Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

Soon after, it was time for get out of class to end, and Snape had just finished speaking everything he wanted to say.

Without saying anything else, he looked around at everyone as usual, then organized his lesson plan, tucked it under his arm and walked out of the classroom.

It can be seen that as a professor, the pressure brought by Snape is not comparable to that of other professors.

Because it was not until about ten seconds after Snape left the classroom... after confirming that the footsteps finally disappeared, that the students, who had not dared to take a breath, finally regained their previous vitality.

They started to get noisy, packing their things and chatting with each other and their friends.

However, no matter what they were discussing, at this special time point, they could not help but more or less talk about the most "hot" topic in Hogwarts - Mr. Charlie's candy vending machine.

Hermione couldn't help but pursed her lips as she listened to what the little wizards around her were saying. Then she complained to the people around her without hesitation.

"Honestly, I don't think there's any benefit to eating so much candy."

As a child of a dentist, Hermione was naturally not interested in the candy they were obsessed with. She didn't even understand what was so attractive about it.

The so-called happiness brought by sweets is nothing more than stimulating the brain through the secretion of dopamine, thereby giving you a sense of excitement in your heart.

In that case, why not do more exercise? Anyway, it is also secreting dopamine, and exercise is good for your body.

After hearing Hermione's shocking remarks, Ron, who was packing up his things and dealing with the residue in the cauldron, suddenly stopped what he was doing.

He turned his head and looked at Hermione carefully up and down, as if looking at some kind of alien. When he almost looked at Hermione to death, he finally withdrew his gaze and asked quietly

"You must have never had Charlie's candy, have you?"

As soon as these words came out, Hermione hesitated at first, as if Ron had hit him right. But soon, she frowned again and retorted with a bit of force.

"What...is there any difference? They are just candies."

As soon as these words came out, not only Ron, but also Draco, who was standing between the two of them, sneered, and then he and Ron united the front in a rare move, and said

"Although Weasley's brain is not very good, at least when it comes to eating, I believe he will have no problem! You know, Charlie brand candies are not candies that can be easily compared to inferior goods. No matter in terms of taste or ingredients

, my uncle’s candies are definitely a level higher than others!”

Listening to Draco expressing support for himself, Ron grinned and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

"I didn't expect you would praise me." He replied with a bit of shyness.

"Praising you?..."

Draco's eyelids raised, looking at Ron with a faint blush on his face, he felt that he had been subjected to some kind of fierce moral condemnation in his heart...

Maybe I should be more humble to this Weasley child in the future... Maybe his IQ is significantly lower than that of a normal child. Draco thought silently in his heart.

Listening to the conversation between the three of them, even Harry subconsciously recalled the pieces of hazelnut chocolate he handed him when he first met Mr. Charlie, and then licked his lips unconsciously.

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To be honest, in his own mind, it was definitely the most delicious thing he had ever eaten in his life... Even after arriving at Hogwarts, he tasted other delicacies with different characteristics and flavors, but hazelnut chocolate

The taste that was left to him alone in his memory can never be replaced. It was as if it was engraved in the depths of his mind. Every time he thought of it, a sweet feeling mixed with the smell of hazelnuts filled his mind.

It will spread between his mouth and tongue again, leaving him with endless aftertaste.

"Draco and Ron are right...Mr. Black's candies are indeed the most delicious in the world. If you haven't tasted them, it would be a really unfortunate thing."

Hermione's eyes widened a bit and she froze on the spot.

She really didn't expect that the point she put forward at this moment was met with the same hatred by three people, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, in the end, the considerate Harry spoke up to resolve the embarrassment.

He smiled, put the cleaned crucible back to its place, then folded the books, and while preparing to leave with a few others, he said softly to Hermione

"Actually, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the candy vending machine has been installed in Hogwarts. Maybe we can buy some and let you have a taste of this. Trust me, as long as you take a bite, you will definitely understand.

Why do we like Mr. Black’s products so much?”

Hermione's eyes flickered several times, as if she was thinking about something. Soon after, she made a noncommittal expression, but her mouth finally became more relaxed, not as firm as before.

"Okay... I think I will give it a try, but you'd better not have any expectations about my attitude."

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"It's easy for you to say..."

After walking out of the classroom, the four of them took the textbooks and walked in the corridor. Ron glanced at Harry and couldn't help but complain.

"There is only one vending machine now, and it is still in the Hufflepuff common room. Hufflepuff students will not share it with us."

"Indeed, those cunning little badgers won't tell us where their lounge is. Even if we give them more money and ask them to help bring out some candy, they won't do it!"

Draco held his potion textbook and notebook in his hand, and while flipping through the content of this lesson, he subconsciously took over this conversation. It was also very emotional, and there was even a hint of indignation at the end of it.

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"They actually told me that there are only so many candies. It's not even enough for Hufflepuff, so they won't sell them to me... no matter how much money they add!"

Draco spoke with such sincerity and gritted his teeth that Harry couldn't help but look sideways.

However, after hearing his words, Ron's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Aha!!!"

Ron was caught off guard and shouted in joy. The sound was so loud that all the remaining three people were startled. They subconsciously turned their heads to look at him.

Looking over, I saw Ron with an excited face, jumping up and down, dancing, as happy as a monkey.

Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at Draco, as if there was solid evidence, and shouted loudly

"You also said you didn't go to the Hufflepuff common room!!! You did!! I knew it!!"

For a moment, Draco felt his temples beating violently. He closed the book and wanted to take out his wand the next second and show this orangutan his power.

At the same time, I wanted to give myself a slap in the face, and then silently threw the idea of ​​caring for the mentally retarded in my head into the trash can again.

"Weasley! I'm going to kill you!!!"

However, just when a happy atmosphere gradually filled the air, suddenly, a figure hurriedly came out from behind the four people, knocking the four people who were dancing proudly and staggering.

The man's speed was not unpleasant. Even if he didn't hit him hard, he just brushed Ron's shoulder, which made him grin in pain.

"Damn, I didn't know that in the corridor..."

After standing firm, just when Ron was gritting his teeth angrily and about to raise his head to curse something, the familiar red touch on the figure's head made him stunned on the spot.

That was none other than one of his twin brothers—Fred Weasley.

At this moment, he was holding a bag full of candies. He scraped the ground for a few meters and then stopped. He also looked back at Ron.

Before Ron could react, his other brother, George Weasley, caught up with him, and he also held many candies in his arms.

"You hurt me, Ron." Fred freed up a hand, rubbed his shoulder, and said jokingly to Ron with a smile on his face.

"Hey, did you just finish class, Ron?"

George also stopped, panting heavily, and greeted his little brother.

Ignoring the grimacing grin caused by his shoulder being hit just now, Ron's eyes fell directly on the bags of candies they each slowly filled, and he even forgot about the pain for a moment.

"Where did you get that much candy?!!!"

He opened his mouth exaggeratedly and shouted uncontrollably.

"Don't you know?" the twins said in unison.

"The house elf has already installed the second machine at the entrance of the cafeteria!"

"But, there should be a lot of people there, right? How did you get it...I mean, is that too much?" Harry listened to what the two of them were saying and couldn't help but interjected and asked.

After hearing this, Fred and George both had "unfathomable" smiles on their faces.

But Fred didn't show off and readily told the four people what he had done.

"Indeed, there were a lot of people...but while they were robbing us, we threw a big dung egg inside!"

"Yes!! And not only that! Filch was there to maintain order, but the two of us kicked him hard on the butt while he wasn't paying attention!!!" George added excitedly.

, while talking and dancing, he looked like an upgraded version of Ron just now.

"Okay! We're leaving. You go quickly. I think the candies should be almost sold out! The house elf in clothes said that if they are sold out, they have to wait until all the candy vending machines are installed.

We will replenish the goods in a unified manner later.”

After saying that, he left here in a hurry. It seemed that he wanted to run away early to avoid being caught by the victims just now.

Watching the two figures disappear at the corner of the corridor without a trace, Harry, Ron and Draco's eyes lit up at the same time.

"Let's go!!!!" x3

The three people shouted in unison, and then they could no longer care about anything else. As if they were risking their lives, they turned around and ran towards the cafeteria in the opposite direction where the Weasley twins had just run.

Only Hermione was left, who had not yet figured out what was going on, alone and messy in the wind.

When she finally came to her senses, not to mention those three people, even their shadows had completely disappeared.

Hermione looked at the direction they were leaving, holding the book in her arms, her little face bulging with anger, and her eyebrows about to stand up.

"Hmph, boy!!"

The small leather shoes under his feet stamped hard on the ground, venting the anger in his heart.

After venting her anger, Hermione took a deep breath, shook her head coolly, ignored the three of them, and walked straight towards the library.

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Soon, at the entrance of the cafeteria, after a fierce battle, Harry, Ron, and Draco finally won the final victory.

Each of them got what they wanted. Although from the outside, even the most exquisite Draco became a lot more embarrassed, the smiles on the faces of the three of them became more and more overflowing.

"By the way, where's Hermione?"

Chewing chocolate happily in his mouth, Ron suddenly seemed to realize something and asked vaguely towards the other two people around him.

Draco held the licorice stick in his mouth, and after looking at Harry who was holding the gummy candy, they both shook their heads.

"I don't know..."

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"Draco, where are your two friends?"

In the cafeteria, the three of them found a seat and spread all the candies they bought together. While eating, Harry seemed to suddenly think of something and asked abruptly.

"It seems like I haven't seen them for a long time."

Draco, who was biting a licorice stick and reading a book, was slightly startled. He raised his head and looked at Harry.

"What? Which two friends?"

"Fat guys, two big fat guys, they seem to be named Goyle and Crabbe." Ron obviously understood who Harry was talking about, swallowed what was in his mouth, and prompted.

"They..."

Draco's eyes flashed with some understanding, and he lowered his head without any surprise and continued to read the book in front of him.

"They are not my friends, they are just my followers..."

"Since you are a follower, you can follow me or others. Is this normal?"

"So..." Ron glanced at Draco, probably igniting his desire for gossip, and continued to ask.

"Whose side are they with now?"

"Brace Zabini." Although Draco said it pretending to be relaxed, Ron and Harry could faintly hear something strange in his tone.

After all, they are still just children. Although they say they don't care, they are still the people who have always been by their side. It must be impossible to say that they have never had any feelings.

Ron and Harry looked at each other, then tacitly chose to bypass this topic and talk about something else.