Poor Snape

Christmas is getting closer and closer, and the school is getting more and more lively every day.

Students are everywhere, constantly inviting and being invited.

If they agree, everyone is naturally happy; but being rejected in public, especially when there are groups of girls, is practically a public torture.

However, this latter situation is not very common, unless the boy is really incompetent.

Most girls neither refuse nor agree.

--Just hang there!

Only by keeping your options open can you choose the best one from among many alternatives.

The boys aren't stupid either. If someone wants to be a player, we have to cast a wide net and target the most important fish.

So often, after inviting a girl out, when she says she needs to think about it, the boy, while saying he's very affectionate and wants to wait until Christmas, will immediately turn around and go find another witch.

Apart from the different names, even the lines used to confess the love remain the same.

Some people are simultaneously dating multiple boys, while others are juggling multiple relationships with several women... Suddenly, even the dance partner industry has become fiercely competitive.

Go crazy with the coupons!

It's actually rare for a popular student like William to find a dance partner early on.

Whenever competition intensifies, certain dating and matchmaking industries will inevitably emerge.

As a partner and key figure in Akali's Mystery Shop's online marketing, Lee's career has recently suffered a major blow.

In order to protect students' grades, Professor McGonagall launched two crackdowns on the market of answer key services.

Li's secrecy failed, so work had to be temporarily suspended.

But he couldn't let money go to waste, so he went to William.

As the head of his store's online marketing team, William would definitely help.

After thinking it over, he invested in Li and even gave him new ways to make money.

--Found Hogwarts Lily Network.

The answer key service brought Li a large amount of customer information.

He needed to coordinate this information and complete the intelligence work for the students.

Who has a dance partner, and who doesn't? What does each student look like, what is their character like, and how much pocket money do they have...?

Any intelligence can be provided.

For more detailed information, such as the other person's hobbies or how to win over their best friend, you'll need to subscribe to a premium membership.

No money?

Want to hire a dance partner when you have no money?

Go eat dust!

Lily Network's original intention was certainly not to make money, but to help everyone find dance partners more easily.

Think about it: you invite a girl to dance, but she already has a partner... If you had known this beforehand, wouldn't you have avoided the embarrassment of being rejected?

Of course, if Lily Network expands further, it will become a dating website and a matchmaking website.

And so... in this environment of intense competition, Lily Network inexplicably became a hit.

Many students have subscribed to premium memberships.

For example, Malfoy immediately upgraded to Diamond VIP membership, hoping to find true love.

When Malfoy saw that his name was followed by his female companion's name— Pansy Parkinson—he was furious.

He hasn't even agreed to date Pansy yet!

No wonder no girls have been inviting him out lately; it turns out Lily Network is spreading rumors!

Well, his father did write that Pansy must be invited.

There was no other way but to force my son like this.

During the summer vacation, Lucius lost a lot of money and was also extorted by William for a large Galleon.

Now all I want is for my son to marry a rich woman so that we can turn our lives around.

If Draco marries Pansy, and if her father dies suddenly, Lucius can easily make a fortune while handling the funeral arrangements.

Tsk tsk... So Pansy is the real Pansy Daiyu Parkinson.

Malfoy, however unwilling, dared not disobey his father's orders.

However, when he saw that "None" was written after Harry's entry, he immediately felt better.

Malfoy pondered again, should he write a letter, pretending to be a girl, to invite Potter?

Harry was indeed anxiously awaiting a letter. But it wasn't a letter from Malfoy, but rather... a letter from Cho.

Harry has been fantasizing lately that Cho will write to him, inviting him to the ball.

The evidence is that he bumped into Qiu in the hallway after class yesterday, and she smiled at him.

Isn't this hint obvious enough?!

William was the only one unaware of Harry's thoughts; otherwise, he would definitely have invested in him as well.

If Harry were to become an author and write a book called "The Simp's Diary"... it would absolutely crush Lockhart and become a bestseller in the Wizarding World.

However, on the other hand, Harry was a classic example of being completely misled by Cedric.

Cedric advised that the invitation should be made carefully, paying attention to the atmosphere and timing... and Harry foolishly believed him.

The atmosphere was best during the Christmas holidays, so Harry decided to time it perfectly and invite Cho the day before.

How stupid would you have to be to think that?

Look at Cedric, he says one thing to your face and another behind your back.

He said he would wait, but knowing that William had successfully invited Hermione, he went to invite Cho that very night.

Qiu didn't hesitate much and readily agreed.

Cedric was extremely pleased with himself, and every time he met Harry, he would talk at length about timing.

Poor Harry, still kept in the dark, struggled to cultivate his feelings.

Harry was stalling for time, while Ron was trying to invite the girl over, but no one paid him any attention.

He was indeed Champion, but that Dark Magic had a significant impact.

Hogwarts' aversion to Dark Magic is more severe than imagined.

Many girls think he's researching Dark Magic.

Ron was determined to invite the beautiful witch, or rather... he really wanted to invite Phoebe!

The professors were just as impatient as Ron.

Professor Flitwick had invited Professor McGonagall, but she declined.

He then invited Professor Sprout, but he was also politely declined.

He invited two other headmasters; was he really going to ask Snape to give it a try?

Sigh, forget it, I'll just go to the matchmaking market for the Christmas Party. He's the matchmaking Prince, after all.

Professor Trelawney, a homebody who struggles to even go downstairs every day and suffers from social anxiety, how could she possibly invite anyone out?

But that doesn't mean she didn't want to attend the ball.

As a result, the Divination Classroom, which was always kept closed, was opened directly.

She waited for other teachers to come and invite her, but after several days, there was still no response.

It seems everyone has forgotten that she even exists.

Trelawney's temper worsened, and she would Prophecy in every class:

A terrible thing is going to happen at the Yule Ball, so please don't go!

The same goes for Professor Binns.

He explained to his students the disasters that had occurred at Hogwarts every Halloween and Christmas.

He's already gone from Ravenclaw beating up Slytherin and Gryffindor... to the medieval Christmas deaths.

But nobody was scared; his ghost stories were even more tedious Percy's Crucible Bottom Report.

What the students were most curious about was Professor Dumbledore and Professor Snape's dance partner.

Especially Snape.

The professor himself seemed oblivious to the ball, continuing his sarcastic and cryptic manner as if everyone owed him Galleon.

He then gave the entire class a gloomy look and told them:

We will have a mock OWLS exam during the last class of the semester!

The results will be released on Christmas Day and then sent to each student's parents by express mail.

In other words, while you're having fun at the ball, your family has already received a carefully prepared "Christmas present" from Snape.

So everyone knew that Professor Snape had no dance partner.

Because he has to stay up all night... grading papers.

Tsk tsk, how pitiful.

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