Harry Potter: This senior is pretty strong

Chapter 166 My hometown is far away, so I seek a place of peace for my heart.

"Dad, Mom, I miss you so much!" Hermione hugged her parents tightly, expressing her heartfelt longing.

This was the first time she had been away from home for so long. At school, she was very busy and Qin was with her, so she didn't feel anything. Even when she saw her parents just now, she didn't have a strong reaction because she didn't have time to react.

However, as she approached them step by step, it was as if an invisible gate in her heart was opened, and the emotions that had been accumulating for a long time burst forth. Bitter, spicy, sour, salty, sweet... all squeezed into her eyes, making them blurry.

“My dear, Mom misses you too!” Mrs. Granger said emotionally, looking at her daughter with tears in her eyes.

She held her daughter's little face in her hands, wanting to see it clearly, but in the end, she couldn't wait to see it more clearly, so she kept kissing the little one's forehead and cheeks.

Unlike his intense maternal love, or perhaps because he simply couldn't compete with his mother, Mr. Granger could only reach out and embrace his wife and daughter, and gently kiss his daughter's brown hair.

Qin Yu stood to the side, not disturbing them, nor feeling neglected, simply waiting quietly for them to express their longing for each other.

"Qin, oh, darling, I really miss you!" After a while, Mrs. Granger was the first to snap out of her reverie, temporarily letting go of her daughter and giving the Eastern boy a big, warm hug, dispelling the winter chill.

"I miss you too, Aunt Jenny!" Qin Yu replied with a smile.

“Welcome back, Qin!” Mr. Granger’s hug was quite tight, as if he were testing whether the child had become stronger.

"Thank you, Uncle David!" Qin Yu was wincing in pain, but he was in a good mood.

Hermione, that heartless girl, stuck out her tongue at Qin Yu when she saw his pained expression, and grinned slyly.

"Alright, it's too cold outside, we should get in the car and go home," Mrs. Granger urged.

"Yes, it's really cold." Hermione said, her breath steaming in the air.

So, after packing their luggage, the four of them got into the car and headed back home.

……

Qin Yu sat in the passenger seat, chatting with Mr. Granger. The latter was mainly asking questions, and Qin Yu answered them all.

Hermione sat in the back with Mrs. Granger, and it was mainly Hermione who did the talking. She chattered on about her experiences at school, and she talked for quite a while about the delicious food. Mr. Granger, who was driving in front, couldn't help but swallow his saliva several times.

"Huh? What's this?"

"Oh, those are videotapes that your dad rented specifically for you."

"Oh ho, a videotape, what movie is it?"

"It's a TV series."

"Hmm, a TV series, let me see what it is—'Poirot'!"

Do you like it?

"I love it! I'm going to watch it for Christmas! Is it the second season? I haven't finished watching the first one yet."

"It's all three seasons!"

"Great! Qin, shall we watch it together?"

Qin Yu was listening to the conversation between the two people behind him when he heard his own name. He turned around and nodded in response, "Okay, I quite like Poirot."

Hercule Poirot is a character created by mystery writer Agatha Christie, a very down-to-earth British detective.

Then Hermione asked him which story he liked best, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" or "Murder on the Orient Express".

Qin Yu said it was "no one survived," but Hermione hurriedly corrected him, saying that it wasn't a story from the Hercule Poirot series. Qin Yu coughed lightly in embarrassment, which drew laughter from everyone in the car.

At this moment, in this scene, Qin Yu couldn't help but feel emotional. Not long ago, he and Hermione were discussing potion recipes, wizarding history, and who Nicolas Flamel really was in the library of a magical school. Now, they were in an ordinary human car, discussing a novel character who was a household name in the world.

It was as if they had suddenly returned from the magical world to the ordinary human world, which gave him a momentary sense of disorientation and bewilderment.

When his eyes met those of the girl, he also saw a brief, similar emotion in her eyes.

It seems that she also had a special experience while alternating between the two worlds.

The Grangers, on the other hand, felt much more at ease because the two children were finally talking about things they knew well. This made them feel that their children hadn't gone too far away from them, hadn't fallen down some rabbit hole, gone to a fairytale world, and would never come back.

The car was driving at a moderate pace, and in the relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, no one paid attention to the passage of time. When the car stopped, they suddenly realized that they had arrived in front of that familiar house.

