the Gambler

Harry could clearly see the surprised expressions on Draco's and Bryce's faces, and if he wasn't equally surprised, he would probably be laughing now.

Very well, it seemed that there was no room for explanation. He stared fiercely at Tom below, with a frivolous smile on his face, and gently pinched his butt with restless hands.Harry jumped up, and before he could stand still, he screamed and was dragged back again by Slytherin. This time, he sat on a sensitive part, so he had to be petrified, his body stiffened and motionless .

"Um, good day." Harry hesitantly greeted, and Draco and Bryce raised their eyebrows at the same time.He very carelessly lifted up a small piece of the instigator's skin, and turned around again carelessly.Oh, Tom's right eyelid twitched, and in retaliation he reached out and moved Harry to his stomach.The shape of the sex//organ seems to be more pronounced.Harry's face couldn't be hotter, maybe it could be used to bake a pancake or something, and he should get up, but the inevitable friction is the last thing he needs right now.

"Actually, it's not what you see—" Harry stammered.

"Oh?" Bryce was amused, as he had previously stated in the Slytherin lounge, Harry was indeed a pretty boy, especially when he was with Riddle, not to mention the veracity of the rumors , if the two of them are really lovers, they will definitely be a hot couple.Salazar, he's hard.

Draco cleared his throat vigorously, barely suppressed the blood on his face, and said as calmly as possible: "Professor Slughorn also invited us to the Slug Club, so I plan to come and walk with you. Outside The door is open," he fiddled with his tie in embarrassment without looking up, "I didn't expect to disturb you, please continue—"

"Continue to be a ghost!" Harry finally couldn't hold back and yelled out, no matter what his physical problems, if he keeps this posture, who knows what will happen to the headlines of the "Daily Prophet" tomorrow!He'd bet the news would get out, and that nasty Rita Skeeter would laugh like hell!

Tom raised his head and showed his slender and beautiful neck, and the chuckle that emerged from his throat made Harry feel underestimated.He lunged forward and kicked the defenseless Tom out of the bed without letting go of the hands around his waist, and he himself was rolled into a ball on the carpet.Tom giggled and let go of his hands in a gesture of surrender under Harry's gloomy gaze. The latter got up quickly and did not forget to send a sneer.

"Do something!"

"I'm sorry I don't quite understand what you mean." Tom chuckled, and Harry, who was ashamed and angry, looked very delicious.

Harry took a few deep breaths, opening his lungs again until the cool air entered and calmed the heightened emotion.He pointed at the two Slytherins leaning on the door frame watching the show, turned his head and said, "Shut up the two of them and don't tell what you saw today!"

"Oh, but I don't have that right," Tom spread his palms. "Freedom of speech, you know."

"I'm out of my mind to believe you!" Harry pulled out his wand, he should have thought of how brazen Tom was, ha!He licked his lips and narrowed his eyes maliciously, "If I don't tell them to shut up, I'll forget about it!"

Tom tilted his head in a 'please' gesture.

"Hey! Aren't we the ones who were cast with the Forgetting Curse?" Bryce raised half of his eyebrows with an aggrieved expression, "Why don't you ask our opinion first?"

"Don't be funny, in the eyes of Gryffindor, even if Slytherin is cast with a dozen curses, it's no big deal." Draco covered his heart with a heartbroken look, "There is no love from classmates at all, oh, I My heart seemed to be soaked in Professor Snape's tranquilizer, and even stopped beating. This world is so cruel."

"Yeah, Draco, even the famous sage Potter took the lead in bullying poor us," Bryce continued to act cooperatively, "The Oblivion Curse! If any step is wrong, I will become a fool." , I don’t know how many girls will cover their faces and cry—”

"I was wrong! Can't I be wrong?" Harry snorted angrily, "Stop those stupid acts!"

"Although I think this is very interesting, it is indeed time to get ready to go." Tom got up gracefully, tidied up his messy clothes, and took the lead to walk out the door. Harry reluctantly followed behind, passing by Draco and Bray He even rolled his big eyes when he spoke.

"Think about the good things. If you come to the Slug Club now, you can escape Christmas. That party is the worst, and there will be a lot more people." Tom said with a charming smile His tone was lifeless. He had never liked Christmas, let alone attended Slughorn's ball that day. "Patience, dear, he's going to start his speech."

Slughorn stood in the front open space with a huge beer belly, holding a bottle of mellow plum wine in his left hand.The wizard had the brightest smile Harry had ever seen, and it made his chubby cheeks huddled together in a ridiculous way.Every time a famous person was introduced, there would be warm applause, and then the smile on his face became more and more obvious, and Harry even suspected that if he grinned a little more, it would reach the tip of his ears.

This kind of long speech made him feel irritable, and even though he had endured more boring conversations than this, Harry still couldn't control his emotions.To make matters worse, he was surrounded by a large group of winking witches. As long as the words he uttered, no matter how boring, they would make false laughter in coordination.

Slughorn went on and on about how famous his former pupils were, and he glanced at Tom, whose acting skills were sky-high if Harry hadn't felt the same gloomy mood coming from the link. Come here, he will also be deceived by the boy's perfect mask.Even so, he was uncomfortable, and Harry frowned at Tom, who was bending over to speak in the ear of the famous witch whose name Merlin knew, brushing the back of the woman's hand with his finger, teasing him with sweetness smile.

This made him even more irritable, and there was a huge beast roaring in his body, trying to tear the witch's face.

Suppressing his violent emotions, Harry managed to get rid of the girls around him, and squeezed to the nearest long table. Romilda gave him a frivolous smile, and handed him a bottle of Flame Whiskey. Very tempting.

