Chapter 71 Lihen Bookstore

When they arrived at the entrance of Lihen Bookstore, Lane and the others found that the entrance of the bookstore was crowded with people. The banner on the door said today was Lockhart's book sale.

This is much more frenetic than Daddy's fans. Ryan murmured to himself as he looked at the crowd of middle-aged witches.

We can meet him in person! Hermione said to Ryan. After all, he wrote almost all the books on the list!

He may be really good, but this kind of behavior of using novels as textbooks is a bit too...

You're right. Mr. Lambert's novels are well written, but they can never be used as textbooks. Hermione seemed to wake up.

Lane saw Harry and Ron standing in the front line holding books waiting for autographs, while Mrs. Weasley nervously arranged her hair at the back, with Ginny following her.

Of course when Ryan and Hermione walked up to Mrs Weasley, they heard Mrs Weasley whispering to Ginny, Oh, sorry dear, most of the stuff can only be bought second hand for you because of Lockhart's novels. Not cheap.

It's okay, Mom, textbooks are still very important. I don't mind that. Ginny replied in a low voice.

At this time, a group of people squeezed in and pushed Ryan to the door. The twins happened to be walking through the door. Ryan said to the twins, How about I brought something this time, right?

It's fine, Fred said. But can I pay you later? Money is a little tight lately. George continued.

It's okay, you can give me money whenever you want. It's just that I think your family is a little more patriarchal. Last year, Ron had new robes when he went to school. Why did a girl in Ginny buy her one this year? old robe.

Hey, it's not because of Lockhart's new book. We're going to buy five sets in one go, so we're going to have to buy Ginny's old robes. That's why the payment for you is a little later, we want to give Ginny Send some new quills and ink.

Wait, why do you want five sets of books? Ryan asked.

Five people in our family go to school with five sets of books, of course, Fred said.

No, I mean since you need the same books this year. You're not in the same grade, and you won't be taking Defence Against the Dark Arts classes at the same time. Why don't you brothers use each other? Just take a note and get a notebook. Now, it only takes one or two sets of books. Ryan said, looking at the twins.

Yeah, why didn't we think of it. The twins looked at each other and squeezed into the store desperately, seemingly looking for their mother.

Lane stood at the door of the store and saw Lockhart hugging Harry to take pictures to get hot. This is exactly the same way that Ryan's father, Mr. Lambert, took a group photo when he met the members of the u2 band at the signing ceremony.

No wonder Lockhart has so many fans. The level of this kind of management character is comparable to the Internet hype team decades later. It can be said to be decades ahead of the times. Not to mention that Lockhart is really handsome. If you don't know how bad he is, it's really easy to be fascinated by him.

Ryan finally squeezed into the store and saw Harry's famous flirting scene: He put a whole new set of Lockhart novels in Ginny's cauldron.

Then came a brawl over a personal feud between Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Weasley. Ryan dragged the Grangers to a safe corner of the bookstore amid the chaos to avoid the chaos.

Standing at the corner, Mr. Granger asked worriedly: Is the wizarding world always so chaotic, and is that kind of discrimination common?

Ryan knew that they were worried about his daughter's life here, so he relieved: There are not too many people like this kind of racism, and in the wizarding world, knowledge equals power, Hermione studies very well, so generally no one messes with her.

After hearing Ryan's explanation, Mr. Granger seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, the fight between Weasley and Malfoy was stopped by Hagrid who arrived. The three of them, Ryan and Granger, also walked out of the bookstore with the crowd. Mrs. Granger still looked a little scared, and Mr. Granger was comforting her.

At the door, Ryan met the Weasley family and Hermione. Hermione quickly ran up to ask her parents and thanked Ryan: Thank you for helping me comfort my parents. I'm really afraid that they worry too much about me because they see this.

No thanks, we are friends, Ryan replied. Afterwards, a group of people walked to the location of the Leaky Cauldron, and Ryan deliberately fell behind to walk with Ginny. Then he pretended to have just discovered the old book in Ginny's cauldron and said to her, Do you also know how to appreciate the knowledge contained in old books?

Startled, Ginny turned to look at Ryan, whom she recognized as a friend of his brothers.

Hi, my name is Ryan Liang, you can call me Ryan. Every time I come to Diagon Alley, I look for all kinds of old books with interesting or useful notes in second-hand goods stores, and I get a lot of useful knowledge from them. It's just that this kind of behavior is generally not understood by others, so today I saw that all the books you bought were used books, so I came here to find friends. I'm sorry if it bothers you.

I know you. Ginny raised her head and said, Ron said you were the second in the grade last year and one of his best friends. He also told me that he didn't understand that you had money to buy new books. Going to the used bookstore and rummaging around.

After that, Ryan and Ginny chatted for a while, and when they were about to get to the Leaky Cauldron, Ryan patted his forehead and said, You are going to Hogwarts this year. As a friend of your brother, I should give you a gift. After he finished speaking, he took out the old notebook he had prepared in advance, which was full of notes last year, and handed it to Ginny.

This is a note I organized, I hope it can help you. Ginny happily accepted the gift and put it into the cauldron.

At this time, Ryan saw the black notebook tucked in the worn out Transfiguration textbook in Ginny's cauldron, he pointed to the notebook and pretended to be surprised and said, God, you started taking notes before you even went to school, it's amazing.

Ginny took out the notebook and looked at it, then shook her head and said, This doesn't seem to be my notebook. Then she opened it, and there was nothing in it.

Lane looked at the faded date on the cover of the book that indicated it was fifty years old. On the first page, only one name was recognized in indistinct ink: Tom Riddle. The back cover bears the name of a newsagent in Vauxhall Road, London, in what appears to be an antique notebook.

Who is Tom Riddle? Ginny said curiously. Maybe someone from the thrift store didn't read it carefully and added it to the book.

Seeing Ryan staring at the notebook, Ginny handed the notebook to Ryan and said, Since you like it, I'll give it to you as a reward for my gift from you.

Ryan expressed his gratitude and put the book in his schoolbag, and told Ginny that it was rare for an ordinary notebook from fifty years ago to be so well preserved, and he could just give it to his father who likes antiques.