Chapter 259 Chain Reaction

When Jian Yu cast a questioning look at Lu Ping who was present, he quickly avoided her gaze as if he had been electrocuted.

He now had a deep understanding of what it was like to be caught by his boss taking time off from work to participate in club activities.

But soon, the desire to survive of some workers made him turn his attention back and began to explain himself:

"Uh... I submitted an application and only asked for one day of personal leave. I promise not to fall behind in work..."

Seeing his uneasy look, Jian Yu raised his eyebrows.

She thought to herself that she was not so heartless as to not approve her employees' legitimate requests for personal leave!

But Lupin, who was pushed to the extreme by his companions, had obviously completely learned to PuA himself. For some reason, a sentence suddenly popped up in his mind:

If you don't do it, there are werewolves who will do it!

This made his whole body shudder, and he even felt that his ears and tail that had not transformed were about to pop out uncontrollably.

So he quickly learned the dual skills of diverting attention and pleasing his superiors without any instruction, and turned to chatting with Jian Yu about current affairs.

"Jade, you may not know this yet, but Padfoot donated this house to be the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix."

"We have used almost all confidentiality measures. I think this is the safest place in the world for you to stay before school starts."

For some reason, Jian Yu felt like he had developed a habit of frowning whenever he heard the word "safety".

The last person who said this was a goblin in Gringotts, and the consequences can be imagined.

And the last person who said this was Miss Maxim who said Hogwarts.

But Hogwarts... a place that is either invaded by Voldemort or patrolled by Dementors all year round...

She found it difficult to say the word "safe" against her will.

But seeing his boss frown, Lupin became even more nervous. He thought it was an expression of dissatisfaction with his slacking off and trying to please others at work.

His brain was working frantically and he soon thought of Dumbledore, the middleman - his boss's guardian and his own mentor - as a topic.

"Headmaster Dumbledore has gone to attend the inauguration ceremony." Lupin looked up at the clock from time to time, and began to pray that he would return here as soon as possible to save him from embarrassment. "He should be back soon - probably -"

"Inauguration ceremony?" Jian Yu asked doubtfully.

Sirius saw Lupin's stiffness, and after three hundred rounds of fighting with Kreacher, he came to rescue his friend:

"The inauguration ceremony of the President of the International Confederation of Wizards is simply a farce!"

Jian Yu felt that his doubts were almost popping out of his head.

If she remembered correctly, Dumbledore seemed to have been the president of the International Confederation of Wizards for a long time?

"That's right, that's right." Lupin was sure that she didn't have one more memory than others, "but a lot of things happened this summer -"

He picked up a neatly folded stack of clippings from the coffee table beside him and was about to hand it to Jian Yu.

But in a flash of inspiration, he realized that when reporting to his boss, he must not throw a stack of documents for her to read.

Lupin, smiling sincerely, suddenly took back the newspaper he had handed out and began to make various summaries based on the clippings and recent activities:

[Since joining the company, I have taken it as my responsibility to serve the company based on my position, love my job, be dedicated to it, and do all my work in a down-to-earth manner. The following is a summary of my work over the past two months:

What happened in these two months was more chaotic and fulfilling than what happened in any year. I am almost as busy as a werewolf...it makes my life extremely colorful and gives me the courage to face new challenges.

I have been closely following the whereabouts of your family member, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Under his leadership, I gave up my rest time, worked hard to find you and posted missing person notices. Although I have found nothing, I have no complaints and will devote myself to the work of the search team.

At the same time, I contributed to the company, successfully coaxed and attracted...recruited a number of new werewolf employees, worked hard to improve their business level and thinking ability, and excellently completed the KPL formulated at the beginning of the year, and was awarded by Mr. Aberforth Dumbledore.

Below I summarize the major events in recent months that may affect the development of the company:

First, unfavorable external public opinion;

The second is the enemy lurking in the dark;

The third is the dispute at the Ministry of Magic;

Fourth is Grindelwald's escape from prison...】

Sirius stared at his friend who was reporting mechanically with a sense of duty, and rubbed his eyes.

