Chapter 1007 ? I Hope You Are Well

After finishing speaking, Aunt Petunia began to walk towards the door behind Harry. Harry pursed his lips slightly, swayed stiffly, and turned sideways to make way for the hurriedly approaching aunt. He stayed in the kitchen for a while, walked aimlessly around the kitchen, opened the empty cabinet, and closed it again, hardly knowing what he was doing, dawdled for a while, and then slowly walked towards the living room.

Harry noticed the storage room under the stairs where he had lived for ten years. At this time, the small door was flung open, and the piles of shoes and umbrellas inside were piled up in disorder on the floor, apparently after the owner picked them out. After being ruthlessly abandoned, two spiders slowly crawled out of it with their long legs.

Compared with the room upstairs where he didn't spend much time, this storage room aroused Harry's more nostalgia. He unconsciously walked over and looked in the door, and was caught on the cement table in the cupboard. Two rusty toy soldiers caught the eye.

The two wrought-iron soldiers sit next to two empty glass jars, one standing and the other lying on top. The standing soldier held his sword high in one hand, while the other was behind his back; the soldier lying on the ground was covered with red rust around his waist—for a long time, these two toy soldiers were nothing but Harry The only toys other than grass and rocks.

Harry stooped into the locker. He held the two iron toy soldiers in his hands. Suddenly, there was a deafening bang upstairs. Harry straightened up suddenly, and the top of his head hit the low on the door frame. He rubbed his head and got out of the cupboard, closing the door behind him.

"Boy, how did they come here?" Vernon put his whole body weight on the banister, he snorted, and sprayed his beard with rough air, he looked at the sealed fireplace in the living room, turned his head and said harshly Said to Harry, "Are you going to come out of that wretched fireplace again?"

The fireplace had been sealed off for as long as Harry could remember, and in front of it stood a fake coal-burning electric stove. If the Order of the Phoenix chose to fly over, they would be blocked between the real fireplace and the fake one. In the meantime, if a bad-tempered wizard makes a move, it will undoubtedly explode again, and the power will be enough to spread to most of the living room...

Harry shook his head: "Of course not, the Floo network is monitored by the Ministry of Magic, they won't..."

"We've arrived, Dursley." Sirius lifted the Disillusionment Charm on his body, and then put his hands in his trouser pockets. Judging from his impatient tone, it was undoubtedly wise to do so, lest he lose control of himself, He took out his wand and cast a jinx on Vernon Dursley, who had abused Harry for a long time.

Harry cried out in surprise: "Sirius! I..."

"Ah! For God's sake! You can't do it in a normal way..." Vernon stared a pair of piggy eyes, and was interrupted by a large group of members of the Order of the Phoenix who suddenly appeared. Harry, but immediately shut his mouth as soon as his gaze met Sirius who was glaring at him—in his heart, although Sirius had been proved wronged by Harry and the people over there, But Vernon didn't really believe it. In his heart, even if Sirius was wronged, he would be more than happy to blow up a street at any time if he wanted to.

However, due to the deterrence given to him by the other party during the long-term vacation, the frightened Vernon didn't dare to say anything. He just moved his foot a few steps to the left to block Petunia and Dali who were on the stairs. behind.

"Good evening, Mr. Dursley." Lupine came out, and he tried to shake hands with Vernon Dursley to appease the terrified fat man, but Dursley didn't intend to extend his hand at all, but hurried to He flinched and looked at Lupine in front of him vigilantly,

It's as if he's going to make a pig's tail on his upper and lower moon.

Sirius, who was standing next to Harry with his brow furrowed, snorted coldly, and then said a little furiously: "Stupid Muggle, if Remus wants to harm you, why should he shake hands with you?"

"Stop it, Sirius." Jinles glanced at Sirius strangely, and he comforted him in a low voice, "You've made yourself too nervous these two days, don't worry too much about Harry... Sirius, you must have confidence in Dumbledore, we will be able to transfer Harry safely this time, and your godson will not have to get along with his Muggle relatives in the future, you should be happier."

Vernon's beard was shaking with anger, but he didn't dare to refute, he flinched back in fear.

Realizing that the other party would not shake hands with him, Lupine, who had experienced similar things many times, withdrew his hand skillfully, and then turned his gaze to the hill-shaped salute in the corner, "It seems that you have packed your things and done a good job." ready. May I put them away first?"

"Hurry up, Remus, they have enough salutes." Tonks urged, yawning.

"Tonks, did you worry about not sleeping last night? You can sleep for a while now if you have time, and I will take care of sending these Muggles away." Moody glared at Tonk with his magic eyes. With a tired look on his face, he spoke in a more gentle tone than usual - as Tonks' senior Auror, Moody has always taken good care of her.

"No, I'm just..." Tonks waved his hands incoherently, "I mean... I've been staying up a lot lately."

"Don't worry! Dora just likes to read the history of medieval magic for some reason recently. During this time, she always reads it very late at night, so she is a little bit out of energy now..." Lupine quickly looked at the eyes of everyone in the room. Explained in a righteous and embarrassing manner.

"Ha! You can check your caliber with each other next time." Sirius finally looked normal, and joked with his friend and niece.

Lupine smiled wryly and shook his head without further explanation. He took out a cloth bag that had been cast with the Untraceable Stretching Curse, opened the bag so that its opening was wide open, then waved his wand, and used the Levitation Charm to direct the pile of saluting himself Fly into this backpack.

