Chapter 244 Coincidences in the World

"We graduated this year!" Fred smiled and continued, "Father wants us to try to take the exam for the Ministry of Magic, but I think if the two of us go to work in the Ministry of Magic, it will cause trouble for the family."

"We are not the kind of people like Percy." George nodded.

"...Percy has a bad relationship with you?" Lu Yunkai was a little surprised to hear that the word George used to refer to Percy was actually "goods".

"It's a good day, let's not talk about that stuff." George waved his hand, "It's like this, we like to make some prank toys when we were in school..."

"Well, I know... Oh! Right!!"

Lu Yunkai remembered something and reached into the space bag. After a while, he took out a piece of candy and put it on the table.

George and Fred were both stunned.

"Why, don't you know it? This is what you two gave me!" Lu Yunkai smiled.

"When did it happen?" Fred reached out and picked up the candy, looked at it, and put it down again, "It is indeed the first generation of skipping class candy we developed..."

"First generation??" George was also stunned when he heard this, and quickly reached out to pick it up and took a look, "It really is!! Even we don't have it... You still have it??"

"When you gave it to me, I accepted it. But I don't skip classes normally, so I don't need it, so I have kept it." Lu Yunkai smiled and nodded, "Why?"

"...Can you return this candy to us? Oh! Yes! We can exchange it with you for the latest model! Although the new candy will cause continuous nosebleeds after eating, it is not as harmful to the body as the old model. Basically, it will be fine after a good sleep." Fred suggested seriously, "We want to collect this candy..."

"Yes! This is where our dream began." George said seriously.

"Okay!" Lu Yunkai smiled and nodded, "So, you asked me to borrow money, do you want to open a store to sell these prank toys?"

"Yeah." George nodded, "Although we have saved a little money in school over the years, it is still a little short of opening a store. We want to borrow money from Gringotts, but we just graduated and don't have much to mortgage..."

"And we don't want to involve our family in this matter, we want to do it ourselves." Fred interrupted. "So if we go to Gringotts to borrow money, the conditions are too harsh. After calculating, I feel it's too bad."

"Basically, our store is opened for Gringotts." George complained in a disdainful tone.

"Do you want me to invest or borrow money and pay me back in the future?"

Lu Yunkai asked in a playful tone.

"Of course we want to borrow money." George continued, "But if you are worried that we can't pay it back, you can invest, but we hope to have a majority stake in this store."

"Generally speaking, you would like me to invest rather than borrow money, right?" Lu Yun laughed, "In this way, if you don't make money, you don't have to be in debt!"

"We won't stop making money." George's face was full of confidence, "We were able to sell so many things when we were in school, and we can definitely do it now!"

"It seems that you are very confident in yourself!" Lu Yun laughed, "In fact, I would rather invest... because I have confidence in you too. But... well, I won't take advantage of you. How much do you need to borrow?"

"30,000 gold galleons." Fred said seriously, "Repay in five years, 7,200 gold galleons per year..."

"7,500." George interrupted.

"...Didn't we calculate it? It's 7,200!!" Fred was a little surprised and a little angry at George's words.

"Just this piece of candy is worth an extra 300 per year." George pointed to the piece of candy on the table.

Fred was stunned, glanced at the candy on the table, was silent for a while, and then nodded.

"Seven thousand five hundred is seven thousand five hundred."

"Seven thousand five hundred for five years?" Lu Yunkai roughly calculated, "The interest rate for that year is more than 5%! Is the interest rate that Gringotts gives you for loaning money higher than this??"

"The annual interest rate is more than 10%!!" Fred gritted his teeth.

"... It's really dark!" Lu Yunkai sighed with a smile, then put away his smile, nodded, and then took out a piece of parchment from the space bag, pointed at it with his wand, and handed it to the two, "Here."

"... You agree?"

Seeing Lu Yunkai so straightforwardly give them a Gringotts withdrawal voucher for 30,000 gold galleons, George and Fred were panicked.

When have they seen so many gold galleons...

Oh! I have seen it! During the Triwizard Tournament, Daphne wanted to bet on Lu Yunkai to win.

