Not in a hurry to answer Lin Yue's question, Hermione squinted at her. She couldn't shake the feeling that... Lin Yue's mouth looked unusually red when she was speaking just now.

"Lin Yue, open your mouth so I can take a look," Hermione said as she got up and squatted in front of Lin Yue, her hands resting on her arms, staring at her with a serious expression.

Lin Yue looked at Hermione with a blank expression. Without needing much analysis, she concluded that Hermione had seen the injury in her mouth.

Slowly opening her mouth, Lin Yue revealed her tongue, which was bleeding profusely from where she had bitten it.

"Hiss..." Not only Hermione, but also Cho Chang and Marietta, who were sitting across from her, saw this scene, and the three girls collectively gasped.

"Is it because of studying?" Hermione asked Lin Yue, thinking about the final exam results that had just been released, pressing her lips together.

The abrupt question left the other present confused, but Lin Yue immediately understood the full context of Hermione's question.

"Did you punish yourself because of studying?"

Shaking her head without any change in her expression, Lin Yue's voice was hoarse and defeated, "No."

Hearing Lin Yue say "no," Hermione finally let out a sigh of relief. She reached into her small bag on the seat and pulled out a bottle of water, handing it to Lin Yue.

"Drink some water to soothe your throat."

After saying that, she stood up and looked at Cho Chang , "Senior Cho Chang , do you know any healing spells?"

Cho Chang nodded and, without any hesitation, took out her wand and walked in front of Lin Yue, bending down. "Lin Yue, open your mouth."

Lin Yue mechanically opened her mouth, still holding the water bottle that Hermione had given her.

The tip of the wand hovered just in front of Lin Yue's mouth, and Cho Chang gently recited a spell, " Episkey."

A cool sensation swept over, and Lin Yue's tongue began to heal at a visibly rapid pace.

In just a few seconds, it had returned to normal. Cho Chang retracted her wand, sighed, and looked at Hermione, "Biting your tongue, and your throat is hoarse... you were shivering from the cold just now... Lin Yue might be a bit overheated and have throat inflammation."

Hermione frowned slightly, leaned down, and pressed her forehead against Lin Yue's forehead. Then she straightened up and shook her head, "You're not running a fever."

"Drink more water," Hermione gestured for Lin Yue to drink.

Lin Yue nodded, her eyes dull as she twisted open the cap of the water bottle and brought it to her lips for a sip.

On the other side, Harry and Ron worked together to lift Lin Yue's suitcase onto the luggage rack, then quietly sat to the side, silently acting as two competent background figures.

Hermione watched Lin Yue drink and smiled with satisfaction, then couldn't help but add, "Drink more."

Lin Yue nodded again and tilted her head back to take a few more sips of water.

"Lin Yue, you just said you didn't want to stay in a hotel. Aren't you going home for the holidays?" Hermione asked. Next to her, Cho Chang and Marietta were frantically signaling her, and Hermione looked at them in confusion.

"I won't be going home. My home isn't in this world," Lin Yue said expressionlessly, stating the truth.

Marietta stood up and leaned close to Hermione's ear, whispering, "Lin Yue's parents are gone, so she doesn't go home."

Upon hearing Marietta's words, Hermione instinctively felt a wave of sympathy, but then she remembered what Lin Yue had told her: it was her parents who taught her daily routines, who imposed strict rules and punished her.

At that moment, she felt a bit relieved that Lin Yue's parents were gone, and even felt a small sense of joy.

Shaking her head to clear those messy emotions, Hermione looked at Lin Yue with some anticipation.

"Why don't you come to stay at my house for the summer? My mom and dad would definitely welcome you."

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Lin Yue's brain instinctively wanted to agree, but she quickly realized that if she only went to Hermione's house, she wouldn't be able to protect Cho Chang , Marietta, Harry, and Ron.

Turning her gaze to Cho Chang and the others, she found Cho Chang smiling lightly and reaching out to ruffle Lin Yue's hair.

"What's wrong? Are you going to miss us?"

Marietta smiled and replied, "Well, Lin Yue, you can come to stay at our house too. We all welcome you!"