"If I were you, I wouldn't drink it." Hermione's equally dull voice came slowly, and Harry turned to meet the witch's gloomy face.

"what?"

"I saw Romilda add something to it just now." Hermione gave the surprised Romila a hard look, and the latter shook her hair angrily and left the two of them. Harry hesitated to put the drink back on the table, Hermione Min wiped off all the liquid with ease.

Harry glanced at Tom again, the witch seemed about to glue her body to Slytherin.

"The world is getting worse, he actually downplayed his//love in public, does he still have any shame?" Harry couldn't suppress the disgust in his words.

Hermione gave Harry a sympathetic look, but she herself had been pestered by McLaggen earlier, the arrogant guy not passing up a single opportunity to show off.She couldn't help but sneer.What Hermione hates the most is people who show off by virtue of their family background, such as the hateful Malfoy, not to mention that McLaggen keeps belittling Ron. For Merlin's sake, doesn't he have a brain?Hermione clearly remembered that her boyfriend was called Ron!

"Boys are like that." Hermione wrinkled her nose, and Harry hissed softly.

"Oh, Harry!" Slughorn twisted his fat body and nimbly squeezed through the crowd towards Harry. His high-pitched voice attracted the attention of many people, and Harry howled in his heart. For a while, he still wore a warm smile.The professor seemed even more happy. He put his arms around Harry's shoulders and introduced to all the guests loudly: "This is the famous Harry Potter! I don't think I need to tell his stories. You must have learned from the "Daily Prophet" I saw a lot in "! The great savior, witnessed the return of 'the man whose name cannot be mentioned', and insisted on his belief even under the criticism of everyone! He escaped from him time and time again—" suddenly realized Tom's There, Slughorn paused, "That's not the most important thing, Harry is just as good as his parents! I bet he's the best fighter at Hogwarts, and he's just as good at magic tricks as Lily." medicine!"

The applause was more enthusiastic than ever.

Harry was so embarrassed he wanted to crawl into the cracks in the floorboards, the fact that his potions were better than they used to be, but still terrible compared to Hermione, Draco and Tom.But Slughorn obviously didn't think so. In the eyes of men, he was simply the next master of potions, Harry thought sarcastically. What venom is coming.

In this way, he was led by Slughorn to shuttle through the crowd, and the professor eagerly introduced him to those famous people. The smirk on Harry's face was almost stiff, and he enjoyed the exciting handshake of others for the No. 11 time. At the same time, Tom's calm voice came from the side, and almost at the same time, Slughorn restrained his movements, and his chubby hands quickly left Harry's shoulders.

"I heard that McLaggen knows a lot of famous people, maybe he would like to chat with you about those interesting things."

"Of course, of course." Slughorn nodded, looking more relaxed. "Enjoy the rest of the party, Harry," he added, avoiding Tom's gaze, "and you, Marvolo."

"As it is, your parties are always the best," said Tom mildly.

After watching Slughorn's figure disappear into the crowd again, Harry breathed a sigh of relief.Thinking of what he had just witnessed, Harry ignored Tom's outstretched hand, and went straight to Hermione's side, who seemed to have calmed down a little because he got rid of McLaggen.Harry didn't know what to say, so he started the topic with Ron.This made Hermione's originally better mood darken again.

"Ron wasn't too happy. The senior who came to tell me that I was in the Slug Club accidentally mentioned that you and Marvolo were also invited," said Hermione anxiously. "He seemed to be very upset about being excluded."

"I thought he would be happy that he didn't have to go to such a boring party." Harry rubbed his nose, thinking of Ron's performance in the fourth grade, he was still a little upset.

"He's Ron," Hermione said angrily, "not to mention the rumor that Professor Slughorn's party has the best food in Scotland, and Ron will be very angry for a while."

This time Harry was completely at a loss for words, and both he and Hermione silently bemoaned the misfortune of facing Ron's jealous boss.

"You can just ignore him," Tom's cool tone made Harry furious, "he's just a pure-blood traitor."

"You're not in a position to comment on my friend," said Harry through gritted teeth, especially as Tom looked disapproving.

"I just can't bear your ignorance anymore. You need someone to guide your value orientation correctly. You should make friends with those who are useful to you."

"Who? The witch you flirted with?" Harry said sarcastically. "At least I have real friends."

"I don't need friends."

Tom's attitude completely irritated Harry, and it was difficult to speak in public. Harry turned his head and dragged the surprised Hermione away, but Tom grabbed his wrist with such great force that his brows furrowed. Without turning his head, Harry growled fiercely in a low voice: "Let me go."

Not intending to obey, Tom gave Hermione a warning look, grabbed Harry's arm and dragged him to a dark corner, his lake blue eyes flashed with command: "Look at me!"

Harry ignored it.

"Why not take advantage of the opportunity? You know your strength, and it brings you equally powerful partners."

"I'm not interested in that kind of partner." Harry said in the highest decibel voice possible, which made him feel more confident, "Ron and Hermione are several times better than them!"

"Yet you're interested in confronting a mighty foe?" Tom held Harry between his arms, breathing against the corner of the boy's mouth, brushing the soft skin provocatively as he spoke.The ambiguity in the eyes of outsiders put a heavy burden on Harry, and the overwhelming coercion slowly cut off his trachea.Tom licked Harry's lips. "You're stupid, and I won't let you go down the detour."

"Great try, Tommy." Harry raised his eyebrows, his tone flat.He sideways knocked Tom away.Walk straight out of Slughorn's office through the crowd.What should come will always come, Tom finally started to tell him what to do, what does he think of himself?Harry smiled self-deprecatingly, a tamed pet?Do not joke!