Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 108: Ledger

"In the name of Merlin, you can't tell lies with your eyes open, Mr. Malfoy; a small person like me can't afford that responsibility!"

The voice of Mr. Shafik, the manager of Lihen Bookstore, still sounded extremely smooth and pitiful: "You know, I worked so hard to help you with the things you asked for a year ago. You got it; and the intact magic seal on it is enough to prove that I haven't touched them at all..."

"...So Mr. Malfoy, you can't blame me for something wrong!"

If outsiders heard and witnessed such a conversation, they would definitely feel that poor Mr. Shafik was very wronged.

"Hmph!" Mr. Lucius Malfoy just snorted coldly without sympathy.

Next, Mr. Shafiq put on a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.

He took a careful look at the boy behind Mr. Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, and immediately smiled: "I think you must be Master Malfoy... You are very welcome... It is an honor... May I ask what you want? If you need it, my price here is very fair!"

"A whole set of second-year Hogwarts textbooks..." Draco replied.

"Oh, that's right." The smile on Mr. Shafik's face diminished a little, and he tried softly: "Aren't you going to buy some reference books... These days, you can't learn by relying on textbooks alone. To something..."

"You don't need to worry about it, Shafiq." Mr. Malfoy said coldly, "Our manor has enough books."

"That's natural, that's natural." Mr. Shafik nodded hastily.

As Yi Yi said, he turned around and picked up a second-grade book box from the corner.

Matthew hastily adjusted his position on tiptoe to avoid being found by Mr. Shafik eavesdropping.

The small bookcase was handed over to Draco.

Then, Mr. Malfoy suddenly ordered: "Draco, you go out first!"

Draco gave his father a suspicious look.

"Wait for me at the Quidditch boutique." Mr. Malfoy added, "I'll stay and buy you the latest Nimbus 2001 broom, I remember you always thought your original sweeping seven-star broom Somewhat dated."

Only then did Draco joyfully hold the bookcase, and obediently left the Lihen Bookstore.

……

Now, if you don't count Matthew Wakefield hiding behind the bookshelf, there are only bookstore manager Shafik and Mr. Malfoy left here.

Matthew felt that what they were about to discuss would be very important, so he immediately pricked up his ears.

"You are such a kind father, Mr. Malfoy." Shafik complimented: "I think I should learn more from you, you must know that my daughter has always disliked me..."

"Stop talking such useless nonsense, Shafiq!" Mr. Malfoy said coldly, his voice suddenly became serious:

"Come here, it's the same as a year ago, this time it's another big deal. Not surprisingly, you can earn at least 3,000 Galleons in this deal!"

"All ears." Shafik said in a low voice.

Malfoy also deliberately lowered his voice, so that Matthew could only hear intermittent conversations:

"This time there is another batch of goods... I will leave the receiving work to you... I will send a house elf at that time..."

And Mr. Shafik didn't make a sound the whole time, just nodded there.

"Remember, don't make any mistakes this time!" Mr. Malfoy finally urged.

"You can wait for my good news at the manor, Mr. Malfoy..." Mr. Shafik bowed very tactfully.

"I hope so!" Malfoy walked away.

And Mr. Shafik happily hummed a ditty. Obviously, he was in a good mood.

Matthew behind the bookshelf, at this moment, also has a desire to hum...

It seems that choosing to work as a "temporary summer job" at Lihen Bookstore this time is indeed the right choice.

……

Time soon reached noon, the hottest time of the day.

At this time, the Lihen Bookstore is empty; all the shop assistants are also huddled in the corner, too lazy to move.

And Matthew stood up unhurriedly and walked towards the counter.

"What's the matter, Wakefield?" Mr. Shafik asked lazily at the counter.

"It's because there is nothing to do now, Mr. Shafik." Matthew said innocently, his voice sounded very enthusiastic: "So I want to help proofread last month's bill, maybe there is something wrong in it ;Just think that I am too boring, so I just pass the time."

"You are such a hardworking and good boy, Wakefield..." Mr. Shafik praised hastily: "You deserve to be the first place in the whole year at Hogwarts..."

While moving away from his seat, he pointed to the cabinet for Matthew: "All the ledgers are here, please proofread slowly, don't worry..."

"Yes." Matthew nodded: "I will work hard!"

Throughout noon and most of the afternoon, Matthew sat at the counter, calculating a series of figures for Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts.

Facing such a "volunteer" who volunteered, the manager Mr. Shafik certainly would not stop him.

Especially after Matthew pointed out several errors on the June bill and helped the bookstore recover some losses; this kind of behavior made him nod again and again ~IndoMTL.com~ praised continuously.

Of course, there was only praise, and no mention of salary increase.

Matthew also appeared to "see money like dung" without mentioning the word "money".

After a while, it was dark.

In the middle of the night, when Lihen Bookstore was about to close to thank customers, Matthew suddenly picked up two ledgers and said loudly to Mr. Shafik at the same time:

"Mr. Shafiq, I think, finally take these two ledgers to the room, and continue to proofread and sort them out at night..."

Mr. Shafiq naturally has no objection.

"Thank you, Wakefield."

"It's just a matter of raising your hands." Matthew said generously, and returned to his dark and damp hut in the basement with two ledgers.

……

Matthew Wakefield never imagined that his impromptu plan would go so smoothly.

But it's normal, after all, he is only a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, even if there are some strange behaviors, it is difficult to arouse too much suspicion.

In the hut in the basement, Matthew slowly opened one of the ledgers.

He found this ledger quietly in the cupboard in the afternoon.

The record above is the revenue record of Lihen Bookstore in August last year...

Last August, that is when Matthew himself found the book from the bottom of the cardboard box in Lihen Bookstore.