Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 1119

Chapter 1119: I think... I’m funny.

[That woman... might be alive. She was alive in the past.]

[No, your father had the same fate as he did in the first life.]

The soft gust of wind made the leaves rustle and the grass sway, yet it wasn’t enough to silence Finn’s voice in Zoren’s mind. Lying on the grass under the tree, Zoren kept his eyes closed.

Meow.

Chunchun purred while seated beside the black panther, who was supposed to be walking and running around under Zoren’s supervision. But here they were, watching him laze under the tree instead. Renny yawned and rested its head on top of its paw, blinking at Zoren.

’Is he okay?’ wondered Chunchun, eyeing Zoren. ’His energy doesn’t match ours.’

’He has a lot on his mind, probably,’ was all the black panther could guess. ’Let’s call Mom. He’ll be happy then.’

Instead of listening to Renny’s suggestion, Chunchun ended up lying on the grass. The panther couldn’t help but gaze at her as she licked herself.

’Are we not calling Mom?’

’No need. We’re here.’

Renny’s pointy ears drooped slightly, but as always, he listened to the little cat.

Meanwhile, Zoren slowly opened his eyes and gazed up at the branches above him.

"She’s possibly alive, huh?" he whispered to himself, trying to gauge his reaction. "I... don’t feel anything at all."

His pets glanced at him as he started talking to himself, but all they did was purr.

To be honest, Zoren didn’t know how to feel about what Finn had revealed. Initially, he thought he was angry. However, the more he thought about it, the more he realized that wasn’t it. He wasn’t as angry at the idea as he thought he should be; he wasn’t even disappointed.

If anything, he felt... strange — very strange about it.

Zoren had always avoided discussing his parents because it was an unpleasant topic. That included his late father, even though Enzo had been nothing but a good father to him. It wasn’t that he hated his father, but rather, he knew there was no point in it. Talking about it would only remind him that, because of him, Enzo Pierson had died.

’I should go back. Otherwise, Penny will just get worried,’ he told himself. ’Knowing her, she might beat up Finn Davis just to get it out of him.’

With that thought in mind, Zoren propped his elbow on the grass and pushed himself up. When he was seated, he caught a figure out of the corner of his eye. Turning his head, he tilted it slightly as his eyes locked onto Benjamin.

"Sir~!" Benjamin, as jolly as always, grinned the moment they made eye contact. He then began jogging and skipping until he reached the tree where Zoren was idling. "Hello~! I’m here too!"

"What are you doing here, Ben?"

"I came because I’m really hungry."

"There’s no food here. There’s plenty in the kitchen."

Benjamin smiled from ear to ear. "I already ate before coming here."

"..." Zoren stared at Benjamin for a second before he said, "It’s Penny, isn’t it?"

"Huh?"

"Did she tell you to pick me up?"

"No!" Benjamin blurted out with a pout, but under his boss’s gaze, he sighed heavily. "She didn’t tell me to pick you up, but she asked me to check on you."