save the bachelors

Chapter 4086 4088 [Turn over the chapter]

Naturally, everyone present gave Slughorn face, and seeing him praising Xiang Nan so much, they all agreed.

"Horace, your judgment is never wrong."

"Professor Slughorn has always had a keen eye. Since he said you are the most gifted student, then you must be."

"You look very smart. I hope you can be successful in the future and give me a chance to write your autobiography."

Everyone smiled and said to Xiang Nan.

Xiang Nan thanked them one by one, but he did not get carried away.

He knew that these people praised him only for Professor Slughorn's sake, just like how no matter how ugly a neighbor's child is, you still have to praise him as cute out of consideration. It's the same principle.

After the introduction, Xiang Nan was allowed to move freely.

He then found Gregory, who was enjoying a piece of pastry.

"If I had known that he had invited you, I would have come with you." Gregory said with a smile, "But I still don't know what he invited us to do."

Xiang Nan laughed when he heard this.

The Foley family is one of the twenty-eight pure-blood families in the wizarding world, and has certain connections and status. The same is true for the Malfoy family, the Potter family, the Black family, etc.

Slughorn invited them here, no doubt intending to recruit them into his own Slug Club, so that he could use the connections and influence of these pure-blood families to achieve his own goals in the future.

Of course, he is not a bad person, nor does he have any ambitions to unify the magic world and bring disaster to the world. He just enjoys the feeling of being flattered, surrounded by people, and needed by people.

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"I don't think it's interesting. It's just a bunch of people bragging." James Potter walked over and said with a pout.

"That's right. I hate this kind of boring socializing the most." Sirius Black also echoed.

Xiang Nan smiled, not surprised by their reactions.

James Potter's parents had him when they were old, and they always doted on him. As a result, he developed a masterly temper and was unwilling to bend down and please anyone.

Sirius Black was extremely rebellious, and he and James Potter hit it off on this point, so it was really destined that they could become best friends.

"Professor, I remembered that I have something to do in the academy, so I want to leave early." At this time, Lucius Malfoy said to Slughorn.

Ever since Xiang Nan came to the party, he felt uncomfortable all over and didn't want to stay in the same room with him. Especially when he saw Slughorn praising Xiang Nan so much, he couldn't stand it, and felt that every word Slughorn said was like a slap in his face.

"Lucius, I know how you feel." Slughorn waved his hand and said, "You are from the Malfoy family, you will graduate next year, and you have a bright and great future.

But I tell you, how far a person can go and how high he can climb depends not only on his starting point, but also on his talent, his will, and what he gains along the way.

Severus is one of the most gifted students I've ever met. He's only just arrived at the school, and he's already beaten five seventh-year students. Do you know what that means?

Hogwarts has been established for a thousand years, and the number of people who can do this can be counted on one's ten fingers. Do you hope that such people will become friends who can help you in the future, or enemies who will go against you?"

Lucius couldn't help but be slightly startled when he heard Slughorn say this.

"In fact, as far as I know, there is no deep hatred between you, right? It's just a failure in the duel, nothing to worry about. I have never lost to anyone in my life. But not only do I not hate him, but I want to be friends with him. Only by making friends with the strong can you go further.

Otherwise, if you always hang out with people like Goyle, Crabbe, and Yaxley, you will only degenerate into the same low level as them. "Come on, do me a favor and reconcile with him. It will be good for you."

Lucius Malfoy nodded.

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Slughorn then pulled Lucius to Xiang Nan and said with a smile, "I heard that there was a little conflict between you. Young people are bound to lose their temper. Come, shake hands and turn the page on everything like a book, okay?"

Xiang Nan said nothing and looked at Lucius.

It doesn't matter to him whether there is reconciliation or not.

Because his strength was not comparable to Lucius's. The wealth of the Malfoy family was nothing but a pile of dung to him, so he was not afraid of Lucius causing trouble.

"Junior, please forgive my previous recklessness." Lucius forced a smile and slowly stretched out his hand. "I was wrong. I apologize to you. Let's move on from this, okay?"

"Of course." Xiang Nan nodded and held his hand. "There was no conflict between me and you, and the professor has said so. Senior Malfoy, everything is over."

"Great, come, let's have a drink." Slughorn smiled with satisfaction upon seeing this, and then called for three glasses filled with butter beer.

Xiang Nan smiled, raised his glass and drank it all.

After the reconciliation, Lucius turned and left.

Xiang Nan noticed that after he left, he immediately took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped his hands vigorously, and then threw the handkerchief into the trash can.

It seemed as if shaking hands with Xiang Nan was a great humiliation for him.

Xiang Nan couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw this.

If Lucius wasn't still useful, he really wanted to use the Wedding Dress Magic to absorb all of his magic power.

"Dude, you disappoint me so much. Why should you reconcile with someone like that? You should just continue to fuck him!" James Potter pouted.

"Yeah, people like him are obviously insincere. You shouldn't reconcile with him, you should fight him to the end." Sirius Black also added fuel to the fire.

"Don't worry. If I can deal with him once, I can deal with him a hundred times." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "The professor brought us together today, and I'm doing him a favor. If he dares to provoke me again in the future, are you afraid that I won't have a chance to deal with him?"

"That's right." James nodded and smiled.

"That's right, give him a good beating." Sirius also laughed.

……

After chatting for a while, Xiang Nan noticed that there was a large bookshelf in Slughorn's office.

There were hundreds of important books on Herbology and Potions on the bookshelf, many of which were not even available in the Hogwarts Library or the Prince family collection.

For example, the earliest alchemy book in ancient Egypt, "The Emerald Record", "The Book of Potions" by potion master Zygmunt Budge, "Enhanced Magic Potion" by potion master Arsene Giger, "Advanced Potions Guide" by potion expert Libasho Pollach, and so on.

Xiang Nan was fascinated by it for a moment, but he didn't dare to take it and look through it without the owner's permission.