Chapter 1412: Weasley
"Hello, everyone. I'm Harry Potter's classmate. We met at the station."
As soon as Xu Yue entered, he politely greeted them. Given the display Xu Yue had put on at the station, Uncle Vernon simply could not regard him as a child.
Even though he had offended an important figure and major benefactor earlier, he hurriedly nodded in welcome.
"We'd arranged to visit a classmate's home during the summer holidays, but Harry never replied to our letters, so we came to check on him. It looks like you've run into a little trouble."
Ron had previously written to Xu Yue, asking him to visit his home during the summer holidays.
Since several of his close friends—Xu Yue, Harry, and Hermione—lived with Muggle families, they should be willing to gather at a wizarding household.
But they had never received a reply from Harry.
Xu Yue naturally understood what had happened, so he had come to rescue Harry.
In the original story, it had been the Weasley twins' violent rescue, but Xu Yue felt that, given Uncle Vernon's snobbish nature, a word from him should settle the matter directly.
He simply had not expected his timing to be so perfect. He had arrived just as Harry was being made to take the blame.
That was why he had casually asked the question.
"It was a House-elf named Dobby. He used magic to dump a cake on the guest's head. Uncle was supposed to close a big business deal today."
Harry had indeed been uncomfortable living with Uncle Vernon's family, but Xu Yue had reminded him of this once when they met at the station before school began. Coupled with his current guilt, he spoke up and told the truth.
Xu Yue gave him an approving look.
Harry could be