Cho Chang listened to Marietta's words, paused slightly, and then nodded in full agreement.

"That's not wrong."

Although it was a match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, the students from Ravenclaw still went to watch the game collectively because of Lin Yue.

Lin Yue sat in the stands with Hermione, her eyes vacant and expressionless as she watched the Quidditch players from both teams enter the field.

The match began with Madam Hooch's whistle. Lin Yue sat next to Hermione, while Ron and Neville were on Hermione's other side.

Both boys were enthusiastically waving their hands, constantly cheering for the Gryffindor team.

Hermione also clasped her hands tightly on her lap, looking somewhat nervously at the match taking place high above. The referee for this match was Professor Snape, and Harry did not dare to be careless at all. From the moment he took to the air, he began searching the entire field at the fastest speed, trying hard to spot the golden snitch. Not only that, but the entire Gryffindor team also seemed to be putting in extra effort, fearing that Professor Snape would seize any opportunity to do something to them.

Lin Yue's calm gaze followed Harry's figure as it soared through the sky, her heart as still as water as she watched him continuously search for the Golden Snitch. Everyone around her was filled with excitement, loudly cheering for their respective houses, and even the students from Ravenclaw couldn't help but wave their hands and shout encouragement. Only Lin Yue sat there, her heart full of dead silence, her face expressionless, completely out of sync with the atmosphere around her. However, like her, there were clearly others who felt out of place, and there were other words...

"Do you know what common traits the Gryffindor team members have?" Draco Malfoy's face suddenly turned from the front row, directly facing Ron and Neville, who were shouting encouragement. Ron and Neville were momentarily taken aback; they hadn't expected Malfoy to come watch a match that wasn't between Slytherin. Draco Malfoy received no response, but he continued speaking regardless.

"Potter has no parents, and Weasley has no money... They’re just a bunch of pathetic guys who formed a team."

Draco let out a mocking laugh, and his two sidekicks, Crabbe and Goyle, joined in with hearty laughter.

"And you, Longbottom," Draco said, lifting his chin disdainfully to look at Neville, "they should include you in the Gryffindor team too. Do you know why? Because you have no brains."

Listening to Draco Malfoy's provocation, Ron and Neville both instinctively clenched their fists, but Ron's attention was entirely on Harry in the sky, so he didn't respond at all. Neville, however, took a deep breath, recalling what Harry and Ron had said to him earlier, and mustered the courage to glare at Draco Malfoy.

"Shut up, Malfoy!" Neville's face turned red as he tried to make his voice sound more intimidating. "I’m stronger than twelve of you combined!"

"What?" Draco looked at Neville in disbelief, seemingly unable to accept what he had just said and surprised that he dared to retort.

"I said! I’m stronger than twelve of you combined!" Neville gradually calmed down and spoke with a firm tone.

"Neville Longbottom! How dare you, you fool!"

Draco gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with rage as he glared at Neville.

"You’re just as stupid as your parents, that’s why they…"

Before Draco could finish his sentence, Neville, completely enraged by the insult to his parents, charged at him, flipped over the chair, and tackled him, throwing punches.

The two of them instantly rolled to the ground, fighting in the row in front of Hermione and the others.

Seeing this, Goyle and Crabbe quickly rolled up their sleeves and joined the fray, grabbing Draco to help him deal with Neville.

Hermione was completely focused on the match high above and was unaware of the "battle" between the boys.

Lin Yue, however, slightly shifted her gaze to glance at them, thinking that insulting others was wrong, and so was fighting. These two thoughts flashed through her mind.

After that, Lin Yue had no other feelings and continued to direct her attention to the match in the sky.

Ron was fully aware of the "fight" between Neville and Malfoy, but since it was a crucial moment for Harry to catch the Golden Snitch, he really couldn’t help Neville.

"Harry, a little faster, just a bit faster… catch the Golden Snitch," Ron silently prayed in his heart.

He didn’t know if his prayer had any effect, but Harry suddenly leaned forward and caught the Golden Snitch in his hand.

