The herbal Herbology class had just ended, and Lin Yue received an additional ten points from Professor Sprout during the class, along with twenty extra points from Madam. Hooch. This sharp-eyed lady, resembling a hawk, stood in front of Lin Yue, doing her utmost to show the gentlest expression.

"I really have to thank you, child. You prevented the injury of Neville Longbottom. For your kindness and excellent Levitation Charm, I think you deserve an extra twenty points." Lin Yue nodded with a blank expression and politely said, "Thank you, Madam. Hooch."

"This is what you deserve," Mrs. Huo smiled as she ruffled Lin Yue's hair. "Also, Mr. Longbottom wants to thank you."

"Where is he?" Lin Yue asked Madam. Hooch. in a flat tone, devoid of emotion.

"What?" Madam. Hooch. was taken aback for a moment.

Lin Yue adjusted the position of her backpack on her shoulder. "He wants to thank me, so I'm going to find him."

Madam. Hooch. was momentarily stunned, then quickly realized, "Mr. Longbottom was a bit shaken and is now in the medical wing."

"Okay, thank you, Madam. Hooch." Lin Yue nodded and quickly left the entrance of the greenhouse.

The little eagle and badgers who had just finished class and walked out of the greenhouse looked at Lin Yue's back with awe.

Another twenty points... In less than a week since the start of school, Lin Yue had already used her own ability to earn points to put Ravenclaw far ahead. It's terrifying, truly terrifying.

Lin Yue pushed open the door of the medical wing and headed straight for the bed where Neville was located.

" Longbottom. " Lin Yue said mechanically as she lowered her head.

"Lin Yue!" Neville quickly sat up from the bed upon seeing Lin Yue.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Na Wei scratched his head with a smile.

"Thank you for saving me today... I caused you trouble because I'm so clumsy."

"No need to thank me," Lin Yue replied in a flat tone.

Neville lowered his head nervously, and Lin Yue continued in a calm tone.

"You've already thanked me, so I'm leaving now."

After saying that, Lin Yue quickly walked out of the medical wing without looking back, leaving Neville staring blankly at her retreating figure.

Determined to follow Lin Yue and see how she studies during her free time, Hermione had been eagerly watching the Ravenclaw table after entering the hall after class. However, the person she was looking for had not shown up at all. What was going on? Hermione couldn't help but frown; Lin Yue usually ate on time. Before she could think more about it, she heard about Harry and Malfoy's agreement to duel at midnight.

Taking a deep breath, she stepped forward to try to dissuade Harry from his idea of going to the duel, but was immediately and unanimously countered by Harry and Ron.

Irritated, Hermione sat back down and forcefully stuffed a mouthful of mashed potatoes into her mouth, only to see Lin Yue finally walk into the hall and sit at the Ravenclaw table.

As soon as Lin Yue sat down, she began to eat rapidly, and Hermione couldn't help but speed up her own eating as she watched her.

The result was that she ended up choking.

"Cough cough cough..." Hermione picked up the pumpkin juice cup next to her and took a big gulp, finally managing to calm herself down. Before she could take a few more bites, Lin Yue had already finished her dinner and stood up to leave the hall.

Hermione didn't even have time to finish her dinner and quickly grabbed her backpack to catch up. Following Lin Yue to the library, she saw Lin Yue place her backpack on a seat, take out a few books to return to Madam Pince, and then pull out a few more books from the first bookshelf. She sat down in her seat and began to read.

Hermione nervously tightened her grip on the strap of her backpack and took a couple of deep breaths. "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, just go say hello to her."

After preparing herself mentally, Hermione walked over to Lin Yue's side.

"Lin Yue?"

Lin Yue, who was reading, was pulled out of her studying state when she heard someone calling her name. She looked up with a blank expression at Hermione.

"Granger, is there something you need?"

"You remember my name!" Hermione said with a happy smile.

"Mm." Lin Yue nodded indifferently.

"Um... your studies are really good, so I was wondering if I could study with you?"

"And... I'm sorry for following you here, please don't be angry."

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Lin Yue stared at Hermione, just as Hermione was gradually getting anxious, thinking that Lin Yue might be angry.