For some reason he suddenly felt fortunate that his family's generous inheritance allowed him to support himself and Harry without having to work.

He shook his head, spat at himself and cursed inwardly -

How can I be thankful that I was born into the Black family? How shameful and hateful! How depraved he is!

"Stop—stop—speak human language."

Seeing Lupin's behavior, Jian Yu felt that her ears were poisoned and her intelligence was forced to decline:

"I just want to know, what has happened in the past few months? Why did Dumbledore attend the inauguration ceremony?"

Sirius, who had finished despising himself, pulled Lupin away and began to recount aloud what had happened over the past few months for him:

"It can be said that it is full of twists and turns. One wave has not yet subsided when another wave comes! Headmaster Dumbledore and everyone are almost like spinning tops!"

"First, there was the explosion at Gringotts. Wizards took out a large amount of property and demanded compensation. The goblins protested wildly, thinking it was disrespectful to them. It almost caused a goblin rebellion. He and the Ministry of Magic were busy for a long time to quell this matter!"

"As a result, you disappeared in the explosion again. We immediately set up a special team to find your whereabouts!"

"Later, Grindelwald suddenly escaped from prison again, and he rushed to Austria without stopping... to mobilize international wizards..."

Sirius pinched his thigh and burst into tears when he thought about how busy he had been in the past few months:

"We had to deal with three or four things at the same time. We sent a group of people to look for you and another group of people to protect Harry. We also had to track down Voldemort and the Death Eaters. A few days ago, we had to send some people to Austria to help..."

"So what's the matter with the president of the International Confederation of Wizards?" Jian Yu felt that they still couldn't answer her doubts. "Why do you want to take office again?"

When this was mentioned, Sirius suddenly became furious and began to curse Minister Fudge:

"Fudge is a useless idiot who doesn't do anything. He doesn't know what is most important!"

"We all know it was him who ordered it—the Daily Prophet has been reporting this nonsense for a month!"

Lupin smiled bitterly and comforted his friend. He temporarily put aside his work style and regained his normal functioning mind:

"After the Gringotts incident was resolved, Fudge instructed the Daily Prophet to smear Dumbledore and Director Bones, using public opinion to make people who did not know the truth believe that he was old and confused. And Director Bones was rumored by Fudge to have abused his power for personal gain because he decided to recruit new Aurors to replace the Dementors to guard Azkaban, and deliberately found young and handsome Aurors to serve him."

"Headmaster Dumbledore announced in public, at the Wizengamot and the International Confederation of Wizards, that Voldemort had returned, but the British Ministry of Magic vigorously denied it, and a large group of people led by Fudge did so - which led to him losing his position as President of the International Confederation of Wizards and Chief Wizard of the Wizengamot, and Director Bones was almost forced to resign."

Mrs. Weasley, who had finally cleaned up the mess Kreacher had made, joined the conversation. Upon hearing this, she said:

"But this is a completely unexpected turn of events - who could have thought that this is how things turned out -"

"Indeed." Lupin piled up armor on himself frantically. "Although I don't agree with Grindelwald's ideas, I have to say that his escape from prison helped us a lot."

"The people of the International Confederation of Wizards were terrified!" Sirius laughed. "When they heard that Grindelwald had escaped from prison, they felt like the sky was falling after having experienced those days! After removing Dumbledore from his position, they invited him back to be the president within a few hours, hoping that he could take charge of the overall situation and prevent the dark forces from sweeping across Europe..."

This is too clownish.

He quit and returned to work at the speed of light, even faster than a Firebolt.

Jian Yu frowned as he thought about it, and gave Grindelwald another good guy card on behalf of his guardian.

"Dumbledore pretended to refuse, saying that he was disheartened. But Austria, Germany, France... those Ministries of Magic sent crazy letters to the British Ministry of Magic, claiming that if he was not reinstated in the Wizengamot, exchanges and trade would be suspended." Sirius continued, "So you see, Principal Dumbledore has to go to the Wizarding Union to take up his post today, and then go to the Ministry of Magic to take up his post, and by the way, solve the problem of Harry being attacked by Dementors-"

To be honest, hitting someone can have this kind of effect...