Lin Yue's mind raced, and within two seconds, she came up with the best and most suitable solution for the current situation, mechanically speaking up. "Can I rent a villa and invite you all to live with me?"

"Rent a... villa?" Hermione said, struggling to process it. Renting a villa would be a significant expense. Lin Yue had lost her parents; did she even have a source of income?

She couldn't let her pay for it. Hermione instinctively looked at the two senior sisters present, wanting to ask for their opinions. Cho Chang and Marietta exchanged glances, and both nodded.

"I think it's a good idea. Leave this to us; we'll rent it," Marietta winked at Lin Yue.

"Exactly, there's no reason for a junior to pay for us. Just leave it to us," Cho Chang said, while playfully covering Hermione's mouth, who seemed about to say something. After all, if they weren't going to let Lin Yue pay, how could they possibly let Hermione pay?

Lin Yue watched their interaction with eyes as still as dead water, her heart pounding in her chest, a surge of indescribable warmth building up inside her.

She could analyze Hermione and the senior believed her parents were dead. Further analysis suggested they were worried that she wouldn't have money after her parents' death, which is why they wanted to cover the cost of renting the villa.

However, this was Lin Yue's plan. She wanted to protect Hermione and the others, eliminating the possibility of them being targeted by the executioners.

So how could she let Hermione and the others pay for her? "It's okay, I can handle it myself."

Lin Yue's voice was devoid of emotion, yet it was filled with a sense of power that left no room for any desire to refute her.

"I am very wealthy," Lin Yue continued to speak the truth calmly, "the kind of wealth where I can have as much as I want."

Goodness... The other five people in the private room couldn't help but sigh inwardly, wondering just how much inheritance Lin Yue's parents must have left her.

Hermione bit her lower lip; well... Although Lin Yue's parents didn't seem to be involved in any personal matters, it appeared they at least hadn't been stingy with her materially, and even provided her with quite a good standard of living.

One could only say... this was truly a huge misunderstanding.

Since Lin Yue had said so, Cho Chang and Marietta could only go along with her thoughts.

If the execution personnel were not directly apprehending people at school, they generally began to arrest people and carry out the destruction procedures two weeks after the holiday.

Lin Yue raised her head and fixed her gaze on Hermione and the others, "I will rent a villa within two weeks and then write to you, is that okay?"

Two weeks was just enough time to have a good reunion with her family.

Cho Chang and Marietta nodded without any objections.

Hermione smiled at Lin Yue, reaching out to poke her cheek, "Then before you find the villa, you can stay at my house. I really want someone to keep me company during the summer vacation."

And if that person is Lin Yue... that would be even better, Hermione silently added in her heart.

"Okay." Lin Yue nodded stiffly, then turned to look at Harry and Ron.

"You guys can come too, right?"

Harry and Ron were taken aback for a moment; they had thought this was a girls' gathering among Lin Yue and the others, but it turned out they were included too?

Ron thought carefully for a moment, "My mom... should agree."

"Okay." Lin Yue nodded without any change in her expression, shifting her gaze to Harry.

Harry pressed his lips together, feeling awkward, "My aunt and uncle... might not agree to let me go out."

"Do your aunt and uncle control you that strictly?" Hermione frowned, looking at Harry with confusion, feeling a sense of unease in her heart.

Sure enough, Harry was too embarrassed to speak, but Ron directly mentioned what he had heard Harry say on the Hogwarts Express at the beginning of the school year about his situation at his aunt and uncle's house.

"This is abuse!" Hermione slammed her hand on the chair beside her. First Lin Yue's parents, and now Harry's aunt and uncle—why are all the parents like this?

Cho Chang and Marietta also looked furious. Living in a cupboard under the stairs?! Did this family treat Harry like a house-elf?

"Why don't you just not go back?" Hermione sincerely suggested to Harry.

"Yeah!" Ron excitedly slapped his thigh, his eyes shining as he looked at Harry.

"You can just come to our house, we can play together, and play Quidditch together," Ron added, very understandingly, under Hermione's increasingly dangerous gaze, "and do homework together."

