Early the next morning, Alan walked into the bathroom with unkempt hair and sleepy eyes. He saw Joel with a happy face and humming a tune while brushing his teeth.
"Why are you so happy?" Allen narrowed his eyes.
"Really?" Joel tilted his head and saw that his face in the mirror was still handsome and dazzling. The corners of his lips curved up involuntarily, with a slight smile on his face, and his whole face became much softer.
"People feel refreshed when happy events happen..." he muttered.
"What's the happy event?" Allen brushed his teeth and shook his head, wanting to throw out all the toothpaste foam.
"Hailis agreed to be my girlfriend." Joel didn't hide it.
"Pfft..." Allen spit out the water in his mouth, coughed violently, and his face turned red, "Is it true?"
"Why did I lie to you?" Joel put the tooth cup away, turned on the faucet and washed his face, "It's just about last night."
Allen's eyes widened, he stopped brushing his teeth and ran out with toothpaste hanging from the corners of his mouth.
A minute later, Eddie and Sergey, who were lying on the bed, also learned the news.
"Okay, you two," Eddie teased, "you're still in love at such a young age."
"Aren't you and Qiu the same?" Joel sat on the bed and packed his luggage, glanced at Eddie, and replied.
Eddie shut his mouth and stopped talking.
Joel stuffed the things he needed to take away into the small suitcase, left the dormitory with his roommates, and locked the door. Bobby the owl was saying goodbye to Sergey's snowy owl Caesar. If nothing else, they would meet again next time.
Will be in two months.
Arriving at the common room, the wide space was filled with students. Joel immediately spotted Haylis among the crowd. She was standing in the line of second-year students, chatting with Qiu beside her.
Haylis soon discovered Joel among the boys. She waved to Joel with a smile on her face.
There's nothing she can do about it, her boyfriend's appearance is too outstanding.
Joel carried the box and came forward to say hello. Qiu nudged Joel with her elbow, "Hailis told me this morning, congratulations."
Haylis glanced at Joel's side face, her cheeks were a little red. After the relationship broke through, she could finally look at his pleasing face boldly and without any scruples.
After laughing and joking for a while, they finally got on the Hogwarts Express bound for London.
Joel did not sit with the three roommates this time, and was kicked out of the box by a vote. According to Eddie's words, "I can't stand Joel sitting on the chair with a crazy look on his face, looking like a fool."
He was forced to carry the box and go to Haylis.
She was sitting with her brother Bernie. Compared to Christmas, Bernie had gained a lot of weight. He was still talking endlessly, but looking at Haylis's expression, she didn't listen. She was holding a cup of wine.
I enjoyed reading "The Curse Unknown to the World" with great interest.
Joel knocked on the door softly. Haylis turned her head and saw his face, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, immediately put down the book in her hand and stepped forward to open the door.
"Where's Qiu?" Joel walked in carrying a box.
"She and Marietta went to the next box," Haylis whispered. "Bernie was so noisy that they couldn't stand it."
Joel knew what he was doing, put his suitcase away, and sat across from Bernie, "Good morning."
Bernie reacted very fiercely, "Why are you, a pretty boy, always trying to get close to my sister?"
"Bernie," Haylis put down the book in her hand, a hint of impatience flashed in her black eyes, "He is my boyfriend."
"I know I'm your friend, but you two have to keep your distance..." Bernie said to himself, and then he realized what he was doing and looked at Haylis with a surprised look on his face, "Sister, how come you and him..."
Haylis walked up to Joel and stretched out her hand to hold his arm.
"Understood?" She looked at her brother.
"Ah ah ah..." Bernie said incoherently, "Sister, why do you fall in love with a pretty boy like him?"
"Did you repay the pocket money my sister borrowed from you last time?" Bernie said angrily, "It's 2,000 Galleons. That's what my sister saved so hard..."
"Bernie!" A look of embarrassment flashed across Haylis's face, and the exposed neck of her robe was also dyed pink, "Joel returned the money to me just after the Christmas holiday, and I made more money.
Tens of thousands of galleons."
Bernie was so surprised that lines appeared on his forehead.
