Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 120

Chapter 120: Why is she so competitive?

The library was quiet with only the sound of pens scribbling on the papers resonating. Penny pursed her lips, scanning her brothers. They were all busy with their own work while she was just pretending. Penny was diligent in school and in her free time, she would study advanced lessons — more like a relearn of what she already practiced and applied in her first life.

’I thought they’d want to skip today’s lessons to give Nina some time.’ She mentally shrugged off the thought, thinking they simply wanted to focus on their studies for now. ’They’d have plenty of time on summer break.’

Not thinking about it anymore, Penny tried to focus on the lesson plan she needed to work on. Slater was surprisingly diligent, and she only had a hard time at the beginning of their sessions.

Knock Knock

The quiet and peaceful atmosphere in the library was disrupted by a knock. All four of them turned their heads at the door, seeing a maid take a step in.

"Miss Penny, your cousins are here," she announced with a smile.

Penny’s brows rose as her round eyes looked wider. "Yugi and Yuri?"

"Yes, Miss Penny."

"Oh! They came too!?" Without a second thought, Penny excitedly jumped out of the chair and sprinted toward the door. Despite her wide size, her movements were so agile that she reached the door in less than a few seconds.

The maid chuckled and followed Penny, closing the door to let the young masters continue their study.

"Why is she so excited?" Slater muttered, pouting. "It’s just her cousin. She isn’t like that to us."

Atlas also kept his gaze fixed on the door. He couldn’t articulate or even process what he felt while watching Penny jump out so excitedly at the mention of a cousin. But what he was sure of was that he didn’t like the feeling.

"Penny is really close to her cousins," Hugo, who already met the twins, explained. "The three of them grew up together, so they were like siblings to her."

Like siblings to her...

Slater and Atlas shifted their attention to Hugo, their displeasure apparent.

Seeing their reaction, Hugo smiled subtly. "I know the feeling," because this was what he felt when he heard it the first time. "But Butler Jen explained that she’s with them for thirteen years and she’s only with us for months. So, it’s understandable."

"Anyway, I want to greet them here. Good thing I have extra snacks in store," Hugo continued, pushing himself up from his seat. "I will finish that later."

After saying his piece, Hugo casually walked out of the library as if he had some sort of leverage in joining Penny and the twins. When he left, Slater awkwardly veered his gaze to Atlas.

"First Brother, are you still going to study?" he asked.

"They’re not my cousins, and Penny needs some time with them. I’ll let them be." Atlas then continued to study.

Just when he thought Slater was the same, the latter slowly got up.

"Where are you going?" Atlas slowly looked up, watching his third brother tilt his head a little to the side.