"Boom!"
With the sound of mechanical operation, the train to Hogwarts started.
As in the original plot, after Neville lost his pet, in order to help him find it, Hermione, Ron, and the protagonist Harry gathered together in a fateful way.
At this time!
"Let me tell you, today is really the happiest day for me!"
While munching on a table of snacks bought by Harry, Ron said excitedly, "You don't know what kind of life I lived before. I studied day and night, every day, from morning to night. Studying from 8 o'clock to 10 o'clock in the evening, there is no time for rest, let alone snacks!"
Ever since he met William Li, Ron's life could only be described in one word—dire straits.
From the moment he wakes up in the morning until he goes to bed at night, he is almost always studying.
During this period, even if he wanted to eat some snacks, it was impossible.
And the most terrible thing is that, as if for fear that he would not study, William Li would ask his mother to take him with him every once in a while, or go to his house under the guise of a door-to-door visit to strengthen his mother's memory.
Result!
As a direct result, he could not get rid of this life for five years.
"Isn't this just normal study? I do this every day, too. I study from eight in the morning to twelve in the evening, and sometimes at one in the morning!" Hermione said casually.
As soon as these words came out!
Harry was no longer calm.
Is the wizarding world this complicated?
One by one, learning every day?
Still studying from morning to night?
For a moment, he couldn't help but feel guilty.
Harry still knew a lot about himself.
He could accept it if he was asked to study for five or six hours, but he really thought he couldn't do this devilish level of study from eight in the morning to ten at night!
Thinking!
Harry asked tentatively, "Do people in the wizarding world learn this way?"
"No way, I have a few friends who play every day and only study for one or two hours a day!"
Upon hearing this, Ron gritted his teeth and complained, saying, "The reason why I am so miserable is because of a bastard, a bastard. Every once in a while, he says something to my mother. The stupid bird flies first. You have to learn from the mother. When I was a child, my mother forced me to study with words like "Catch!"
"What else did that bastard say? If you can't do a question, then you can do it thousands of times. What's the result? Have you ever experienced hand cramps when doing homework? I have to experience it almost every two or three days. !"
"If my mother hadn't been protecting that bastard, I would have killed him!"
As he spoke, he clenched his fists and his whole body trembled with excitement.
Those days were simply not a human life!
Is there such a person?
As Harry listened, his little eyes revealed great confusion.
At this time, Ron changed his voice and sighed, "But it's better now. I'm in school and no longer at home. My mother can't control me. It's a relief. It's just a pity for my sister!"
"Sister!?" Harry asked curiously.
"Yes, sister, my sister Ginny is one year younger than me this year. She is also forced to study every day. It was also because of that bastard!"
Ron continued to sigh, "That bastard said that girls should improve themselves. Girls should study harder and enrich themselves. Only in this way can they become better than boys. In the future, whether in the workplace or in society, only when it comes to family can you live a good life!"
"Why is it that the girl next door to him works harder than him to realize her ideals, studying from morning to midnight every day, or even one in the morning!"
"My mother listened to his slander and forced my sister to study every day. Although she didn't study until the early morning, she didn't go to bed until 9:10 p.m. every day!"
"Poor my sister, she is only ten years old this year!"
Listening to this!
Hermione on the side had an inexplicable feeling of empathy.
Although she was not forced to study by her mother, the reason why she studied so hard was because of a boy!
Even though her relationship with William Li had become quite good after so many years of getting along, she still couldn't help but grit her teeth when she thought about studying.
Immediately!
She also complained and said, "Speaking of which, the reason why I study so hard is because of my neighbor, a boy of the same age as me, who is my deskmate!"
"Every day I compete with him in studies and grades, but no matter how hard I try, I can never surpass him!"
"You know that feeling of being just a hair away from the beginning to the end, as if you can surpass it, but never surpass it? It's simply torture! He and I have been sitting at the same table and neighbors for five years. , I am always in his shadow!"
