Chapter 268

On the suspension bridge at the top of a freighter at the dock, Hoffa released Miranda's wrist.

Miranda turned her head and didn't look at him: "Sorry, I lost self-control." She said indifferently, she couldn't see any sorry gesture on her face.

"I'm sorry if I didn't contact you, but it was a must." Hoffa earnest and well-meant advised: "I have made too many enemies, and those people are more frantic than the other."

"Excuse." Miranda's lips squirmed.

"You are my best friend, I can't..." He sighed and shook his head: "You don't understand, fate is impermanent."

Miranda closed When she closed her eyes and opened them again, the lines on her face had softened, and she pulled Hoffa's wrist: "If this is the case, do you think I will be scared? Or do you think I am not strong enough to hold you back?

"You are not afraid of me, I will not take any risks, so whatever you say is useless. Hoffa looked at the lighthouse flashing in the distance: "I will definitely leave Britain." "

Miranda stopped talking, she lowered her head.

Hoffa saw her a little sad, and her heart was very painful. She hadn’t seen each other for a year, so we must split up when we met. His helplessness is not enough for outsiders.

He touched Miranda’s chestnut hair, said with a smile: "Don’t always talk about me, you haven’t told me how you are in London. "

"My grandfather is back. "Miranda shook his palm and said faintly.

Hoffa raised her brow and said in surprise: "Professor Adebe is back?" "

"Yes, he was transferred to the Ministry of Magic this year as the Director of Defense Against the Dark Arts," Miranda said blankly: "Also arrange me for an internship in London, everyday all in Patrol all corners of London, saying that they are catching dark wizards, but most of the time they can only catch thieves. "

"That's not bad. "

"Really? "

Miranda’s lifts the head of indifferent expression, spit out a cloud of white mist in the cold night sky, shook the head: "Most of the other Ravenclaw tasks are heavier than mine, but I can say that I am the most Envy, but still you, you are freer than me. "

I'm all envious, hell. Hoffa thought to myself, if I had a random experience in my own experience, I would have been crazy.

"Forget it, If you really want to leave, I won’t keep you, but you can leave after Christmas anyway," she suggested again, "It’s not a few days away. If you don’t go to school, just go to my house. My house is me and grandfather. Two people. "

"After Christmas..."

Hoffa was lost in thought as he watched the flickering lights on the other side of the Thames. Norbert's invitation was indeed not in a hurry. For a day or two. If you can go to Miranda's house, use owl to write him a few letters. You can also determine a specific location, maybe it will be more convenient.

After weighing the trade-offs, Hoffa nodded: "Well, I promise you to spend Christmas with you. "

A smile appeared on Miranda's face, and she handed Hoffa her hand: "Take me down, I can't Disapparation for the time being." "

"As you wish, Miss Gosak. "

Hoffa bowed exaggeratedly. Pulled her palms, hugged her horizontally, and then jumped directly to the ground from a suspension bridge of hundreds of meters. At night, this height came to him. Said it is similar to the Level 3 steps.

"I can stand it! "After landing, Miranda looked at the heights, came back to his senses from weightlessness, and pushed him: "Hey, don't hold me like this, I'm not familiar with you anymore. "

Hoffa haha smiled. After making the decision to spend Christmas with his friends in Britain, he was inexplicably bettered. He let go of Miranda and asked, "How are you going to take me back?" , Goshak? "

"Wait and see, Bach, it must be something you haven't seen before. "Miranda stretched out, turned his head and knocked on his head with an extremely unrestrained brain: "Follow me"

When Hoffa covered her head and followed Miranda with her face With an uncontrollable smile, when he sees anyone outside, he feels that others want to plot against him, and is almost a persecution delusion. Only when he is with an old friend can he relax completely,

The two walked to the street. He saw a black-painted Imperial Family Enfield motorcycle parked near the fire hydrant on the corner of the street. The side-valve single-cylinder, black seats, round and bright The car lights and silver-painted ears look quite British.

"I thought you would ride a broomstick over there. "

The moment Hoffa saw that vehicle, Hoffa laughed, "Have you not seen you become so punk in a year?" "

"Ah, what punk?" "

Miranda looked at him confused.

