Chapter 195 Zhou Yushi (1)
Ever since she decided to give Draco a gift, Della had fallen into the awkward state of not knowing where to start writing a letter.
Being used to enjoying all kinds of good things, Draco was not a person with special preferences. After all, he could always get them easily. So, giving something exquisite was a safe option. However, this was their first gift in several months, and Della felt that an ordinary gift was not quite worthy of it.
So what should I give?
For a moment, Della could only think of Draco's pushy personality.
The name of Della Riddle would bring him great attention, that was certain, but the name should not be a gift between them...
"Hai-Xi (Don't tell me you're still thinking about what gift to give)." Maggie looked at Della who was sitting at the desk and tapping her fingers unconsciously. She had been thinking about this for several days. Maggie made a note of Draco in her heart.
If not Draco, where else could it be recorded?
Maggie sees Della's self-reliant trait as an advantage because it shows that people like her cannot be manipulated.
"It's difficult," Della sighed and stopped what she was doing. "Would you like to give me some advice, Maggie?"
"Ha-sa (We shouldn't have strangers in our business)," Maggie mercilessly pointed out Della's little trick of trying to get him to give in, "He-s (And I personally don't think you should give a gift)."
"You are so cold," Della said in a cold tone, coldly pointing out Maggie's coldness. She glanced at the small clock on the table. It was just four o'clock, so she decided to go out for a walk to find some inspiration. "I'm going out. Do you want to come with me?"
If I don't go out, I will have to stay with two little stupid snakes (a trip to Country M temporarily shattered Maggie's guilt filter towards Sadolin), which is troublesome.
When I went out, I saw Della thinking about childish things, which made me feel bad.
After weighing the pros and cons, Maggie decided to stay in the dormitory and give Sadolin the long-awaited obedience training. After all, October would be over in a few days, which meant that they would soon go to the more autonomous Durmstrang, which meant that Sadolin had to take effect.
"Sahai-shi (Take Apep away, I want to stay in the dormitory)." Maggie on the table suddenly became bigger, and he rolled Apep in front of Della. Sadolin sensed the movement and swam obediently to Maggie.
"Come on, let's go out for a walk, Apep." Della shook her head at Maggie who treated her differently, and lovingly put Apep, who was still struggling at Maggie's tail, on her shoulder. She comforted Apep twice, then said to Maggie, "See you tonight."
"Hai-(see you tonight)." Maggie responded.
Della took the well-behaved Apep out. The sunshine in late October was not hot at all and it was just the right warmth for the snake. However, it was probably not comfortable for the snake, as Apep soon crawled into Della's clothes.
Today is Thursday, which is theoretically a working day for Della. However, ever since their laboratory completed the project funded by the Rocher family, Livia and Zhou Yushi could no longer hold on and took vacations one after another. In order not to put too much pressure on them, Della simply took a long vacation as well.
Livia went home and hasn't come back yet, and as far as Della knows, Zhou Yushi seems to have gone to the school Quidditch team as a friendly sparring partner.
Quidditch?
Draco joined the Slytherin house team, but Della didn't think he was obsessed with the sport, because he would only talk to her about his training when he was fantasizing about being in the limelight.
As expected, we have to start with the aspect of "the limelight"...
With this in mind, Della still took Apep to the green field of Beauxbatons.
The sports field at Beauxbatons was no different from that at Hogwarts, with a large field, green lawns, and tiered seats, except that the flags of the four Hogwarts colleges had been replaced with the flags of the four districts at Beauxbatons.
But what’s interesting is that the four school teams do not recruit students strictly according to the dormitory area to which the students belong, so poaching often occurs. It is said that every time it becomes a big drama, which is no less than those dramatic scripts.
"The angle of the ball isn't spinning enough, and the point of force is wrong!"
As soon as she entered the green field, Della heard Zhou Yushi's familiar voice. She looked in the direction of the voice and found that this senior was wearing a full set of knee pads, riding a broomstick blocking the scoring circle, waving a bat to guide the batter of the Lily of the Valley team.
"The Chaser didn't catch up just now," Zhou Yushi pointed to the female Chaser in the team after giving a brief instruction. His voice was serious, but his face was calm, so even though he was shouting loudly, it gave people a strange sense of indifference, "The rear-end turn to the flank was too slow!"
None of the team members flying on brooms in the sky questioned his authority, and they all flew up and down according to his command.
There were people sitting in groups of three or four in the audience. The boys were talking in low voices, kicking their legs and moving their hands in front of their companions from time to time, wishing they were the ones flying in the sky; the girls were also talking in low voices, but there were always screams and exclamations rushing out of their small circle.
"That coach looks so handsome when he trains!" a girl shouted, looking excitedly at Zhou Yushi in the center of the sky.
"That's Zhou! He was the best Chaser in school!" another girl shouted.
"Besides! Zhou has obtained almost all the certificates for the wizard level examinations, and is now one of the most promising researchers in the institute." another girl added.
At the same time, Della heard the sound of pages turning. She was listening in groups of three or four, so she subconsciously looked towards them and found a girl who was flipping through a book seriously and enthusiastically introducing Zhou Yushi to her companions.
Why is Zhou so popular?
Della glanced at them and then looked away. Her impression of Zhou Yushi was still in the laboratory. He was a very serious person. Well...but when she thought about it carefully, he seemed to have a good relationship with people and tutors in other laboratories, and she had never heard of any rumors of discord between him and others.
Maybe he has a good relationship with the professors in Beauxbatons, otherwise he wouldn't know exactly how many times Belinda failed to submit her course assignments.
That's also a sign of popularity... no, a person with good connections, but he never deliberately emphasized this in front of Della. He is the type of person who will do things well but will never brag about the process.
The sense of proportion is well grasped.
Della commented in her heart that it was a pity that there was no such person in her career. Trevor Ewing could barely be considered an example, but judging from what he did at Hogwarts, he was too much to please Della, and too much is as bad as too little.
"He is also the longest-lasting boyfriend that Belinda has ever had, and she has never been in love again!" The discussion of the girls above continued.
"Oh, what a pity! Sometimes I wish I were Bellinda!"
"I heard that the last girl who shouted that went after Bellinda." One girl joked, and the other girls laughed.
Amidst the laughter, Della found a shady and empty front row seat and sat down, squinting her eyes to observe the people playing ball in the sky. She didn't have much feeling for Quidditch, and even thought the rules and scores of different balls were a bit ridiculous. She especially didn't understand Bludger. Was there a need for this type of ball?
During the game, the opponent's player can be killed by the Bludger. Della thinks this rule is quite unreasonable. It is clearly promoting violent games.
Moreover, the standardization of Quidditch is also very poor. The performance of Muggle players' shoes, such as the jumping ability, is at most icing on the cake, but the performance of the brooms that players can bring themselves varies greatly.
In extreme cases, the Keeper of a team with a bad broom might be the only one who can catch the Quaffle thrown by the opponent last time. In even more extreme cases, the Chaser might be able to catch the Snitch with his good broom at the beginning of the game and end the game directly.
Could it be that violence and differences are important characteristics of Quidditch?
If that's the case, maybe she can work on the 'gap'...
First, update the Slytherin brooms in the name of Della Riddle, and then, make Draco's broom more prominent among the good ones?
The plan is fine, but the behavior of this nouveau riche seems like that of the Malfoy family in the past.
Never mind. I’m Miss Riddle now, so it’s okay to be a little generous.
This is how Della justified her extravagant behavior.