[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Today was the happiest day Tahlia had ever lived in memory, and it even made her feel that what happened that night could no longer bother her.Dad took the family to a restaurant here in Cokeworth. It's not a high-end restaurant, but it's still of a certain level.A family of seven chatted and laughed around a large table. Tahlia sat in the middle, and the topic almost revolved around her. Billy even asked her if she had someone she liked. When the question came out, not only Tahlia, but everyone else almost turned Spit out what's in your mouth.

"Billy!" Tahlia said, blushing. "I...I'm only 7 years old!" She looked at Josh, who was holding back a smile, with a smirk. "Why didn't you ask Josh?"

"Ahem!" Now Josh blushed and quickly changed the subject. "Billy, stop teasing Tahlia, there will be opportunities later, haha! By the way, Tahlia, you are so interested in studying, have you considered skipping a grade?"

"No, I think it's better to be with classmates of the same age." Tahlia said. "It's not easy for me to get acquainted with them, and I don't want to change places casually." In the end, she was more afraid of trouble, but there was another very important reason, if she skipped a grade, what would Snape have for lunch?Tahlia, who has not been promoted to a nanny at all, thinks about it.

After dinner, the family went to a nearby small park to chat and play. Tahlia was playing, and the others were chatting. Hamish was full of fun and started chasing Tahlia, making her laugh out loud.

This smile stunned the four men including Hamish for an instant. It turns out that their little sister is so cute when she smiles!After making up his mind to make her smile more, in fact, at that moment they had indeed become sister-cons.

The day before the exam, Tahlia was back at school, and as soon as Snape appeared at the classroom door, she hurried over. "Thanks!"

"You're welcome..." Snape replied in a daze before he came to his senses. "for what?"

"Were you there that night?" Tahlia asked. "Thank you for saving me."

Snape retracted his blank expression. "I do not know what you're talking about……"

"Oh, you know! I'm sure you were there that night!" Tahlia smiled. "By the way, why did you show up at our house?" Tahlia added without waiting for Snape's rebuttal. "Mom told me."

"I..." Killing Snape wouldn't make him say things like going out to see Tahlia and delivering medicine. "Just passing by." As soon as Snape said that, he wanted to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it.

"..." Tahlia thought silently of Snape's house, which was in the opposite direction from her home, before speaking after a while. "Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for the night." Snape didn't explicitly dispute the fact that he was there that night, so Tahlia took it for granted.After speaking, he spotted Snape's seemingly empty lunch bag out of the corner of his eye, and spoke again. "I still have to trouble you to help me with lunch today."

"Yeah." Snape responded, and the two walked to their seats one after another. "You're welcome." I don't know if this sentence is in response to lunch or that evening, in short, Tahlia felt that she had a lot of conversations with Snape that day, which made her feel very happy, although most of them were Tahlia alone. People are talking.

For lunch, Tahlia took Jonah's lunchbox lid and placed it on Snape's table.To her surprise, Snape brought her a bottle of clear liquid today.

"Take this," Snape said.

Tahlia took the bottle, opened it and smelled it, there was no smell, it must be water, but why did Snape bring her a small bottle of water?Without thinking about it, Tahlia stuck out her tongue and took a sip. After realizing that it was really tasteless like water, she raised her head and drank all the liquid.

"…" Snape looked at her wordlessly. "You just drank it like this? I strongly suspect that your brain is burnt out, and you didn't even ask?"

"Isn't this just water?" Tahlia asked suspiciously. "Otherwise what is this?"

Mother would cry if she knew that this potion of stabilizing magic was being treated like normal water by Tahlia, Snape thought to himself, and said. "This is my water."

"What?" Tahlia didn't know the difference between Snape's water and hers, but this was the first time Snape gave her something!What she didn't know was that she'd been cured the other day because of the potion Snape had given her at home. "I mean, thank you."

"Ah."

Confused by the conversation with Snape, Tahlia silently walked back to her seat, isn't it just a bottle of water?Is it necessary to be so mysterious?

When Snape came to return the lid of her lunch box, Tahlia suddenly remembered the question she had been meaning to ask. "By the way, Snape, what happened that night? Why did they all faint?" At first I thought it was Snape who saved her, but after thinking about it, it wasn't right, Snape was just a boy She was only a child of the same age, how could she knock out so many adults?

Snape's expression was blank for a moment, but Tahlia didn't notice. "I didn't see it, you were the only one squatting there when I passed by..."

"Really…" Tahlia frowned. "I thought..." she asked again. "Then, do you have any special feelings?"

"What's the meaning?"

"It's just..." Tahlia racked her brains to find an adjective, but finally gave up. "Hey, anyway, is it a different feeling than usual?"

