Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 147

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Normally, once they come home from school, the children would go to their rooms to change and rest until dinner. Atlas would be studying while Hugo would take a short nap. As for Slater, he would just be in his room. 

But tonight, even before dinner, the family was in the family room just to talk about anything. Of course, what happened in the school was brought up. It was more about the crazy fans and Ray, though. The boys didn’t want to talk about Nina because it would only ruin the mood. 

When Butler Jen called for them, they had dinner together. Haines was already in the dining when they arrived, and together with Haines, they continued their casual chats. 

“Uncle Haines, did you also come to school today? Penny asked out of nowhere, making Haines’s brows elevatc. 

“Yes,” Haines answered, sparing her with the other details. “Why are you asking?” 

Penny pursed her lips before her eyes squinted. “Did you meet my homeroom teacher, Uncle?” “Miss Sandford?” 

“Yes” 

“Of course.” Haines nodded with a smile. “You’re right. She’s a kind person.” 

Penny observed Haines’s expression and was secretly in dismay. How could his uncle talk about Miss Sandford as if he didn’t have any appreciation for her beauty or character? 

‘Uncle Haines really is like a wall,‘ she wept inwardly. I thought if he met Miss Sandford, she would be able to dazzle him! I don’t want him to become an old bachelor! 

Unaware of what was going on inside Penny’s mind, Haines tilted his head a little to the side. “Why are you asking Penny? Don’t worry. I already told her that the next time she let some bullies pass without taking any action, she’ll have to quit the school.” 

“…” Penny gasped in dismay, wide–eyed. ‘Nooo!!!! 

Even the devil on Penny’s shoulder wept as they watched Haines’s love life grow wings and fly away. 

Unlike Penny’s woes, the boys were pleased to hear Haines’s timely action. Charles also nodded in satisfaction. 

“Haines, Miss Sandford tried her best to give Penny justice, she expressed as she understood. Miss Sandford’s dilemma. “The headmaster has already given us notice. We’ll see if they’d stop this bullying in school because if not…” 

The gentle Allison, for the first time, showed sharpness. “I will not forgive them even if the headmaster apologizes on his knees.” 

Penny let out a helpless sigh and mentally shook her head. She knew her family was simply 

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him as an adult because he was always on the base. Moreover, he died even before Penny. 

But hearing them say all of this, hearing them apologize and own up their negligence, didn’t feel bad at all. An apology, an admittance from them… was all she wanted to hear before. They might be apologizing over something different, but it still didn’t feel bad. 

Her face softened, and her heart felt a lot warmer than normal. Her parents were also mildly surprised before they smiled in appreciation. 

“We’ll do better,” Atlas uttered, this time with determination. “I’ll do better as the big brother.” 

Hugo nodded. “Me too. I’ll do better.” 

“Penny, can you give us a chance?” Slater frowned, almost as if he wanted to cry. “I know I always picked on you before, but I’ll share my chocolates from now on! Just ask for permission… I’ll share” 

Allison and Charles looked at each other before they turned to Penny. 

“Penny, can you give us a chance to do better?” Charles inquired. 

Allison huffed faintly. “Can you?” 

For a moment, Penny didn’t answer, as she just looked at them quietly. Slowly, her lips curled up, and nodded. 

Everyone smiled in satisfaction and heaved a sigh of relief. The boys then quickly took their spots in the family room just to talk about anything. As the family slowly moved on, Butler Jen, who was by the door, couldn’t help but smile. 

‘She really is the glue of the family,‘he thought. ‘Back then, they were also like this until the young madam gave birth to the last child.” 

Butler Jen quietly closed the family room to give the family some time to bond more. 

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Penny secretly mending her broken heart, trying to think of how she could set up Haines and Miss Sandford. 

Just one last try, she told herself. 

If this didn’t work, then she would work hard and find her uncle a more suitable prospective wife. 

After dinner, Penny excused herself to her room with the reason she had to do some housework. Before her brothers could say anything, she bolted away after saying she’d come to the library in an hour. 

When she reached her room, Penny sat down in front of her study desk to do some elaborate planning. The plan of briefly letting Haines know about Miss Sandford’s existence was not enough. Hence, Penny quickly wrote down all the following events that the school was expecting before the school year ended. 

While Penny was determined and wrote in her notebook like crazy, a knock was suddenly heard. She was so focused she didn’t notice it until a voice reached her ears. 

“Penny?” 

Penny stopped and turned her head, only to see Slater by the door. Slater looked around her room cautiously, as if wondering where her pets were. 

“Butler Jen took them out for a night walk,” she explained and turned her bottom to face the door. “Third brother, what are you doing here?/said we’ll start our study session in like 

forty–five minutes.” 

“I know.” Slater awkwardly came to her room and marched to her bed, sitting down on the edge. “I just… need someone to talk to.” 

She tilted her head to the side, not expecting that the someone he would go to talk to was her. “Why me?” 

“Because you’re the only one who knows about my situation. Slater frowned. “I want to talk about that” 

“Oh.” Penny was a bit taken aback, assuming Slater would try to decide on his own. She didn’t expect him to come to her brothers, let alone to her. Well, Slater had nothing to hide from her. 

Penny closed her notebook and jumped out of the chair. She then sat beside Slater on the bed. “What’s on your mind?” she asked. “Do you want to come forward as well?” 

Currently, the headmaster’s office is inviting all the victims of bullying to come forward. She heard a few people coming forward. To be fair, Lily was also urging Ginnie to tell the headmaster about her sufferings under Patricia’s tyranny. 

Unfortunately, Ginnie didn’t want to. Though her excuse was not because she was scared of Patricia, but because Patricia was already being punished. And Ginnle simply wanted to move on 

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