Just one step away?
It seems like it can be surpassed but never surpassed?
Listening to Hermione's words, Ron and Harry thought about the feeling carefully and couldn't help but shudder!
This feeling is torture just thinking about it.
In their view, if they have an opponent, no matter whether the opponent's performance is quite good, far better than their own, or quite poor, far lower than their own, it will not make them feel anything.
But there is just a small gap, there is a feeling that it can be surpassed, but it can never be surpassed, then it is really torture!
For a moment, Ron looked at Hermione with a look of sympathy.
Although he and Hermione suffered in different ways, at least they were both because of a boy!
Listening to the two people's words.
Harry, who originally felt that his life was hard, suddenly felt that his life was not so hard.
He had to work every day and eat leftovers every day, but he didn't have to study until after 10 o'clock every night!
"By the way, what is the name of the person who hurt you so badly?" Harry suddenly asked Ron with some curiosity.
"William Li!"
Ron said this firmly, biting his back teeth and said, "I will never forget this name!"
Wait!
William Li! ?
Harry didn't react when he heard the name, but Hermione was shocked!
She knew this name!
Isn't this Li William?
It's just that he is called Li William according to the Eastern way, and William Li according to the Western way!
"How can it be such a coincidence? My neighbor and deskmate is also called William Li!" Hermione couldn't help but say.
"What? Your neighbor and deskmate is also called William Li?" Ron was a little unbelieving.
"No! How can it be such a coincidence? You know, there shouldn't be many names like William Li in the whole country, right? This is obviously a name that only mixed-race people have! And it's an oriental mixed-race!" Listening to the two people's words, Harry instinctively felt that something was wrong and subconsciously said this.
A word awakens the dreamer!
Ron and Hermione immediately realized that something was wrong.
The name William Li is not common at all!
William is okay, very popular.
Among ten boys in the country, at least one is called William.
But the surname Li is an oriental surname, which is quite rare in the UK - well, although you can often see British people and Americans with the surname Li in TV dramas and movies in the United States and the UK, but in fact, that is a transliteration.
That is, after being translated into another language, it is probably pronounced like this, and it is not their real surname Li.
But William Li is the real surname Li.
In this case, the boys of the same age that two people meet, and they both have this name and the same surname, the possibility that they are not the same person is quite small.
Could it be
the same person! ?
Ron and Hermione both looked up suddenly and looked at each other, and both saw the doubt in each other's eyes.
After that!
After a moment of silence, Hermione asked tentatively, "Does the William Li you are talking about live in Villa No. 108 in Pine Tree Community?"
"I don't know what the community is called, I only know that the community is where Muggles live. Uh, Muggles mean ordinary people in the magical world!" Ron responded.
"Do you remember what the characteristics of the community are?" Hermione narrowed her eyes and asked again.
Ron thought for a while and said, "There are many pine trees!"
"There are also many pine trees in the community where my home is!" Hermione said faintly.
As soon as this was said!
Both of them fell into silence.
Because they have realized that the person the other party is talking about is William Li!
Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that they both have the same name and there are many pine trees in the community?
"So, you are the girl next door to him?" Ron suddenly said.
"If it's him, then it should be, because my family is next door to him, and I am the only girl around!"
After Hermione answered, she gritted her teeth and said, "But the reason why I study so late is entirely because of him. Every day I want to sleep, but when I think that my grades are always a step behind his, I want to study a little more than him and surpass him!"
"As a result, he studies very late every night. In order not to be left behind by him, I can only grit my teeth and stay up late to study, and try not to study later than him!"
Ron: "."
Harry: "."
They didn't know what to say anymore.
Just at this time!
"Creak!"
The door of their carriage was opened!
"I seem to hear someone say I'm handsome behind my back!"
A joking voice came in first.
Then!
A handsome figure appeared at the door of the box, with a half-smile on his face. He looked at Hermione and said, "Are you surprised? Are you surprised? Are you happy?"