Cultivating Love
Chapter 14
On the second Saturday of December, when Xiu arrived at Slytherin's Rest with White Dumpling in his arms, there were already a lot of small snakes in the lounge.
When Pansy saw him, she immediately stretched out her evil hands towards White Dumpling, but she still didn't succeed.
White Dumpling ignored the hands in front of it and jumped onto the sofa that Xiu and Draco usually sat on, as if it had practiced it countless times.
The little thing seemed to know that Draco and Xiu occupied the sofa and often took advantage of the absence of the two poop-pickers to act like a tyrant on it.
"Oh, this little thing!" Pansy was a little discouraged and softly cursed.
Those who knew a little would know that Celie wasn't cold. On the contrary, she was very well-behaved. Not long after entering the school, she became Slytherin's mascot.
She was especially popular among the girls, and everyone doted on her.
When she wanted to go out, she would jump on the body of a small snake and go out together.
When she wanted to come back, the small snake would always help her to open the door.
Therefore, she often mingled on the shoulders of the little brothers and in the arms of the little sisters, except for Pansy.
Since entering the school, no matter how Pansy teased her, she would never let him hug her.
Xiu didn't know why he often comforted Pansy, "Dear, you must be too beautiful, Celie is jealous of you."
At this time, Xiu saw this familiar scene and found it really funny.
He took out his magic wand and chanted an orchid blooming spell and handed it to Pansy. "Good morning, dear.
Flowers for the beauty. "Pansy was flattered by him and smiled to take the flower, but Draco happened to see it.
The Lesser Golden Retriever looked unhappy and exuded an aura of "strangers should stay away." Pansy saw this and handed the flower to Draco. "Good morning, dear.
Flowers for the beauty. "Oh, he even copied Xiu's lines without changing a single word.
Draco, who had a sour face when he first entered the door, guessed that this little trick was mostly from Xiu. He looked at the guy and smiled. He took the flower and sniffed it under his nose.
A beauty smelling flowers, tsk, it could be put into a painting.
He cursed in his heart. Our Slytherin male model is seducing the young lady again. Xiu asked, "Why are you back so early?
Is the training over? "As he asked, he cast a Warming Spell on Draco.
The person who was being questioned slumped onto the sofa and pressed Celie down. "Our ball chaser, Psy, threw himself into the medic wing."
Xiu dug out Celie, who was meowing in protest, and frowned. "Tsk, what a dangerous exercise."
In the past, Draco would have mocked the Alpha Ursae for not knowing how to appreciate beauty, but he was not in the mood to do so now.
After saying a few words to Xiu, she went back to her dormitory to take a bath.
Pansy had just returned from changing Celie's water. Seeing that Draco wasn't there, he chatted with Xiu.
"Draco didn't seem to be in a good mood just now. Are you okay?"
Xiu gave her a "don't worry" look. "Draco, that person, is in a bad mood three hundred days a year.
It's okay. "Pansy thought about it and wasn't worried anymore.
The two people chatted and talked about the Christmas ball. Pansy asked with a gossipy face, "Xiu, do you have a dance partner?" She had asked Theodore this question before, but was blocked by Pansy, who let her ask it herself.
Xiu smiled, "I'm serious. If Celie can transform into a beautiful girl before the ball, I don't mind inviting her. If she can't, then forget it." After saying that, he shrugged his shoulders.
Pansy lit a candle for the girls who were still wondering how to invite Xiu and for herself who already knew the result. She accepted the fact that this guy didn't seem to be interested in the ball at all.
She also wanted to ask if Xiu knew about Draco's plan, but on second thought, it seemed that Draco's reaction wouldn't be different from Xiu's, so she didn't ask.
Draco took care of his hair and wore a beige sweater, which made his pale face even paler.
He walked in front of Xiu and asked condescendingly, "Merlin above, don't be so stupid. Didn't you say you were going to buy a gift?"
Xiu, who couldn't answer for a while, flipped through the chat history in his head. Didn't this golden head reject him?
Ah, what a fickle man.
However, he was still very excited about going to Hogsmeade.
But the Slytherin twins weren't called for nothing. Draco knew what Xiu was thinking at a glance and said, "Come on, don't daydream. Go to Diagon Alley or give me a list. You have one minute to choose between the two."
Xiu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. "You don't have an appointment this afternoon?
Will you be late? "Draco lied through his teeth." No. "In fact, he had canceled all the appointments this afternoon yesterday.
"Why aren't you packing up?"
Taking a step back, it would be nice to go to Diagon Alley.
Xiu was afraid that Draco would change his mind at the last minute. He took the money bag, the list, and put on a coat.
On the other side, Draco of Slytherin's Rest pulled a long face, so no one dared to provoke him.
White Dumpling, on the other hand, was not afraid that Draco would get into the arms of the Lesser Golden Retriever and do whatever he wanted.
Looking at White Dumpling's beautiful eyes and touching the soft cat's feet, Draco was not angry at all. Instead, his mood improved a little. He said with a doting face, "You can't go, but I'll bring you a gift."
