Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

Chapter 229 Peng Peng has a new friend

The sun was shining at noon, and Russell obeyed Charlie's order in the morning. After the other party finished eating, he quietly left, leaving him some time to take a nap.

Charlie closed the thick curtains to block the dazzling sunlight outside the window. After yawning, he closed his eyes, found a comfortable position and leaned on the long desk where he was working, and fell asleep quietly.

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Due to the holiday, there were no Muggle employees in the factory at the moment. Even the elves had lost their previous vigor and vitality due to last night's carnival. When the big bell rang, they all walked out in unison.

They walked off the assembly line and walked towards the cafeteria in groups of three or two, planning to take a good nap after the meal to make up for the fatigue from last night.

However, just when the factory was no longer as lively as before and seemed extremely quiet, in the deepest part of the factory building, which was only used by the elves, there were two figures, one short and one fat, walking back and forth in the corridor on the second floor.

"Aren't the Muggles sleeping today? If I remember correctly, you should start working tomorrow."

Peng Peng opened his mouth in an incomprehensible manner, yawned widely, then raised his head, glanced at Dursley beside him, and said with a bit of complaint.

Apparently, he was stopped by the other party when he was about to go back to rest.

Compared to Peng Peng, who looked exhausted all over his body, Dursley on the side was in a completely different state at first glance.

I saw him with a ruddy face and a smile on his face. While listening to Peng Peng talking to him, he couldn't help but touch his hair, which had just been waxed when he came this morning, and his neatly trimmed beard. Even the clothes he was wearing were...

He has changed from the shabby suit he had been wearing before to a new high-end one. Compared to before, he looks five or six years younger.

Even Peng Peng, who was very nervous to a certain extent, was startled when he saw him for the first time. After looking up and down no less than five or six times, he finally dared to confirm that the fat man in front of him and

The Vernon Dursley whom I met before was indeed the same person.

"Isn't this... Yesterday, Mr. Black said that he wanted me to be the director of the new department... I just thought that if I came here earlier to prepare something, I would save the trouble of waiting until tomorrow."

As Dursley said this, he put his hand into the pocket of his suit, rummaged for a moment, and then took out a letter. After hesitating for a while, he finally chose to hand it to Peng Peng.

"Um?"

Peng Peng, who was so sleepy that he was crying, looked at the letter that suddenly appeared in front of him and felt a little confused for a moment.

He opened his droopy eyelids halfway and glanced at Dursley first. Seeing that the other person's expression was troubled and a bit constipated, he raised his eyebrows, slowly took the letter from the other person's hand, and asked casually

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"What's this?"

"letter…………"

Looking at the short and capable elf Peng Peng in front of him, and remembering the words of his sister Maggie Dursley when she left last night, she repeatedly begged and threatened. Dursley's heart at this moment could not be described as mixed emotions.

Even though the whole day was full of chaos, the joy of being promoted to a supervisor also dissipated a bit. In the end, I sighed, and just uttered one word in annoyance.

He really didn't understand what kind of aesthetics his sister had, and how could she accidentally become interested in Peng Peng, whom he had only met once?

The key is that this misunderstanding is so subtle that I can't even explain it.

After all, as someone who was 120% resistant to the magic world before, he had no doubts about Maggie's reaction when she found out about this... Moreover, the factory had regulations in place even before she was hired.

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If things about the magical world are revealed to unrelated people, not only will the job be eliminated, but the Oblivion Curse may also be used to erase all the violator's memories of this place.

At this time, Dursley was working vigorously and had no worries. He was about to be promoted and get a raise and reach the pinnacle of his life. How could he accept such a consequence?!

So, after seeing that even coaxing and lying could not change Maggie's determination, Dursley weighed the pros and cons for a while, and finally decided to give the letter to Peng Peng.

As for what kind of mistakes these two people will make... I can't control it. At worst, I can wait until I find an opportunity later and find a way to make it clear to Maggie!

However, when Peng Peng asked whose letter it was, he finally played a trick and explained it to the simple elf.

"My sister... the one you met is Maggie at the door yesterday... She said she wanted to be... a friend with you. Yes, a friend, the kind of good friend who communicates by writing letters. Of course, if you don't

If you want, you can just throw it away, ha, ha, it’s actually not a big deal.”

After saying that, he rubbed his hands nervously, and even the smile on his face lost its naturalness and became a little stiffer. Then he looked at him with a nervous and complex look that was a little "sincere".

Peng Peng.

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Peng Peng was stunned for a while, and then, under Dursley's visible gaze, he saw Peng Peng's eyes gradually getting bigger, and he could even faintly see the light coming from his eyes.

The deepest part of his heart bloomed. The smile on his face also changed from the original impatience to a big smile.

"New Muggle friends?"

He subconsciously asked Dursley again.

"Uh...right." Dursley felt guilty for a moment with his eyes staring straight at him. Helpless, he subconsciously moved his gaze to one side and repeated with a dry smile.

"I have a new Muggle friend?......"

Peng Peng withdrew his gaze, staring closely at the letter in his hand, as if looking at something particularly sacred, and murmured.

"As expected, you Dursleys are all born good people!"

Dursley's heart felt a sense of danger for some unknown reason. Seeing the other party's performance, he suddenly thought of a particularly bad future. Just when he was about to open his mouth to make amends, he only heard Peng Peng say.

"The office Mr. Black plans to give you is the one at the end of the corridor. If you want to see it, go and see it yourself! I won't accompany you. I want to see what my friend wrote to me!"

After saying that, Dursley saw Peng Peng holding the letter and running along the corridor in the distance without looking back, shouting happily as he ran.

"I have a new friend!! Peng Peng has a new friend!!!"

Vernon Dursley was left alone, looking at his back in the distance. For a moment he could only stare wide-eyed, dryly feeling the silence in the factory alone.

(End of chapter)