In fact, if they had accepted that order at that time, they would not have to ask Lu Yunkai to borrow money now...

"Not only do you have confidence in yourselves, I also have confidence in you!" Lu Yunkai nodded seriously, "Don't say 30,000, I will lend you even 100,000."

"...Just do it!" Hearing what Lu Yunkai said, George and Fred looked at each other and nodded with a smile.

"Then I'll go first, I wish you a prosperous business!" Lu Yunkai stood up with a smile.

"Wait a minute! We'll give you an IOU..."

"No need." Lu Yunkai, who had already stood up, smiled and shook his head, "No need."

"...Ah?"

"You are not the kind of people who refuse to pay back money." Lu Yunkai said with a smile: "If you really can't pay back the compensation, I can't force you with the IOU, right? That's it! I'll go. Say hello to Tom."

"...Okay!" George put away the withdrawal voucher that Lu Yunkai just issued to them, and nodded seriously to Lu Yunkai.

Lu Yunkai smiled and came to the bar with a butter beer glass.

"Did you just invest money?"

Tom, who was napping behind the counter, glanced at Lu Yunkai and asked with a smile.

"Um."

"These two Weasley boys are good and can accomplish things." Tom commented on George and Fred.

"I hope so." Lu Yunkai laughed, then glanced at the empty bar. "Why does the bar feel like it's not doing well?"

Apart from the twins who were still writing and drawing on the table over there with parchment paper and seemed to be planning something, Lu Yunkai was the only one.

Although today is not the weekend, there are no other guests, which Lu Yunkai did not expect.

"The mysterious man has reappeared. Now wizards try not to go out as much as possible. It would be strange if the business of a place like a bar can still be good." Tom sighed softly, "If it weren't for the Ministry of Magic ordering me to stay here Don’t close the shop, I almost want to close the shop and go on a trip.”

"...many shops in Diagon Alley are closed?"

"Most of my old friends are only open one day a week." Tom nodded, "Some even leave a note on the door and contact the mirror directly if there is anything..."

"...Sigh." Lu Yunkai sighed.

Indeed, Voldemort's reappearance actually had such side effects, which he did not expect.

But when I think about it, isn’t this what the saying goes, fame means nothing?

But that's it, why do so many wizards support Voldemort?

don't know……

"By the way, are you interested in taking over the Leaky Cauldron?" Tom suddenly said something.

"……What?"

"The Leaky Cauldron. Would you be interested in taking over?" Tom said again, "You or Chrissy."

"...Do you want to change hands?" Lu Yunkai was stunned. "Although business has been slow recently, it won't last long. Regardless of whether the mysterious man can succeed or not, sooner or later the wizards will still come out to drink!"

"I understand this. It's not like I haven't experienced it last time." Tom smiled and shook his head, then sighed, "I'm just a little tired. I'm guarding the bar every day and can't go anywhere... A few years ago, I don’t think so. Now that I’m free, I suddenly realize that although I seem to have a lot of friends, I can’t find anyone to chat with when I have nothing to do.”

After speaking, he shook his head.

"...But I really have no interest in opening a bar." Lu Yunkai was a little helpless, "I don't like dealing with people very much."

"Yeah. I know too... forget it, just pretend I didn't ask." Tom sighed again and stopped talking.

The bar fell completely silent.

After sitting at the bar for a while, Lu Yunkai finished his drink, paid the bill, and returned to his home from the fireplace.

The house is also so quiet that you can hear a pin drop.

Although he knew that Aileen would definitely not encounter any danger as long as she didn't go out, Lu Yunkai still felt anxious for no reason.

Nothing should happen, right?

Lu Yunkai casually threw his backpack on the rack next to the fireplace and turned to the backyard.

My anxious heart was relieved, and a smile appeared on my face.

Irene was sitting in a straw shed built at some point next to the field, drinking some kind of juice and lying on a deck chair.

"After all, there is a sea view in the front yard. How are you pretending to spend time here?"

Lu Yunkai walked into the hay shed with a smile and asked Irene.

"...Yo! Are you back?" Irene pushed up the sunglasses she bought from the Muggle world on the bridge of her nose, squinted her eyes, and looked at Lu Yunkai.