She spoke up, "I'm not angry. If you want to study with me, then let's do it together."

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head to read again. Hermione let out a sigh of relief, set her backpack aside, and took out her assignment to sit next to Lin Yue and start writing. Although Lin Yue's tone and intonation when speaking showed no fluctuations, and her face always wore a faint, expressionless look, it easily led people to think that she was impolite and indifferent to others.

However, Hermione believed that deep down, she was very gentle... Sitting next to her while studying, Hermione couldn't quite explain why she felt an unexplainable sense of peace. It was as if, at that moment, the whole world was at peace, and even her speed in completing her assignment had increased a bit.

After finishing her own assignment, Hermione looked at Lin Yue, who was still focused on her book. After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't resist the urge to speak.

"Lin Yue... have you finished your assignment?"

Lin Yue turned to look at Hermione, "I've finished."

"That was fast!" Hermione exclaimed. Although first-year students at Hogwarts don't have many subjects.

However, the amount of assignment assigned by the professors is still quite substantial for first-year freshmen, and it also has some difficulty. So even Hermione herself needs some time to complete it, but Lin Yue has already finished all of this week's assignments? That's impressive... Hermione swallowed hard.

Looking at Lin Yue's calm face, Hermione's thoughts slowly drifted away from studying, and she suddenly felt a desire to confide in Lin Yue. After struggling internally for a moment, Hermione still couldn't overcome her own hesitation.

"Harry and Malfoy just agreed to a duel," Hermione bit her lip, "I suggested he shouldn't go, but he and Ron told me not to meddle."

"But this clearly violates school rules! It's not wrong for me to stop them!"

Lin Yue looked at Hermione, who suddenly became agitated, and although she didn't understand the reason for her reaction, she still mechanically spoke up.

"Violating the rules is wrong and deserves punishment."

"Exactly!" Hermione nodded vigorously, "If they get caught by a professor, they'll definitely lose points!"

"No way..." Hermione's hands twisted together anxiously, "I have to stop them tonight!"

"What time? Where?" Lin Yue asked Hermione in a calm tone.

"Ah?" Hermione looked at Lin Yue with confusion.

"The time and place of the duel," Lin Yue repeated her earlier words in more detail.

"Mid…midnight, trophy room," Hermione said, somewhat bewildered.

Lin Yue nodded, stood up, and put on her backpack, preparing to leave the library. "Got it."

"Are you leaving?" Hermione quickly packed her backpack and chased after her.

Lin Yue turned back to look at Hermione and raised her hand to point at the clock on the library wall. "It's almost curfew time."

Hermione followed her finger and realized that it was indeed almost curfew time. After getting lost in her assignment, she hadn't felt the passage of time at all.

After leaving the library, Lin Yue and Hermione walked together for a while, and neither of them spoke along the way.

It was clearly a very dull atmosphere, but Hermione felt that she was enjoying this silence.

Carefully turning her head to look at Lin Yue, she saw that her face was still as expressionless as still water, without the slightest ripple.

Since their first meeting, Lin Yue had always been like this—without intonation, without expression, as if... devoid of emotion.

Hermione couldn't help but feel even more curious about Lin Yue.

After walking together for a while, Lin Yue and Hermione finally parted ways, with one heading towards the Ravenclaw common room and the other towards the Gryffindor common room.

After separating from Hermione, Lin Yue's mind once again conjured up Hermione's face. Her meticulous and rational brain was unable to analyze why she had just asked Hermione about the location of the duel between Harry and Malfoy.

What was even more puzzling was why she had the thought of wanting to violate Hogwarts' rules and go see it at midnight. The idea that rules come first and studying comes first was firmly ingrained in Lin Yue's mind. But now, she was going to break the rules...

Lin Yue walked into the Ravenclaw common room, not looking sideways as she climbed the stairs and opened the door to the dormitory.

In the dormitory, Cho Chang and Marietta had not yet returned. The thought of breaking the rules kept repeating in Lin Yue's mind.

Lin Yue raised her right hand and tightly gripped her left upper arm, applying pressure repeatedly.

There was not a trace of pain on her face. After fifteen seconds, Lin Yue released her hand. If someone were to pull back Lin Yue's sleeve now, they would discover that there was an obvious bruise, even blackened, on her left upper arm...

