Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 176 Sirius Appears
"Protecting Harry is no problem."

Li Wei tapped his fingers lightly on the table, but his mind was elsewhere.

Sirius Black, as his classmate, was someone he remembered relatively well, and the scene where Sirius confronted Snape and Peter Pettigrew in the Shrieking Shack was truly spectacular.

Even though he had completely forgotten the specific content of the conversation, Li Wei never forgot what kind of person the other person was.

Simply put, Sirius is a 'golden water card' on his side, definitely a good guy.

Therefore, he found it somewhat amusing to hear Dumbledore speak so confidently.

However, words alone are not enough. Given Dumbledore's personality, he probably wouldn't believe him—and Snape, after the confrontation in the Shrieking Shack, still insisted that Sirius was the culprit who killed Lily.

His thoughts were more deeply imprinted than anyone else's.

My few words probably won't change anything.

"I know Sirius Black—"

Li Wei saw a subtle meaning flash in Dumbledore's eyes.

Li Wei understood what he meant—how did he, a reclusive cultivation fanatic, ever become interested in Sirius Black?

“Although I don’t think he’s the kind of person who would do something like this—but since you’ve asked me to do it, I’ll do it properly—I’ll go pick Harry up now, and he can spend the rest of the summer vacation with me in the castle, how about that?”

“That would certainly be the best outcome, but…” Dumbledore paused for a moment before continuing, “Although it might be a bit premature to say that, I’d like to clarify things beforehand to avoid any misunderstandings.”

“Levy—Harry can’t completely leave that house; every summer he has to go back there for at least a month—so by next year, if Black hasn’t been caught…”

His worries were justified.

After all, it's quite normal for a prisoner who can escape from Azkaban silently to not be caught within a year, as long as he is patient and careful enough, or simply hides away temporarily.

"Is this related to the magic on Harry?"

"Yes."

Li Wei began to be curious about something else.

"Headmaster, if you value Harry so much, why keep him in that awful place?"

“A bad place?” Dumbledore paused for a moment, puzzled. “As far as I know, although Mr. Dursley is a bit short-tempered, his family has been quite good to Harry.”

"Uh—that's what I wanted to discuss with you—do you really think Harry is doing well? As far as I know, he seems to really hate going back to that place."

"I think it's inappropriate and detrimental to a child's development to constantly force him into an uncomfortable place, especially if Harry is the one you ultimately choose."

Dumbledore was silent for a moment, then belatedly realized what was happening, and slowly said:
"Li Wei, I didn't do that on purpose."

He looked directly at Li Wei and said earnestly:
“When I was young, children were in a much worse situation in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds than they are now. Discrimination between schools, blatant exclusion and attacks on Muggle-borns by pure-bloods, and sometimes overly harsh corporal punishment by professors were all considered normal.”

I have witnessed firsthand the suffering of many children in their families that is far more profound than the loss of parental love or the need to perform household chores.

The Vernons took Harry in at great risk—in fact, they weren't entirely willing, but I still appreciate their kindness.
As for what happened to Harry, I'm sorry, but Harry has to stay there until the real threat is gone; we have no other choice.

"I understand what you mean."

Li Wei nodded. Simply put, this was nothing to Dumbledore—after all, let alone in Dumbledore's time, even when Li Wei was in school, indiscriminate fighting between students was quite normal, not to mention Filch's cruel punishments.

In comparison, what the Vernon family did, though annoying, doesn't seem so bad.

“But I did overlook that.”

Dumbledore realized his mistake and looked at Livy solemnly.

"Please apologize for Harry and me—it would be even better if you could help him improve his situation in the future."

I wouldn't do such a thing—if Professor McGonagall had brought it up, Levi might have considered it, but Dumbledore, the hands-off manager?

Just as Li Wei was about to speak, he saw Dumbledore suddenly raise his head.

"Excuse me, I'll be there for a moment."

With that, he Apparated and left the office.

About a minute later, he reappeared at Li Wei's office door, knocked on the door, and looked serious.

"problem occurs!"

"what happened?"

“Let’s talk as we walk—I’ll Apparate with you.”

At this point, Dumbledore stopped mentioning the ban on Apparition within the school—Li Wei guessed that he had temporarily lifted the restriction.

Li Wei grasped Dumbledore's outstretched wand, and with a "snap," the two vanished from the spot.

When they reappeared, the two were already next door to the Dursleys' house.

The two found Harry a few blocks away in just a few seconds—he was standing on the side of the road like an abandoned child, dragging his suitcase in a daze.

"The rest is up to you—he used magic to blow up his aunt and pet dog into balloons, which are now floating on the Vernon's ceiling."

After Dumbledore finished speaking, he left immediately—Harry, as a student, had violated the Statute of Secrecy by casting spells during the summer vacation, and he had to get to the bottom of this with Fudge.

Otherwise, that sensitive guy might actually decide to expel Harry—which would be a real headache.

Looking at his travel-worn appearance, Li Wei couldn't help but shake his head.

Those at the top labor with their bodies, those at the middle labor with their minds, and those at the bottom labor with their strength.

Seeing Dumbledore always doing things personally, he felt a little wistful, as if he himself was the one being 'labored'.

Levi landed beside Harry with a somewhat subtle expression.

He was about to immediately appear and take Harry back to Hogwarts when he suddenly saw a pair of slightly glowing eyes watching them from the dark alleyway—or rather, watching Harry intently.

"Huh?"

Thinking that Sirius's Animagus was a big black dog, Levi abandoned the idea of ​​breaking the illusion spell and silently walked over.

(End of this chapter)