Albert Shafiq's eyes narrowed. Ellie's amber eyes must have been inherited from him.
"You are very smart, Mr. Xing Ze," he said, "but don't use those clever ideas to test my patience. I know the Key Hall, and my family has given them a lot of financial support.
"If I want, they will remove you today. But I don't want to do that, because I don't want to use my favor on this kind of thing. So, I came to talk to you.
"We can resolve this matter properly and amicably. My request is very simple, help me monitor Ellie, and report to me if she is involved too deeply. What do you think?"
"Um -" Xing Ze carefully recalled what the executive chairman had just said, "I thought you would tell me to stay away from your daughter."
"That's what I planned before you beat up Barrow Foley."
"So what changed your mind?"
"Barrow Foley." Albert said, "I knew he was a useless waste, but I didn't expect him to be so miserable. At the same time, I also saw the potential in you.
"I did some research on you. It can only be said that it is surprising. I saved the Hogwarts Express, investigated the missing Auror case, and successfully prevented a serious pollution incident.
"Although I'm not a divination prophet, you should be able to rise to the top with this resume. Therefore, I am more willing to let you monitor my daughter than Barrow Foley. Plus you have a good relationship with her..."
If sarcasm and ridicule can be considered a good relationship, Xing Ze thought in his heart.
Although Barrow Foley is useless, there is a Foley family behind him. According to Xing Ze's understanding, the relationship between the Shafiq family and the Foley family has always been good.
Therefore, Xing Ze didn't take the compliment to his heart at all. Albert Shafiq seemed to be praising him, but in fact it was more of putting pressure and showing off his humility.
After all, the things he investigated were not available to everyone, which also showed that Ali Shafiq was not lying. Even the Key Hall was also controlled by the big family.
Xing Ze guessed that a large part of the reason why Albert wanted him to monitor Ellie was because he knew about dreams and could find out immediately whether Ellie was really contaminated by dreams.
"Of course." The chairman continued, "I won't let you work for nothing. You can also put forward conditions. As long as they are reasonable, everything will be easy to negotiate."
Xing Ze thought for a moment and said, "Well, I guess I have no choice. Then, I have to ask you first, sir, how much power do you have over the Key Hall?"
"What do you want to do? Do you want to be promoted?"
"No, I have no such plan. I just want information about two of them."
Albert frowned. He thought that this young man would be eager for money, a position, or a higher social status, but he did not expect that he would want this.
"Tell me about it."
"R and M." Xing Ze whispered, "I need information about these two people, the more detailed the better."
The chairman did not answer. His face became more gloomy than before. After a moment of silence, he asked cautiously: "What do you want to do, kid?"
"I just want to get to know my colleagues better."
"Only a ghost can believe it." Albert's eyes narrowed, "But I won't ask you anything more, it's just a waste of time. As for your request..."
Albert pondered for a moment, "It's a little difficult, no, it's very difficult. Even for me, it's difficult to access the information about the members of the Key Hall."
It sounds like the truth, so how did you investigate me? Xing Ze thought to himself, or is it because my position is too low to enter employee protection?
"Why don't you let me restore your reputation? The beating must have had a great impact on you." The chairman made another suggestion, perhaps the one that was prepared first.
"Reputation?"
"Of course, this thing is of great value to you, but it is useless to me. However, if you are willing to help me settle this matter, I will also be happy."
Albert chuckled lightly, "I will help you get it done. But I can only try the other things, but I can't guarantee it."
The implication of his words was very clear. Xing Ze reluctantly agreed: "Okay, sir, this agreement is not bad."
…
After that, the Hogwarts Council quickly issued a statement proving Xing Ze's innocence. They believed that the magical photo was a malicious forgery, and would conduct an in-depth investigation to find the person who made the rumor.
The Hogwarts school newspaper also immediately published a long article apologizing to Xing Ze, and the whole matter finally settled down.
Of course, there are still many people who are doubtful and dissatisfied with this. Barrow Foley was the first to find Xing Ze, but because of the confusion spell, he did not remember what happened at that time.
Don't think that this matter is over just like that. He left in a hurry after leaving such a threatening word.
Then it was Lena Castle who came to the door. They met in the cafeteria. The beautiful girl seemed very unhappy.
"What a coincidence, Miss Custer. I was wondering when you would come over."
"I don't know what you did." She said very rudely, "But the truth will not change. Many of us know your true face."
"A lot of people? Oh, you mean those people who surround you, right?" Xing Ze said with a smile, "For them, even if you say that the moon does not exist, they will naturally believe it. To be honest, miss, why are you staring?
Why don’t I let go?”
The girl sneered a few times and said, "Don't think so highly of yourself, Xing Ze. You are no different from other stupid wizards."
"Is it your theory again - that the wizarding world is rigid and conservative, does not know how to adapt and enter, and will be replaced by the Muggle world sooner or later?"
"It seems that you have studied it carefully since you went back last time."
"It's not about research, I just talked with a few of your friends. Many pure-blood families are advocating that Muggles are useless, but you, Miss Castle, are shouting that wizards are useless. I really want to
Let’s see who among you will win in the end.”
"What about you? Where are you standing?" Lena pulled up a chair and sat down.
"Me? I don't take sides. At least on this matter, I don't take sides."
The corner of the girl's mouth raised, and she said arrogantly: "I think so. You are just like the rest of the public, you have no opinion or position, you are just a lamb at the mercy of others.
"But what I want to say is, sir, you should thank me for being able to teach at Hogwarts. If I hadn't reminded Dumbledore to pay attention to the development of the Muggle world, he would not have moved the Muggle Studies class to the first year.
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"I don't think so. Your theory, well, maybe Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore just regard your theory as a child's naive idea." Xing Ze said patiently.
"Then tell me, is there anything wrong with what I said before? Don't you admit that the wizarding world is gradually falling behind the Muggle world?"