"No." Snape had already turned to walk back to his seat.

"Okay...Snape!"

Snape stopped in his tracks.

"May I call your name, Severus?"

"I refuse." Snape didn't even turn his head, but his voice sounded distinctly annoyed.

Tahlia lowered her head slightly in disappointment. She originally thought that the two of them had gotten acquainted with each other a little bit, but she really wanted too much. "I'm sorry, then... cheers for the exam tomorrow?"

There was no waiting for Snape's answer this time, because he had already walked back to his seat and sat down.

Soon, amidst the wailing of the students, the exams passed like this. At least for Tahlia, this means that the summer vacation is coming. Tahlia already has a plan for the two-month summer vacation. She ran several times to the library to borrow all the books she wanted to read in the summer vacation. It was also due to her hard work and studiousness in the long-distance running of the library for a whole year before that she made a good relationship with the librarian. Originally, the books in the library were It couldn't be borrowed for that long, but the librarian assured her that she would remember to help her renew the loan, so Tahlia, who had a thick pile of books on the table at home, was all red.

Josh fulfilled his promise. At the beginning of the summer vacation, he took a day off and took Thalia to a department store to start a crazy shopping. In his opinion, his little sister is so cute in whatever clothes she wears, which makes him want to The urge to buy a home, but was finally stopped by Tahlia. Josh looked at Tahlia who was licking the cone sadly. She had just put on a suit of clothes. Tahlia's cuteness in the light blue dress instantly exploded. The eyes also became as if they were twinkling with little stars. "Why didn't you buy that coat just now?" Josh said regretfully. "That suits you well..."

Tahlia petrified Josh with one word. "it is summer now."

Tahlia felt helpless, looking at the big and small bags in Josh's hands that were almost out of reach, this was the result of her desperate efforts to stop it, even if Josh wanted to buy her something, it wouldn't be such a prodigal, right?Moreover, although the price of these clothes is not too high per piece, the cumulative amount of these clothes is not a small amount. Even if Josh's life is relatively rich and he can use some money to supplement his family, the expenses this time must be too much for him. pressured.

"Josh, that's enough, really." Tahlia said seriously.

"How enough?" Josh responded with some excitement.They hadn't taken good care of Tahlia all this time, and now it's not enough to make up for it.

"I'm still growing," Tahlia said. "Wouldn't it be a waste if I can't fit anymore? So let's keep it and buy it later!"

Josh thought for a while. "Yeah." He stroked Tahlia's head. "I'm still expecting you to grow into a beautiful and tall girl in the future!"

"........."

Tahlia had a very fulfilling summer vacation. She got up early in the morning to help the family with some odd jobs, then spent the afternoon reading the books she borrowed home, and went to bed at night after playing with her parents and brothers who came home from work. It was so leisurely and happy. Thalia's life made Thalia think that even in heaven, she couldn't be happier than this.

How quickly the happy days came, and how suddenly the bad news came.

Factories closed down.

The family’s economy collapsed in an instant. After all, everyone except the eldest brother relied on the factory’s salary to live, and Tahlia’s odd jobs at home were also assigned by the factory. After the source of income was cut off, the burden of the family’s life fell on It's on Josh.

Everyone was very anxious. After all, the factory closed without warning, and the factory owner seemed to have absconded with the salaries of hundreds of employees. Tahlia began to wonder if the days in the past few weeks were just a dream of hers. Under the pressure, my father and mother were already old, and they fell ill at this time.

The dazed Tahlia didn't have the mind to touch books anymore. Besides taking care of her parents, she had to go to the newspaper office early to help deliver newspapers to earn a meager salary, but it was not enough. Several brothers were looking around for work, but Apparently, too many people lost their jobs because of the factory closure, and there were too many monks. Tahlia did not hesitate to sell most of the clothes that Josh bought her earlier. Although all the brothers felt very guilty about this, it didn't matter method, why do they have to pay for their parents' medical expenses now?

But there was no place to spend the medical expenses they raised, because within a week, the Watsons passed away one after another.

Tahlia stared blankly at the two coffins in front of her, what's wrong?Didn't the family go to a restaurant not long ago?Didn't she say that her parents would take her to visit other cities after retirement?Why don't they wake up anymore?Tahlia, who was still young, didn't know much about death, but heard from her brothers that there were parents in the coffin and that they would never appear again. Tahlia suddenly felt weak in her legs and almost fell to the ground. She looked up, but it was Tony who was full of tears and supported her. Tahlia looked at the four brothers, they must be more sad than her, right?They spent much longer time with their parents than themselves, especially Josh. As the eldest son, he had a very close relationship with his parents. At this moment, he lost his usual restraint, and fell down on the coffin and cried loudly.