Chapter 268 Jealousy

Another song ended, and Harry breathed heavily and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Are you tired?" He looked at Ginny and asked, "How about we take a rest?"

Ginny was still a little reluctant to let go, and stretched her sore ankle, trying to force herself to continue jumping.

However, Harry glanced outside the dance floor and saw that Ron had stopped dancing with Midgen early and was sitting on a seat outside, with a somewhat unhappy look on his face.

Although Harry was a little unsatisfied, he still pulled Ginny out of the dance floor because he was worried about Ron.

"How was your dancing today?" Harry asked Ron, sitting down and opening a bottle of butterbeer on the table.

Hogwarts is very well prepared for this dance. There are several banquet tables with different types of drinks placed next to the dance floor, so that thirsty classmates can come here to replenish their supplies.

Ron still sat motionless, not in the mood to answer Harry's questions, but glared angrily at Hermione and Krum who were dancing nearby.

"He's been sitting like this for a long time." Midgen crossed his arms and sat with his legs crossed, one leg shaking to the beat of the music, as if he wasn't dancing to the fullest yet.

"Ever since he saw Granger's good-looking appearance, he has been obsessed with it," she said. "We danced a dance today. His dancing skills were not very good to begin with. If he was distracted, he could not even compete. Longbottom's performance couldn't be better."

Midgan was obviously a little dissatisfied with Ron.

No matter which girl it is, if her dance partner does not concentrate on dancing with her at the dance, but instead focuses on another girl, it is impossible to express forgiveness generously.

In comparison, Midgen is already extremely open-minded.

If it had been anyone else, it's hard to say whether Ron could be sitting here intact right now...

"Ron, I admit that Hermione's appearance today is indeed...well, it's incredible, but there's no need to be so surprised, right?" Harry said after considering it.

"Don't ask, Harry." Ginny said coolly from the side, "Haven't you noticed yet? This guy clearly saw Hermione dancing with Krum, so he was jealous."

"I didn't!" Ron's face turned red and he turned to glare at Ginny, "I...how could I be jealous of them two? What do you think our relationship is?"

"We are buddies, do you understand? You girls don't understand how we buddies get along with each other!" He said with a stern look.

"Yes, yes, you always regarded Hermione as your 'buddy' when she didn't pay attention to her image. Now that she has become beautiful, you realize that she is a girl." Ginny said sarcastically without mercy.

"You don't need to remind me, I always knew she was a girl!" Ron said harshly.

"Then why didn't you think of finding Hermione as your dance partner before?" Ginny curled her lips and continued to ask, "You had to wait until Krum invited her before you thought of asking her to be your dance partner... You think it's impossible for Hermione to find a dance partner, right?"

"I'm not...me, and she..." Ginny's words made Ron start to become incoherent.

"There are other things." Ginny pressed forward, "Did you say in the common room that you would rather go to the Yule Ball alone than invite Hermione?"

"I don't... I just mean that I don't want to invite girls who are... not very good-looking," Ron stammered. "Rather than dancing with those girls, I would rather attend the Yule Ball alone."

"Huh?" Hearing this, Eloise Midgen, who had her legs crossed, couldn't sit still and asked, "Are you saying that Hermione is not good-looking, or that I am not good-looking?"

"I saw it when Professor Dracula paired up people without dance partners in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. You were originally very resistant to becoming a dance partner with me, right?"

"I'm not..." Ron was so anxious that he almost cried.

He was indeed dissatisfied with Midgen's acne and crooked nose, so he never thought of inviting her as a dance partner, but he had never dared to express this idea in front of Midgen.

Now being provoked by Ginny, Ron smoothly revealed his previous criteria for choosing a dance partner. As expected, Midgen was keenly aware of it.

"I shouldn't have invited you, Wes!" Midgen said coldly without any intention of listening to Ron's explanation. He also called Ron from his first name to his last name.

After that, she stood up and left her seat, sitting on another banquet table.

Soon, other boys came over and invited Midgen to dance together. Midgen agreed without hesitation.

"Ginny, what have you done..." Ron said with a sad face as he watched this scene.

"You did it yourself." Ginny said without any sign of weakness. "You'd better find a way to go to Midgen to apologize in the next few days, otherwise I'm not sure she won't tell you. Turn against each other and become enemies.”

At this time, Hermione walked over from the dance floor and sat on Midgen's vacant chair.

She didn't realize that a war had just happened here. She kept fanning herself with her palms and danced until her face turned slightly red.

"Good evening, Hermione." Harry greeted Hermione first.

Ron closed his mouth and remained silent.

"Good evening, Harry...it's really hot, isn't it?" Hermione said, picking up a tissue on the table and wiping her sweat. "Victor went to the next table to get a drink...Hey, Ah. Where is Luo Yins? Isn’t she your dance partner? "

Ron gave Hermione a sour look, and all his attention was focused on what Hermione called Krum.

"Victor?" he said. "Did he ask you to call him 'Wiki'?"

Hermione looked at him in surprise.

"What's wrong with you? You had a conflict with Eloise. Are you in a bad mood now?" she asked.

"If you don't know," Ron said harshly, "then I don't want to tell you."

Hermione was surprised and confused, and looked back at Harry.

Harry didn't know what to say, so he could only shrug helplessly.

"Ron, how did you-"

"He is from Durmstrang!" Ron suddenly shouted, "He is Harry's competitor! He is Hogwarts' competitor! You - you are -"

He was obviously searching for words powerful enough to describe Hermione's heinous crime, "You are pro-enemy, and this is what you have done!"

Harry, who was sitting next to him, couldn't bear to listen. He didn't know why he was involved in this.

He pulled Ron's arm, trying to stop him, but Ron was unmoved.

Hermione's mouth fell open in shock.