"Forget it," Hoffa waved his hand, "When I didn't say. "

He only thought that punk would be something after several decades. Miranda certainly didn't know it, but the changes in this girl during this period of time that I haven't seen in a year really made him look at her. Not only did she learn to make-up, she could even drive a motorcycle.

Miranda stepped on the motorcycle, stepped on the gas pedal, and then took out two motorcycle caps from the body, and put one on herself. On the top, one handed it to Hoffa.

Hoffa took the retro-looking motorcycle hat with windproof glasses a little speechlessly, put it on his head, and sat behind Miranda.

After that, the orange-yellow lights of the motorcycle were on, making a pleasant vibrating sound, and the two of them were speeding up in the streets of London.

Wind crash- The bang blows from Hoffa's ear, and the iron buckle of the motorcycle hat keeps tapping his cheek. The speed is not fast, only about sixty steps. Miranda is not like the kind of person who drives fast to find excitement. .It’s just that, looking at the buildings and cars passing by, Hoffa suddenly couldn’t help laughing, the more he smiled, the happier he was.

"What are you laughing at? "

Miranda, who was driving the motorcycle, asked in confusion.

"ha ha ha ......"

Hoffa did not answer, it was her He kept laughing behind him. In fact, he didn't know why he was laughing, but he wanted to laugh very much at the moment.

"What are you laughing at! ? "

The driving Miranda asked with a silent smile.

"hahahaha ....."

Finally, he laughed and Miranda was a little annoyed. Her fiercely turned the front of the car, and she was dangerously and dangerously rubbing shoulders with a black Jaguar. After that, I almost knocked someone's ears off.

"Are you a fool? Miranda slammed the back of Hoffa's head on Hoffa's motorcycle bonnet: "Don't laugh!" "

"hahahahaha.....! "

Hoffa laughed louder and louder, and even reached under her armpit and scratched. After scratching, she reached to the front and took off her glasses when she was struggling.

"Your mental disorder! ! "

The locomotive twisted and twisted unregulatedly on the street, mixed with the angry roar of the young girl, which attracted the attention of countless passers-by.

Finally, as a motorcycle When parked downstairs in an apartment building near Downing Street and Big Ben, Miranda stepped off the motorcycle like a drunk. She tore off Hoffa's motorcycle cap and kicked him in the calf in annoyance. .

"Go out and run out of mind! "She angrily accuses.

Hoffa has never seen this expression on Miranda's face. When they were together before, she would only come up with black-belly ideas or read someone. Ignore it.

"Who did you learn to drive with? Did you make a gangster boyfriend in the year I was away? "Hoffa can't help but sit on the back shelf of the car and ask.

"Well, there is more than one, more than a dozen, and one every month! "She looked at Hoffa angrily, and took out a bunch of keys from her pocket, "Come with me." "

They got off their motorcycles and walked to a row of old-fashioned apartment buildings nearby, and stopped in front of a row of brown wooden doors covered by spider plants like 221B Baker Street.

"Is Professor Gorsak home? "

Hoffa looked at the 24-hour convenience store on the side of the road. In total, if you want to see your old head, you have to buy some fruits.

"Don’t you Bother," Miranda could see through Hoffa's eyes at a glance: "He has been working overtime the past few days and has to wait until Christmas Eve to return. "

"So late! ? "Hoffa is shocked.

"Don't worry about him. "Miranda turned the door with the key: "There are three secretaries in the ministry for him to call. "

Open the door, Miranda turned on the lights in the aisle, and while getting Hoffa shoes, she shouted, "Petty. "

Almost as soon as her voice fell, a pair of pink slippers ran over from a distance pa ta pa ta. On the pink slippers were a pair of thighs with only Hoffa's wrists.

"Aiya, the lady is here as a friend. "

A neat and tidy dressed up in a maid’s skirt, but a nervous and nervous house elf. It rushed to Miranda and took the slippers from her hand like a whirlwind and placed it in front of Hoffa. , And then it looked up and made a sound.

