The sickly, iron-fisted beauty in Harry Potter

Dolly breathed a sigh of relief after she left the house and closed the door.

There was a fireplace in the lounge, and you could see the flickering flames from afar. By the time Dolly came down the spiral staircase, she could already see Cho Chang enveloped in a faint red light.

Qiu Zhang was curled up on the sofa, hugging his knees, staring blankly at the flames in the fireplace.

A fiery light flickered in her dark eyes, as if it wasn't the fireplace in front of her that was burning, but something deep within her heart.

Dolly's footsteps made Cho Chang turn her head, and when she saw that it was Dolly, the joy in her eyes was undisguised.

"I'm bothering you so late, you're not angry, are you?"

As he spoke, Qiu Zhang leaned to one side of the sofa and said, "This spot has warmed up now, you can have it."

Dolly didn't stand on ceremony and sat in the seat that Cho Chang had originally occupied.

My thighs, which were a little cold from wearing pajamas, felt warm and cozy at this moment, as if I were leaning against Qiu Zhang.

However, Dolly still shivered, because she had underestimated the temperature of a September night in England.

That's one of the inconveniences of not having a cell phone; you even have to try on clothes to find out what to wear.

Feeling bad about this, Qiu Zhang quickly said, "How about we put our feet on the sofa too?"

"I'll clean it up with magic in a bit."

Dolly nodded and did as she was told. Then the two of them leaned back shoulder to shoulder, and then lifted their calves and feet up and wrapped their arms around each other. Finally, Cho Chang covered their legs with the blanket she was using, and Dolly felt warm in an instant.

However, this meant that the two of them were now very close together.

However, Cho Chang didn't seem to care about such things, or perhaps for Asian girls, sitting close to their friends is the most normal behavior.

This posed a challenge for Dolly, a girl who wasn't quite normal; how could she act even more normal than Cho Chang?

I need help urgently!

"I'm sorry, I almost forgot, you've only just recovered."

"So can you tell me what illness you have? Maybe I can offer some advice."

Dolly didn't think about the significance of those words, and said, "Actually, it's an old problem, and it might flare up often in the future."

"Professor Snape has already brewed the potion for me, and Hermione will take care of me. The rest is up to time."

Seeing Dolly's open-minded demeanor, Akio sincerely sighed that he hadn't misjudged her.

I just don't know if she can be as carefree as Dolly, instead of always worrying about whether she can do it or not.

This is what Cho Chang was thinking. Last year, she was actually a well-behaved girl in Ravenclaw, which was what her parents had hoped for since she was a child.

But Qiu Zhang knew deep down that she wasn't the person she appeared to be; she harbored another emotion she wanted to release.

But she was afraid that if she did something like that, she would lose her current "good girl" persona and be hated by everyone.

That's why Akio was attracted to Dolly, and even impulsively asked her out today.

But when he saw the cute girl right in front of him, Qiu Zhang didn't know how to start the conversation.

After all, she and Dolly were barely acquainted, so if they suddenly started talking about life, wouldn't that be too forward?

Clearly, Qiu Zhang had inadvertently fallen back into her old way of thinking.

Seeing Cho Chang's eyes go from shining brightly at first to hesitant and uneasy, Dolly became less nervous.

Interpersonal relationships are inherently a battle of wills, and when Qiu Zhang's dominance diminished, Dolly automatically took control.

She said, "If you won't say anything, then I'll go first."

"Let me guess why you asked me to come here."

Qiu Zhang looked at Dolly in surprise, and what Dolly said next made her even more incredulous.

"Are you perhaps considering becoming a Quidditch player?"

Qiu opened her mouth wide, she was so surprised that she even wondered if she might have accidentally let something slip, or if Dolly in front of her had a natural ability to read minds.

So Qiu Zhang cautiously asked, "Are you a Legilimency Master?"

"No, it's probably because we're naturally in sync and understand each other perfectly."

"Otherwise, if I blinked at noon, you would invite me over now, wouldn't you?"

A knowing glint flashed in Qiu Zhang's eyes; he almost believed it.

This made Dolly laugh first, and she said, "I was just kidding, don't take it seriously."

If Cho Chang really took it seriously, Dolly wouldn't be able to keep up the act for more than five minutes.

Dolly shrugged and continued, "Actually, you're too easy to understand. The day Professor Dumbledore said that Quidditch player selection would begin next week, you couldn't hide your excitement at all."

Qiu Zhang touched her face, feeling somewhat embarrassed; she had thought she had concealed it well.

In fact, Dolly guessed it based on Akiharu's future development, and she never expected to be so right.

"Now that I've hit the nail on the head, can you tell me what you're thinking?"

As the one who initiated the invitation, Qiu Zhang hadn't even raised any questions yet; he couldn't let Dolly continue to perform a one-woman show.

