turtleneck shirt with a silver collar button instead of a tie, a black long-breasted suit and a woolen coat of the same color.

The whole person looks energetic and dignified, a bit like an heir to a manor.

Snape's eyes lit up when he saw Olivia.

She was forced to wear a Victorian dress by Evangeline today—the waist was almost cut off.

Evangeline was also very shocked, "Merlin, why is your waist so thick! Do you eat supper every day at school? My waist was thinner than yours when I was 50 years old."

Olivia: "..."

She smiled kindly, "That's because my breasts are bigger than yours."

Evangeline: "...Sweet! Kill me!"

The champagne gold dress with a bump is stretched out, the chest, cuffs and waist are tied with red bow ribbons, the neckline is slightly low, a ruby ​​​​necklace is hung on the chest, the sleeves are translucent muslin, and white silk is worn on the hands Half sleeve gloves.Her hair is tied up with a bow of the same color as the dress.

Evangeline spent countless efforts to make the shape, which can be said to be both dignified and gorgeous, luxurious and gentle.

Of course, what she said was that she should not only capture the hearts of men, but also frighten the hearts of women.

Olivia: ...All right, it's just a little cold.

The two sides exchanged face-to-face kisses and polite greetings, and Olivia also gave a guest gift, and the four of them entered the manor together.

Prince Manor has changed a lot since last time.

All the weeds have been removed, the goblins have been driven away, the flowers planted in the garden are kept in full bloom under the magic spell, and every pebble in the fountain is extremely clean.

The manor was not decorated too fancy for Christmas - something that was not traditional in the Princes family.

Eileen explains it this way.

So the only thing that can show the Christmas spirit in the manor is the basic Christmas tree, holly and mistletoe.

As expected, the Prince family has no sentimentality in the same strain.Olivia thought to herself.

The inside of the hall is still very grand, with countless candles hanging high on the roof, the tapestry with gold and silver threads shining finely, the room is filled with the luxury smell of rare spices, and a harp automatically plays beautiful music, every day Each note will slide through the air, turning into golden fine powder scattered.

Obviously it took a lot of thought.

Olivia and Snape whispered, "You're so handsome today." There was a feeling of abstinence poking at her.

The two got very close, Snape smelled the faint fragrance on her body, his eyes swept over the collarbone decorated with the ruby ​​necklace, he didn't dare to look down any more, his eyes looked straight ahead.

"Thank you, and you're very pretty too—always."

Olivia nodded happily, "The manor is well furnished, it seems that Barney is quite useful."

"He's more enthusiastic about this dinner party than he is about us." He suspected that Barney took out the treasure house of Prince Manor on his own initiative, after all, he knew more about Prince Manor than he and Irene.

"He may be too eager to restore Prince's estate to its former glory."

"I think that's just one of the reasons."

"Ok?"

"He may... want to please you."

Olivia smiled knowingly, "It seems that I left a shadow on him last time."

No.

Snape thought of Barney's eyes lighting up like light bulbs after hearing his conversation with Irene.

"Is that Miss Orpington going to be the next mistress of Prince Manor? Oh, that would be so fitting! An untainted surname, a noble lady of pure blood, Prince Manor is better than a half-blood The heir with a foreign surname needs this even more."

For his praise of Olivia, Snape didn't bother to punish him for dancing with mandrakes in the greenhouse.

The author has something to say:

Today's update is late, and it's too tiring to take care of the children.

Taking care of children can make people feel irritable, depressed, and decadent. It can wipe out people's will and inspiration, and can make people lose their freedom and self.

Choose your fertility carefully.