As Christmas approaches, the festive atmosphere in Hogwarts Castle becomes more and more intense. Students are talking about the Christmas ball everywhere, and everyone seems a little overexcited.
The boys like to get together and discuss which girl is prettier. The topic they talk about most is Miss Fleur Delacour of Beauxbatons, and they speculate who she will choose as her dance partner. Some guys who don't mind making trouble even want to encourage their friends to invite Miss Delacour.
The situation of the girls was not much better. They suddenly liked to appear in groups in the corridor. The friends around them seemed to give them great courage. Whenever a boy walked by, the girls would laugh loudly and talk about and comment on the boy without any concealment.
Most of the time, the girls enjoyed exchanging ideas, talking about what to wear on Christmas Eve, or gossiping about Albert's private affairs.
Because Albert announced the news that he already had a dance partner very early, he successfully avoided the happy trouble of being surrounded by a group of girls vying to be his dance partner. However, Diggory, a handsome guy in the same class as him, was not so lucky.
Just as those boys who envied Digory commented: Digory the pretty boy, and girls happened to like pretty boys, so Digory had been enjoying the trouble of being invited by girls recently. Although Digory claimed more than once that he already had a dance partner, like Albert, no one knew who his dance partner was, so the girls thought it was Digory's excuse.
"People who are handsome can really do whatever they want."
Looking at Diggory surrounded by a group of girls, Fred turned his head and said to George beside him, "Some people are worried that they can't find a dance partner, but Diggory is overwhelmed by the number of partners he has."
"Actually, I'm more curious, why no girl comes to invite Albert?" George felt that Albert should be more popular with girls than Diggory. After all, he was a warrior, handsome enough, and famous. It didn't make sense that no one would take the initiative to invite Albert.
"Because I have a girlfriend, and I found a dance partner a long time ago." Albert looked at Diggory who was surrounded by girls, and suddenly felt that it would be good to have someone to help attract the fire.
In fact, no girl came to Albert. It was mainly because Lee Jordan helped spread the word that Albert invited Miss McDougal to be his dance partner.
When everyone heard the name Miss McDougal, they naturally thought of Albert's girlfriend. If someone has a girlfriend, it is natural for them to find their girlfriend as a dance partner. This is really normal.
"By the way, do you know who Diggory's dance partner is?" George asked curiously, "or does that guy still not have a partner?"
"Of course it's his girlfriend." Albert looked as if that was obvious.
"That guy actually has a girlfriend?"
"I never heard him mention it."
"I haven't heard of anyone Diggory is dating either."
The three of them showed surprised expressions, as if they were shocked that such a thing could actually happen.
"Diggory is very handsome and excellent in every aspect. It's abnormal that he doesn't have a girlfriend yet." Albert looked at the three people with suspicion and said, "Are you envious of Cedric? If you are, then go find a girlfriend as soon as possible."
"I only envy his..."
Fred was interrupted by George before he could finish his words. He changed the subject and asked, "Who is Diggory's girlfriend?"
"Qiu Zhang!" Albert reminded, "I remember that at the last Defense Association meeting, Cedric's Boggart was Qiu Zhang, and at that time, Boggart Qiu Zhang said that he didn't like him."
"No wonder Hufflepuff rarely wins Quidditch matches against Ravenclaw. It turns out that Cedric is secretly giving in to his girlfriend." Fred couldn't help but complain, "He actually managed to seduce Ravenclaw's Seeker."
"They started dating secretly at the end of last semester."
As Albert passed the corner, he slowed down his pace and glanced to the other side of the corner, where someone was trying to invite others to the dance.
"Do you think Davis can pull it off?"
Lee Jordan blinked and looked at Roger Davis and Katrina McDougal on the other side of the corridor, and the gossipy spirit in him began to burn.
"No," said Albert quietly.
"I remember Katrina seemed to like you." George said suddenly.
"I remember your girlfriend seems to be her sister." Fred nudged Albert with his elbow and said, "Both sisters are interested in you."
