Chapter 63 Hello, Harry Potter
Saturday, June 1991, 6.
4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, London.
The two-story building is neat and ordinary, surrounded by well-manicured lawns and flower beds.
The Dursleys who lived here were a typical middle-class family.
Vernon Dursley is the host here.
He was a burly, ruddy-faced man with a thick beard, who always wore a suit and tie. He loved to yell and give orders.
The hostess, Petunia Dursley, is a thin woman who always dresses impeccably and likes to show off the perfection of her home in front of her neighbors.
Dudley Dursley is their only son. He is fat, rude and a typical spoiled child.
Oh, and they also have a nephew, Harry Potter.
Unlike the tall and fat Dudley, his thin figure looked particularly frail.
He had a head of shaggy black hair that could never be combed neatly, and because of it, his uncle Vernon always yelled at him angrily.
The most striking feature of his face was the lightning-shaped scar on his forehead. His bright green eyes, hidden behind a pair of worn round-frame glasses, often revealed melancholy and longing.
Harry was not very happy today, because since getting up early in the morning, Uncle Vernon had the whole family cleaning the house together.
The family didn't even have much of a lunch until they had cleaned the house thoroughly inside and out.
After dinner, Vernon cleared his throat and solemnly announced to the whole family.
"Today is an important day, very, very important!"
"As you all know, after I won the title of Outstanding Executive, a member of the company's board of directors decided to come to our house with his wife."
Harry lowered his head and continued washing the dishes, his heart full of resentment.
How could he not know!
Uncle Vernon had been stressing this all week. It was a great honor for him to have the board of directors come to visit.
From the conversation between Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia, we know that he has been trying to find out the specific information of this mysterious board member.
Unfortunately, we only got a few pieces of information. We only knew that this board member had rarely shown up in the company and was very mysterious.
However, according to gossip, this board member owns the largest stake in the entire company.
This made Uncle Vernon extremely excited, and he kept shouting that he would seize this opportunity to perform well in front of this board member.
Harry felt a little depressed. He had worked hard cleaning all day and was almost exhausted.
“This is a very precious opportunity!”
Vernon's voice rose a few notches, sounding unusually serious.
"Whether you can get a promotion and a raise, become a general manager, become a CEO, and reach the pinnacle of your life depends on tonight!"
"We have to rehearse again," Vernon stood up and directed everyone to get into character.
"When the time is up, Penny?"
"It's exciting just to think about it!" Petunia had a look of longing on her face, and after Vernon glared at her, she quickly smiled kindly.
"I will stand in the living room and welcome them with the warmest smile!"
"Smile more naturally and more enthusiastically," under Vernon's command, Petunia finally showed the most perfect smile in his mind.
"Dudley, my little cutie, you just follow me when the time comes, say hello to the guests first, and then go back to the house to play games!"
"Harry!"
"Listen here, boy!" Vernon stepped forward, bent over and stared at Harry fiercely.
"Since you were 5 years old, I have asked you to move out of the storage room under the stairs and live in the room upstairs."
"You have never been left out of our food, clothing, and daily necessities."
“You should know how to be grateful!”
"You'd better stay in your room," he pointed at the lightning scar on Harry's forehead, "You know, your scar will always cause disgust to others!"
"If you ruin my good thing, I swear, don't even think about going out for the whole summer vacation!"
"Besides, you have to move out of the upstairs room and go back to the storage room under the stairs."
After arranging everything, the Dursleys began their long wait.
Vernon kept looking at the clock on the wall. He felt that time was passing particularly slowly today. He even wondered if the damn clock was broken.
Finally, the hands on the clock pointed steadily to eight o'clock.
Ding-dong-
The doorbell rang, and the Dursleys quickly followed the pre-rehearsed procedure.
When I opened the door, a well-dressed, tall gentleman was standing outside, and a beautiful lady with exquisite makeup was holding his arm.
very young!
This was Vernon's first impression. He originally thought that the person who came would be a white-haired old man.
He was stunned for a moment, then put on a smile and spoke enthusiastically.
"Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Swann!"
Sebastian smiled and nodded.
"Mr. Dursley, this is our first meeting. Thank you for your guidance!"
This was the first time Sebastian saw Vernon Dursley. His appearance in real life was almost the same as on the screen in his previous life, still with that bloated figure.
Vernon's face was full of smiles. He quickly made way and welcomed the Swanns in!
As he passed the storage room under the stairs, Sebastian muttered something with some emotion.
“What a classic storage room, it’s exactly the same!”
"What?" Vernon behind him didn't hear clearly, he just vaguely heard the word storage room.
He glanced at the storage room suspiciously, his mind full of questions.
Is there anything special about this?
"do not mind!"
Sebastian walked into the living room, greeted Penny, and then sat on the sofa with Mia.
Penny smiled, but behind the smile, she felt a little confused.
strange!
Why does this lady look familiar?
As soon as he sat down, before Vernon could say anything, Sebastian opened his mouth to ask.
"Mr. Dursley, according to the company's information, there should be another member in your family. Call him out and say hello together!"
Dursley opened his mouth and swallowed back what he was about to say. He never expected that the conversation would start in this way.
This is nothing like what we rehearsed!
"I do have a nephew," Dursley said hesitantly, "He's a little shy, so why not just not call him that!"
Sebastian reached out and held down the agitated Mia, and emphasized to Dursley.
"Just shout it out. That's basic courtesy, isn't it?"
Dursley had no choice but to leave his seat and call Harry.
He was going to personally give Harry some instructions.
And that scar, it would be best to cover it with hair.
Penny stayed in the living room and chatted with Sebastian.
The more she looked, the more familiar Mrs. Swan looked to her. Just when her doubts reached their peak, Vernon appeared with Harry.
Harry's mind was full of questions. He had been staying well upstairs.
As a result, Uncle Vernon came up and insisted that he come down to greet the guests and emphasized various precautions to him.
The angle of the smile, the amplitude of the arm swing, the words of greeting, the tone of the voice and so on.
Harry's head was dizzy with all the complicated rules, and after meeting the guests, he had forgotten most of them.
Just as he was trying to recall Uncle Vernon's instructions and preparing to act according to the plan, he saw the man sitting on the sofa waving his arm and greeting him.
"Hello there!"
"Harry Potter!"
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