Even with her past life experiences, Dolly is still just a student and can't always maintain a dominant position.

"Actually, my father would most likely not agree if I played Quidditch."

"He's a Muggle businessman. Although he acknowledges that I'm a wizard, he still hopes that I'll get a job in the system after I graduate."

Do you understand this statement?

Dolly straightened her back; she simply couldn't understand this argument.

After all, in her previous life, she was planning to take the exam after graduation.

There's no way around it. Having been a wolf in a big company, a dog to a junior manager, tightened screws on an assembly line, and delivered food in the snow, I've come to understand that the system is my eternal home!

In this day and age, a stable job that guarantees income regardless of circumstances is key to a person's balanced development of mind and body.

"So your father intends for you to become a British civil servant?"

Is it a bit... overly experienced for an Asian person to live a hard life in the UK, study at Hogwarts, and then take the Muggle civil service exam?

"Actually, it doesn't matter if it's a Muggle civil servant or a civil servant in the wizarding world, that's what my father thinks anyway."

"This requires me to study hard at school, increase my reputation, and then become a prefect or even a student representative, so that I can smoothly enter the Ministry of Magic in the future."

Dolly felt a little suffocated, but she also felt a sense of warmth.

This trend of taking the civil service exam suggests that Qiu Zhang's father must have been a seasoned civil service exam taker!

Oh no, Qiu Zhang said that his father was a businessman.

It seems they were among the first to venture into business as times changed.

"But I... like Quidditch."

Qiu Zhang suddenly raised his voice and said, "I like the feeling of flying on a flying broomstick, just like what you did today."

"Can you understand me?"

Looking at Cho Chang's yearning eyes, Dolly sighed softly. Who wouldn't understand?

After all, Dolly was also a student herself, and from a young age she was taught that all she needed to do was study hard, and that if she did well in school, she could have everything.

Unfortunately, times have changed. The huge gap between being good at studying and having everything can no longer be bridged by personal effort alone.

Of course, the only way to go further is to keep working hard, and when everyone is working hard, the competitive life becomes unbearable.

However, Dolly was only speaking in general terms, since she hadn't actually become a corporate slave yet, but it wasn't difficult for her to understand Cho Chang's thoughts.

So Dolly said, "Actually, I think your father is right."

These words made Cho Chang's face turn slightly pale, but he chose to patiently wait for Dolly to continue.

“I’ve heard them say that it’s very difficult for wizards to have a full-time job. In other words, if you don’t work for the Ministry of Magic, you can’t even find a decent job to support yourself in the entire wizarding world.”

The Ministry of Magic in the wizarding world holds almost all the power in the entire wizarding world, leaving ordinary wizards with only the economic vitality of Diagon Alley.

After all, once wizards graduate from Hogwarts, they can basically be self-sufficient in food. In addition, magic can easily solve many problems in life, so wizards don't really need to trade or buy and sell much.

This means that it's not easy for wizards to make money among ordinary people; they need to establish some connection with the Ministry of Magic to survive relatively easily.

So Dolly could understand why Cho Chang didn't want to work for the Ministry of Magic, but she didn't support it.

"If you want to live in the magical world, going to the Ministry of Magic after graduation is still the best option."

Seeing that Cho Chang was about to speak, Dolly quickly stopped her, saying, "I haven't finished yet. What I'm about to say is the important part."

Qiu Zhang nodded, showing even more patience.

“I heard from Ron and his friends—my brother’s friends—that they also love Quidditch.”

"If you become a Quidditch master, you'll be very famous even in school."

"In the future, they might even be able to get a job at the Ministry of Magic more easily because of this reputation, since the Ministry of Magic also needs them to enhance its image."

"So why not consider playing Quidditch as a plus in your life?"

"If you add another Quidditch champion title to your future prefectures, you've achieved your dream, and you won't have any conflicts with your family. There's no conflict, is there?"

Qiu Zhang blinked, and a light gradually appeared in his eyes.

So, this works too?

Dolly could tell from the change in Cho Chang's eyes that the girl understood.

The reason she was caught in this dilemma was that she kept thinking about things from the child's perspective.

They equated participating in Quidditch with disobeying their parents and being a bad kid.

However, Qiu Zhang's parents only set a final goal for her, but they couldn't actually control the specific path to achieve that goal.

At Hogwarts, how could Cho Chang's father, a Muggle, possibly barge in and challenge Dumbledore?

All it takes is one shot and forgetting everything, and everything will be resolved.

In fact, even without Dolly's guidance, Cho Chang would probably have figured it all out himself in a few days.

Or perhaps she really did go into Quidditch with the determination to be a bad kid, but then found that things weren't as bad as she imagined, and gradually became the popular Cho Chang that Dolly knew.

All I can say is that Dolly's decision to go to Hogwarts this school year was the right one.