"Yeah." Lu Yunkai pointed to an empty lounge chair next to him.

"Sit down! Why are you being polite to me?" Irene smiled.

Lu Yunkai sat down and then lay down on the recliner.

"The herbs are growing well this year!" Lu Yunkai sighed softly as he looked at the thriving herbs in the large field in front of him.

"They don't know that this year's wizards are faced with life and death decisions. They are heartless, but of course they look good."

Erin babbled under her breath.

"...Sister, listen to my advice..."

"don't want."

Aileen's refusal was much more straightforward than Lu Yunkai's invitation.

Lu Yunkai smiled helplessly, not knowing what else to say.

"There are so many Muggle-born wizards in England, and it's impossible for them all to hide abroad. There won't be any more like me." Irene felt a little embarrassed when she saw Lu Yunkai's look.

"I can't hear other people nagging me every day about how terrible Voldemort is." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "Forget it, I won't persuade you anymore, I won't listen anyway."

After hearing what Lu Yunkai said, Aileen said nothing more.

The two of them sat quietly in the backyard together for a while before the cat appeared in the backyard and broke the tranquility.

"Meow? Why are you here?"

Kris jumped onto Lu Yunkai's chest very skillfully.

"Let's take a look at the herbal field. You came back very quickly!" Lu Yunkai reached out and touched the cat's head.

"Tom just told me, you went to Diagon Alley?" Chris stretched out his paw to push away Lu Yunkai's hand.

"Yeah. You went too?"

"I originally wanted to talk to that dead old man about something, but his store was also closed." Chris looked unhappy. "I also met Bellatrix in Diagon Alley."

"Oh? What is she doing?"

"I don't know what I'm going to do when I go to Gringotts." Chris shook her head, "But it looks nervous and mysterious, so that's probably not a good thing."

"...Why are you sneaking into Gringotts?" Lu Yunkai looked at Chris and was happy.

"No such plan! Those goblins are more disgusting than the last, and the restrictions inside are designed to be inhumane." Chris snorted, "I just suddenly remembered something, meow."

"you say."

"If Voldemort wanted to hide his Horcruxes, where in the world would be the best place to hide them?"

"...Why did you suddenly think of this?"

"Meow, I remembered something." Chrissy looked at Lu Yunkai seriously and said, "That Ravenclaw diadem."

Lu Yunkai was stunned.

The most secure place in the world to hide something? Azkaban, Gringotts and Hogwarts…

And where is the best place in Hogwarts to hide something?

What better place than the Room of Requirement?

And the Room of Requirement…

"You are really a little genius!!"

Lu Yunkai rubbed the cat's head and jumped up from the recliner.

…

"Meow? How is it?"

"You seem to be right. Why didn't I think of this before?"

Lu Yunkai looked at the Ravenclaw's crown in front of him and nodded seriously.

"Meow! Then what are you waiting for! Hurry..."

"What are you doing quickly?" Lu Yun rolled his eyes at Chris, "As you can see, the explosive corrosive potion has no effect on it, so it is probably immune to magic. I decided to bring it back to Dumbledore for a look before talking about it."

"Meow, that's a solution." Chris nodded.

"I really didn't expect... I actually have a Horcrux hidden in my house." Lu Yun sighed with a smile.

"This is the bond, meow!" Chrissy also shook her head, "Fortunately, Voldemort doesn't know you have this thing."

"Actually, it doesn't matter if he knows... When you said that, I suddenly had a bold idea."

"Meow?"

"You said I gave this thing to Voldemort, what would he do with it?"

"I don't know how he will deal with the Horcrux. How he will deal with you is for sure. He will never let you have the chance to tell this secret to anyone alive." Chris rolled her eyes at Lu Yunkai speechlessly, "You are swollen. Meow."

"...I'm just saying that, why do you despise me so much? I'd better take it to Dumbledore later."

Lu Yun smiled coquettishly.

Um.

Want to threaten Voldemort?

Or do you want to use this thing as a fishhook to fish out his other Horcruxes?

Dumbledore might be able to do this, Lu Yunkai himself...

So unworthy!

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