Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

He took a deep breath in exasperation, feeling his whole stomach twisting together with sudden tension.

He lost his appetite—fortunately, he ate more than half of it just now—so he simply put down his knife and fork, thought about it, and decided to change to a safer topic.

So he thought of what he had just seen through the window.He thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "...the lady who brought you something at the door just now...is that Ms. Petunia Evans?"

She seemed a little surprised.Soon, though, she gave a smile, as if she was a little pleased that he recognized Miss Petunia Evans; and she replied, "Yes. It's Petunia."

Snape was a little surprised.Because he has always known that the relationship between the two sisters, Petunia and Lily, is not that deep.In his memory, when she was a child, Petunia even had some jealousy towards Lily who showed her wizard physique—the first time he met Lily was under the big tree by the river, where he was originally sitting, But he heard Petunia screaming, and she said Lily was a freak, and kept yelling after Lily; that's why he confirmed that Lily was a wizard, too, so he stood up - and that was the beginning of it all.

But he didn't know that since Lily's body changed, this latecomer was able to bring the relationship between Lily and Petunia back on track—even to give Lily something on Christmas Eve. In the past, the tense sister relationship in his impression was impossible to achieve.

Fortunately, she has a good habit of proactively explaining the ins and outs of things to him with understanding.So he listened as she continued, "Perhaps you didn't know—Petunia has long since recovered and married. Her name is now Petunia Dursley."

Snape snorted.He really didn't care one iota about what happened to Petunia.But if that would allow them to have something to say, he wouldn't mind listening to it.

"I called Petunia before I came here," she said with a smile. "Maybe you haven't noticed—St. Mungo's has a public phone with the Muggle world. Mustn't remember what food to prepare here beforehand. So I better ask Petunia to do me a little favor first—”

Snape: "..."

For a moment, he didn't know whether to complain about her bad impression of No. 19 Spider's End Lane, or complain about her poor speculation about his ability to live, or complain that she was able to instigate that sister who was hostile to Lily herself.

But even if he didn't say a word, she seemed to guess what he was thinking.Her eyes narrowed slyly, she rested her chin, tilted her head, and said with a smile: "So you should really thank Petunia—it was Ms. Petunia who let us have Christmas dinner today~"

Snape frowned.

"I remember—Petunia E... well, Ms. Dursley, didn't like me," his cello-smooth voice sounded.Whenever he speaks in this voice, it's probably because he's uncomfortable—when he's nervous or agitated, his voice gets deeper.

"It's hard to imagine her doing this for me out of sheer affection for you," he said.

But she looked at him with a smile, and the candlelight on the dining table danced, casting warm light on her face that flickered on and off.

"Ah, this—" she replied with a smile, "...this is probably the so-called 'Christmas magic'."

Snape: "..."

He was on the verge of saying "do you think I'm a stupid kid with a splendens stuffed in his head" for a moment and "do you think you can prevaricate me with this" but in the end , but he just grinned awkwardly, and the facial features on his face were strangely distorted because he was not used to smiling.

"Another claim Muggles believe?" he asked.

She responded with a "hmm", still propped her head on her hands, her eyes were bent into beautiful and soft arcs; by the wall behind her, there was the Christmas tree that she didn't know how to decorate in a short time, the tree It is covered with all kinds of weird decorations, as well as silver and white shiny fake snowflakes, and the silver star erected on the top of the tree——

He wriggled his lips, said something, and suddenly waved his right arm towards the cumbersomely decorated tree.

In an instant, it was as if an invisible paintball had exploded in the air directly above the tree, and countless silver shiny debris exploded with a bang, and then fell down one after another; like a sudden light snowfall , Those silver-white sequins fell on the green branches and colorful ornaments of the Christmas tree, reflecting the soft lights and candlelight in the room, making it even more atmospheric.

Seeing the way she turned her head to look at this scene in astonishment, and then turned her face back to stare at him in disbelief, Snape couldn't help——the corners of his lips curled up triumphantly.

"Look," there seemed to be a hint of pleasure in his voice, as if he would use it after he had gained the upper hand in front of her, overwhelmed her in momentum, or made her speechless. It's like an annoying tone.

"That's what's called 'the magic of Christmas.'"

Liu Quan stared in astonishment at the man in front of him who was called "gloomy black-cloaked monster" among the little trolls in Hogwarts.

No, he was no longer a "gloomy black-cloaked monster" any more.Although he was still wearing the black uniform that was buttoned from the chin to the hem of the jacket, he had already taken off the black wizard robe that was covering the outside.At this moment, his expression was also soft, with a little childish arrogance and pride like a naughty little boy, which made her burst out laughing, and gave up very simply.

