Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

"Ha, it seems I came back at the right time."

Outside the candy factory, as the door shaft creaked and the iron door slowly opened, a dark green old muscle car Dodge Challenger roared on the accelerator, and Charlie's car drove into the courtyard one after another.

After the car door opened, they saw Abfuss walking out of the car with a smile on his face, holding two filled paper bags in his hands.

Then he came to Charlie's car, bent down and knocked on the glass, while saying happily.

"I just met a store on the street that was on sale. They sold Christmas cakes, wine, and those human-shaped gingerbread cookies. I couldn't help myself and bought some..."

After that, he put the paper bag in his hand on the roof of the car, then with one free hand, he took out a piece of gingerbread from the paper bag, put it in his mouth and took a bite.

"Hmm... It's a bit cold, but the taste is pretty good. Although it's not as good as the ones baked by Russell and the others, it should be quite delicious in the Muggle world. Do you want a piece, Charlie?"

At this moment, Abforth has changed into a completely different person than when he first arrived. He is wearing a black jacket with a "dragon" pattern branded on it, paired with a pair of heavily washed twill jeans.

Even the long hair and beard that were originally hanging freely were carefully combed and tied into braids.

Coupled with his already strong body and somewhat angular face, he already looks like a standard punk sportsman.

After Lain looked carefully through the glass a few times, he turned to Charlie and asked

"Is this the person you invited today?"

"No" Charlie smiled subtly, slowly opened the car window, and continued.

"This is Aberforth, my beloved teacher. I think you have heard of his name, haven't you?"

After hearing Charlie's words, Lain was stunned, and the originally casual expression on his face also froze. Then he narrowed his eyes and looked carefully at the face that seemed to be somewhat familiar.

After a while, it seemed that something was finally confirmed. Lai En's expression returned to its original state and he nodded clearly.

Of course he knew Aberforth.

After all, when he was in Slytherin, he drank a lot of Firewhiskey from the Pig's Head Bar... As for this teacher who only existed in Charlie's words, although Lain had never really seen him, he also knew him.

He is the younger brother of Dean Albus Dumbledore.

At this moment, when I saw the expression between the eyebrows and the face that was very similar to the principal, it naturally slowly overlapped with the image I had never seen before in my memory.

"Of course... I often heard you mention it at that time."

As Laien spoke, he straightened his back slightly and bowed slightly towards the old man outside the car window to show respect.

"Oh?!"

But Aberforth didn't have the slightest impression of Laien. When the car window opened and he saw the two people inside, his eyes couldn't help but widen a bit. He was about to put the gingerbread into his mouth.

He stopped for a moment, as if he had seen something incredible, and let out an exclamation.

"It's so strange... I thought your only friends were elves. I didn't expect that you would bring a... wizard into the factory."

He first mumbled a few words to Charlie, then his eyes fell on Lain again, and continued to ask

"Hey, boy, what's your name?"

Generally speaking, it is not very polite to ask someone's name when you don't know them. However, faced with Aberforth's straightforward way of speaking, Laien seemed to have heard of it and calmly

So introduced

"Whitey Lain."

After he finished speaking, he thought about it and added

"You can just call me Laien."

Obviously, this answer was very much to Aberforth's liking. He was a rough man himself, and he had always disdained those formalities that were so grandiose, difficult to pronounce, and troublesome.

Therefore, the more simple and direct the answer is, the more likely it is to win Aberforth's favor to a certain extent.

I think back then, it was precisely because Charlie was simple and direct, and had a maturity and decisiveness that was different from children of his age, that he was attracted by Aberforth, who was very interested in him, and taught him every day...

"Hahahahahaha."

Aberforth laughed a few times, put his big hand that had just finished taking out the gingerbread and was still stained with some frosting into the car, and patted Ryan's shoulder heavily.

"That's right! Since you can be brought to his factory by Charlie on such an important day, the relationship between you two must be stronger than I imagined. Charlie's friends are my friends, and you can also directly

Call me Aberforth!"

Lai En still had a smile on his face, nodded, and said nothing more.

After saying hello, Aberforth stopped talking to the two of them and picked up the pile of things placed on the roof of the car again.

"Okay! I'm going to put things away first. See you at dinner!"

After saying that, he walked towards the interior of the factory with a vigorous pace without looking back, leaving only a series of footprints on the white velvet-like snow and the two people in the car.

"I only brought Aberforth to the factory in the last month or so."

Before Lain could ask about Aberforth, Charlie explained with a bit of humor and helplessness.

"The original intention was to allow him to close the bar, enjoy his retirement life, and ask some questions about magic...

Who knew that he would be so interested in Muggle things. I had no choice but to take him out in my spare time to see the Muggle world. As a result, you also saw it..."

Hearing this, Laien also looked dumbfounded. He shook his head following Charlie's words, but he couldn't help but think of the many rumors he heard about Aberforth in the magical world.

You should know that although he and Principal Albus Dumbledore have the same mother and father, when it comes to reputation, the two are completely opposite.

People who know him mostly comment on him as tacky, scoundrel, and rude. There were even rumors for a while that he had forcibly had sex with a goat... In terms of reputation, he was already a bad guy, even if

Compared to those dark wizards, I'm afraid it's not much better.

"Perhaps Aberforth is really more suitable for the Muggle world than the magical world..."

Suddenly feeling something in his heart, Lai En looked at the retreating figure, his eyes moved slightly. He inhaled a mouthful of air mixed with cold wind into his lungs, and sighed sincerely.

Charlie didn't speak, just glanced at Lai En, but he didn't know whether he was talking about Aberforth or himself.

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