"Well done, Harry!" Ron shouted excitedly, then without a moment's pause, he flipped over the seat and rushed to the front row to join the fight, throwing punches and kicks at Draco, Goyle, and Crabbe.

"Awesome! Amazing! It’s only been five minutes, just five minutes!" Hermione exclaimed joyfully, standing up and bouncing around in celebration.

She was thrilled for Harry, who had caught the Golden Snitch just five minutes into the match—he must have set a record!

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In her extreme excitement, she even bent down and hugged Lin Yue tightly.

Lin Yue was embraced by Hermione, and she felt no other emotions, only a sudden warmth in her chest.

Being held by Hermione, Lin Yue expressionlessly turned her gaze to the seats in front. She had just seen Ron move to the row ahead, so he must have joined the fight as well. After the excitement subsided, Hermione blushed and released Lin Yue, unsure if it was due to the rush of adrenaline or some other reason.

Instinctively, she looked to her other side, expecting to see Ron and Neville celebrating wildly, but they were nowhere to be found.

Hermione paused for a moment, "Where are Ron and Neville?" They couldn't have gone back early; they wouldn't miss the match. So where did they go?

Lin Yue slowly turned back to look at Hermione.

"Lin Yue, do you know where Ron and Neville went? I was so focused on the match that I didn't notice," Hermione said, lowering her head in confusion as she looked at Lin Yue, who remained calm and seated. She had no clue about Ron and Neville's whereabouts.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue raised her right hand and pointed to the seats in front of her, "They're over there."

Hermione followed Lin Yue's finger and was momentarily stunned. The front row of seats? But there was no one sitting directly in front of them. Moreover, the classmates on both sides seemed to have moved away a bit?

After a moment of confusion, Hermione stepped forward to check. As she peeked over the back of the front row seats, she saw five boys rolling around on the ground in front of the seats.

Ron, Neville, Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe were exchanging punches with each other.

Especially Ron and Neville, for some unknown reason, were fighting particularly fiercely, and Draco and his two companions were not gaining any advantage.

Hermione clicked her tongue and slowly retreated back to Lin Yue's side, tilting her head to look at her face, which still showed no change.

"What’s going on? Why are they fighting again?"

Lin Yue spoke in a mechanical voice, "Draco Malfoy insulted the Gryffindor team, mocked Ron's family, and insulted Neville's parents, so they started fighting."

As Hermione listened to Lin Yue's account, a look of undisguised disgust appeared on her face.

She didn't like it when people used violence to solve problems, but she had to admit that for someone like Draco Malfoy, she was in favor of giving him a good "lesson" to make him remember.

The two girls, Hermione and Lin Yue, did not intervene in the "fight" between the boys. Hermione saw that Ron and Neville had the upper hand, so she felt there was no need to step in, while Lin Yue simply couldn't think of any reason to intervene, believing that fighting was wrong, and she shouldn't get involved. So, the two girls followed most of the spectators who had finished watching the match and walked down from the Quidditch stands towards Hogwarts Castle.

Only the five boys remained on the ground, punching and kicking each other.

As they exited the Quidditch pitch, Hermione and Lin Yue ran into Harry, who was walking towards them.

"Harry, congratulations!" Hermione beamed at him and offered her praise.

"You must have broken the record!"

"He did break the record," Lin Yue said with a calm nod beside her, "Congratulations, Harry."

Hearing Lin Yue's usual calm voice, Harry felt he was too accustomed to it and smiled brightly.

"Thank you, Hermione, thank you, Lin Yue... Where's Ron?" Harry asked as he looked behind the two girls but couldn't find his good friend.

"Um... about Ron," Hermione hesitated for a moment and then told Harry what she had just seen, "He's fighting Malfoy and his two lackeys with Neville."

"What?!" Harry couldn't help but widen his eyes and immediately ran towards the stands to help.

Seeing this, Hermione quickly reached out to grab his arm, preventing him from rushing towards the stands. "Don't get excited, Ron and Neville have the upper hand. They’ve really given Malfoy and the others a beating."

"If you go now, they'll probably be done fighting."

