It was the first time Su Er had seen Hermione dressed like this. Usually, he most often saw her in wizard robes, followed by clothes for lounging at home or casual outfits for strolling around outside. Without exception, Hermione had never tied her hair up.
This look, so elegant yet with a trace of youthful awkwardness-as though a little girl had suddenly become an adult-was particularly eye-catching. Oh, to Su Er, that was.
Her tied-up hair fully exposed her neck, which looked especially long and slender above her turtleneck sweater.
Su Er finally understood what a swanlike neck was.
Hermione set down the tray, only to find Su Er standing dazedly beside the sofa. She glanced around and saw that neither her father nor Mr. Ellison had noticed her, so she took off her gloves, quietly picked up a cream bun, approached Su Er, and stuffed it into his mouth.
Su Er really had been staring, spellbound. Only when something warm was pushed into his mouth did he instinctively bite down. The cold sensation that traveled from his mouth to his head made him shudder.
"Hee~ Merry Christmas." Hermione's playful voice drifted into Su Er's ears.
Su Er came back to his senses, chewed the cream bun in his mouth, and hurriedly swallowed it. Looking at Hermione, who was secretly giggling at her successful prank, he curled his lips into a smile, his gaze gentle.
"Merry Christmas~"
"Mmm... so yummy~" Angel's cheerful voice rang out. "Big brother, Hermione, come and eat!"
"Coming, coming~"
Oh, by this point, you were probably wondering why the Granger family was at Su Er's house on Christmas Day.
That was right: the two families planned to spend Christmas together today.
The sudden heavy snowfall two days before Christmas had covered all of London in a