paranoianovel Chapter 132 Beyond the Ordinary
Chapter 132 Beyond the Ordinary
Chapter 132 Beyond the Ordinary
She excitedly tidied her hair with her hands.
"Giddy Lockhart!" Hermione exclaimed excitedly. "We can see him in person!"
Harry and Ron stared at Hermione with strange looks.
Noticing the look in their eyes, Hermione blushed slightly and lowered her voice: "I mean... almost all the books on our reading list this year are written by him..."
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Harry and Hermione exchanged a glance, but didn't let their eyes leave Hermione, turning back to stare at her face.
Hermione turned her head away, avoiding their gaze.
At this point, Mrs. Weasley came to her rescue.
She slipped a book into everyone's arms and then led them to the queue.
"Everyone needs to get an autograph!"
Her tone was serious, as if this were a matter of life and death.
No one dared to contradict Mrs. Weasley at this moment, and everyone obediently nodded.
After making sure all the children had heard her request, Mrs. Weasley smiled brightly again:
"Relax, kids, you need to show your best."
After saying that, she joined the queue, holding three or four books she had just taken from the sales table next to her.
Harry joined the queue for autographs without really understanding what was going on.
He looked down at the book in his arms, which was titled "Breaking Up with the Female Ghost," and then looked at Ron, who was holding "Vacationing with the She-Devil."
At least the books on the school's reading list.
Harry tried to comfort himself.
He glanced at Hermione beside him and, unsurprisingly, found that she had adopted the same eager anticipation as Mrs. Weasley.
Although she keenly noticed Harry's gaze, she quickly pretended to be nonchalant.
But Hermione Lockhart's status as a fan has already been confirmed by Harry.
"She doesn't care about the cost now," Ron muttered to Harry, nudging him with his elbow. "Thanks to your 'uncle,' my mother got a huge surprise today; she's obsessed with Gilderoy Lockhart."
Reminded by Ron's words, Harry leaned out of the line, searching for Lynch.
He soon spotted Lynch standing at the exit, talking to an employee dressed in the Stone Tower Merchant Guild’s white robes—Mr. Weasley and Mrs. Granger were standing beside him.
"The Weasleys and the Grangers are my guests. Find a few employees to stay with them; they need to buy something."
"Remember, all their purchases today were discounted by 70% using my internal discount privileges."
"Do you understand?" Lin Qi asked the supervisor on the first floor of the Chamber of Commerce.
Upon hearing Lin Qi mention "three-fold discount," the foreman quickly glanced up at Lin Qi, and after seeing Lin Qi nod slightly, he lowered his head and replied, "Understood, Mr. Lin Qi."
The foreman turned and left to call for help.
Lynch then turned to Mr. Weasley and the Grangers and said, "The staff at the Chamber of Commerce are all trained professionals. They will lead you to anything you need."
"I must excuse myself now. Harry's appearance was unexpected, and I still have some things to finish."
I need to handle this now.
"Oh, of course, no problem. Your business is important, we're fine with it." Mr. Weasley and the Grangers both expressed their understanding.
"But those things won't be long. I'll come find you again after I've taken care of them. Let's have lunch together at noon. There's a restaurant on the first floor that makes absolutely amazing ribs. You have to try them."
A sincere expression appeared on Lin Qi's face.
Mr. Weasley smiled politely: "Then we certainly can't miss it today."
"Yes, you must try it," Mr. Granger agreed.
At this moment, the foreman returned with several employees.
"Then I'll leave Harry in your care for now. See you later."
Lynch and Mr. Weasley said their temporary goodbyes.
Then he turned around, pointed to Harry who was queuing in the crowd, and said to the supervisor, "That's my nephew. I'll pay for everything he needs."
The foreman nodded respectfully: "Understood, Mr. Lynch."
Lynch nodded again to Mr. Weasley and the other two, then turned and walked toward the elevator.
The moment he turned around, the expression on his face returned to calm.
The elevator doors closed and it began to ascend.
Through the transparent walls, Lynch saw Harry being held tightly in Lockhart's arms at the center of the autograph session.
He glanced again at Mr. Weasley, who was talking to the head waiter, before his view was blocked by the chandelier hanging above.
The elevator doors slid open to one side, and Lin Qi returned to the top floor of the Stone Tower Chamber of Commerce.
He walked down the corridor to the door of Reggie's office.
I raised my hand and gently knocked on the door.
"Please come in."
Reggie's flat voice came from the holes in the fence on the side of the door.
Lin Qi pushed open the door and went inside.
"The foreman just confirmed something with me today," Reggie said as he saw Lynch enter. "Are you trying to win over the Weasleys?"
The office door closed behind Lynch, and he walked to his desk and sat down.
"It's just to express my gratitude," Lynch said. "And I do want to build a relationship with the Weasley family."
Reggie asked, "Because...?"
"Arthur Weasley is an employee of the Office for Prohibiting the Misuse of Muggle Items at the Ministry of Magic. Our two brothers in the Alchemy Department are keen on enchanting Muggle items. Relying solely on that wizard named Perkins might not be safe."
As Lynch spoke, he picked up a piece of parchment from the table—something Harry had been looking at before his unexpected arrival.
"Just because of that?" Reggie asked, his voice perfectly flat, conveying his doubt.
Lynch looked up: "There are other reasons as well. For example, his antagonistic relationship with our hardworking Mr. Lucius; for example, Mrs. Molly Weasley's two brothers; for example, their whole family are kind and honest people, so I like them."
Reggie gleaned a key phrase from Lynch's words: "The Prewitt brothers? After they rejected our subtle offers, as you said, we haven't paid them any more attention. Do you have any new plans?"
"No," Lynch refuted Reggie's guess. "The Prewitt brothers and the Weasleys are staunch anti-Voldemort people, and that's enough."
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. It's perfectly normal to offer a friend a little help."
"Moreover, the key point is the last sentence. I like kind and honest people, and giving them a 30% discount won't make us lose money, and it will also make me happy, so why not?"
"But our internal discount is 30%, and even shareholders only get a 40% discount," Reggie said quietly.