Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

"Of course...I don't need you to answer my question now."

Charlie sat in the driver's seat, looking at the beautiful manor wrapped in clouds and mist behind the iron gate, still speaking calmly and calmly.

After saying that, he reached out and patted Lucius on the shoulder.

However, he never thought that Charlie's gentle pat would frighten the other party to the point of trembling.

"ah!"

Lucius felt his whole body tremble violently, then turned his head and looked at Charlie in horror. As if recalling some horrific experience, cold sweat suddenly flowed down his forehead.

After a while, his eyes returned to their original clarity after some fluctuations.

"Go down... maybe before Christmas, you can find a time to tell me whether you accept my invitation."

Compared with the earth-shaking and mixed emotions in Lucius's heart at this moment, Charlie was obviously much calmer.

He was still smiling, without any other meaning, and the conversation with Lucius seemed to be just a pleasantries between friends.

“…”

Before getting out of the car, Lucius looked at Charlie deeply for a while with complex eyes, and finally nodded, opened the door and walked out.

In Malfoy Manor, Narcissa seemed to have noticed the movement in front of the door. The fog that originally blocked the door dissipated, and the iron door slowly opened a gap with a creaking sound.

Seeing the familiar scene before his eyes again, Charlie couldn't help but start to miss the best seven days he spent here a few months ago.

In the distance, Narcissa's figure walked out of the mansion, stood in front of the door, and waved to her husband and brother.

But Charlie did not get out of the car, he just opened the window, and after saying a simple hello to his sister, he started the car again, drove towards his factory, and finally disappeared into the starry night.

Watching Charlie go away, Lucius was confused and didn't know how he got back to Malfoy Manor.

After returning to the mansion, he did not greet Narcissa as usual, but threw away the cane in his hand and collapsed on the sofa with a "pop".

"Didn't you go to Hogwarts today? Why did you come back with Charlie?"

As a couple who have lived together for more than ten years, Narcissa can naturally see her husband's strange behavior at this moment.

She habitually moved her long, silky hair behind her ears, frowned slightly, and sat next to Lucius.

As he spoke, he grabbed his hand as usual...but this time, Lucius's fingertips seemed cold, with a slight tremor.

Seeing this situation, Narcissa's already frowned brows suddenly became even more frowned.

"What happened? Lucius...you look very strange today."

"It's okay..." It seemed that he was brought back to reality by the concerned voice in Narcissa's ear. Lucius reluctantly turned his head, squeezed out a smile from his stiff face, and said.

"I'm just thinking about something... Charlie hopes that we can go to his factory to spend Christmas together. What do you think?"

As he spoke, he also held Narcissa's slender white hands and felt a little warmth coming from the palms of his hands. His weightless heart seemed to have received some kind of comfort and gradually calmed down...

Narcissa's eyes widened slightly when she heard the news from Lucius, and a smile of surprise appeared on her face unconsciously.

"You mean, Charlie wants to spend Christmas with us?!"

"Yes, yes."

Seeing his wife so happy, Lucius' originally stiff smile became sincere. He nodded and said softly

"I met him at Hogwarts, and we drank some wine... Later I remembered that you had mentioned at home that you wanted to invite him to spend Christmas together, so I took advantage of that time to tell him. "

After a pause, looking at Narcissa's beautiful eyes staring at him, and the light flashing through them, Lucius continued.

"He was very happy, but he couldn't leave because of some things... So he asked me if I could go to his factory to spend Christmas. I didn't agree to him immediately, but planned to come back to discuss it with you... What do you think Woolen cloth?"

"certainly!"

The expression on Narcissa's face became softer and brighter, and she nodded happily without hesitation. She stretched out her hand, let her fingertips run through her husband's long, smooth golden hair, and said softly

"The place doesn't matter, as long as the family can be together, isn't that something worth being happy about?"

"..."

Listening to Narcissa's words, Lucius couldn't help but be startled... After a long time, he nodded. Then he raised his hand, stopped Narcissa's shoulders, and hugged her into his arms, with a bit of melancholy and emotion. , responded

"Indeed, you are right...as long as the family can be together, that's enough."

Narcissa snuggled in his arms, without her usual pride. The love was naturally strong deep down... She raised her fair and slender neck, closed her eyes slightly, and pursed her red lips, which made her look even more beautiful. Just get it.

Lucius did not refuse, he gently took his wife in his arms, lowered his head and kissed her.

The lips touched together and slowly opened slightly... Just when he was about to take the next step, a sudden sharp sound broke the original gracefulness.

"Master, are we really going to Mr. Black's candy factory!?!?"

The two people's movements stopped suddenly, and they subconsciously turned their heads and cast their gazes in the direction from which the sound came.

Not far away from them, they saw Dobby, who was wearing a dirty pillowcase, leaning against the two of them with a face full of excitement, and his huge ears couldn't stop fanning to express his feelings. The restlessness in his heart.

"Then should Dobby prepare some things first?! For example, get our pot and ingredients!"

However, even at this moment, Dobby still didn't realize how bad his behavior was, and kept talking to himself, as if he had to prepare everything in one go today.

The expression on Narcissa's face became distorted, from the relaxed tenderness just now, to an angry and vicious look.

"You damn filthy slave!!!"

She said, without caring about anything else, she stood up from the sofa with a "swish" sound. She didn't have time to find her wand, so she grabbed a precious vase from the table and pointed it at Dobby fiercely. Lost it.

"Ouch!!!!!!"

