Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 212

Chapter 212: Basketball game

Penny’s defeat in that one scare fail didn’t discourage her. Instead, it gave her more motivation to the point all those who entered the horror booth left crying. On the third day of the foundation week, they closed their horror booth for the basketball game between the basketball team featuring Atlas and Max’s team.

This was the highlight of today’s foundation week.

Sitting down near Hugo’s team bench, Penny was in awe.

"This is the first time I’m watching a basketball game," she blurted out in awe, looking around the school gym and at how packed it was. "It’s even more crowded than my fan club assembly."

Well, mainly because almost all the students were there to watch the game.

This would be a moment of truth for the basketball team. This would prove if Max was truly that capable of defeating his own team, or if the team could stand on their own without him.

"Go, go, go Max! You can do it our Max!" some fans from Max’s fan club cheered. "Go, go, go, Max! You can do it, our Max!"

Looking at those cheering, Penny cringed a little. Those girls were even holding banners and pompoms as they chanted their fan chant. As her eyes veered down, she saw some star students seated near the bench. It was almost as though they were part of the team, since their seats were so close to the empty bench for Max and his team.

When Penny’s eyes landed on the weird guy beside Ray, her face turned sour. She looked away when the weird dude met her eyes, as if he could know she was looking.

’I don’t like him for a reason,’ she thought. ’Is he a part of the star section? But I don’t think I met him before in that class.’

Well, Penny hadn’t met all the star section students. Even if she did, she definitely paid them no mind.

"What’s taking so long?" Slater, who was sitting right beside Penny, couldn’t help but wonder. "The star students are already here, but the enemy team isn’t here yet."

"Tsk tsk tsk. Did he give up?" Penny wondered, clicking her tongue and shaking her head. "I hope he did."

Because if Max gave up, then that means her money was safe!

"I don’t think so." Seated on the other side of Penny was Ginnie, earning Penny, Slater, and even James — who was next to Slater — their attention. Sensing this, Ginnie’s shoulder rose while her head lowered. "I mean, Ma — Max isn’t the type to back down or give up."

Lily tilted her head over to Ginnie to look at Penny and her brother to explain. "Ginnie actually studied and researched the players’ stat. She did it to help the basketball team, who are, as well, part of our club. And according to her research, Max is not the type to back down. However, he is the type of person who has a bad habit of being late for things he knew weren’t worth so much importance."

"That bastard...!" Slater fumed and ground his teeth. "Are you saying both my brothers weren’t worth anything?!"

Lily simply wanted to explain things to them, but since someone here was getting emotional, she quickly straightened her back and hid behind Ginnie.

Penny’s face also soured after hearing this. "That arrogant guy," she hissed, gazing at the basketball team, who was getting irritated with the wait.

"It could be a strategy, though!" Ginnie exclaimed when she found the courage to appease Penny and Slater. "I mean, making others wait can burn someone’s patience very fast. So, he could be doing this to throw the basketball team off their game."