"Shh, be quiet." Lee Jordan made a hushing gesture and helped Albert out by the way, saving him from embarrassment.
"I asked Lorena, and she said you don't have a dance partner at all." Davis' voice came over, and although he still tried his best to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor, they could not hear the excitement in his voice.
"No, I already have a partner." Katrina refused calmly.
"Who are you going with?" Davis asked unwillingly.
"You'll know at the Christmas ball." Katrina naturally had no intention of revealing this matter, otherwise if it spread, she would be annoyed to death by the girls.
"I suddenly feel so sorry for Davis." Fred secretly glanced at Albert beside him, and unexpectedly, Albert's words really hit the mark.
"I think Davis should have invited McDougal earlier. Now most of the pretty girls have been invited." Lee Jordan also glanced at Albert secretly and asked, "You must know who Katrina's partner is, right?"
"Yeah, I know." Albert nodded.
Yes, how could he not know about this
"You're more informed than I am," Lee Jordan joked with interest, thinking he might have guessed something.
"Oh, who is that man?" Davis asked depressedly, appearing out of nowhere.
"That's her private matter." Albert said, patting Davis' shoulder and comforting him, "Don't worry, you will definitely find a more beautiful partner."
"Wow!" Fred screamed exaggeratedly.
"A prettier partner?" George added.
Davis said gloomily, "There aren't many more beautiful dance partners than McDougal."
"Don't worry, you will definitely find it. You have to trust Albert, his words are always accurate." George reached out and patted Davis' shoulder, trying to hold back a laugh and said, "He just said that you would fail in inviting Katrina, and you really did fail."
The blood vessels on Davis' forehead twitched and he felt that he was being teased by the Weasley twins. He snorted in dissatisfaction, pushed away George's hand on his shoulder and walked away.
"This guy doesn't even believe you." Fred looked at Davis as if he was really stupid.
"If I were him, I would definitely think you were teasing me." Albert shook his head and said, "I always feel that today might not be a good day to invite others to the dance."
"After hearing you say that, I suddenly feel that other people are so unlucky." Fred mourned for the others for three seconds in his heart.
It turns out that Albert's bad mouth is really powerful.
The four of them were just about to go to the hall for dinner, and when they passed the third floor, they encountered a similar scene again. However, this time the protagonists were Harry and Qiu Zhang.
The two had just separated as they passed through the corridor.
However, judging from Harry Potter's distraught look, one cannot guess that he had just wanted to invite Qiu Zhang to be his dance partner, but was rejected by the other party.
But, this is a given.
After all, since Qiu Zhang has a boyfriend, she definitely won’t consider other boys when looking for a dance partner.
Harry Potter didn't know about this. He was still regretting why he didn't invite Qiu Zhang earlier, instead of waiting for Qiu Zhang to be invited away and regretting it here alone.
He hated this feeling.
When Harry recovered from the bad news and was about to return to the Gryffindor common room, he saw four people standing not far away, looking at him with scrutiny.
Harry's face suddenly turned red. Albert and the other three had seen him inviting Qiu Zhang, which made him feel extremely embarrassed.
Albert even reminded himself a long time ago, but he still messed it up.
When Harry lowered his head and prepared to leave, George's comforting voice came to his ear: "Don't be sad Harry, you will definitely be able to find a better dance partner."
"You're right, I should have taken action earlier." Harry stopped and said to Albert expressionlessly.
"In fact, it would be useless even if you took action earlier," Albert hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell Harry the truth: "Chou Zhang and Diggory started dating last year."
Harry: "..."
At this moment, Harry felt as if his head suddenly exploded, and his mind went blank. He walked forward slowly with a stiff expression, and could no longer hear what others said.
"What's wrong with Harry?" Fred looked at Harry's dejected back and asked, "Did you break up?"
"Yeah, I'm heartbroken." Albert said heartlessly, "That's the bad thing about secret love, it's easy to fall in love, so if you have someone you like, you must confess your love as soon as possible."
