Last night, after Chen Yu gave Winged Kuriboh to Suigintou, she was incredibly happy, like a child with a new toy.
She insisted on him playing house with her and Winged Kuriboh.
Because Winged Kuriboh kept making "Kuri, Kuri" sounds, Suigintou named it Kuri.
Following Suigintou's naming convention, if Chen Yu were to catch a fox that cried out "Great Chu will rise, Chen Sheng will be king" and give it to her, would Suigintou name the fox "Great Chu," "Chen Sheng," or even the full "Great Chu will rise, Chen Sheng will be king"?
Initially, Chen Yu firmly refused to play children's games like house; he was too old to play such games with her.
But under Suigintou's teary-eyed gaze and strong invitation, the two of them, plus one spirit, accidentally played until late into the night.
Suigintou and Kuri had a great time, but Chen Yu didn't even know how he fell asleep.
This time, he didn't use the system's sleep function, and by the time Chen Yu emerged from the Serenitea Pot, the sun was already high in the sky.
"Ha~~ *yawn*~"
Standing on a large tree next to The Dursley Family's house, Chen Yu yawned idly.
"Harley, quickly wipe the table clean with a rag, then pour your Uncle Vernon a cup of coffee!"
Through the window, Chen Yu saw Harley, dressed in a British-style maid outfit, pouting in front of the table.
She reluctantly wiped the table with the rag in her hand.
Vernon and Dudley sat on the sofa; Harley's Uncle Vernon was watching TV, while her cousin Dudley was diligently devouring a small cake in his hand.
The maid outfit Harley wore wasn't custom-made for her; it was a bit old and baggy, and if she didn't hold up the hem while walking, it would drag on the ground.
Petunia yelled at Harley to be careful to hold up her skirt while walking, not to get her clothes dirty, and to mop the floor after pouring Uncle Vernon's coffee.
Even though Harry had become Harley, Harley's treatment hadn't changed; she still had to help Aunt Petunia with household chores.
However, after becoming a girl, she couldn't wear Dudley's old clothes anymore, nor did she have to do physical labor like mowing the lawn.
The maid outfit she was wearing was a second-hand item Aunt Petunia bought from a neighbor last night, and even after alterations, it still didn't fit well.
Harley had never fantasized that Petunia would buy her new clothes, but wearing a skirt for the first time still made Harley feel very uncomfortable.
Especially the hem; Harley had accidentally stepped on it several times that morning while walking.
Currently, Harley hadn't yet achieved a rapport with her clothes and always walked very carefully.
Even so, Chen Yu still saw Harley clumsily step on the wide hem in front of her, tumbling forward, and the coffee in her hand flew forward with her.
A cup of scalding hot coffee arced through the air, splashing precisely onto Vernon, who was sitting on the sofa, with a small amount also splashing onto Dudley, making them yelp in pain.
"Shit! You clumsy idiot! We thought you'd be smarter after becoming a girl, but you're still just as stupid! We shouldn't have had such high expectations for you! Dudley, are you alright?"
Harley's Uncle Vernon immediately ripped off his clothes, which were soaked with hot coffee, and then rushed to check on Dudley's condition.
Aunt Petunia shrieked and also hurried to check if her precious son had been scalded by the hot coffee.
"Dudley! Dudley! Are you alright! Quickly take off your clothes, my precious son, don't get scalded!"
Petunia examined Dudley's skin where the hot coffee had splashed, and after finding it was only a bit red and swollen, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she glared fiercely at Harley: "You can't even do something as simple as handing over coffee; keeping you is a waste of food.
Go back to your room! You won't have lunch today!"
Harley didn't know whether to be sad or relieved that she finally didn't have to work in ill-fitting clothes.
Fortunately, the punishment was just missing lunch; she had long grown accustomed to going hungry at The Dursley Family's house.
She obediently followed Aunt Petunia's instructions and chose to go back to her room.
Even when she was a boy, she always messed up housework and was often yelled at and punished by Aunt Petunia, so she was used to it.
It was a pity that as soon as she got home last night, Uncle Vernon, without even checking, locked her spellbook, wand, robes, cauldron, Nimbus 2000, and trunk in the cupboard under the stairs.
Otherwise, she could have pulled out some of the snacks from her trunk that she hadn't finished on the train to stave off hunger.
As for Dudley, Harley didn't have much desire to prank him now.
Among The Dursley Family, her cousin Dudley was the one whose attitude towards her had changed the most.
Since meeting at the train station yesterday, her cousin Dudley would just grin foolishly whenever he saw her.
He even suggested during dinner that his spare bedroom be cleared out for Harley to live in, freeing her from the cramped storage space under the stairs.
Although Harley felt that Dudley's change couldn't erase the fact that he used to bully her often, it also made Harley less interested in pranking him.
Watching Harley leave, Chen Yu picked up his phone, deciding to call The Dursley Family first.
Ever since he knew his phone had cross-world communication capabilities, Chen Yu had given his phone number to Harry, Hermione, and Ron, and had also obtained their home phone numbers from them.
Harley naturally didn't have her own mobile phone number, so she must have meant The Dursley Family's phone number.
Chen Yu still remembered British etiquette; if one wanted to visit a British person, they needed to arrange a time in advance, as British people didn't particularly like others suddenly appearing at their doorstep.
Chen Yu dialed The Dursley Family's number, and after a while, the call connected.
"Hello—hello—this is Vernon Dursley, who are you looking for?"
Hearing Vernon's rough accent from the phone, Chen Yu jumped down from the tree, walked to The Dursley Family's front door, put the phone to his ear, and said, "Hello, Mr. Vernon Dursley, I'm looking for—Harley—Harley Potter!"
Chen Yu's words seemed to startle Vernon Dursley, who had just changed his clothes.
Then, Vernon Dursley's furious and horrified voice came through the phone: "Who are you? Who exactly are you? What do you want with Harley!"
Chen Yu could imagine Vernon Dursley's flabbergasted expression; he probably never expected that someone would call Harley on her very first day back from Hogwarts.
"Chen Yu, Harley Potter's friend from school."
Chen Yu moved the phone away from his ear, and as soon as he did, he heard Vernon Dursley shout very loudly: "You have the wrong number! There's no Harry here! I don't know what school you're talking about! And don't call my house again!"
After saying that, Vernon Dursley angrily hung up.
Chen Yu wasn't annoyed; he returned to the Serenitea Pot to change his outfit, tidied his small suit in the lavatory, then applied hair gel to his hair.
Looking at his Asian appearance, which had a distinct Draco-esque aristocratic flair, Chen Yu nodded in satisfaction.
Using Transfiguration, he turned a piece of wood into an exquisite gift box, put a few of the leftover local specialties he'd taken from Tony inside, walked out of the Serenitea Pot, and called again.
After a while, and a few busy signals, Vernon Dursley answered the phone again.
"Hello, this is Vernon Dursley—"
"Hello, I'm Chen Yu, here to visit Harley Potter, I hope you can open the door..."
As Chen Yu spoke, he politely knocked on The Dursley Family's wooden door.
"What! You dare to come to my house!"
Hearing the knocking at the door, Vernon Dursley's rough, loud voice still boomed.
This time, he was so startled by Chen Yu's words that he threw the phone back onto the landline, as if it were something poisonous.