The shrill screams instantly echoed through the Malfoy Manor mansion.

………………………………

Although he had made a decision in his heart, Lucius did not write to Charlie immediately to tell him his thoughts.

Because he didn't want his decision to appear too cheap... As a smart man and the head of the twenty-eight pure-blood families, there is no doubt that he understands better than any wizard that the easier it is to get something,

The less they will be deliberately cherished...and the same is true for feelings!

Therefore, Lucius secretly made a decision to wait at least ten days and a half before using an awakening tone to describe the "endless struggle" in his heart to Charlie. Then he used "family" as the reason.

, expressing her trust in him as his brother-in-law! In this way, her behavior of "cleansing her name" as a former Death Eater can be made more credible.

As for Voldemort? Go to hell Voldemort! From the moment he dared to attack his son, Lucius Malfoy was his eternal enemy!!!

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After returning to the factory, the moon was completely high in the sky.

As expected, Russell was standing at the iron door of the factory, waiting anxiously for his figure.

After seeing Charlie's black car, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly waved his arms and opened the door to let the other party in.

The car door opened slowly, and Charlie stepped out, stretched out slowly, subconsciously held his stiff neck, and let out a long breath...

"Do you need me to call the kitchen to prepare some food right now, Master?"

Russell ran up to Charlie respectfully and asked carefully.

"No, prepare me a cup of coffee...and call Peng Peng to my office by the way."

The day's events had left Charlie with no energy to talk nonsense. He waved his hand, walked straight forward, and told Russell his request.

Russell was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth. After hesitating for a moment, he still couldn't hold it back and asked.

"Peng Peng!?...It, Master, is there something wrong with it?"

"It secretly gave the alchemy items we produced to Dabu without my permission. As a result, Dabu used it to kill a giant monster at Hogwarts, causing the secret of the factory to be almost leaked."

Charlie didn't hide anything from Russell, he just took one look at him and told him directly.

As soon as these words came out, Russell was immediately shocked, his hands clenched together unconsciously, and he took a breath of cold air.

He couldn't help but stopped and was about to continue to ask something tremblingly, but before he could say anything, he was directly interrupted by Charlie waving his hand.

"You don't need to worry about the rest... All you need to do now is to pour me a cup of coffee and call Peng Peng into my office."

"Okay... okay, Master Charlie."

Russell had no choice but to nod his head. Then, he no longer hesitated. With a sudden flash of light, he disappeared from the spot and began to complete Charlie's mission.

Soon after, when Charlie returned to the office, he was not kept waiting for too long. A heavy knock sounded from outside the door.

Knowing who the visitor was, he didn't waste any words. He nodded and calmly shouted, "Come in."

However, for some reason, in the ears of Peng Peng outside the door, this sentence, which was obviously no different from the past, had a sinister tone in it.

For a moment, I couldn't help but regret in my heart. If I had known better, I shouldn't have been so arrogant in front of Dabu and insisted on stuffing a few alchemy items to prop up the scene.

I originally thought that it was just a school anyway, no matter how dangerous it could be, if I got such a highly lethal alchemy item in my hand, I wouldn't even have a chance to use it... But who could have imagined that this was the case?

In less than a few months, Dabu actually made his first kill in this school with this thing.

It's so unpredictable...

Then, the door to the office gradually opened, causing Peng Peng to quickly pull himself out of his thoughts.

He was holding a cup of coffee that Russell had specially asked him to get before he came. He seemed to be puffing up his chest to embolden himself, and then he mustered up the courage and walked into the office.

"Mr. Black..."

After coming in, without saying anything else, he took the lead in carrying the cup of coffee, walked step by step to Charlie's desk, and respectfully placed the still steaming cup of coffee on it.

Charlie was silent and didn't say anything. Instead, he took the lead in picking up the coffee and took a few sips of it with the heat.

As the bitter coffee entered my throat, the dizziness caused by drinking several glasses of wine was much better.

He closed his eyes, held his forehead, and continued to drink coffee one after another, paying no attention to Peng Peng standing in front of him, as if he didn't exist at all.

After a long time, just when Peng Peng's heart was almost in his throat and he was feeling uneasy, the coffee finally bottomed out.

"Peng Peng...why are you following me?"

When Peng Peng heard Charlie speak, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied.

"Eleven years ago! At that time, I was still a slave of the Avery family... Because I talked back to my master, they planned to execute me... I wounded two Averys on the eve of being killed.

A member of the Free family, and then escaped... Later, I met you at a wizard gathering place near Belfast, and you took me with you until now!"

Even though more than ten years have passed, Peng Peng is still very excited when talking about that experience that year, and even tears vaguely come to his eyes.

Before Charlie could speak, he continued:

"I know! I made a big mistake this time and almost ruined Mr. Black's plan... I am willing to accept any punishment! As long as you say one thing, Mr. Black, even if you let me die, I will never say another word!

"

Charlie listened to Peng Peng's impassioned words below and was almost amused by him.

The smile on the corner of his mouth rose again by itself, he shook his head and said helplessly

"Why do I want you to die? If you know the entire factory, there is no way to recruit another elf like you who can make alchemical items."

He tapped the back of the chair with his hand. After hesitating for a moment, he made a decision in his heart and said:

"Take off your supervisor position and go to the workshop, starting from the most basic assembly line... What do you think?"

"Can!!!"

Peng Peng took a melancholy breath, and then nodded heavily. Just like what he said, there was no half a word of "no".