As soon as Hermione finished speaking, Harry saw two figures coming down from the stands—it was Ron and Neville. Ron had a red bruise on his forehead, and Neville had one of his eyes blackened.

"Ugh... Didn't Hermione say you two had the upper hand?"

Harry couldn't help but gasp at the sight of Ron and Neville.

Ron raised his hand to rub his forehead, grimacing for a moment, then raised an eyebrow with a somewhat smug expression. "Of course, Neville and I didn’t let them have it easy. They’re still lying on the ground and can’t get up."

Hearing this, Harry nodded and gave them both a thumbs up.

Neville couldn’t help but laugh as well, reaching into his pocket to pull out a Chocolate Frog card and handing it to Harry. "Thank you, Harry. If it weren't for you guys, I wouldn't have had the courage to stand up to Malfoy. I heard you were collecting Chocolate Frog cards, so this is for you."

Harry politely accepted the card from Neville and gently shook his head. "No, Neville, you already had the courage to stand up to Malfoy. Ron and I just helped bring it out."

Neville reached up to scratch his head, "Anyway, thank you all. I'm leaving now." After saying goodbye to the four, Neville turned and left. The Gryffindors were definitely going to have a celebration, and getting back early meant he could eat more snacks.

Watching Neville leave, Lin Yue turned to Hermione, just about to say she was going back to study, when Harry suddenly exclaimed.

"What’s wrong?" Hermione, who was originally going to listen to what Lin Yue had to say, paused at the sound and turned to look at Harry, who had just shouted.

Harry took a deep breath and placed the chocolate frog card in front of the other three.

"I told you I remembered this person, Nicolas Flamel! You all come here!"

Looking at the content on the chocolate frog card, Hermione's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"Merlin's leggings! I can't believe I actually forgot about him!"

"It?" Ron looked at Hermione with a puzzled expression.

But Hermione didn’t explain much. She grabbed Lin Yue's right wrist and started running towards Hogwarts Castle. "Keep up with me!"

Hearing Hermione's words, Harry and Ron exchanged glances and immediately followed obediently.

They ran all the way to the entrance of the Gryffindor common room, and both Hermione and Lin Yue were a bit out of breath. Hermione said the password, and the Fat Lady opened the door for them. Hermione pulled Lin Yue and was about to go inside.

However, Lin Yue stopped at the door and didn’t take another step forward.

When she couldn’t pull Lin Yue along, Hermione turned back to her, "Lin Yue, what’s wrong?"

Lin Yue calmly looked at the Gryffindor common room in front of her, "The school rules don’t specify whether students from other houses can enter the Gryffindor common room." This behaviours, which was neither prohibited nor explicitly allowed, made Lin Yue instinctively hesitate.

Hermione was taken aback by Lin Yue's question, then looked at her with a mix of amusement and exasperation. "If the school rules don’t say it’s not allowed, then it’s fine."

After saying this as if it were obvious, Hermione pulled Lin Yue into the Gryffindor common room.

The Gryffindor lions preparing for the celebration were surprised to see Hermione bring Lin Yue in, but they didn’t say much. After all, they all knew Lin Yue; she wasn’t from Slytherin, so it was fine to bring her in. Hermione took Lin Yue to a corner of the common room. "You wait here for a moment. I’ll go back to the dormitory to get something. When Harry and Ron come back, tell them to wait here for me, okay?"

Lin Yue nodded expressionlessly, her voice mechanical, "Okay."

Hermione smiled and quickly ran up the stairs towards her dormitory. The moment she dashed up the stairs, Harry and Ron came running into the Gryffindor common room, panting heavily.

Ron, out of breath, put a hand on Harry's shoulder, "What’s up with Hermione? She dragged Lin Yue and ran so fast; we couldn’t even catch up."

Harry, also exhausted, leaned on his waist, trying to catch his breath, "I don’t know..."

He looked around and finally spotted Lin Yue in the corner of the common room. "Lin Yue is over there; let’s go ask her."

"Okay..." Ron took a moment to steady his breathing and nodded, following Harry over.