Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

"Good afternoon, Grandpa Dulu...why are you here? Isn't it Russell's task to pick up Mr. Black as usual?"

After calming down the heart that had just been lifted a little, Peng Peng had a stiff and forced smile on his face, and asked in a low voice to Dulu, who was slowly taking back the crutches.

Dulu ignored his greeting, but narrowed his eyes, revealing a bit of dissatisfaction.

Charlie raised his eyebrows. After a brief period of surprise, the strange thing in front of him could not escape his eyes. Whether it was the crimson cheeks, depressed spirit, or the smell of alcohol emanating from his body... he almost didn't think much about it.

, which allowed him to restore what the other party had experienced not long ago in a flash of thought.

"I thought you should be with Russell and the others at this time."

Charlie said thoughtfully, and then subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Drew beside him, whether intentionally or unintentionally...

Dulu's stooped waist couldn't help but straighten up a bit, and he took a deep breath into his belly, but he didn't say anything, but his dissatisfied expression when he looked at Peng Peng gradually turned into something unkind.

Opposite the station, after more than ten years of Grandpa Dulu's "education of love", he was naturally very clear about the meaning of this look. Suddenly his scalp began to feel numb, and there was still some residual alcohol.

The energy was completely dissipated.

For a moment, Peng Peng could not help but feel great regret in his heart. If he had known that Russell was not here, he would not have been so anxious to find Mr. Black... This time I am afraid it will become more and more unlucky. God knows that the cane that was not dropped just now,

Will they hit him on the head again soon? No, maybe, it will become a bit more brutal.

"I...Russell and I took leave..."

His voice trembled, and he stammered, making a sound as small as a mosquito, as he explained to the two people in front of him.

"Ask for leave..." Dulu twisted the crutch that was on the ground a few times, and the tip of the stick rubbed against the cement floor, making a rustling sound.

The atmosphere between the three people immediately became quiet. Behind the silence, it seemed that a violent storm was about to form.

However, in the end, it was Charlie who broke the terrifying silence... He glanced at Peng Peng helplessly, stretched out his hand to take off the hood on its head, and then started walking again, walking towards the office.

.

"Let's go, let's talk about anything when we get back."

As soon as these words came out, the invisible pressure on Peng Peng's head immediately dissipated a lot.

A drop of cold sweat flowed down from his forehead. He shrank his neck and took a careful look at Dulu's face.

The other party just coughed twice and said nothing more. He just took a deep look at Peng Peng and then moved forward with Charlie.

He finally let out a long breath. After patting his chest with lingering fear, he hurriedly moved his two short legs and followed behind the two of them.

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In the office, Charlie took off his heavy windbreaker, hung it aside, and then returned to his office chair.

Dulu also did it on the sofa, with his eyebrows lowered and looking at the ground quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Only Peng Peng opened his hood, but still wore the cloak that did not fit him and had drooped to the ground. He stood in front of the desk and looked nervously at Charlie in front of him.

"So, Peng Peng..."

After a moment, Charlie spoke.

"Did you come to see me for something?"

"Yes, Mr. Black."

Listening to Charlie's inquiry, Peng Peng nodded hurriedly. However, the fingers intertwined under his body were enough to show his confusion at the moment.

He slowly raised his head and glanced at the boss in front of him. Seeing that his face was still the same as before, still calm and gentle, his anxious and beating heart finally relaxed and told him to cheer up.

Take courage and speak

"Not long ago, I made a friend on the Muggle production line. His name is Dursley..."

"Dursley?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Charlie's expression already showed a bit of surprise. He repeated this familiar name that he had seen more than once recently, and there was a slight change in his tone.

Dulu, who was on the sofa next to him and was looking at the carpet, also raised his head and looked at the "child" in front of him in disbelief.

Peng Peng was a little embarrassed and could only scratch his head and continue.

"Yes, Dursley. After getting along with each other for a period of time, I found that humans are not all so bad and stupid... at least those Muggles are hundreds of times better than the wizards I have seen...

Of course, you are an exception, Mr. Black."

Charlie and Dulu turned their heads in tacit understanding and looked at each other. Unsurprisingly, they both saw a somewhat inexplicable look in each other's eyes...I couldn't tell whether it was weird or happy.

"You continue..."

Fortunately, when he turned back to look at Peng Peng, Charlie restrained himself very well, still nodded calmly, stretched out his hand, and motioned for him to continue.

"Then today, he asked me to go out to a bar called the Leaky Cauldron..."

When he said this, he seemed to be afraid that Charlie would misunderstand, so he quickly explained

"Originally, I actually didn't want to go, but I couldn't stand the extravagance he described, talking about paradise in this world and the land of bliss. I didn't believe it, so I planned to take a look at it with a critical purpose... The result, the result...

"

"Did you criticize it in the end?"

Dulu stroked his beard, put the crutch aside, changed into a more comfortable position, and leaned leisurely on the soft sofa. His face looked much better than before, and he even brought a few words to his words.

It means something funny.

"No..." Peng Peng's head suddenly pierced and he shook his head in shame.

Seeing his appearance, Charlie couldn't help but smile a little.

He put his elbows on the table, crossed his fingers with his hands, and continued.

"Then what? I guess you stopped me on the way because you just wanted to tell me how you had fun in the bar, right?"

"No no no no...not this!"

Hearing this, Peng Peng waved his hands hurriedly and quickly denied it.

Then after another moment of hesitation, he summoned up the courage to raise his head and look at Charlie.

"In the bar...Dursley told me something."

Charlie's expression moved slightly, as if he had thought of something, but he did not interrupt him, but waited for Peng Peng's next words.

"He once offended you with his ignorance and contempt, so you punished him by turning his child into a pig's head..."

Peng Peng's entangled hands tightened a little more, and after the Adam's apple on his neck throbbed uneasily for a few times, he spoke.

"It has been such a long time now...Dursley hopes that I will take his place and express my apology and regret to you, hoping to gain your forgiveness."

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