Joel knew that Bernie had always regarded him as a pretty boy from a rich girl like Haylis, so he simply opened the suitcase and revealed the money bag inside.
Although the suitcase was cast with a traceless stretching spell, it was enough to hold all the gold galleons, but for safety reasons, Joel only kept 10,000 galleons, and he stored the remaining galleons in the system panel for future use.
But these golden Galleons had successfully blinded Bernie. He grabbed a handful of Gold Galleons from the suitcase to make sure it was not a fake trick of the Irish leprechauns (they are good at distributing fake gold coins to deceive wizards)
Finally, his mouth opened in surprise.
"How do you make all this money?" Bernie stepped forward and grabbed Joel's sleeve, "Can you teach me? I want to make money too."
Joel and Haylis looked at each other.
"How much money do you earn?" Hailis asked doubtfully, frowning, "The pocket money your parents gave you is not enough?"
After both their children entered Hogwarts, the Selwyn family, one of the twenty-eight pure-blood families, would naturally not be stingy. Although the Galleons earned by the family from doing business in the wizarding world for generations could not keep up with Malfoy, it was still considerable.
A huge number.
Haylis can get hundreds of gold galleons in a month's pocket money, and the same goes for Bernie.
Hailes knew that her brother had always spent money lavishly, but there were not many places to spend money in school. She also helped buy a Nimbus 2000. Logically speaking, Bernie should not be short of money to spend.
"Oops..." Bernie waved his hand, "Sister, don't ask, how can you ever make enough money?"
Bernie shook Joel's arm, his eyes filled with desire.
"Joel, please ignore him and let me handle it." Haylis pulled Bernie's hand off Joel.
"You know the complete solution to the CLBT magic course, right?" Haylis coughed twice and looked at her brother.
"I know..." Bernie scratched the back of his head, "We still use it before the final exam. It's really helpful for review."
Bernie blinked, his chubby face full of seriousness, "Sister, don't interrupt, I really want to make money, and I want to ask brother Joel for advice."
Two minutes ago he was a pretty boy, but now he calls me brother.
"This was made by Joel and his dormitory," Haylis said with a sense of pride and a sense of satisfaction in revealing information that others didn't know. "They were only in the first grade at that time.
"
"Huh?" Bernie was dumbfounded. Last year when Dumbledore awarded them the Medal of Merlin, Bernie was not in school yet. Usually, the most discussed content was about the same level and the same college, and they didn't know much about other people's affairs.
"Joel even obtained the third-level medal of Sir Merlin based on this set of teaching materials!" Haylis said with a smile, "My father only has a second-level medal, which is much more valuable than a gold galleon."
"If you can get a Merlin Order of Merlin medal, I will buy you whatever you want," Haylis said. "Don't think about making money. The money at home is enough for you. If you spend too much, just
Ask your parents for it."
She doesn't want Bernie to be obsessed with money. The Selwyn family can provide him with favorable material conditions. He should focus on more meaningful things. After all, Bernie will become the head of the Selwyn family in the future.
"Okay..." Bernie was a little dissatisfied, but under the pressure from his sister, he agreed obediently.
He left the cubicle on the pretext of going to the bathroom, finally leaving some space for Haylis and Joel.
"What are you planning to do during the summer vacation?" Haylis put the book on the table and put it on her elbow.
"Professor Dumbledore will accompany me to the British Ministry of Magic tomorrow. My parents left some property there," Joel said.
"Your parents?" Haylis knew that Joel grew up in an orphanage, "They are not..."
Joel only told Haylis that his parents used to work in the Department of Mysteries. Due to an accidental disappearance, they concealed matters related to Voldemort and the Order of the Phoenix.
Haylis patted Joel's back gently to express relief.
"In the next two months, I plan to look for a house that I can use in my daily life after vacation," Joel said.
"Do you want to buy a house in the magical world?" Haylis was quite interested in this topic.
"...Probably," Joel shrugged, "I'm not an adult yet, so buying real estate in the Muggle world will be very troublesome."
"There are many types of real estate in the magical world, depending on whether you plan to live in a country or a city." Haylis said to Joel with considerable research.