"Stop talking nonsense!" After a moment, she retorted, "Friends! Who is the enemy? To be honest, when I saw him coming, who was so excited that I couldn't control myself? Who wanted to get his autograph? ?Who is displaying his model in the dormitory?"

Ron decided to ignore these words and changed the question: "He probably invited you while you were both in the library?"

"Yeah, that's right," Hermione said, the blush on her cheeks getting brighter from dancing, "So what?"

"How did it happen?" Ron asked sharply, "Could it be that you were trying to trick Harry on his behalf?"

"No, it's not!" Hermione retorted loudly, "If you really want to know, let me tell you, he...he said he came to the library every day just to talk to me, but he kept insisting Don’t have the courage!”

"Really?" Ron said sourly, "Huh, that's what he said himself."

"So, please tell me what he means?" Hermione asked impatiently.

"Isn't it obvious? He's a student of Karkaroff, right?" said Ron. "He knows who you hang out with all day long - he just wants to get close to Harry and steal information from him; or Get close to Harry and cast a poison spell on him..."

"Shut up, Ron!" Ginny interrupted him with a louder voice, "You are not done yet, why are you just making excuses like this?"

"I just hope she can know that Krum is our enemy!" Ron also shouted excitedly.

"Ahem...Ron, actually I think it's not a big deal for Hermione and Krum to dance together." Harry, who was between the two, was trembling and wanted to be the peacemaker.

But Ron ignored Harry's thoughts and continued to ask:

"Then why don't you go find Wiki now? He might be worried if he can't find you."

"His name is not Vicki, Ron!"

Hermione was shaking with rage, and without waiting for Krum to bring her a drink, she walked straight across the dance floor and angrily disappeared into the crowd.

Ron looked at her back with a mixture of anger and hatred on his face.

"Let's go too, Harry," Ginny curled her lips and took Harry's hand, "Ron has always had trouble with us at every age since he was a child."

"Wait, I haven't told you yet!" Ron turned to look at them, "You two haven't told me yet, what's going on with you? I'm your brother, Ginny..."

However, Ginny didn't want to pay attention to him at all. She dragged Harry onto the dance floor and danced with Harry in the next fast-paced dance song by the Weird Sisters.

However, Harry had no intention of dancing, he was always a little absent-minded, and his dance steps never kept up with the beat. He was always worried about his friends.

At this time, a tall figure and another short and fat witch came to him and Ginny while dancing.

Harry discovered that Professor Dracula's dance partner had been changed from Professor McGonagall to Professor Sprout, the head of Hufflepuff.

He had never thought that Professor Sprout, a witch who had been disgracing herself in the greenhouse all year round, could actually dance pretty well.

It's just that her figure looks a little funny compared to Professor Dracula's tall figure...

Of course, if compared with the previous height difference between Dumbledore and Ms. Maxim, the difference between Professor Dracula and Professor Sprout can be considered quite harmonious.

"Potter, when your dancing skills are not good enough, if you don't stay focused, your dance partner may be angry." Dracula's voice sounded next to Harry.

Harry then realized that he had stepped on Ginny several times and apologized to her quickly.

Fortunately, Ginny also knew that Harry was distracted by his friend, who was also her brother, so she forgave him generously.

"What's wrong? Did you have a conflict with your inseparable friend just now?" Dracula asked with interest, "I remember you just reconciled not long ago?"

"It's not this time..." Harry said, "Ron and I didn't have any conflicts this time."

He was still hesitating whether to tell Professor Dracula about Ron's situation, but Ginny spoke first.

"Professor, this time it's not Harry and Ron's problem, it's Ron and Hermione." Ginny complained, "Maybe because he was jealous, he started to have trouble with others again... first Harry, then Hermione, Twice this semester, he’s really done!”

What Ginny was thinking was that after all, Ron was her brother, Hermione was her good friend, and Harry, whom she admired, was involved.

Now that those two people are in conflict, maybe the almighty Professor Dracula can find some solutions.

However, Dracula had no intention of helping them solve the problem. Instead, he looked like he was just watching the fun and not taking it too seriously.

"Oh? Wes is here to get jealous of Granger? It's interesting!" He said with great interest, "Come on, tell me more about what happened between the two of them, I like to hear it."

"Um..." Harry was stunned, feeling that Ginny's idea of ​​asking Professor Dracula for help was completely unreliable.

Fortunately, besides Professor Dracula, there is also an amiable Professor Sprout dancing here.

As the Dean of Badger House who is most enthusiastic about helping others, Professor Sprout looked at Harry and Ginny with a smile and said to them: "Are you talking about the young man who came to Wes' house? I know, Wes came to our house The youngest boy is not very reassuring.”

Hearing this, Harry blushed a little. He always felt that he was one of the people who Professor Sprout said was not very worry-free.

"It's okay," Professor Sprout said with a smile, "When I taught Arthur and Molly, they were actually not very troublesome - especially Arthur, who was still considered a The janitor is hanging him up and beating him!"

Seeing that Sprout was interested in helping, Ginny hurriedly told her what happened between Ron, Hermione and Krum in detail. Dracula, who was dancing with Professor Sprout, He was eating melon next to him with great interest.

"So that's it," Professor Sprout smiled gently, "Maybe you haven't thought about it, but it's not just his problem?"

"Ron has to compete with so many outstanding brothers at home. Harry, as his best friend, you are so famous - every time others see you, he is left aside, and he is worried about this. He endured it silently, never saying a word, and I think this time he just couldn't bear it anymore..."

"It's similar to Hermione this time. Miss Granger has always been so good. No matter how much he doesn't care on the surface, he will always feel inferior in his heart."

"Do you know? Ron is actually probably a child who lacks self-confidence and feels insecure."

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