The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 300 Zhang Qiu

"here!"

Tonks waved his arm, gesturing for Penelope and the others to be there.

In fact, Penelope had already located Moriarty and his group without Tonks even pointing it out, because they were just too conspicuous.

Penelope led Zhang Qiu inside, and Moriarty noticed that the three girls were carrying large bags and small packages.

Using a levitation spell, Moriarty floated behind the girls, during which time he felt a gaze fixed on him.

The person watching Moriarty was Zhang Qiu.

"This big boy is Moriarty, the one that my grandfather, the head of the family, told me to pay special attention to. He's so handsome."

A strange light flashed in Zhang Qiu's dark, bright eyes.

She knew from a young age that she was not an ordinary person, but she never thought she was a wizard.

Influenced by her father, she always thought she would become a Taoist nun or something.

After all, his family is the Zhang family.

He met the head of the Zhang family at Longhu Mountain—the head of the family asked him to call him grandfather.

I recalled his instructions before I left—to keep an eye on Moriarty's every move.

This is clearly surveillance!

Although I don't know why, monitoring a handsome guy doesn't seem like a bad thing.

Zhang Qiu pursed her lips and thought for a long time. By this time, they had walked into the middle of Moriarty's group.

Several purebreds, being sensible, made room for the three girls.

Penelope pulled Zhang Qiu's hand and sat down with Gemma.

The three girls, all dressed in Muggle attire, were incredibly charming and became a beautiful sight in the bar.

Jericho asked, puzzled, "Why don't you use a levitation charm?"

Gemma glared at him, annoyed.

"Do you think we're like you, staying by Moriarty's side all the time and able to use magic at will? Even if the Ministry of Magic detects a trace of you, they won't dare to arrest you."

As Gemma spoke, she cast a resentful glance at Moriarty.

Gemma didn't see Moriarty at all during the entire summer vacation!

"Uh..." Jericho really wanted to say that he had found a way to eliminate the traces himself.

But seeing Gemma's expression, he wisely chose to keep quiet.

The senior's enthusiasm finally caught Moriarty's attention. He looked Gemma up and down and smiled.

"The senior is now in fifth grade, she should have received her prefectural leader badge, right?"

"Of course, in the fifth-year Slytherin class, who else but me is worthy to be a prefect?" Gemma smiled proudly, taking out her prefect badge from her jacket pocket for everyone to see.

Amidst the congratulations, Tonks and Lilith offered their blessings.

Gemma laughed and scolded, "That's enough, stop with the pretense! Tonks, you're the sixth-year prefect of Hufflepuff, and Lilith, you'll be a Slytherin prefect someday!"

Gemma was already quite familiar with them, so she spoke without restraint.

Of course, it's commonplace for them to wear their teddy bears inside out, have torn stockings, or wear the wrong bras; it's a matter of being completely honest with each other.

Even now, Tonks still teases Gemma about this, looking at her meaningfully: "I wonder which kind of teddy bear our prefect brought this time?"

"A black bear? A polar bear? Or Winnie the Pooh?"

"Tonks!!!" Gemma lunged at him.

Zhang Qiu watched them playfully bickering with a smile, while Penelope explained to her what "tracks" meant.

"Penelope, introduce us to your pen pal," Lilith suddenly said.

Lilith noticed Zhang Qiu the moment she appeared.

Having just returned from Japan, Lilith was filled with disgust for the ugly faces of the Japanese. Seeing that Zhang Qiu also had yellow skin, Lilith suspected that Zhang Qiu was Japanese.

Unaware of Lilith's thoughts, Penelope said to everyone, "Choi Chang, from China, is a freshman this year. She's the one who taught me how to play poker!"

With her last sentence, Penelope glanced at Tonks and Gemma with a radiant look in her eyes.

The two women immediately let go of each other and sat quietly together. Their cheeks flushed as if they were thinking about something.

Seeing this, Zhang Qiu realized that something unusual must have happened between them.

During my stay at Longhu Mountain, I heard many stories about "Lilies" from older women of my clan.

Could my pen pal be a girl like that?

Zhang Qiu felt it necessary to test them; if so, she absolutely had to stay away from them!

"Pepe, what did you do with the playing cards I taught you?"

Penelope's face turned visibly red.

Can I say that I played dozens of rounds of strip poker with two women, three girls, and one boy using the game you taught me?

of course can!

But if I tell Zhang Qiu all this, will she be so scared that she runs away?

