Chapter 114 Kindness Needs Rewards
In interpersonal communication, giving without accepting others' return will not make the other party more grateful to you, but will make others alienate you or even resent you.
Because no one likes the feeling of owing others. Sometimes, accepting others' kindness appropriately will make the other party and you closer, because once you accept it, it means that you owe him a favor, and human beings like the feeling of being owed by others. The relationship between people can only become closer if they come and go.
Franklin looked at Mike's sincere expression and was obviously relieved. A smile reappeared on his face. He enthusiastically told Mike some black materials about Lockhart, trying to prove that Lockhart was an extremely dangerous person, and Mike's decision to take him to see Lockhart was correct.
Mike did not expose him, and continued to talk along with his words. The two came to the auditorium talking and laughing.
There were already many students enjoying lunch in the hall. As Mike expected, today's lunch was quite rich. The main dishes were Hufflepuff cream chicken and roast meat, and the dessert was Yorkshire pudding. Hufflepuff cream chicken was said to be a delicacy invented by Ms. Hufflepuff. The method was extremely complicated. A bite of it would burst your mouth with a rich milky aroma. It was very delicious.
The decorations arranged for last night's dinner had all been removed, and the names of some students carved on the wall to commemorate the hard years spent in the hall had also disappeared.
Mike and Franklin quickly sat down under the temptation of delicious food. Two Hufflepuff cream chickens with milky aroma and hot steam instantly appeared on the two plates in front of them. Mike had admired this dish for a long time. At this time, he was so hungry that he couldn't bear it anymore. He didn't care whether it was clean or not. He stretched out his hand and tore off a chicken leg and started to chew it. "Hmm!"
After a big bite of chicken leg meat entered his mouth, Mike felt as if he had come to heaven on earth. He cried out in comfort and accelerated his eating speed. Franklin on the side was in a similar state as Mike, all immersed in the delicious taste of Hufflepuff cream chicken. "Um, Mike, are you free?" A familiar voice came, Mike rolled his eyes, thinking whether I am free or not, can't you see it? But he still put down the chicken leg in his hand and said, "What's wrong, Harry?" "I'm sorry, I only found out after listening to the last speech of Headmaster Dumbledore yesterday. It turned out that because of my willfulness, three seniors were sacrificed, and you were almost in danger." Harry stood there with a sad face, his hands still rubbing his school uniform robes, and Hermione and Ron beside him had the same expression. "I'm fine, after all, I arrived at the scene after the incident." Mike said calmly, "The key is those three seniors, they... they really shouldn't have sacrificed themselves." Harry's guilty look became even more serious after hearing this. After a long silence, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "I've decided. I'll ask Professor Dumbledore for leave later. I'm going to apologize to their families in person and compensate them, even if I have to empty the inheritance left to me by my parents!" As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked. Ron was the first to scream, "Are you crazy! What if they ask for too much? What will you do if all the money is paid?" "I still have Uncle Vernon. When the time comes, I'll ask them for tuition fees. They shouldn't refuse." Harry's tone became a little hesitant. "Then... what if the money in your vault is not enough?" Ron continued to ask. "If it's still not enough, I'll pay it back slowly. One day I'll be able to pay it back." Harry's face changed again and again, and finally he said firmly, "Ron, you don't have to persuade me, I've made up my mind. If I don't do this, I'll be driven crazy by guilt in the future!" Mike heard all the conversations between the two, and at this moment he finally began to look at Harry squarely. "Harry, I support you." Mike said sincerely, "You are a truly kind person." Harry saw that someone agreed with him and laughed happily. Ron on the side had a desperate look on his face, as if he was the one who lost the money instead of Harry, and at the same time he was still mumbling, "Merlin, this is a lot of money..." Mike didn't wait for Harry to continue speaking, and continued, "But your financial situation is not optimistic. Remember the money you lent me before the first grade started? It seems that now is the time to pay you back." After saying that, Mike reached out to take out the bag of traceless extension spells in his arms, but halfway through he remembered that his hands were covered with oil stains, so he quickly stopped. Franklin, who was standing by, saw this and took out his magic wand and used it to clean Mike, regardless of the fact that his hands were also dirty. Mike nodded to thank Franklin, took out a bag of Traceless Stretching Charm from his arms and handed it to Harry, saying, "I used your 200 gold Galleons to do some business with the Weasley brothers and made some money. Here are 2,000 gold Galleons, I hope it can help you." "No, no, that's too much, I can't take it!" Harry hurriedly shook his hand to refuse, "You don't have to pay me back, I originally wanted to give that money to you." "Remember what you said to me when you gave me the money? We are friends, and it is a matter of friends to help each other. You helped me when I was in the most difficult time, and now, it's my turn to help you." Mike stuffed the bag into Harry's hand and said, "Although these two thousand gold Galleons may not help you much, it is also my intention. Don't think it's too little." Mike's sincere words made Harry's eyes red, and he was so excited that he almost couldn't control himself, and said with a sob, "Thank you, thank you, Mike." "What are you thanking me for, we are friends." Mike smiled and patted Harry on the shoulder. "I'll go find Principal Dumbledore now." Harry ran out of the hall like a gust of wind. Hermione followed him. Ron stood there looking at the two of them stupidly, and shouted desperately, "At least finish your lunch first!" Seeing that the two of them ignored him, he walked out of the hall slowly. After the three of them left, Franklin asked in confusion, "2,000 gold galleons, isn't that too much?" "You don't think it's worth it?" Mike asked, picking up the chicken leg he had not finished. Seeing Franklin nod, Mike said: "Kindness needs to be rewarded. If a kind person keeps doing good deeds but does not receive any reward, then sooner or later he will become an indifferent person. Many people sneer at kindness and regard it as chaff, but I think kindness is definitely the most precious and beautiful thing in the world. Although I am not a good person, and can even be said to be a big villain, it does not affect my appreciation of this beauty. So since God cannot reward those kind people, then I will give them. Of course, this is based on the premise that I can do it to the best of my ability."
Franklin felt something powerful and stared at Mike blankly. He felt as if a ray of holy light was descending from the sky onto Mike.