Hermione snorted lightly and withdrew her gaze. If Lin Yue stayed at her house, she needed to keep an eye on her so she wouldn't just read and study all the time.

If Harry stayed at Ron's house, she had to remind them in advance not to just focus on playing. This is the difference between people.

Harry's eyes also lit up with anticipation, "I would love to, I mean, if it won't trouble your family."

"Of course it won't," Ron waved his hand, "Trust me, my mom and dad will be very happy, and Ginny, my sister, she really admires you."

Harry's face turned red, and he scratched his cheek a bit shyly.

"But the Dursleys might come to pick me up," Harry said somewhat awkwardly, as the station was a public place, and he didn't want to cause any trouble for Ron's family.

"Well... you can go home with them first, and then in three days, no, in two days, we'll come to pick you up."

Ron looked firmly at Harry, determined to pick up his buddy in two days no matter what.

"Okay, thank you, Ron." Harry nodded gratefully, feeling a wave of joy at the thought that he only had to endure two more days before escaping the Dursleys.

Just two days, and then he could say goodbye to the Dursleys again.

Linyue waited until Harry and Ron finished their discussion before she spoke up to confirm with them in a neutral tone.

"I will write to you within two weeks to inform you of the location of the villa I rented."

"Okay." Harry and Ron nodded in unison.

During the conversation among the six of them, the Hogwarts Express had already been on its way for a while, and even the train's vendor had started selling snacks to everyone.

After buying some snacks to serve as lunch, the six people in the compartment took advantage of the last bit of time they could use magic to play Exploding Snap.

Even Lin Yue was pulled into the game by Hermione, with the sole purpose of getting her to relax and stop thinking about studying.

The notice that magic could not be used during the summer vacation had already been handed to them, and Lin Yue had no particular thoughts about this rule; she simply remembered it and compared it to the relevant laws and regulations of the Ministry of Magic that she had read before.

In the end, she concluded that young wizards were not allowed to use magic during the holidays, except in special emergencies, and she firmly etched this sentence in her mind.

After finishing the last round of Exploding Snap, the Hogwarts Express slowly came to a stop at Platform 9¾ at King's Cross Station.

Harry and Ron helped four girls take down their suitcases, and after retrieving their own luggage, everyone walked out of the platform together.

Before they left the platform, Lin Yue mechanically asked, "I would like to invite Senior Penelope later, do you all agree?" Penelope had taken good care of her at Hogwarts, and the thought of Penelope possibly being dismissed made her feel a tightness in her heart, so she wanted to invite her as well.

The five people walking next to Lin Yue all expressed their agreement upon hearing her words. They were all students and children; having more people around meant more fun, so there was no reason to disagree, especially since it wasn't like they were inviting Malfoy...

After exiting Platform 9¾, the six of them said their goodbyes. Before Harry and his friends could finish saying goodbye, a plump man came over with a similarly plump boy and a tall, thin woman.

Impatiently urging Harry, the other four people present had dark expressions and nodded for Harry to go ahead. Lin Yue also looked calmly at Harry and nodded to say goodbye.

It wasn't until Harry left with his aunt and uncle that Hermione let out a cold huff. She could hardly believe that there were such annoying people in the world; Harry's aunt and uncle were two, and Lin Yue's parents were also two.

Taking a deep breath to calm herself down, Hermione took Lin Yue's hand and said goodbye to the other three. After Lin Yue also said her goodbye in a calm tone, Hermione pulled her towards her parents.

The Granger couple had already spotted their daughter, but they didn't want to disturb her while she was saying goodbye to her friends. Now, seeing her approach with one of her friends, they couldn't help but be a bit surprised.

Mrs. Granger was surprised but also had a bit of speculation; this girl had an Eastern face, so she must be Lin Yue, whom Hermione had mentioned before. She indeed looked like a pretty and well-behaved girl, instantly making people like her at first glance.

Hermione's taste was quite good, Mrs. Granger nodded to herself in approval of her daughter's choice, and with a loving gesture, she reached out to pat the heads of the two girls, one with each hand.