This was really unexpected for Jian Yu.

Sirius' words were interrupted by the burning fireplace, and Dumbledore appeared in the green flames. He was obviously in a very good mood. His originally serious bright blue eyes flashed with something she couldn't understand. He strode forward and hugged her tightly.

"Charlie and Olym sent me a message early. We have been looking for you for so long - fortunately you are safe!" Dumbledore's face, which was exhausted from being too busy, showed a look of relief, and he forced himself to think that she had lost a lot of weight. "You must be tired, child. Look how hungry you are. Eat well and sleep well here before school starts, and take good care of your body. I will be very busy during this period, but everyone will take good care of you for me -"

He nodded to Mrs. Weasley, who handed him tea and asked about the situation:

"Oh, thank you, Molly! Everything went well. Although Fudge obstructed the restoration of the position of Chief Warlock, at least he returned to the Wizengamot. Harry is fine too. He will be back with Arthur in a while."

He turned his attention back to Jian Yu and continued to nag her:

"Just study hard at Hogwarts with your classmates. Oh, and here's your prefect badge. I believe you will be safe in school."

Why do you set a flag for yourself?

Jian Yu frowned.

Lupin and Sirius began to ask Dumbledore anxiously whether there was a possibility of Grindelwald and Voldemort joining forces.

But Dumbledore's expression became complicated. He let out a long sigh and finally let go of Jian Yu who was almost strangled to death.

"I don't think so—but I don't know what he's thinking."

He placed Jian Yu's dropped luggage at her feet, then hurried into the fireplace, saying that he had three meetings and five appearances to attend within two hours, and that he would travel to more than ten countries within three days.

Jian Yu felt that he looked so busy that his hair and beard had fallen out a lot, and his back was a little hunched.

…

In the evening, Harry, who was found not guilty, came to the Black mansion with Mr. Weasley who was off work. This made everyone very happy, and the twins even whistled and danced.

His originally heavy green eyes were now much more relaxed. The moment he saw Jian Yu, he rushed up suddenly, using all fours to cling to her in almost an octopus shape.

"Help--"

The Weasley twins took on the task of rescuing her as dutifully as ever, but Harry was clearly so excited that he was incoherent:

"Alive—you were alive—all that time I thought—"

"No, what you saw was my ghost." Jian Yu, who felt that his soul was about to be squeezed out of his body by his great strength, cast a dark look, "I will pass through the wall and kill you face to face at night."

She had to start dealing with a new round of greetings and exchanges from Harry, and listened to an extremely long story about being attacked by Dementors that appeared out of nowhere, being brought to court for self-defense, and fortunately Dumbledore intervened in time.

The conversation ended with Kreacher pouring a bowl of cream of mushroom soup on Harry's head.

The house-elf had mastered the art of shoveling food and sloshing soup all over the place, and could fake an accident caused by old age, and even gave a false apology.

"I'm sorry, old Kreacher's legs aren't very good—"

It spoke slowly, picking up a dirty floor rag from the ground and wiping it towards Harry's face.

After Harry put up a great fight, it dropped the rag on the ground with regret, ran over it with its foot, and muttered in a voice that everyone could hear:

"That Potter brat who has no sense of propriety not only defiled my mistress's house, but also didn't give Miss Jane, who had travelled a long way, any time to rest. He was just as rude as that bastard who disgraced the family, and even touched her with his dirty arm..."

Harry was stunned by the series of charges against him. He hurriedly argued for himself and suggested that Jian Yu go to rest first.

To be honest, he even felt that if Kreacher were to preside over the Inquisition, it might be able to surpass Cornelius Fudge.

——It is reflected in accusing people of crimes and labeling them as such.

The day's farce finally came to an end, but when Jian Yu was lying in bed trying to fall asleep late at night, he heard strange crawling and rubbing sounds coming from outside the door.

The sound was not loud but not soft either, just enough to keep her from falling asleep.

Is this house...haunted?