Cho Chang's Diary

Cho Chang's Diary

Dusk gradually fell...

The two of them stood there embracing for a long time...

Cho Chang's eyelashes trembled slightly as she opened her eyes. Seeing the situation before her, she cried out and hurriedly pushed Harry away.

Her face then flushed crimson as she said nervously, "I'm sorry..." After that, she frantically grabbed the books from the table and ran out...

It seemed I was the one who should be apologizing...

Harry opened his mouth, but he did not call after Cho Chang. What could he have said if he did? Besides, seeing how shy she had been just now, calling her back would only make things even more awkward between them...

Harry was in high spirits. Whistling, he swayed his way out.

At least now he knew that Cho Chang was at Hogwarts...

Harry raised his hands. It seemed he could still smell Cho Chang's faint, elegant fragrance on them.

Harry secretly decided that tonight, he would definitely sleep with this school uniform in his arms!

When he returned to the Gryffindor common room, Hermione was still reading there.

When she saw Harry return, she glanced at him, feeling a little puzzled. Harry seemed to be in a very good mood.

Holding her book up in front of her face, Hermione yawned. "I'm going to bed. Otherwise, getting up tomorrow will be difficult again. What about you? Are you still going to read?"

She did not realize that she read in the common room not because she wanted somewhere quiet, but because she wanted to see Harry...

"No, I'm done reading too. I'm heading back to the dormitory."

Hermione waved the book in her hand. "Then... good night."

Harry smiled. "So, how about a goodnight kiss, dear?"

Hermione spat at him, her face burning red as she lowered her head. Whether it was because of the torchlight, or...

Hermione ran toward the girls' staircase and slammed the door shut behind her. Leaning against it, she pressed a hand to her chest, trying to calm her racing heart.

Harry's words had left her at a loss just now, but why did she also feel a sense of anticipation?

She unconsciously touched the spot Harry had kissed a few days ago, then jerked her hand away as if electrocuted.

Hermione slowly let out a breath and shook her head, trying to throw the wild thoughts from her mind.

But even she herself did not know what she was thinking.

Hermione climbed the spiral staircase step by step.

She frowned. Just now, she seemed to have smelled a faint fragrance on Harry. It had smelled nice. Was it Madam Pince's?

Ravenclaw, second-year girls' dormitory.

"Cho Chang, are you feeling unwell somewhere? Ever since you came back from the library, you've been lying face-down on your bed without moving," one of Cho Chang's roommates asked with concern.

Cho Chang suddenly sat up and insisted that she was completely fine. "I'm fine."

"Really? But your face looks awfully red!" she said doubtfully.

Cho Chang said awkwardly, "I'm really fine. If something were wrong, I would have gone to St Mungo's Hospital long ago."

After everyone had gone to sleep, Cho Chang took out an exquisite notebook, carefully spread it open on the desk, and began recording what had happened today.

This was Cho Chang's diary. Girls who kept diaries were all cute, weren't they?

She had never minded writing in her diary in front of her classmates before, but for some reason, she felt far too embarrassed to do so today.

That was why she had gotten up so sneakily.

She took out a fountain pen from the Muggle world, and neat, delicate characters appeared on the page.

She was not writing in English, but in Chinese characters. Though she was only twelve, her calligraphy was already quite accomplished.

When her classmates had first seen the square characters she wrote, they had all praised them as beautiful and clamored to become her students. It had left her not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Dressed in pale yellow pajamas, Cho Chang leaned over the desk and wrote intently. Her dark hair obscured her pretty face, leaving it half-hidden from view.

...This afternoon, I met Harry Potter. I found that he was different from how I imagined him, but just as outstanding as the legends said. Though I did not know much about him, that was my first impression.

...What surprised me was that, at first, I actually thought he had Chinese blood. After all, his appearance was far too easy to misunderstand.

...I actually fell asleep in his arms! No, not asleep. It was a feeling of infatuation that made me immerse myself without realizing it and forget the time...

...Being in his arms felt warm. For some reason, I thought of many things: Mother's embrace, my hometown, and that clear little river from my childhood memories, the blue sky, the white clouds...

Though she was only writing in her diary, Cho Chang seemed to have returned to that moment again. Thinking of how she had behaved then, her face flushed with embarrassment once more... It must have been terribly humiliating, right?

Cho Chang closed her diary and placed it beneath her cute pillow.

But falling asleep tonight was difficult, because whenever she closed her eyes, the image that appeared in her mind was of the two of them standing in an embrace beneath the setting sun...

As for Harry, he was sleeping soundly with his school uniform beneath his head...

Luo Bei: I want bookmarks, I want recommendations.

Thank you.

Thank you to Miss Gongziqing for pointing out the error in Chapter 38. It has been corrected.

I made a mistake in one part of the plot. Earlier, I said that more than two months had passed since the start of term, but that was wrong, because Halloween should already have passed by then. I had not thought of that.

So everyone can just treat it as having been a little over one month since the start of term, and then it will match the date mentioned in yesterday's chapter.

That is, late October.

Standard Wizard Spells Level 2

Prank Spells:

Spell 1: Levicorpus — Prank spell English name: levicorpus

Back then, James Potter used it on Snape once. Everyone remembers that scene, right? Its effect is like having an invisible pair of hands seize your ankles and suspend you upside down in midair. Some wizards once used it to discipline children, but the side effect was blood rushing to the brain.

Spell 2: Muffliato — Prank spell English name: (?)

Do you have secrets to share with your best friends? Do you want to confess to the girl or boy you like? If so, use this spell from the era of the "Half-Blood Prince." It will make people's ears buzz—guaranteed to work!

Spell 3: Tarantallegra — Prank spell English name: tarantallegra

The victim's feet will involuntarily dance the Tarantella. It is ridiculously funny.

Spell 4: Marauder's Map — "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good" — Prank spell English name:

Everyone surely knows the Marauder's Map, right? It was a prank item jointly created in James Potter's era by Prongs, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Moony. The words above are the spell to activate it. After using it, say, "Mischief managed," to close the Marauder's Map.

Spell 5: Locomotor Mortis — Binding spell English name: locomotormorts

If you run into an enemy on the road, you can give it a try: crouch in a corner and cast the Leg-Locker Curse. You will see your enemy's legs snap together as they stare at the ground in terror, then fall straight over.

Spell 6: Serpensortia — Prank spell English name: serpensortia

Do you remember Malfoy's duel with Harry? Malfoy used Serpensortia, and that stupid snake nearly hurt someone. It can be very effective at stirring up trouble.

Spell 7: Dissendium — Prank spell English name: dissendium

You can try it on your mortal enemy's trousers. It might tear a huge hole in them, with excellent results.

Spell 8: Densaugeo — Prank spell English name: densaugeo

Do you remember Hermione's beaver teeth? They were all thanks to this spell.