Galleons tucked into the book?
What about the diary? Where had the diary gone?
Unwilling to give up, Zhang Xiao flipped through every one of Ginny's books. Apart from the Galleons tucked inside an envelope, he found nothing.
Where had things gone wrong? Frowning, he went over the entire plan.
First, he ruled out the ridiculous idea of ambushing Lucius on the road, throwing a sack over his head, and stealing the diary.
That made this the best possible opportunity to get hold of it!
Lucius's behavior just now had also made it obvious that he wanted to cause a disturbance.
Lucius certainly mocked people, but he would not deliberately provoke someone into hitting him.
That did not fit the shrewdness of the Malfoy family that Lucius had always sworn by.
At that thought, Zhang Xiao's eyes widened in astonishment.
Lucius, you deliberately took a beating just to give the Weasley family a dozen or so Galleons? Are you out of your mind?
Why give the Weasley family Galleons? Surely you haven't grown a conscience...
So... where exactly did Lucius put the diary?
Suddenly, Zhang Xiao had the strange feeling that everything he knew... was beginning to fall apart...
On the way home, Li Qingshu noticed Zhang Xiao's silence and asked curiously:
"Xiaoxiao, what's wrong? You handled things at the bookshop very well. Helping them that way was far cleverer than simply giving them money."
Zhang Xiao managed a smile in response to his mother's concern.
He had indeed had two purposes in mind when he arranged for the Weasley family to win the prize.
But the diary's mysterious disappearance still left him feeling a little glum, though that was all.
Maybe I should reconsider throwing a sack over Lucius's head...
He soon pulled himself together. Whoever had taken