Chapter 442: Plans to communicate with Hermione

"Come on, Ivan!" Fred said suddenly. "I'll take you upstairs!"

"Yeah, let's show you where you'll sleep!" George followed, winking at Ivan.

"Stay where you are!" growled Mrs. Weasley.

Fred and George froze and looked bitter.

Ivan, Harry and Ron looked at each other. They carefully exited the kitchen sideways, and Hermione and Ginny followed.

They headed down the narrow hallway and up the rickety staircase that zigzagged through the house to the upper floors.

"What the hell is going on?" Harry asked.

"Fred and George were discovered by Mum, and they were both too careless!" Ron whispered. "Mum found a lot of Gold Galleons while cleaning Fred and George's room!"

"Gold Galleons?"

"Yes, Professor Lupin sent them a hundred!" Ron looked at Ivan, "I didn't know they had made so much money from the help you gave them and the props they sold in the store."

"Seeing such a large sum of money, Mum was terrified!" Ginny said. "She started asking them where they got it from. She thought they had stolen the money from somewhere and had an all-night argument."

"Fred and George had intended to hide it, but later they could only tell her. They told Mom that the money was their help and the seed money for their research career." Ron said to Ivan, "You'd better be careful. Before you came, Mom had been talking about it countless times. She seemed very dissatisfied with your help with her research."

Ivan swallowed hard and remembered Mrs. Weasley's anger.

"My God, Ivan, you've been helping Fred and George with this stuff!" Hermione said in surprise, "I always thought you spent all your newspaper money on serious things, like buying magic potions..."

"Most of it is spent on that, but there was some left over, and I gave it to .... Fred and... George..."

Under Hermione's gaze, Ivan's voice was getting smaller and smaller.

Things seemed to become more problematic. Hermione seemed even angrier than before.

Hermione was only angry because Ivan didn't stop Fred and George from playing practical jokes on Dudley. Only now did she realize that Ivan was behind the whole incident.

Looking at Hermione's face, Ivan knew that nothing could explain it.

"Mum is making too much fuss. I've seen her supply list, and all of the above is very interesting." Ron didn't notice Hermione's anomaly, and said carelessly, "Big long lists of prices for things they've invented. Joke stuff, you know; fake wands and candy with.... a lot of things. They've put so much work into this..."

"I thought they were just making some candy, and the Skiving Snackbox was really good!" Ginny said. "We've been hearing explosions outside their room - I thought they just liked the noise!"

Hearing them both, Hermione's face turned even uglier.

She looked at Ivan angrily, her eyebrows furrowed, thinking something unfamiliar.

"Of course, Mom is right. Most of the things they do are dangerous." Ron said. "She went crazy that night. She found all of Fred and George's creations and burned them and warned them not to do it anymore. Since that day, she's been furious with them all the time, and their results on their T.I.M.O.s have also let her down."

The T.I.M.M.O.S. were ordinary levels of magic, the exams Hogwarts students took at fifteen.

For young wizards, they were very important.

Only if they had enough certificates and achievements could they continue their final years at Hogwarts.

This was an important exam that would affect future employment and career development, and should not be ignored.

"Because of their poor results, they fought again and made a lot of noise." Ginny said, "Mom wants them to go into the Ministry of Magic in the future, like Dad, but they told her that all they want to do is open a joke store."

"I heard that, do you know how Mum responded at the time?" Ron added, "She said that if that happened, she would cut any ties she had with them and never care about them again."

Hearing this, Ivan had already felt a little guilty.

If Fred, George and Mrs. Weasley were at odds over this, he was the real culprit.

Hermione apparently felt the same way. She had been staring at Ivan the whole time.

Despite the pressure, Ivan still believed it was the right way to let Fred and George continue their investigation.

They both had a lot of potential in this regard. With the introduction of practice technology, they could make a lot of really powerful magical props instead of the joke props used by young wizards.

By then, not just a joke store, their store would become a giant in the wizarding world.

The plan for his future had already been forged, and it was exciting enough to think about.

Of course, before that, they had to convince Mrs. Weasley and Hermione to support them.

Mrs. Weasley said that as long as Fred and George got enough results, they could get her to agree.

As for Hermione, it was mainly Ivan's problem!

It seemed that he needed to find time to communicate with Hermione thoroughly....

Just as Ivan was thinking about how to persuade Hermione, a door opened on the second floor.

A face peered out with horn-rimmed glasses and a very annoyed expression.

"Hello, Percy!" Harry stood by the door and said quickly.

"Oh, it's you, hello!" Percy said, and then saw Ivan standing in the back. His eyes lit up, "Ivan, where did you go at the end of last term? you missed my graduation ceremony and I was hired by the Ministry of Magic!"

"Congratulations!" Ivan said quickly.

"Thank you!" Percy said proudly, his eyes darting to Ron. "I was wondering who was making all the noise. I'm trying to work here, you know. I have to finish a report for the office; and it's pretty hard to concentrate when people keep thundering up and down the stairs."

"We're not thundering." Under Percy's gaze, Ron looked irritated. He gritted his teeth and said, "We're walking. I'm sorry if we've disturbed the top secret work of the Ministry of Magic."