For the next two weeks, the black-haired, dark-eyed boy wandered through London's major tourist attractions.
Once, he ran into Harry on an outing with his aunt's family. Harry looked like a long-suffering little servant, enduring their bullying while carrying their bags and setting out the picnic things.
Luo Bin could not stand watching it and wanted to teach the three fat bullies a lesson. But Harry refused his help. Neither the Ministry of Magic nor Hogwarts allowed underage wizards to use magic outside school, Harry explained, let alone against Muggles.
As far as Luo Bin was concerned, rules or no rules, his own feelings came first!
Before leaving, he quietly used the Magic Fan to send an ill wind toward the three hateful faces.
It was enough to leave them howling in pain for two weeks. Boils really did hurt!
July 1 arrived in a blink. That evening, Luo Bin went out early. He passed through the Leaky Cauldron and followed one alley after another from memory until he reached Knockturn Alley, a hub of shady trade. There, he entered a clothing shop.
To anyone watching, Luo Bin went into the shop and never came out. In fact, he had already cast the Invisibility Charm and left. He simply wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble.
He reached Knockturn Alley, No. 38, but no matter how long he looked, he could not find the green trash can!
Luo Bin stood beneath a streetlamp, considering the possibilities.
First, Gilderoy had taken Veritaserum, so he could not have lied. That left several possibilities.
One: the person who had made Lockhart do those dirty deeds had lied. The green trash can was a decoy, and once Lockhart arrived in Knockturn Alley as agreed, they had some other way to make contact.
Two: that person had