Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 181 Unexpected Protection

"Purpose?"

Li Wei glanced at Sirius, noticing his face visibly growing excited, and couldn't help but shake his head.

"I was invited by Dumbledore to teach at Hogwarts. If I had to find a purpose, the only one would be teaching."

"Come on, would someone like you waste your time teaching others?"

Sirius instinctively retorted, as a flood of fragmented memories about Levi rushed into his mind.

Actually, there weren't many scenes with him; he wasn't particularly fond of Li Wei.

Even though he and James had both lost to this person, it was just a friendly sparring match during their school days and didn't represent anything. Sirius wouldn't take it too seriously.

During his student days, his impression of Li Wei was that he was a cold and taciturn person, and quite ungrateful—several of them took the initiative to invite him to join the Raiders organization, but he actually refused.

James seemed unconvinced at the time, even excited to have met his match. He secretly tried to contact him several more times, but all to no avail. This made Sirius very dissatisfied with Levi, and he even considered causing him some trouble.

But he could tell that Snape saw this guy as a savior—he didn't need to push a troublesome character into the enemy's territory.

So he simply stopped caring about it—after all, she was just another pure Slytherin, what was there to worry about?

"People change, Sirius, but I have no intention of trying to convince you."

"and many more--"

Noticing that the conversation was heading in the wrong direction and seemed to be ending, Sirius quickly interrupted.

The situation is better than people.

Despite some reluctance, whatever Li Wei's thoughts at this moment, he did indeed need Li Wei's help now.

"I understand."

He reached out his hands to comfort Li Wei.

"But I still have some questions. Could you please answer them for me?"

Li Wei lowered his foot again—he had indeed been preparing to end the conversation, and whether Sirius trusted him or not was irrelevant.

He simply wanted to give the other person a chance; he wasn't expecting any response of understanding or expression. Just conveying his idea was enough.

However, since the other party has returned to a willingness to communicate, it wouldn't hurt to chat for a bit; he wasn't in a rush.

"go ahead."

"How did you find my Animagus—does anyone else know about this?"

"Nobody knows—I discovered it by chance during my student days."

"But we've barely met, let alone when we transform."

Sirius gestured to Li Wei to give him some time.

His mind was racing—without even realizing it, he was already experiencing a certain thrill of puzzle-solving.

“We’re always very careful when we transform, there can’t possibly be anyone around. But you somehow know what my Animagus is, either someone secretly told you, or you did it when we weren’t looking—”

"I am also an Animagus."

Li Wei suddenly interrupted Sirius's enthusiastic deduction—he had no idea what the other was so excited about.

Sirius: "."

"So, you stumbled upon our transformed state while you were in Animagus form?"

Li Wei nodded expressionlessly.

"Okay—this is within my expectations."

Sirius suddenly started to stutter.

Li Wei's sudden revelation of the answer completely ruined his mood. "Then—then why did you believe me?"

Although he felt he wasn't that eager to know the answer to that question anymore.

“I’ve said this many times—because I believe you’re not that kind of person.”

Li Wei got up again, and this time Sirius didn't interrupt him.

“Come with me. I’ll have Barton prepare a room for you. You can stay here for now until you prove your innocence.”

"You want to take me in? You should know I'm wanted by the Ministry of Magic, right?"

"Of course I know—you wouldn't be stupid enough to let others find out, would you?"

"Of course!"

"That's settled then. I'll inform the faculty and staff that I've adopted a big black dog as a pet—from now on you can move freely within Hogwarts."

Li Wei opened the door and saw Sirius Black looking somewhat bewildered. He added:
"But don't wander around after school starts so as not to scare the students. Stick with Harry for now, and we'll talk about it after they get used to your presence."

"knew.

Sirius Black was unusually quiet.

"You can stay in the room next to Lupin's; Barton has already prepared it for you—"

"Lupin?!"

Sirius became somewhat doubtful.

"He works for me now. As for the specifics, you'll find out for yourself later."

"Hey"

Sirius followed Li Wei into the room—it was very neat and clean, with simple furniture. A house-elf in a blue suit had just laid out the sheets and pillowcases and bowed to Li Wei.

"This is my house-elf Barton. You can ask him anything you need to know."

But let me make this clear beforehand: Barton is family. Don't treat him like a pureblood treats a house-elves, or I'll kick you out immediately.

"What kind of person do you take me for? That pure-blood ideology is exactly what I oppose!"

Sirius said something somewhat unpleasantly.

But Levi and Barton had already closed the door and left.

"Who are you trying to scare?"

He had run away from home and completely broken away from the Black family because he was dissatisfied with the family's pure-blood ideology—Sirius saw Levi's attitude as a complete insult.

After confirming that the two had left, he began to look around the simple room in front of him. Then, slowly and gently, he sat down on the bed.

"call--!"

Sirius lay on the bed, staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, quietly and carefully considering his thoughts.
Although he had several ways to easily sneak into Hogwarts without Levi's help, things were much smoother with him.

Most importantly, under the guise of being the other party's pet, it can roam freely within the castle 24 hours a day. This way, it can protect Harry around the clock.

Harry Potter, son of James and Lily, and his own godson. Sirius Black reminisces about the past, a gentle smile unconsciously appearing on his face.

But then he remembered the conversation on the Knight Bus, and his heart skipped a beat.

Before he cleared his name, in the eyes of his godson, he was probably just a mad murderer, no—and Voldemort's most loyal henchman as well.

I don't know if he heard about that misunderstanding.
Sirius imagined that Harry might have heard about it from someone else.
He suddenly curled up, his heart aching as if it were being torn apart.

In the midst of excruciating pain, he gritted his teeth and uttered a name.

Peter Pettigrew

(End of this chapter)