"That's right." She readily agreed with him.

"It really is... 'the magic of Christmas'."

……

After dinner, the two of them sat on the sofa, facing the fireplace that was burning quietly, chatting with each other.

Liu Quan has always felt that the life of wizards is a bit dull, especially in this house, there is no TV, and the silence is a bit scary; fortunately, she found it in the depths of a closet in the afternoon. A dusty old-fashioned magic record player, after cleaning it with a cleaning spell, is now standing on a high table in the corner, and the needle is whirring and whirring, playing something that she didn't even listen to. old songs.

Although she and Snape were sitting on the same sofa, there was a subtle distance between the two of them, about the size of one person.Perhaps because he was not used to this kind of relationship that had just changed a few hours ago, even though Snape was sitting on the sofa, his whole body was stretched straight, like a spring that was almost stretched to the limit, It seemed that once she moved slightly, he would immediately bounce away like a frightened bird.

The thought amused her for a moment.She couldn't help pursing her lips into a smile.

And he seemed to be paying attention to her every move.Seeing the smile that suddenly appeared on her face, he shivered violently.

"...what are you thinking?" he asked gruffly.

Liu Quan was slightly surprised, but he still replied honestly: "I was thinking, just a few months ago, I never thought that I could have a moment like today... to be able to return to this house Come, sit on the sofa with you like this, and enjoy this wonderful festival in peace..."

Maybe there was something in her words that touched his nerves, Snape frowned tightly, and his face became not very good.

"At that time, you thought about the possibility that you... could not come back? You had already made up your mind to... want to..."

He stuttered a little, but he still couldn't say the following key words.

Liu Quan turned his gaze to him, feeling a sigh in his heart.She uttered the fatal word for him understandingly.

"Dead?" she said, and seeing Snape's face suddenly darken, she shook her head and denied it tactfully.

"No, Severus, no one is ready to die...it's just that when it comes down to it, there's not much choice..."

Her target, from the very beginning, was the big snake Nagini who was a Horcrux.It was what killed Snape in the original.But the Dark Lord kept it with him all the time, and as a key member of the Order of the Phoenix and a professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts, she had no chance to get close to it—unless she offered to send it to her door.

But this timing must be grasped well-neither too early, before the matter started to be tortured and killed by the Dark Lord and Death Eaters, just like the poor Muggle studies professor in the original work; nor too late, By the time Voldemort took Nagini to the Shrieking Shack and decided to attack Snape, it would be too late—so she chose to pretend to be captured at that time, which was also conceived in advance.

She even thought about exiting in that way-when all the Horcruxes are destroyed, the Dark Lord can be safely handed over to Harry Potter to deal with; Severus Snape survived, and the false Lily's mission could also come to a successful conclusion—but what she didn't expect was that things would change in countless ways in the end, and finally brought her back here again.

She stared at Snape's face, with eleven thousand unresolved questions churning through her mind.She wants to ask "If I stay, what will the real Lily do", and also wants to ask "What happened to the failure of the first soul magic to recall me back to this body", she I even wanted to ask "What are you going to do in the future, just keep living in a ambiguity with the delicate balance between real and fake Lily, Severus" - but these questions are too unpleasant to be suitable for Such a warm and beautiful Christmas Eve that they had never spent together; so she swallowed those questions.

Before she could think of what to say, Snape straightened up suddenly.

He stared at her unusually sternly, and his eyes wandered back and forth a few times on her face and hands, as if he had suddenly had a little psychological shadow on those places.

"Lie!" he accused harshly.

Liu Quan was slightly taken aback.

She wasn't offended because he looked as if he was more angry and sad than she was despite the harsh words he used.

"You must have thought of that crazy plan beforehand... Otherwise, you wouldn't have slipped that note into my hand at Malfoy Manor!" Snape continued angrily.

Ah, Liu Quan remembered.

The author has something to say:

February 4:

Sorry for the late chapter.. so sorry

Tomorrow night's update will remain unchanged for the time being, and it will not be later than the morning after tomorrow at the latest.

At the end of this chapter, I feel like I'm about to write Gone with the wind [Hey!

It's all because I'm dying to write a particularly unrealistic sugar meme for the next chapter!

Next update: It is still tentatively scheduled for tomorrow (11th) night~~ It will not be later than the morning of the 12th at the latest!

感谢在2020-04-0705:30:33~2020-04-1006:37:46期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw mines: 1 Meow Meow;

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 30 bottles of rolo; 1 bottle of Mudanzi;