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Chapter 4045 4047 [Birthday Party]

After accepting Lily's birthday invitation, Xiang Nan adjusted his image in order not to be impolite to outsiders and make Lily feel embarrassed for him.

Since Snape not only came from a poor family, but his mother was also a wizard and was not familiar with Muggle clothing, she did not pay any attention to her son's clothes.

Snape always wore a big, long coat that looked like an old coat left over by an adult. He wore a strange-looking shirt that looked like a maternity dress. He wore a pair of pants that never fit him, either too long or too short. He also wore a pair of worn-out leather shoes...

He also had long hair that he never washed, so it looked very greasy. This kind of attire made him look like a madman, a tramp, or a scavenger, and he didn't look like a normal person at all.

As a result, Snape suffered discrimination and exclusion since he was a child. Not to mention the children living in wealthy areas, even the children living in Spinner's End were unwilling to be friends with him.

So if Xiang Nan wore this outfit to visit Lily's house, it would not only embarrass himself, but would also embarrass Lily in front of her friends.

Therefore, Xiang Nan had to make some changes. He first used scissors and needle and thread to cut his oversized clothes to fit him, and also changed the style.

Xiang Nan had previously learned tailoring in the world of "Xiao She De" and had also learned embroidery and needlework in the world of "Jian Yu", so tailoring clothes was not a difficult task for him.

He then used magic to refurbish the worn-out clothes as best he could, although this was somewhat futile.

Although there are repair spells in the wizarding world, they are limited to broken things and cannot refurbish old things. So Harry Potter's broken glasses can be repaired, but Lupin's old clothes cannot be refurbished.

Moreover, he cut his hair short and washed it thoroughly with soap and water to control the oil. Although it was not very decent, he finally looked like a normal person.

……

On January 30th, Xiang Nan came to Lily Evans' home with carefully prepared gifts.

Although Lily Evans's home was not far from Spinner's End, only two streets away, the social class was completely different.

Those who lived in Spinner's End were all from the poor class, but Lily's family belonged to the middle class. Her father Robin was an engineer with a monthly salary of over one thousand pounds.

In comparison, the Snape family lives on welfare and can only receive 300 pounds a month. The difference is several times, so there is naturally a considerable gap in the quality of life.

This can be easily distinguished from the houses. The houses in Spider's Tail are adjacent to the factory and are all decades old. They are run-down, dirty, old, narrow, and exude a musty smell.

Lily's house was a townhouse, clean, tidy, and elegant, with the air filled with the scent of plants and trees. Compared with Spinner's End, it was like two different worlds.

Of course, Xiang Nan has lived in all kinds of beautiful houses. He once owned a huge mansion covering hundreds of acres in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, and also a palace covering 10,000 acres.

So when Xiang Nan saw Lily's house, he didn't feel inferior.

He then walked up and rang the doorbell.

There was a crisp ding-dong sound, and soon someone inside responded, "Coming!"

Then, the door opened, and a middle-aged woman in her thirties, with a pretty face and fashionable clothes, appeared. Looking at Xiang Nan standing outside the door, she had a kind but puzzled expression in her eyes.

"Hello, Auntie. I'm a friend of Lily Evans, and I'm invited to her birthday party." Xiang Nan explained with a smile, knowing that she was Lily's mother, Mary.

"It's Lily's friend. Welcome, please come in." Mary said with a smile, making way for him, and then shouted, "Lily, your friend is here."

"Thank you." Xiang Nan stepped into the house and saw that it was indeed spacious and bright, with exquisite decoration and fine furnishings. It was worthy of being a middle class house, much better than Snape's family.

"Severus, you are finally here. I was still worried." Lily rushed down the stairs from the second floor. When she saw Xiang Nan, she immediately came forward happily.

The birthday party was about to start, and all her friends were there, except Xiang Nan. So she couldn't help but worry that he would break the date because of his low self-esteem.

"I had to come late because I needed to prepare a gift." Xiang Nan explained, "Lily, happy birthday to you. This is my gift to you." Xiang Nan handed the prepared gift to Lily Evans.

"Thank you." Lily smiled, "Come, follow me to meet my friends."

Xiang Nan nodded and followed Lily to the second floor.

……

"This is my room, and this is my sister's room..." Lily explained with a smile, then she opened her door and saw the room was full of children.

Except for Lily's sister Penny, Xiang Nan didn't know any of the others, but they all looked familiar. They should be children from the neighborhood.

"Let me introduce to you my new friend, Severus Snape." She introduced him to everyone with a smile.

Everyone looked at Xiang Nan curiously.

Suddenly a girl said in surprise, "I know him. He is the boy from Snape's family. They live in Spinner's End."

"I remember too, he was that little crazy guy." another girl said in surprise.

"It's him~", "So it's him~", "Yes, it's him~"

Several people echoed this, with expressions of contempt, disgust, aversion, and astonishment on their faces.

"Don't be like this, he's a very good friend." Seeing everyone say this, Lily said quickly.

"He's not bad, let him stay." Penny also said rarely.

Xiang Nan guessed that she probably wanted to thank him for helping her with fortune-telling.

Everyone looked at Xiang Nan again, and seeing that he was no longer dressed so strangely and looked like a normal person, they finally nodded.

"Severus, please sit down~" Lily said with a smile, and invited Xiang Nan into her bedroom.

"Thank you." Xiang Nan nodded.

When the children saw him walk into the room, they all huddled together, obviously unwilling to sit with Xiang Nan.

Xiang Nan was not angry when he saw this, and sat quietly aside.

……

  The air in the room was a little stagnant for a moment, and everyone looked at Xiang Nan with curiosity and fear.

"Lily, let's open the presents." A girl said with a smile.

"Okay." Lily nodded and began to open the gift box.

The gifts given by everyone were varied, including cute dolls, exquisite headbands, small mirrors, classic storybooks, high-end chocolates, and so on.

The last one I opened was the gift from Xiang Nan.

Everyone stared with wide eyes and curiosity, and some of them had playful expressions on their faces.

They all wondered what kind of present a lunatic like Xiang Nan could give. If his present was not good enough, or even just a piece of rags, they would be merciless and would laugh at him.