Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 177 Li Wei's Invitation

In the narrow space between the fence and the garage, a large, eerie black dog was staring intently in Harry's direction.

Its shoulder height is almost the waist of an adult, its jagged frame supports its dull black fur, and its huge eyes emit a faint light in the darkness.

Harry quickly noticed this as well—he felt a strange, pricking sensation on his neck, as if someone was watching him.

"Fluorescent flashing."

Harry raised his wand high above his head and approached step by step.
Just as the large black dog hiding in the corner was about to transform back into human form and cast a spell to scare Harry away, a powerful figure suddenly emerged from the darkness, calmly greeting him as if he had always been there.

"Harry, it's me."

"Professor Li Wei?!"

Harry was almost bursting with surprise.

"How will you be here?"

Seeing Livy emerge from the darkness, revealing his full form, Harry's worries vanished almost entirely—but he quickly became wary again.

Professor Levi, could he be here to arrest him, this 'wanted criminal' of the Ministry of Magic, personally?
Harry remembered clearly that the Ministry of Magic had given him a serious warning last summer—that if he performed any more magic at his uncle's house, Hogwarts would expel him.

Is the professor here to inform us of this?

He can be considered the best practitioner.

"Don't worry, Harry, nothing's wrong—your spell will be taken care of."

"real?!"

Harry's figure became excited again, and he almost jumped up to Levi, wanting to ask him something in detail. The big black dog, still hiding in the darkness, watched this scene and for some reason felt a surge of jealousy in his heart.

Why is his godson so affectionate towards someone he doesn't know?
Wait, Professor Li Wei?

Li Wei? Why did this name seem familiar to him?

The black dog's face, hidden in the darkness, revealed an extremely human-like contemplation, as well as the lingering horror in his heart—he hadn't noticed at all that there was another person beside him.

If Li Wei hadn't shown up earlier—Sirius would have transformed back into human form and used the Bright Light Charm to force Harry back in the next second—after all, the escape route he had prepared for Harry had already been reached.

Sirius Black secretly warned himself that he had to be more careful—he must not be caught before Peter Pettigrew paid the price he deserved!

"Welcome aboard the Knight Bus, an emergency passenger service for witches or wizards in distress."

Simply extend your wand and get in the car, and we can take you wherever you want to go.

My name is Stanzan Parker, and tonight I'm your ticket seller—"

A three-decker bus with huge wheels and headlights suddenly appeared out of the thin air and stopped next to Harry and Levi.

The gold letters on the car's windshield spell out the words: Knight Bus.

The ticket seller, dressed in a purple uniform, looked at the two young people standing on the street—especially Harry, who was dragging a suitcase—with a slight puzzlement.

"I'm saying, do you want to take the bus or not?"

“Yes, I want to—” Levi gave Harry a push from behind and whispered to him, “This is the Knight Bus. It can block Muggles and it’s super fast. Try it out.”

Despite still having questions, Harry put aside his doubts for the time being and got into the car first.

What's that on your head?

"Stan, the ticket seller, suddenly asked. Harry instinctively wanted to cover the scar on his forehead—but knowing Professor Levy was there, he had nothing to worry about."

So he slowly removed his hand, revealing the mark on his forehead.

"It's a scar from when I was a child."

"I know—! You're Harry Potter!"

"Yes, hello."

Ignoring Stan's incessant chatter that had Harry cornered in the corridor, Levi turned and, with a half-smile, invited him toward the dark corner:

"How about we get in the car together?"

There was no sound or movement in the darkness—it was as if there was nothing there.

Li Wei chuckled, turned around, and stepped onto the assist pedal.

"Professor—who were you talking to just now?"

Although he was talking to Stan, Harry's attention was mostly on Levi—seeing that he wasn't in a hurry to get into the car, but instead said something to someone in the darkness, he couldn't help but become curious.

"It's nothing—I just saw a big black dog, it looked so majestic, I wonder if it's wild—if it didn't have an owner, I'd really like to keep it as a pet."

"Where are you headed, gentlemen?"

Intimidated by Li Wei's magnanimity, Stan took the initiative to begin explaining the serious matters, but he still couldn't resist his tendency to boast:
"Harry, is this your first time riding the Knight Bus? We can go anywhere you want, as long as it's on land, but we can't go underwater."

How much will it cost to take us to Hogwarts Station?

"It's quite far—this isn't cheap, but I absolutely won't rip you off—16 scoops, no cheating—if you each pay 3 more scoops, you'll get a chocolate bar; if you pay 4 more, you'll also get a thermos and a toothbrush."

Harry bent down to rummage through his trunk, but suddenly heard the crisp sound of gold coins.

"Four Galleons, give me three of the most expensive tickets."

"Three cards? But there are only two of you—"

The big black dog, still lying motionless in the darkness, twitched its ears slightly—then bared its teeth fiercely.

He could clearly sense that the other party was provoking him.

Although he didn't know how the other person discovered his identity, since the other person didn't choose to expose him immediately, and Harry even got on the same car with him...
Okay, let's do it!
Let's see what you're really thinking!
"Woof——!"

Just as the bus doors were about to close, a huge black dog suddenly squeezed through the door, startling Stan—he did indeed jump high, his head nearly hitting the ceiling.

"Oh—! Where did this big black dog come from—I mean, it's really dirty and smelly!"

Stan fanned his nose in disgust, half-seriously and half-pretending that he had just been overwhelmed by its stench.

The big black dog ignored him and stood at Li Wei's feet, its feet together, looking straight up at him with its big tongue lolling out.

"This is the big black dog I was talking about earlier—he's quite imposing, isn't he?"

Li Wei took two toothbrushes from Stan and, carrying a thermos, headed towards the back of the carriage.

Harry hurriedly stuffed his luggage under the bed behind the driver, following Stan's instructions, and caught up with Levi, carrying Hathaway's owl cage—the big black dog was now standing between him and Levi, turning its head to look at him.

Meeting its slightly gleaming eyes, Harry suddenly had a premonition—that the big black dog had been spying on him in the darkness.

(End of this chapter)