Chapter 26 Midnight Comfort
Chen Bin didn't bother messing around with the old man. He dragged Caitlina's suitcase and left the castle, took a car to the nearest Magic Street and crossed the Floo Network to return home. His magic output couldn't carry three people, and the taste was definitely something this girl couldn't stand.
Back home, Isabel, who had been waiting for a long time, seemed to have found her biological daughter. She hugged her and refused to let go, leaving Katerina confused.
Of course, Katerina didn't know that she had the bonus of the funny aura, and she didn't know that this funny mother had also heard the name of the beautiful prosecutor general in her previous life. It was like thunder, sweeping across the second and third dimensions, and resounding throughout Europe, Asia, America and Oceania. In most countries, Internet celebrities are more popular.
She could hug the prosecutor who still had some loli characteristics, so of course she wouldn't let go. If you don't hold on tight now, you may become a young girl when you come back during the summer vacation. Even the French know about the fast-growing reputation of Ukrainian girls.
"Can I just call you the prosecutor general?" Isabel asked with stars in her eyes.
The girl is confused, she understands every word, and she understands them all together, but what does it have to do with the prosecutor?
"Mom, don't be ridiculous." Chen Bin said contemptuously in Chinese.
The girl continued to be confused and could not understand a word this time.
Isabel ignored Chen Bin's contempt, her eyes lit up and she said, "Yes! The Nama family has a tradition from my generation that family members must learn Chinese. I will teach you now."
The girl woke up from the confusion and began to become afraid - learning the most difficult Chinese language in the world?
Chen Bin has a headache again, and this mother needs to be treated if she commits two crimes. "She can't even speak English well. You still want to force her to learn Chinese? She doesn't need to learn magic anymore?"
"Yes, she still wants to learn magic." Isabel was stunned for a moment and began to talk to herself. "I will contact the Hogwarts school board now to transfer her from the Ukrainian School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Do you think it would be good to enter Gryffindor?"
Chen Bin started to quarrel with her, using English, Chinese mixed with Cantonese to criticize his mother's lack of intelligence; Yisha used English mixed with French, and also used Chinese to refute that her son was disrespectful.
When Chen Weiguo came back from get off work, the mother and son were sitting on the left and right with Katerina explaining the first-year Hogwarts textbook. The notes at hand were filled with Ukrainian annotations.
After dinner, the girl went back to her room to rest, and Chen Bin went to bed after practicing martial arts.
Suddenly, a death-chasing ringtone came from the text message machine, waking Chen Bin up.
щ(Дщ): "Stop, stop, stop! Great mother, did you do it again?"
(=ω`=): "Your wife is crying alone in the garden. Go down and have a look."
"(°ヘ°): "Why don't you go see it? "
(╬ ̄Van ̄): "Your father and I are doing serious things. Go down and comfort her."
Convex (`0) Convex: "I know! (Zhèn Understood!)"
Chen Bin opened the window and floated directly to the garden.
The girl sat on the bench under the grape trellis, curled up into a ball and sobbing softly.
"Caitlina, are you worried? Can you talk to me?" Brother Chen Bin was possessed by his soul. His maturity, courtesy, and affinity were immediately raised to Max++. Then he accidentally broke through a + and became Uncle Chen Bin.
The girl looked back in surprise, and she felt a little more relieved. At least she wasn't blaming her uncle. "It's nothing, I'm just not used to it. I'm sorry to bother you."
Katerina tried her best to hold back her sobs, but tears still flowed out.
Chen Bin didn't have much experience in coaxing girls, but he had watched romantic movies and heard brags from friends, so he handed him a handkerchief, drank some chicken soup, and then talked about his experiences from childhood to adulthood (art-processed version).
After talking for nearly an hour, the gap between the two was reduced. The girl's heart finally opened and she cried loudly. She threw herself into Chen Bin's arms and cried loudly.
Chen Bin didn't have any strange emotions, he just felt that she was really high. Chen Bin has not grown yet, only 150 centimeters, but this girl is almost 160 centimeters. Fortunately, everyone is sitting down so there is not much difference.
She cried and finally told her story.
She has lived in the Muggle world since she was a child. She was born in the small town of Mikhailivka in Voroshilovgrad Region. She moved to Yevpatori, a port city on the west coast of Crimea, with her parents and sister five years ago. Ya.
Her grandfather and maternal grandfather also died in the Great Patriotic War, and she grew up singing about the Unbreakable Alliance. It can be said that she has a special complex towards this alliance.
However, the powerful alliance collapsed. We promised to be unified and powerful, but what about tens of thousands of years? People in the originally prosperous and powerful city lived and worked in peace and contentment. Although it was not as prosperous as those countries in the west, it was still happy and stable, and the people were full of vitality.