"If you want to buy a house in the city... It's okay to say that you can't build duplex villas in the suburbs. Most of the urban areas are high-rise buildings built by Muggles. It's just that the Ministry of Magic will use some means to erase your household information from the Muggle world.
Go, this is the worst option."
"The conditions in the countryside are much better. You can choose any village in the UK to build a house. This project can be contracted to the Ministry of Magic - they will do anything as long as they can make money..." Haylis
He talked a lot, "I advise you to choose a wizard village, otherwise you will have to pay attention to hiding your identity at all times."
"How's Godric's Hollow?" Joel asked. This is the most famous village in the original game besides Hogsmeade.
"That place has a pleasant climate. You can go hiking and enjoy the scenery in your free time. There are also quite a few wizards who have settled there." Haylis pondered for two seconds. "Last year, I saw that the land price was quite moderate. The price will definitely increase in the future. If you want to buy it, I would like to give you some advice."
Get it as soon as possible.”
"How do you know so much?" Joel was a little puzzled, "Do you also know about real estate?"
"Well..." Hailis flipped up her long hair, "My father usually knows some land information - you know he is also in the real estate business. When I was a child, I was exposed to a lot of real estate knowledge."
"If you plan to buy a house, remember to write to me," Haylis said. "I can help give you some advice."
Joel and Haylis are now in the period of passionate love, and their words and actions make Bernie very tired.
Just after two o'clock in the afternoon, Qiu Zhang pulled Hailis into his cubicle, saying that he wanted to choose two sets of skirts but couldn't make up his mind, and asked Hailis to help with reference.
Only Bernie and Joel were left in the cubicle.
"Um..." Bernie made a fist with his right hand and coughed lightly, with a smile on his face, "Brother Joel, do you have any wealth password that you can reveal?"
"Aren't you afraid that I will tell your sister?" Joel closed the magic book written by Haylis. "Don't think about making money at a young age. Studying hard is the key."
You are different from me. I have the support of the system and can learn new knowledge by making money.
"What is our relationship..."
"Classmate relationship." Joel choked back without mercy. If Haylis didn't show the same meaning as before, Joel wouldn't mind thinking of some ways to make money for Bernie, but his girlfriend said so, and he would definitely not disobey her.
.
"Oh, are you and my sister going to get married in the future?" Bernie sat next to Joel and said earnestly, "If you two get married, wouldn't you be my brother-in-law?"
"Tell me, why do you want to make money?" Joel was annoyed by him, but his face remained calm.
"Tell the truth, otherwise I won't help you." He added again.
"Well..." Bernie had an awkward smile on his face, "It's mainly because I'm a little tight on money."
"I heard from Haylis that you have a lot of pocket money on weekdays?" Joel was puzzled, "How can there be so much money in Hogwarts?"
"Alas..." Bernie sighed, "The main reason is that my roommate Malfoy's daily expenses are more luxurious than mine. The dental cups he usually uses are all inlaid with gold. I just want to make more money and improve my quality of life.
.”
"I didn't tell my parents about this," Bernie pouted. "If I did, they would definitely give me a large sum of money, and then tell the Malfoys about it at the noble banquet, and the Malfoys would
I'll tell little Malfoy, and then little Malfoy will laugh at me."
"That's it..." Joel recalled the scene when Bernie grabbed Haylis's arm and insisted on Nimbus 2000 when they first met. At first, Bernie's desire to buy was not that strong, so Eddie went in to buy it first.
This aroused Bernie's comparison mentality.
I think it's because I was spoiled by my family since I was a child, and I want to pursue the best in everything.
"Bernie," he pondered for two seconds, then turned around and said seriously, "your comparison mentality is very unhealthy. What's the point of competing with others for such a luxurious material life? You are only 11 years old, you have this time to do it.
Isn’t something else bad?”
"Is it just to gain reputation?" Joel shook his head, "I won't teach you how to make money."
Bernie bit his lower lip, unwilling to give in, "Tch...if you don't want to say it, forget it, I can figure it out myself."
After saying that, he sat back down and leaned against the window, closing his eyes and falling asleep.
Joel knew that Bernie had not heard what he just said, and he planned to wait for Haylis to come back and tell her the truth. After all, the communication effect between the two of them should be better.