Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 56

Chapter 56: Will you make a bet on that?

Why was Theo’s name on that side and not on the special section class?

That question lingered in the air and the mere silence was enough to break anyone’s spirit.

Everyone looked down at the little adorable girl, who was looking back at them with obliviousness. Penny didn’t seem to understand the gravity of her question, but every single one of them knew one thing.

Theo might be smart and gifted, but he wasn’t gifted enough to enter the star section. _{ƒreewebηoveℓ.com}

"Tha — that girl..." Keith quickly took a step back as soon as he saw Penny. He just stuttered, making gibberish sounds because of the seed of fear she planted in the very foundation of his bones and the core of his soul.

Was this diabolical girl following him?!

Atlas and Slater, on the other hand, furrowed their brows as soon as they heard Penny’s voice ring.

Theo maintained a smile, but there was deep displeasure peeking through the layers of his eyes. "Because I am not good enough to be at the star section."

"Oh..." Penny nodded. "What a pity."

"Pity?" Keith scoffed, flinching when her eyes landed on him. But thinking there were a lot of students around and Theo was also there, Keith sort of regained some confidence back. It wasn’t like he was physically hurting someone, right?

"Hah! This little girl is too young and doesn’t know what she’s talking about," he snorted. "Little girl, even if Theo couldn’t enter the star section, that doesn’t mean being at the top of his class has no merit!"

"Little sister, he’s right." The girl Penny approached smiled at her. "The lower grades don’t take the rankings seriously, but once you grow older, you’ll understand its importance."

"But I’m already old enough..." She was currently thirteen!

The other students were also very considerate of Penny because she was cute and too young. But Keith would never buy that act. He had seen it just yesterday — that girl knew how to curse too!

"Okay." Penny behaved as she smiled at the big sister, but then she left a comment that rendered everyone speechless. "I guess it’s true that it’s better to be a big fish in the pond than a small fish in the sea!"

Did she mean it’s better to be a small fish in the big ocean than a big fish in the pond?

Everyone pursed their lips as they snuck a look at Theo.

Now that Penny mentioned it, almost no one cared about the top students in the other class aside from the special section. The only reason this topic was shifted to Atlas falling in the ranks was because the students secretly considered him the unofficial 11th member of the star section. But Atlas never bragged about it or even mentioned it.

"Pfft." One of the students couldn’t hold his laughter in. "Now that I think of it, Atlas never even looked at his own ranking, but just checks the star section rankings."

"Theo might be smart, but is it really necessary to brag about it?"

"No, Theo’s not at fault here. It’s that cousin of his."

The murmurings of the students around slowly grew a little louder. One could tell they were trying to keep it discreet, but they failed miserably.