However, when she entered the senior grade from elementary school, she discovered that the entire society had become poor. Many factories had stopped working. Gradually, even the goods on the shelves were empty, and the ruble was worthless. Many relatives and friends also have to pawn their belongings to survive, and life is becoming increasingly difficult. The entire society has fallen into despair.
It wasn't until she received the admission notice from the Ukrainian Magic School at the age of 11 that her life changed again. The parents were both happy and worried. They were happy that their daughter was not a Muggle like her parents and her sister, but they were worried that they could not afford the school fees.
Then, she was taken to Dubrovsky Castle, and her parents told her that this would be her family from now on. Her surname would be Dubrovskaya from now on, and her name would also be changed. From now on, her family would pay for her tuition. and living expenses.
She studied hard from scratch and finally caught up with her classmates, but on the day she returned to the castle during the Christmas holiday, her family told her that she would not have to go to school anymore and would teach magic directly in the castle.
The castle also began to run out of money. Many adults and elders became worried, and wizards came to collect debts every day, just like the original Muggle world, which was full of despair.
Then, on Christmas Day in the West, the unbreakable alliance disintegrated. A letter from home advised her not to come back, as the city was in chaos and it seemed that a war was about to break out. More and more people came to the castle to collect debts, and they always asked for millions of gold galleons, but the castle could not even raise the children's tuition.
As a result, all the underage wizards hid in the basement that night, and the fight in the castle lasted all night.
The debt collectors lost the fight, but they would come again. She overheard the elders talking about sending the children of the separated families back to the original Muggle world.
During this period, she lived in fear. Why did the world change all of a sudden? The original laws and systems were all changed, and all the promises and responsibilities could be abandoned. The world suddenly became dark.
She wanted to know if there was something wrong with the law, or if someone in the powerful alliance was not disciplined. She hoped that there would be a hero like Nicholas II, who could arrest all the bad guys through the law and restore the original happy and comfortable life where people were full of vitality.
Then, the next day, the Nama family came to discuss the merger, and suppressed the powerful Dubrovsky family so much that they could not raise their heads, allowing them to choose unmarried girls in the family for marriage.
She became the marriage partner of the British magic nobles in this confused way, or directly said that this was just a fake ceremony, just the last fig leaf of the Dubrovsky family.
She knew that if she refused, the Dubrovsky family would definitely punish her severely, and she would more likely face war when she returned to the Muggle world.
She compromised and came to a strange country, heard many different languages, and might have to learn the nightmare-like Chinese. She didn't know how to be a qualified fiancée, and this was a false identity. If she messed up, she might have to bear the wrath of the Dubrovsky family, and even implicate her parents at home.
As she thought about it, her tears could not stop. Afraid of being heard by the neighbors, she went to the garden to continue crying.
After listening to her story, Chen Bin felt a little embarrassed. Especially the blood-stained buns of the Maoxiong family, he also tasted a lot. Other families secretly waved small hoes, but Chen Bin drove the excavator team to dig corners frantically.
Therefore, he blushed very rarely and comforted: "Don't worry, my mother is more enthusiastic and her thoughts are more... well, wild and unrestrained. You can just treat her as your own mother here. This is not a polite remark, it's true."
Katerina sniffed, vented her suppressed emotions and stopped crying.
Chen Bin thought for a moment and added, "Just treat this place as the home of a very familiar relative. My mother just wants to recognize you as her daughter. You can act like a spoiled child, quarrel, laugh happily, and cry rudely. This is your home now. No one will force you to get married. We can cancel the engagement at any time when we become adults. This is the promise made to you by the powerful Nama family. Even the Dubrovsky family dare not disobey us."
The girl nodded and said nothing, but Chen Bin felt that she was still unhappy. "What are you still thinking about?"
Seeing that she didn't speak, Chen Bin looked up at the starry sky with hope, and followed her line of sight, but suddenly heard a low murmur. "Can you really see my future?"
"Aren't you afraid that it will change after hearing it?" Chen Bin's question was not answered, but only a firm look.
Chen Bin knew that she still couldn't let go of the so-called prophecy, so he had to smile and said, "Okay, I'll give you three choices. One is to come to live in the British wizarding world, the second is to return to the Ukrainian wizarding world, and our newly acquired branch will arrange everything for you. The third choice is to return to the original Muggle world and continue to live with your parents, learn what you want to learn, and take the position you want to be. I will give you a suitable subsidy until we come of age. Don't worry, there will be no war in your hometown this time, and it will get better in the future, but it won't be as strong as before. My divination has seen it, it is absolutely 100% accurate."