Returning home after a long absence naturally evokes a unique feeling. Hermione, of course, feels this way, and even Qin Yu, who is staying here, can't help but feel a sense of security and warmth. This is another place that brings him this feeling, different from Hogwarts.

As for his distant homeland, he didn't know if he could ever return. After all, the country he lived in no longer even had a queen named Elizabeth, and the world was clearly a far cry from what it seemed. His homeland was probably not just separated by mountains and seas anymore. This was why he dared not inquire about his homeland in detail, for fear of getting the result he had already anticipated...

"Let's go, Qin~"

A warm little hand grasped his, conveying warmth and strength.

"Okay! You've been talking about food the whole way, and I'm starving."

"I'm hungry too! Mom, when are we having dinner?"

"Soon, once you've put your things away, you should be able to eat."

"That's great, Mom!"

"Thank you, Aunt Jenny! Oh, and thank you, Uncle David!"

"Hmph, I knew it! The thanks I received were just a bonus!"

"Huh? Is Dad jealous of Mom?"

"No way! How could that be! Of course not!"

"Dad is the most generous person in the world!"

"Of course!"

The four chatted and laughed as they entered the house. Mr. Granger put down his luggage and went outside to park the car, while Mrs. Granger went to prepare dinner for everyone. Hermione and Qin Yu went back to their respective rooms to unpack their luggage.

Qin Yu had just taken out a few things from the attic when he heard the sound of footsteps on the stairs. A moment later, Hermione appeared in the doorway, peeking her head out.

"You're all packed up already?" Qin Yu asked, puzzled.

"No, I felt like it would take me a long time to clean up, so I just gave up and helped you clean up first." Hermione shrugged, her tone very nonchalant.

"..."

Thinking of her heavy suitcase, Qin Yu was speechless for a moment.

However, since she wants to help, then let her help.

So Qin Yu was in charge of taking the things out, while Hermione sat cross-legged on the bed to help arrange them.

It was really just a few clothes, a few books, and some small personal items.

"Isn't this the bag that can hold a lot of things?" Hermione asked curiously, picking up a drawstring bag.

"Oh, that's right." Qin Yu glanced at it and nodded.

The bag was a gift from Professor Swinton, and it contained a Spatial Expansion Charm—of course, there must have been more than one spell on the bag, since it didn't seem to weigh much even with a lot of things inside, so there must have been at least a Lightness Charm or something similar.

"Then why didn't you put all our luggage in there?" Hermione asked, puzzled, as if she thought the other person was being silly.

"It would be a mess to put everything in, and the bag opening is very small. Either I have to take your things out of the suitcase one by one and then put them into the bag, or I have to cast a shrinking spell on the suitcase... In short, it's very troublesome, isn't it?" Qin Yu said without changing his expression.

“Now that you mention it, it’s true, and Hagrid helped us a lot later.” The girl clearly accepted the explanation and added to it.

"Yes."

Qin Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief; he didn't want to admit that he had indeed overlooked this.

After all, we weren't born wizards, and there's still a certain inertia in Muggle thinking, isn't there?

Of course, no one has defined what constitutes a wizard's mindset; they can do whatever they want.

Well, a gentleman is not a tool, and a wizard should be no different.

That's good. I'll teach that line to little Hermione later to promote cultural exchange between East and West.

However, now that Hermione has reminded us of the bag's existence, we should definitely make the most of it in the future, at least so we can pack our luggage in advance when we go back.

These thoughts raced through their minds, but their hands didn't stop moving. Before long, the two of them had finished packing.

After placing the last book on Qin Yu's desk, Hermione clapped her hands, then stretched out her limbs and lay down on her back like a kitten stretching.

"So comfortable~" the girl murmured, her eyes half-closed.

Looking at her, Qin Yu couldn't help but smile.

Then, her clothes were tugged, and the girl moved inside, leaving half of her space.

Qin Yu lay down next to her.

"It's a bit crowded," he said, but there was no hint of complaint in his words.

“Because I’ve grown up,” Hermione said, her voice still languidly murmuring.

Qin Yu smiled and decided not to dwell on it.

"It's so good to be home."

"Yes."

"Welcome home, Mr. Qin!"

"Welcome home, Miss Granger!"

A little hand reached out and grasped his, and her little face turned towards him, giving him a bright smile.