Vernon stared blankly at the fewer and fewer things piled in the corner, thinking of the group of people who had quietly appeared in the room just now, and asked, "So, how do we get out of here?"

"Mr. Dursley, you just have to pretend to go shopping and drive away without Harry." Lupine urged, "Tonks and I will use the Disillusionment Charm to follow and protect you."

Sirius raised his eyebrows and said sarcastically, "I guess it's easy, as you're used to doing."

Vernon's flushed fat face looked a little annoyed, but instead of pleading, he shouted angrily: "Then, it's time to say goodbye, this is great."

Vernon stretched his hands upwards, as if surrendering, he didn't want to be entangled with this group of weird guys in his heart, and after his palms dropped, he turned around and wanted to leave.

Lupine and Tonks cast the Disillusionment Charm on themselves again, Petunia stood up, followed behind him, and began to check the buckle of the handbag without any trouble, without looking in Harry's direction at all: "Get ready, Dar Da?"

"Let's go!" Vernon had already reached the door of the living room, he stopped and urged angrily, "Dudley?"

"I don't get it, isn't he leaving with us?" Dali stood there with his mouth slightly open, pointing at Harry with a fat finger like a ham.

Vernon stared blankly at Dudley, as if Dudley had just stated that he wanted to be a ballet dancer, and then he shook his head with some annoyance, and his thick double chin swayed accordingly: "Of course he doesn't."

But Dali was not satisfied with his father's short answer, he narrowed his eyes slightly in confusion, and continued to ask in a daze: "Why?"

"Why?...Because...Because..." Vernon was stuttering when asked, "He doesn't want to." After speaking, Vernon simply turned his head and pointed at Harry, "Really, kid?"

"Absolutely not." Harry answered the question before Vernon finished asking, his voice firm, his face raised in a mocking tone, "And, I'm still a waste of space, right?" -Harry Putting his hands behind his back, he was not without joy at the thought of being separated from them—maybe never to see each other again. After sixteen years of extreme dislike for each other, Harry felt that his choice was not difficult to decide.

Vernon with a big belly swayed after being teased by Harry. He put down his raised hand angrily, and said indifferently, "Well, this is farewell... Dudley, let's go."

Vernon strode toward the front door again, but Dudley still didn't follow.

Under Vernon's puzzled eyes, Dudley looked at his father. He swayed, put his hands on the small sofa that was left behind between him and Harry, and stepped directly on the sofa, his movements were a little slow. Rolling awkwardly towards Harry, the pattering footsteps and dust from his weight reminded Harry of his cousin running up and down the stairs on purpose when he lived in the storage room under the stairs The sound of footsteps trying to disturb his rest and the scum that fell from the crack of the stairs and fell into his eyes.

But at this time, Dudley's expression didn't show him the usual sarcasm. The big man's lips were moving all the time, his face was flushed, and he seemed to want to say something but couldn't. Finally, he gave up and just slowly Offered a hand to Harry.

Harry lowered his head in disbelief, looking at Dudley's outstretched fat pink hand, he tentatively stretched out his own hand without being too sure, and finally they shook hands.

Dudley raised his face, his gaze was a little dull but sincere, he opened his mouth, raised his eyebrows, and tried his best to organize his words, he opened his mouth without making a sound for a long time, and finally managed to speak a word , "I don't think you're a waste of space."—and then Dudley's lips pursed slightly, as if trying to pull a smile.

Harry seemed to have lost the ability to express for a while, "Thank you." He said dryly.

Then time seemed to stand still for a few seconds, until Harry and Dudley looked down at their clasped hands, and finally realized that Harry would not change his mind because of his words, Dudley smiled almost sadly, and then still Then he turned around lazily, and started walking towards his father Vernon with heavy steps.

The impatient expressions of the members of the Order of the Phoenix also calmed down a lot, and they had no intention of urging them. Tonks, who was invisible, looked at the pair of cousins ​​in front of him approvingly, Sirius' expression was very sad - he thought of Regulus.

Only then did Harry vaguely understand that the cup of black tea he kicked before might not be a prank at all—although he was a little moved, he was still relieved to see that Dudley's ability to express his feelings seemed to have been exhausted.

However, Dudley, a big Muggle man, still didn't choose to go around when he walked over. He stepped on the sofa again, but only stepped on half of it. He raised his arms and snapped his fingers representing good luck like he did to his group of friends.

The smile on Harry's face seemed a little relieved. He watched his cousin completely step over the sofa, his eyes were slightly fixed, as if to suppress his tears from streaming down, he watched the big cousin and his uncle leave the door. Back view, tightly pursed mouth opened, a little hoarsely speaking to the other party or his own voice said: "Goodbye, Brother D (Big D, the name Dali's friends call him)."

Hearing the sound of Vernon and his son leaving the door, Aunt Petunia, who had been checking the clasp of her handbag, looked up—she didn't seem to expect that she would be in the same room with Harry again because she was behind, so she hurried to The buckle was closed, and she said dryly, "Okay... goodbye." Then she strode towards the door without looking at Harry.

"Goodbye," said Harry.

Aunt Petunia stopped and turned around.

For a moment, Harry had a strange feeling that Aunt Petunia wanted to say something to him: she looked at him oddly and timidly, as if hesitating to speak, but then she jerked her head and rushed out. door, chasing her husband and son. (Author's note: JK Rowling later interviewed herself and said that what Aunt Petunia wanted to say was: "I hope you will be safe.")