The Mosquito Biscuit Scam

After a burst of stumbling footsteps, the street fell silent for three seconds, then came alive again. A witch boldly invited the boy to go with her. A rough-voiced brute asked if he was lost. An old hag cackled in a shrill voice. Harry Potter refused each of their "kind offers" in a trembling voice. Poor Harry. He must have been terrified.

As Harry wandered farther away like a headless chicken, Luo Bin could no longer hear anything to do with him.

But Luo Bin wasn't worried about Harry's safety. Before long, Harry would run into Hagrid, who would take him back to Diagon Alley to rejoin the Weasley family.

Then, at Gringotts, Harry would glimpse the entire contents of the Weasley family's vault—a small pile of Silver Sickles and one Galleon. After parting on the steps outside the bank, they would each wander around Diagon Alley before meeting again at Flourish and Blotts!

Once the street returned to normal and the sounds of "kidnapping" and "threats" died away, Luo Bin left the alley.

He went in the opposite direction from Harry, wandering until he reached a secondhand shop.

The shop was tiny, about two meters wide, five meters long, and two and a half meters high. A hunchbacked old man with one arm stood squeezed beside a counter as narrow as a door crack. Luo Bin seriously doubted he could turn around.

When Luo Bin came in, the old man merely glanced up. There was no "Welcome," no "Feel free to look around." The merchandise was arranged in utter chaos, and not a single item had a price tag.

Luo Bin didn't leave. His dark eyes passed over the dusty, rusty, and chipped goods one by one before settling on an earpiece shaped like a shark's fin. "Boss, how