Matthew quickly flipped through the account book in front of him.

He was searching for keywords: including large transaction records, or strange transaction records, and of course the name "Lucius Malfoy"...

Soon, he discovered something wrong—

Just on August 26 last year, the day before Matthew knew that he was actually a wizard... At that time, Lihen Bookstore secretly acquired a large number of "Black Magic·Self-Defense Guide" from Italy.

This record may not be a problem at first glance. After all, "The Guide to Self-Defense" is a designated textbook for Hogwarts Magic Academy; but after thinking about it a little, I feel a little strange.

Because on August 26th, the summer vacation is almost over; is it too late to suddenly acquire so many textbooks? If it is because the inventory of Lihen Bookstore was in urgent need of the inventory, then shouldn’t a whole set of textbooks be purchased at the same time? What’s more, Italy shouldn’t have an English version of the “Black Magic·Self-Defense Guide” publisher…

Matthew quickly cheered up and continued to search for relevant records in the account book.

Soon, he discovered another information that might be valuable:

Also a year ago, on August 26, Lihen Bookstore received a 5,000-galong fund...

Five thousand gallons, this is a huge number!

A bookstore like Lihen Bookstore, which is considered a little famous in the wizard world, may have only so much profit in a quarter.

Such a large amount of money, its source—

When Matthew saw the name behind him, he quickly wiped his eyes and confirmed that he was not wrong.

The reason for the source is "donation".

Tom Gunter, a very familiar name.

Matthew couldn't help but smile.

He cheered up again and continued to search for records related to the transaction in the account book.

...

The next morning, Matthew Wakefield yawned and got up from the bed.

He took the two books and left the basement... all the useful information on the books was secretly recorded by him last night.

Back to the counter, return the account book to the cabinet.

At this moment, Mr. Shafik, the manager of Lihen Bookstore, suddenly walked over.

Mr. Shafik's eyes were kept staring at Matthew, and he had not looked away for a long time.

His eyes made Matthew feel a little scared in his heart... This even made him feel that his purpose of "borrowing" the account book was discovered by Mr. Shafik.

Resisting the confusion in his heart, Matthew took the initiative to say hello to the manager: "Good morning, Mr. Shafik!"

The other party's eyes were still a little dull.

"Good morning, Mr. Shafik!" Matthew repeated again.

The manager of Lihen Bookstore just woke up from his dream: "Oh...good morning, Wakefield..."

"You look a little tired?" Matthew asked casually.

"No, of course not." Shafik shook his head first; after hesitating for a moment, he continued to speak, "Wickfield, don't you know if you have time tonight?"

"Tonight?" Matthew couldn't help but feel a little alert.

Recalling the conversation between Mr. Shafik and Lucius Malfoy that he eavesdropped yesterday morning; plus those suspicious records found in the account book last night-

Matthew vaguely guessed something.

"You should be free!" he replied calmly.

"Then..." Mr. Shafik looked up and down again at Matthew, then pretended to be "nothing", and asked, "Since you have time, can you come and do me a little favor tonight?"

He quickly added: "Of course, it's paid and won't let you work in vain."

At this time, Matthew had already guessed completely.

"It's totally OK," he agreed: "But... what exactly do you need to do?"

"It's like this..." Mr. Shafik explained slowly: "A friend from abroad helped me buy some books; well, the value is relatively high... Of course, those books are fine, but the damn law of the Ministry of Magic restricts us from importing such books from abroad... So, we had to secretly transport them back to Lihen Bookstore..."

"So, you need me..." Matthew murmured.

"Right." Mr. Shafik lowered his voice: "This kind of thing requires trustworthy people to go with you...Wickfield, so I chose you..."

"So, how much is the reward!" Matthew blinked and asked softly.

"Ten Garons!" Mr. Shafik thought for a moment and said with some pain.

"At least twenty Gallons..." Matthew began to bargain.

"There are the most twelve Gallons!"

"Eighteen Gallons, Mr. Shafik, we are going to violate the law..."

"Fifteen Gallons, this is the bottom line. If there are more, I will go find someone else!"

"make a deal!"

...

The two reached an agreement like this, and Mr. Shafik seemed relieved and left with a swagger.

Matthew's face, which looked extremely excited, suddenly became serious as Mr. Shafik turned around, and frowned slightly.

strangeness!

Fifteen Gallons are not too many, but not too small... Mr. Shafik was too "generous" to give such a high reward after just one night of work.

Not to mention that he had contacted Mr. Shafik during this period, Matthew knew very well that although he was very rich, he was a complete "Felix Grandet" character.

If something goes wrong, there will inevitably be fraud.

Moreover, Mr. Shafik also said that if you do such illegal things, you must find trustworthy people to do them together.

I am just a "temporary worker" who has been in Laiheen Bookstore for only one week. In the eyes of the manager, can I be regarded as a trustworthy person?

Matthew himself didn't believe it.

Another point is that it is as described in the account book.

Mr. Shafik just helped the wizard named "Tom Gunter" to transport a few books.

But he received a large amount of money like 5,000 Gallons.

Yesterday, Lucius Malfoy said that this deal would at least allow Mr. Shafik to earn three thousand Gallons.

This money from the Wizard World is a bit easy to make...

...

After thinking for a few minutes, Matthew had already figured out a strategy to deal with it.

At this moment, an owl happened to fly over, flapping its wings and stopping next to Matthew.

It threw a daily newspaper of the Prophet to Matthew.

While taking out a few copper plates from his pocket and handing them to the owl, Matthew glanced at the front page headlines of the Prophet Daily—

"The first prison escape in Azkaban has occurred in history, and many criminals have escaped!"
Chapter completed!