Penelope looked at Zhang Qiu with a smile.

"Qiu, believe me, you don't want to know."

"Okay, Pepe, I sensed the ambiguity in your tone. I support you two."

Zhang Qiu gave Penelope an encouraging look.

He then distanced himself from Penelope.

Penelope was baffled, and it took her a while to realize what was going on amidst the laughter of the crowd.

She covered her face with her hands, too ashamed to show her face. The ladylike image that Moriarty had cultivated for her was completely ruined!

"Cho, you're sure to be sorted into Ravenclaw," Tonks said, expressing her first impression of Cho.

"Why not Gryffindor? Slytherin? Hufflepuff?" Zhang Qiu asked, resting her chin on her hand.

"You know about the four houses!" Jericho blurted out, his face filled with shock.

"Merlin, has Hogwarts' reputation already reached China?" Lilith was also surprised, thinking that Zhang Qiu said this because of Hogwarts' reputation.

This was even more surprising, as she knew that China had never had any contact with the West.

Moriarty looked at Zhang Qiu with a meaningful gaze. Yes, how did Zhang Qiu know about the four major academies?

Zhang Qiu's heart skipped a beat; this all started with Longhu Mountain.

Grandpa Zhang Ye and Zhang Tingshan decided to have Mundungus bring Zhang Qiu to England. On the way, Zhang Qiu asked Mundungus about the school she would be attending.

After showering Zhang Qiu with praise, Mundungust told him the basic information about Hogwarts.

Zhang Qiu didn't want Moriarty to know that it was Mundungus who brought her to England, but Moriarty had already begun to have doubts.

Moriarty saw Dumbledore leading Cho Chang, with Mundungus following behind them.

Just as Zhang Qiu was trying to come up with an excuse, Penelope said, "It's my fault. I didn't tell you that Qiu's mother works at the Ministry of Magic."

"Oh~"

Everyone exclaimed in realization, "So that's how it is!"

Working at the Ministry of Magic must mean she's a British witch.

If she were a British witch, she would most likely attend Hogwarts.

Is it okay for a mother who attends Hogwarts to tell her daughter about Hogwarts?

no problem!

Zhang Qiu recalled his uncle Zhang San's catchphrase.

Penelope's explanation was like heavenly music to Zhang Qiu, and she wished she could rush over and kiss Penelope.

Everyone fell silent, except for Moriarty, who secretly wondered, "Is that really true?"

In the original story, Cho Chang never knew Mundungus from beginning to end. Yet, the two of them appeared together, and Dumbledore was also present!

Old Deng wouldn't be trying to sabotage me, would he?

Moriarty couldn't help but have doubts.

At this moment, Penelope added with a grin, "Qiu's parents had a romantic cross-cultural love story. Qiu's father gave up his comfortable life and vast family business to pursue Qiu's mother!"

Zhang Qiu's eyelids twitched. When her father was mentioned, she instinctively felt that something bad was about to happen.

Lilith asked curiously, "Was Ball's father also an heir to a large family?"

"He's not the heir. Qiu's father comes from the Zhang family in China. I heard the Zhang family has tens of thousands of members!"

"Tens of thousands?"

"A family with tens of thousands of members?"

Everyone was stunned.

In Europe, pure-blood families often have thin bloodlines, and it's perfectly normal for a family to consist of only three people.

Some families even have only one or two members.

For example, the famous Malfoy family now only has two members left.

Then there's the Slytherin family sitting in the middle of everyone, except for Moriarty.

I've never heard of a family with tens of thousands of people!

Everyone's imagination ran wild. If I were born into a family of tens of thousands of people, I'd probably own all of Europe!

Penelope then remembered something, "Oh right, Qiu, you said the other day you were going back to your hometown to reconnect with your ancestors. Where is your hometown? Hmm, Longhu Mountain! Is that the name? How did it go? Did it work out?"

Longhu Mountain!

The Zhang family!

Tens of thousands of people!

"Oh~"

Moriarty thought to himself, "So that's how it is."

Based on his previous conjectures, Moriarty immediately concluded that Dumbledore had established a friendship with the wizarding families of China.

Zhang Qiu smiled numbly at Penelope.

Having a pen pal like this is truly despairing.

Penelope revealed her entire secret in just a few words.

One second Zhang Qiu was relieved that Penelope had saved her, but now she just wanted Penelope to crawl away!

(End of this chapter)