Having already punished herself for breaking the rules, Lin Yue concluded that she could go to the trophy display room at midnight. She sat down at her desk and took out her textbook with her right hand. Just as she was about to lift her left arm to place it on the desk, a sharp pain shot through her.

There was still no expression of pain on her face; her left arm, which had already been lifted slightly, suddenly dropped down. Lin Yue turned her head and forcefully straightened her left arm, moving it in circles. After a few rotations, although her left arm still hurt, she was finally able to lift it normally.

After Cho Chang and Marietta returned, they unsurprisingly saw Lin Yue studying. They shrugged at each other, and the two girls took turns to shower. After that, they went to bed to read, preparing to sleep soon. Tomorrow is Saturday, so if they go to bed early tonight, they can sleep in a bit tomorrow morning!

As midnight approached, Lin Yue closed the book, quietly walked to the dormitory door, opened it, and stepped out of the dormitory.

Walking from the Ravenclaw dormitory to the trophy room, Lin Yue did not encounter any patrolling professors, nor did she run into Filch. The stairs moved on their own as usual to accommodate her needs.

Just as she reached the entrance of the trophy room, she heard voices coming from inside.

"Cunning Slytherin! Malfoy never intended to come!" Ron said indignantly.

"This is a trap he set for you, trying to get you caught!" Hermione's voice also came through.

Lin Yue caught a glimpse out of the corner of her eye at the shadows illuminated at the corner to her left.

One was the shadow of an adult, and the other was the shadow of a cat—Filch and Mrs. Norris.

Lin Yue stepped into the trophy display room, and instantly, all the eyes of the people present were on her. Ignoring the gazes of Harry, Ron, and Neville, Lin Yue simply fixed her gaze on Hermione. "Filch is coming." "Damn Malfoy!" Harry and Ron muttered under their breath, and without a word, they turned and ran.

Harry didn't forget to pull Neville along, and Hermione closely followed them, casually grabbing Lin Yue, who was still frozen in place. However, she happened to grab Lin Yue's left upper arm, and with an unchanged expression, Lin Yue let out a soft grunt and jogged to catch up with Hermione.

After running around a corner, the five of them finally stopped, standing in place and panting heavily.

"I should... have gotten rid of Ferch," Harry said breathlessly in a low voice.

"Yeah, yeah..." Ron nodded vigorously, also exhausted.

Just as the five of them were about to leave and head back to the dormitory, Neville accidentally knocked over a suit of armor nearby.

"Sorry, sorry..." Neville apologized to the other four with a pale face.

Unfortunately, it was already too late. The sound of the armor crashing to the ground was deafening, especially noticeable in the midnight silence of Hogwarts, making it feel as if it could wake the entire school.

With that sound as a guide, Filch quickly caught up.

The five of them had to keep running, and as Hermione pulled them along, Lin Yue glanced back at Filch, quickly calculating speed and distance in her mind.

Filch was ultimately an adult, faster than they were, and if this continued, they would definitely be caught.

Her gaze swept over the fallen armor and the identical armor against the opposite wall, and Lin Yue swiftly drew her wand.

"Wingardium Leviosa."

It was still the familiar Levitation Charm. Hearing the incantation, Hermione couldn't help but turn around.

She then saw the armor that had originally fallen to the ground floating up, and with the help of the Levitation Charm, it even began to assemble itself. It then raised its two iron arms and charged towards Filch.

On the other side, the armor by the wall also raised its iron arms and rushed straight at Filch.

Filch, who was desperately running to catch up with the students out after hours, widened his eyes in shock as he saw the two sets of iron armor charging towards him. He stood frozen in place, too scared to move.

As Lin Yue turned around and quickly ran away, she lightly waved her wand to the right, and the two sets of iron armor simultaneously raised their hands to pin Filch's chest, trapping him against the wall on the right.

Trapped by the two sets of iron armor, Filch could only helplessly turn his head, struggling to suppress the panic and fear inside him. With a face full of unwillingness, he watched the figures of the students disappear around the corner. If only he had been just a little quicker, he could have caught those students out after hours!