Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 129

Chapter 129: Not the only one who knew how to dig

Penny fell into Nina’s tricks in her first life countless times. Even if she tried to fix it or clear the misunderstanding, mending it only worsened things. Thus, if she would be hated, she might as well give them reason too.

The only cons in this was that she would probably have to accept Professor Singh’s offer earlier than her target date.

SLAP!

Penny didn’t use all her strength to strike Nina, but she used enough to make Nina feel pain. To make the latter get a glimpse of how it truly felt like being slapped by someone else.

"Penny!" Allison gasped while Butler Jen panicked. Charles, on the other hand, was about to jump to shield Penny from his mother-in-law’s anger when Penny spoke at the same time Criselda yelled.

"You brat —!"

"Seventh rule of the Bennet Family: don’t pick a fight you cannot win." Despite her round eyes, one could feel the layer of frost sizzled as they coated them. "Otherwise, face consequences and bear responsibility. Nina, you’ve crossed the line for wanting me to fight your fight just because I’ve been lending you my notes. You’re the one who challenged our class president to beat her this semester."

"What?" Nina’s mind went blank. What was Penny saying? Nina didn’t challenge Lily to anything!

But then again, Nina was the one who mentioned the non-existent notes earlier. If she could lie and make up stories, others could too. It was just that since Penny was riding along her lies, Nina couldn’t bluntly deny them.

’You cunning pig!’ Nina ground her teeth secretly. ’How dare she say I challenged the top of our class?!’ — now, Nina had to fight for the top of their class, which was... impossible.

Did Nina think she was the only one who knew how to dig someone else’s grave?

Penny then faced Old Madam Roswald with the same coldness and authority that her father had displayed. She smiled politely and lowered her head.

"Old Madam Roswald, I sincerely apologize that it took me a while to clear this misunderstanding. Now, there’s no more misunderstanding. I did punish Nina for wrong behavior as per the Roswald’s rules, albeit a little late. I’ll do better next time."

Old Madam Roswald opened and closed her mouth, speechless.

For a second, everyone was taken aback, and they could only stare at Penny in shock. Did someone teach her about the old-generation family rules?

A smile turned up on Penny’s face as she slowly straightened her back.

After a moment, a satisfied smile turned up on Hugo’s face. "Penny, let’s go. Now, the adults need to discuss this."

"Dad, Mom, Grandma, Grandpa, we’ll be taking Penny first," Atlas excused politely before casting his fierce little sister a look. He didn’t say anything, but the way he slid his eyes told her to come with them quickly.

Slater darted his eyes between his brothers before his eyes fell on Nina. Observing her, he frowned.

"Nina, why are you acting as if you’ve been beaten to death?" did she know that Penny could do worse? "Next time, say things properly to avoid misunderstanding. If Penny pushed you intently, you wouldn’t just get a cut. Goodness. Look, everyone is fighting because you made a big deal out of a small cut!"

Penny gazed at her brothers in surprise.

One second ago, she was expecting to witness a change of attitude from them. It was like that before. But now, it seemed — no, it felt like they got her back today.

’Didn’t they believe Nina?’ Penny wondered. ’This is weird. This was not how they were supposed to react.’