Chapter 80 Trust and Roaring Letter
The truth was revealed, and Yang Tian was relieved. But the little girl seemed to have opened her mouth again, still chattering:
"You have no idea how ungrateful some people are. You helped us so much, but after you disappeared, some people said that you led the bad guys to Juelu Street. Most of us looked down on these people and even stopped associating with them. Later, these people moved away one after another."
As he was talking, Zhang Qiu suddenly seemed to remember something and said hurriedly, "Oh, right, Yang Tian, let me tell you, no matter how bad these people are, they are not as bad as this one person. Do you remember Old Tom who often came to our neighborhood to collect waste?"
Yang Tian, who was listening with great interest, was startled when he heard this and said, "I know. Wasn't he being harassed by the people next door for gambling debts before? My father even said a few words on his behalf, and he got a reprieve for two months, right? What happened?"
Zhang Qiu stood up angrily and said, "Yes, it's him. I tell you, you must be careful of him. This man is two-faced and definitely not a good person. Don't think that he always speaks for your family in front of others, saying that you are good people and that you have helped him. But in fact, on the day you disappeared, it was this man who secretly brought that group of strangers to your house. He is very familiar with those strangers."
Upon hearing this, Yang Tian quickly asked, "Are you sure it was this person who led the way? Is he still collecting waste on that street?"
Zhang Qiu said, "It's certain. We were a group of kids that night and came home late. We saw it when we were playing near your house. All the kids, including me, saw it. Old Tom still comes to our neighborhood to collect waste, and he asks about your whereabouts from time to time, asking if you've come back."
Yang Tian's eyes flashed coldly, and after a little thought, he came up with a plan...
Now that the doubts in his mind had been resolved, Yang Tian no longer beat around the bush and openly shared with his friends the entire process of the attack. Apart from the existence of Salok and Nightmare, he did not hide anything and also shared some of his own guesses.
These explosive news shocked all the friends so much that they didn’t know what to say for a moment.
Only Penelope frowned slightly and thought for a long time before saying, "My God, I don't think the school's promise will lead to any results, and your plan of staring at Filch may not be useful."
"How could it be?" Yang Tian was inexplicably surprised.
"From what you just said, it seems that this organization is very well organized and the plan is very detailed. You know, the news that you were seriously injured was reported this morning. And your survival means that the plan has failed. At this time, what should this organization do most? Cut off all clues! For example, kill Filch and so on."
Yang Tian agreed greatly with Penelope's analysis, and he quickly signaled to the senior to continue.
"But in the end, everything was normal. This proves that Filch knew nothing. Otherwise, Professor Snape's Leminacy and Veritaserum are no joke. I, a student, know all this, so how could the traitor not know?"
Yang Tian was impressed by Penelope's analysis. There was nothing wrong with his overall view and strategic layout, but his sensitivity to information and grasp of the situation were not satisfactory. Perhaps this also required talent.
Yang Tian couldn't help but ask Penelope for advice: "Then what should I do?"
"I think there is only one way out, and that is how your nighttime wandering was discovered. Don't think about asking Filch anything. If nothing unexpected happens, he knows nothing."
Seeing Yang Tian lost in thought, Penelope couldn't help but smile. She hugged Yang Tian's shoulders tightly again and said with a smile, "Tian, you shouldn't think about these things now. You should wait until the situation calms down before taking any action."
"For example, go out at night again to lure the snakes out of their holes. What can you do now if you are in a hurry? These guys must be like frightened mice, hiding in their holes and not daring to come out."
Penelope's words made Yang Tian's mind clear, and he couldn't help but laugh. Yes, these people won't take any action now. Even if he stood up and let them catch him, they would think it was a sting operation, which would be bad.
Looking at the two people laughing wildly, the other friends all had a sense of awe and gave them looks like they were fools... oh no, they looked at them with admiration...
In the next few days, Meng Meng Jiao went back and forth between Hogwarts and the Foley family almost every day. Yang Tian not only told his family the cause and effect of his attack, but also warned his parents and the members of Nightmare to keep a low profile. Sarok never gave up. At the same time, he also secretly told his parents about the matter of Old Tom on Julu Street.
In the letter, Yang Tian said: This person is very important. He is very likely to be Salok's spy. Don't arrest him directly, but keep him under close surveillance. Try to follow the clues and find his superiors, so as to find Salok's whereabouts.
At the same time, he urged them not to let the Nightmare members monitor the situation personally. The plan should be implemented through the members of the Fry family or by someone trustworthy in the Muggle world, so that it would be foolproof.
The parents accepted almost all of Yang Tian's suggestions. But they were also very worried about their son's injury and wanted to visit him at Hogwarts. But Yang Tian stopped them in the end, fearing that it would alert the enemy.
He passed the test of his parents, but not his grandparents. Even the next day after the incident, when Dumbledore was having breakfast in the hall, he received a howler letter from old Furley.
When a long cut appeared on the red envelope and it floated in the air and began to roar angrily, all the teachers and students in the audience stood there in a daze.
Although Dumbledore had used magic to control the volume in time, the environment was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop, so the teachers and students on and off the stage still heard the contents of the Howler letter clearly.
"Dumbledore, I just want to ask, when did Hogwarts fall to this state? They actually let unidentified people besiege their own students within the school? The Fuley family needs an explanation! If you are so incompetent that you can't even figure out who attacked my grandson, notify me and we will send someone from the Fuley family to investigate!"
"Finally, I want to say that if my grandson is harmed again at Hogwarts, I don't mind mobilizing the energy of the entire Fry family to seek an explanation from you. Do you really think that our Fry family is easy to bully?"
The Howling Letter uttered the last word, made a fierce face with its tongue out, and then tore itself into pieces.
Listening to his grandfather's angry and frustrated speech, Yang Tian felt both warm and helpless, and could not help but smile bitterly.
After Dumbledore took a look at Yang Tian's reaction, he felt embarrassed and heavy, and finally let out a long sigh. The professors also felt very embarrassed, and the young wizards were talking about it.
In fact, the principal, professors, and even Yang Tian himself did not expect that old man Fuli was a reasonable person and only sent a roaring letter! But after hearing about this, a certain old guy in the mysterious East almost overturned his family. A bigger storm was brewing...
After the Howler incident, Hogwarts returned to its former tranquility, as if nothing had happened.
The only difference might be that no matter what class he is in, whenever the professor asks a question, Yang Tian will raise his hand high.
That’s right, he had a calm and composed look before, but now, contrary to his usual behavior, he started raising his hand like crazy to answer questions. Everyone knew that he wanted to get back the college points he had lost.
And Yang Tian does have the ability to do so, and he always gets the answer right.
This approach undoubtedly made the young eagles who had previously been hostile to him look at him with new eyes, and they all cast admiring glances at him...
