Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 188

Chapter 188: Why? Are you part of the bet?

"I need help with the final exam. Can you tutor me?"

For a second, Penny thought her ears were deceiving her.

"Haha!" she tugged her earlobes. "First Brother, I think my ears are playing tricks on me. What favor do you need?"

"Professor Singh is only available on the weekends, but I don’t want to take any chances. You bet on me, so you need to make sure you coach me to get the gold," he said with a straight face.

"..."

Penny was rendered speechless for the first three seconds before she squealed. "Ehh!?!?!"

"Can you help? Or is it too much of a bother?"

"First brother, I think you’re sleepwalking!" Penny laughed nervously. "Why are you asking your little sister for help? Are you running with a fever?"

Atlas pressed his lips and sighed. "I know you’re smart..." he paused and slid his eyes to the corner. "... smarter than me."

"!!!" Penny scrunched up her nose and looked at him incredulously.

Was the world ending?

Looking back to her first life, Atlas never liked when someone was meddling with his affairs. Be it as an adult or as a teenager, he liked doing things on his own. It was why he always felt irritated with her when Penny was poking her nose where it doesn’t belong, especially as adults.

There were times Penny would help him in the company, even if he told her not to. And because she was nosy, Penny ended up in prison because of one bad decision out of a thousand good ones.

"Penny, it’s alright," Atlas reassured, eyes fixed on her. "I’ve come to terms with it."

"But I haven’t," she blurted out incredulously. "First brother, are you okay?"

"A bit." His face slowly turned solemn. "Will you help me?"

"But don’t you have a group to study with? All of them were from the top section. They even come in batches! First brother, don’t tell me you’re tutoring them and neglected your own?"

"Yeah... about that..." A heavy sigh escaped Atlas but didn’t dwell on it. He didn’t even want to think about how he put himself in that situation. "I’m not neglecting it, but I’m a little anxious."

Her brows rose, watching him shift his attention back to her.

"I saw the star section students studying today and from what I saw, they’ve taken that bet seriously. If they’re working hard, I need to work hard twenty times more," he confessed, holding his hand tightly behind him as if that had been giving him the push to ask this request.

The shock on her face slowly disappeared, replaced with mild confusion. ’I didn’t show off that much, did I?’ she wondered. ’I only showed off that I know Slater’s lessons, but that’s because we’re only a year apart.’

"First Brother, you’d get into the top section even if you do it on your own," she said with certainty. ’He did it in the past, and she was certain he would do it again even without my help.’

However, by the look on his face, he didn’t seem to take her words to heart. "I appreciate that you believe in me so much..."

Her face contorted as he suddenly looked so gloomy.

"Well. I’m not really sure if I’m fit to do that, but we can try." She scratched the back of her head, afraid he would stand outside her door all night until she agreed. "We can do a test run, but I can’t guarantee I am an effective teacher."

She couldn’t smack his head and intimidate him just like how she would to Slater.

"Okay. Thanks." Atlas nodded and took a step back. "Sleep now. Good night."

"Mhm." Penny saw him reach the knob and pull the door closed. But before he could fully close it, Atlas stopped. ’What — what now?!’

The next day...

Bam!

Bam!

Plak!