Xiu, who had just packed up, saw that the big eyes of the cat and the big eyes of the human were very harmonious with each other. He had an illusion of peace and happiness, so he shook his head and happily called Draco to set off.
At ten o 'clock in the morning, Xiu and Draco walked out of the fireplace awkwardly. They each cast a few Cleansing and Warming Spells on themselves.
The pleasant shopping trip in Diagon Alley had begun!
Perhaps because it was Saturday, Diagon Alley was very crowded today. Draco subconsciously grabbed Xiu's arm and said, "There are a lot of people. Follow me closely. Don't get lost."
Xiu, who was originally in high spirits, suddenly remembered the thing in his coat pocket. He handed a finely made bracelet to Draco and asked him to put it on. "Hey, this is the tracking bracelet for Muggles. With this, you don't have to be afraid of getting lost."
He took it and put it on with a little disgust and confusion. Draco didn't know what process it went through, but he saw the same bracelet on Xiu's wrist flash.
When he lowered his head, he could see two small dots on his bracelet, one red and one blue.
Pointing at the screen on his bracelet, Xiu began to proudly introduce the high-tech product. "The blue dot is me, and the red dot is my teammate. How is it? Awesome, right?"
Draco raised his noble golden head and rolled his eyes at him with disdain.
"Come on, it's just a gadget for Muggles.
Quickly decide where to go. I don't want to stand here like an idiot. "
In the past, Xiu always followed behind Draco. Today, he was going to let Draco follow behind him. "Wait, let me look at the list."
Xiu took out a parchment list. The Lesser Golden Retriever, who was taller than him, glanced at it with his height advantage. It wasn't very short.
"I remember there's a pet shop. Let's go there and look?" Xiu's memory was very good, but he couldn't remember the directions.
The two people half asked for directions and half relied on their faint memories from a few months ago to find the Yila Owl Shop.
The owner of the pet shop was a kind old gentleman. He knew every owl in the shop like the back of his hand and introduced them to Xiu in an endless stream.
Well, to put it another way, he was endless.
While the old gentleman was still introducing how to make the owl's feathers more beautiful, Draco, who had been following behind him without saying a word and pretending to be cold, couldn't help but buy the first one.
Xiu, who was holding the female owl that was said to be smart, beautiful, and very big to say goodbye to the shop owner, was pulled by Draco. "Merlin above, if I had known earlier that I would have bought the first one, why would I listen to his nagging?"
Xiu smoothed the owl's beautiful feathers. "But if I didn't listen, how would I know that I was going to buy her?" He succeeded in getting an angry snort.
Since Xiu still had to take the list, the owl was now in the hands of Young Master Malfoy. "Oh, such a big owl, do you expect it to fly tens of thousands of miles and set some stupid record in the Muggle world?"
Of course, in addition to ridicule, he also gave a look of disdain. Xiu laughed and teased the naughty owl, who didn't know if it understood Draco's words. "It's good to be able to do it, right, big guy?"
After making a check mark on the list, Xiu took Draco to the beauty magic potion shop next door to buy a few potions. Xiu also teased Draco if he wanted to buy a potion for him to save the use of hair gel, but the Lesser Golden Retriever decisively refused. "I don't think the potions sold in this shop can compare to even one-tenth of my works."
When Xiu heard this, he couldn't help but grumble, "Hmph, do you think I don't know that it's content in the fourth-grade potions textbook?
So what if you're a top student? "
With a casual glance, Xiu happened to see Mrs. Primpenier entertaining customers not far from them. He didn't know if Draco's arrogant words had been heard just now. Xiu quickly pulled the Lesser Golden Retriever and ran away.
This was not Hogwarts, and it was fine even if Draco walked sideways. Even if he was fine, Xiu was still afraid of being beaten.
The noisy two people walked a few steps in a random direction and arrived in front of a shop. Seeing Xiu open the door and signal Draco to go in first, the coolie holding the owl felt a little strange. "Hey, are you sure you want to look for this shop?"
Alpha Ursae familiarly greeted the front desk of Slager & Ziggs Pharmacy while explaining to Draco, "Of course, I'm sure, Draco."
Seeing Draco's more puzzled face looking at the front desk, Xiu obediently explained, "When we used the unicorn tail pearl powder last week, the dean looked very distressed. It just so happened that we were running out, so we wanted to give him this. It can't be considered a gift."
Draco heard this and raised his eyebrows. Although it was not a gift for him, he had to admit that he was a little touched. "You still have a little conscience to think of buying a gift for Godfather." He thought.
Pushing the Lesser Golden Retriever, Xiu asked him to wait at the door for a while while he walked in front of the rows of jars that were no different except for the labels. He quickly found what he wanted to buy.
Draco raised his eyebrows. Even if Xiu's speed was not fast, he could be considered skilled. It seemed that he had some relationship with this shop.
Holding the small bottle of unicorn tail feather pearl powder in his bosom, Xiu happily ticked it off on the list, but he couldn't help but feel some heartache. Don't look at how this small bottle had already cost him half of his budget.