"Yeah! ! "

Then he rushed back like a whirlwind. And in the blink of an eye he brought several stacks of neat and tidy rags, staring at the clothes on Hoffa's body like a copper bell. , Like a big enemy.

"Is it troublesome, sir, if it's not troublesome, you can ask Petty to wipe it for you first, and it will be fine soon! "

She speaks very quickly, but politely but firmly.

Hoffa stood at the door in embarrassment.

"Don’t bother, Petty , He is a savage, accustomed to the wild. You can help him make a cup of tea. "Miranda took the rag from house elf and pushed it to the kitchen: "Green tea is good, use Oriental ones." "

"Yeah! Savage! This is the twentieth century! "

The elf was pushed forward, but his desperate eyes looked straight at the stain on Hoffa's body: "The savage will also evolve. "

Miranda: "He can't evolve, don't yell, primordial people don't understand English." "

The elf is desperate: "Really..."

After sending the house elf away, Miranda returned to the cloakroom with a smile, "Quickly come in. Can I help you? "

Hoffa rolled his eyes, changed his shoes and walked into the living room.

He went to another friend’s house, and he still remembers being shocked by that man. The castle was shocked, but Miranda’s house is much more ordinary, similar to that of an ordinary working-class.

The living room is square, about 60 square meters, without many decorations, simple There are rows of knitted cushions on the European-style sofa, and the fireplace burns with applewood, which is very quiet. The dinning hall is slightly smaller than the kitchen. There are a few magic chandeliers suspended on the lacquered wooden table, and there is a basin of blue hydrangea under the chandeliers. , There are only four chairs.

In the kitchen, house elf is busy picking and choosing in front of the cabinet, looking at Hoffa from time to time, his ears slap.

"My little boy Elf, Adebe brought it from his hometown," Miranda said helpless while sitting in front of the dinning table with the back of a chair, "Except for being hygienic and a little nervous, everything else is fine. "

"The servant will look a lot like the master. Hoffa looked at the busy back of the elf, said with a smile: "How about your brother, how are you doing?" "

"Do you want to see him?" Miranda smiled and stretched out her hand to the glasses. "Aren't you still taking my glasses off in the car?" "

"Okay," Hoffa hooked her finger teasingly: "Come on, when I meet Miller, let's see if he grows." "

Miranda twitched his lips and pushed his glasses: "Come on, if you live for a long time, you can naturally see him. Now, forget it. "

At this time, house elf came to the living room with a cup of tea and a cup of coffee. One cup was placed in front of Miranda, and the other was placed half meter away from Hoffa.

" thanks. "

Hoffa took the tea and started a choreography with a friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time. "I remember, don't your family live in...so what county is it?" "

"Devonshire. Miranda took a sip of coffee: "Adebe worked at the Ministry of Magic this year, and he rented an apartment nearby. When his term is over, we have to move back. "

paused, she said again: "But if his tenure ends and I graduate, I might consider renewing the lease for a few years. The environment here is actually pretty good. "

"That's not it,"

Hoffa stood at the window and looked into the distance. He could see the dazzling lights in Downing Street in the distance, which belonged to the current Prime Minister of Britain, Churchill. Residence.

Let down the curtains.

"Let me say, you can buy this house, and now there are wars everywhere, the land price is cheap, and in a few years, the lot can increase. You don’t have to worry about eating until your grandson. "

"Are you so sure we can win?" This place was bombed by Germany a month ago, and even the Muggle Prime Minister's residence was destroyed. "

"No, I'm still quite optimistic. If I were you, you have to buy all the neighborhood while others are not optimistic. "

Hoffa said, suddenly felt that his face was quite Mans. I touched his nose a little embarrassingly.

"It's light, I don't have that much money. "

Miranda sits on the dinning table and looks at Hoffa with a smile: "Even during the war, the land price here is more than 500 gold Galleon per square meter. If we really win I’m afraid I’ve worked for ten years and I can’t even afford the attic of this house. "

"Too real. "

Hoffa laughed out of a pig cry. It's really the same in all ages.