"Then, you can break up earlier?" Lee Jordan had a strange expression, as if he recalled some bad memories.
The next moment, laughter broke out all around.
"Sorry, we couldn't help it." Fred and George wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes with their fingers.
Albert covered the smile on the corner of his mouth with his hand.
"Well, if you like Angelina, you should seize this opportunity to become her girlfriend." Lee Jordan sighed helplessly, "I have given up anyway. People are visual animals and like handsome or beautiful people. No wonder Lockhart can become famous with that face. Sometimes I really envy you and Diggory."
"Hehe, don't be discouraged. Appearance is not everything. Many girls like Krum more because of his fame. If you are a warrior, many girls will like you too." Albert comforted.
"I'm not a warrior." Lee Jordan said darkly.
"I know, but you can become famous in other fields, such as wizard cards. When wizard cards become popular all over the world, you will definitely become famous. By then, you will be afraid that no beautiful girls will like you." Albert said seriously, "Don't think I am fooling you."
"Isn't it?" Lee Jordan curled his lips in dissatisfaction. If it were in the past, he might have really been fooled, but now it is impossible.
"Of course not. As long as you have a lot of Galleons in your pocket and have made a career, you will become very confident. Then, won't you be able to find a beautiful girl?"
"I think what Albert said makes sense." Fred and George both secretly wiped their cold sweats. They found that Albert's ability to deceive people was getting stronger and stronger.
After successfully fooling Lee Jordan, the four continued to head towards the hall. When passing the foyer, they found that for some reason it was crowded with people, or rather, it was crowded with boys. Most of the older boys were secretly looking in a certain direction.
The four of them followed everyone's gaze and found that Fleur, the warrior of Beauxbatons, was talking to Diggory.
"Didn't you say that Diggory's dance partner is Qiu Zhang? From the looks of it, it seems like he's planning to invite Fleur to the dance?" Fred looked towards Fleur's position and couldn't help but say.
"Well, Diggory might have been charmed." Albert looked at the two people over there with interest and speculated, "Miss Delacour is part Veela, and is very good at charm magic."
"Do you think Diggory will give up Cho Chang and become Miss Delacour's partner?" Lee Jordan found the whole thing more and more interesting.
However, something more interesting happened.
Just as everyone was watching quietly, a red-haired boy came into their sight.
"Miss Delacour, would you like to join me at the Christmas ball?" Ron Weasley suddenly walked towards Fleur and invited her to the ball in person.
The next moment, the entrance to the hall fell into an eerie silence.
Everyone turned their eyes to the red-haired man, stunned by his actions.
Even Fred and George were stunned by this scene. They couldn't believe that Ron could muster up the courage to invite Fleur.
When Furong heard Ron's invitation, she just looked up at Ron without saying anything. She just looked at him and then quietly lifted the charm spell.
The next moment, Ron suddenly came to his senses, seemed to realize what had happened, and quickly turned around and ran away.
"Hermione said Ron wanted to find a beautiful girl as a dance partner, but he actually invited Fleur Delacour to go to the dance with him." Ginny appeared out of nowhere and looked at Ron's back with sympathy.
"There's no rule against inviting Miss Delacour."
Of course Albert knew that Ron was just unlucky enough to be affected by the charm magic, so he took the initiative to invite him, but the scene of Ron's social death just now was so interesting that he couldn't help but curl his lips.
After being interrupted by Ron, Diggory came back to his senses and realized that the situation was a little bad. He quickly said, "Sorry, I have a dance partner," and hurriedly said goodbye and left.
Looking at Digory's leaving back, Furong frowned slightly, feeling inexplicably irritated, and turned away.
A burst of laughter suddenly broke out in the hallway.
The story of Ron Weasley inviting Fleur Delacour was widely circulated, and many students found it very interesting, especially those who witnessed the scene with their own eyes, who would even exaggerate and tell others about it.
In short, Ron Weasley became the focus of attention, but the reason made him unhappy.
Draco Malfoy from Slytherin often used this matter to mock him: a toad wanting to eat swan flesh.