Miranda: "It's you. Have you been outside this year. Have you made any money?" Wouldn't you really pick up trash every day? "

"I want you to take care of it. "Hoffa is holding the teacup and rolled the eyes anger.

Miranda: "Of course I have to care. You came out so many years earlier than me. If I graduated and I don’t have food, I can ask you to borrow money. what. "

Hoffa: "Do you think I look so worn, like a rich man?" "

Miranda smiled back and forth. After smiling, she took a sip of coffee: "Why, you sent back the granddaughter of the richest alchemist in history from dangerous France. People didn't reward you. Million gold Galleon? "

Hoffa was taken aback, the smile on his face slowly disappeared, "How do you know so much?" "

Miranda seemed a little embarrassed. Under Hoffa's gaze, she lifted the cup and drank it for a long time. When she put it down, she was already looking as usual. It's broken, I'll take you to see your room. "

She put down the coffee cup, dong dong dong walked up the stairs, the house elf in the kitchen seemed to have been waiting for this moment, after Hoffa went upstairs, she carried the broom, pa ta pa He stepped on his slippers and chased him up.

The second floor is warmer than the first floor. Miranda may stay here often and take care of more by himself. The four rooms surround a circular corridor. A few meters away, there is a bird-shaped wind chime. In the middle of the corridor is a common room for reading. In the center of the common room is a book of spells spread out, which is thicker than Hoffa's head.

Push a leaf away. At the door, Miranda said: "You can live as long as you want, just treat it as your own home. "

"Okay, right. "

He glanced at the neat and tidy guest room, looking a little uninterested, neat gray sheets, neat gray duvet covers, clean radios and desks. Even the most picky hotel. The test sleeper couldn’t fault it either. But after experiencing so many weird adventures and weird scenes, he couldn’t be interested in this kind of daily residence.

If it’s not under the bed. There are ten killers hidden, I'm afraid I will not be able to sleep comfortably, he thought so, he felt that he was really a miserable wretch.

At this time, the next room marked with Miranda in English attracted his attention. Attention, Hoffa took a look inside, itchy in his heart.

"Do you want to come into my room and take a look? "Miranda asked with a smile.

"That's not it. "Hoffa obediently and honestly said.

"I am not familiar with you. "Miranda said with a smile.

"Don't be unfamiliar, we used to live in a room during our Second Year. "Hoffa is joking.

"How old is that? I was only 12 years old then. "Miranda made a grimacing face, but still opened the room for him.

The room is much more austere than Hoffa imagined. The colors are only black and white, black sheets, white walls, black desks, and white. Chair, a few manuscripts marked Dissection of the human body are nailed to the wall, as well as a photo of herself. I am not sure whether the photo is hers or Miller's, because she does not wear glasses in the photo. Otherwise, don’t Nothing else, not even as much as the room just now.

"Disappointed? "Miranda said with a smile.

"Very good, very personal. "Hoffa indifferent expression, "Why, you didn't collect a cut-out about me, it was filled with cuts from newspapers, all kinds of news about my adventures outside..."

Miranda was stunned for a second, then laughed angrily, and stabbed him in the chest with an elbow: "Pull down you, really shameless, and cut the copy, are you too narcissistic or am I too perverted? "

"Perhaps all, said, is it hidden in the drawer? "

"Go ahead, you give me out. "

"haha"

Hoffa escaped the elbow, dodges his friend's fist, and ran towards Miranda's desk with a smile.

"OK OK, you look for it, you look for it, and I lose if you find a newspaper. "Miranda couldn't, and she said disdainfully behind him with her arms akimbo.

"hmph hum, don't speak big words, under my electric eyes, even if you use the concealment spell... ."

The voice stopped abruptly. He saw a photo of Miranda’s desk, which should have been taken at the end of Second Year. There were three people in the photo. The middle one was lying on the hospital bed, on the left. A young girl pressed his head, and another young girl on the right was holding a bottle enthusiastically and pouring a medicine into his mouth.

Hoffa just glanced at the photo and moved immediately Open your eyes and the smile on your face disappears like a low tide.

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