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The next day rolled in without any more events and since the school was still ongoing, Penny expected that it was another day of some peace. But when she walked out of the garden, she saw Hugo ruthlessly grappling the martial arts doll on the grass.
His expression was vicious and sharp, giving the impression he was angry. Sweats poured from him like rain, damping his entire loose shirt. He was viciously beating the heck out of the dummy, launching some powerful martial arts moves.
Penny felt scared as she realized she had just walked in a landmine. To avoid potential problems, she carefully turned to leave. But as she was walking away, she couldn’t help but look down at her arms.
‘How was it again?‘ she raised her arms with her fingers held straight, her steps slowing down, mimicking Hugo’s moves.
In her first life, Penny enrolled in different martial arts classes and learned everything diligently. Although she
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barely used the skill back then with people, she continued to train. It was a good way to vent frustrations and anger, after all.
“I think it’s like this…”
“You got a nice posture.”
Penny jumped away and threw her hands, caught off guard when someone spoke near her ear. When she looked back, Hugo sported an innocent smile.
“I saw you come in but also leave without saying a word,” he explained. “And also, did you learn martial
arts?”
He also saw her mimic his moves just now. Although she looked cute while doing so, he noticed that she had a good posture that showed her foundation.
“Hehe. Second Brother, I thought you were training, so I didn’t want to disturb you.” Penny clasped her hands close to her chest. “Are you done?”
“Yep.”
“Okay! Rest well!” Penny quickly turned to leave, only to be stopped when a hand grabbed her back collar.
Looking back, Hugo smiled. “Penny, want to eat
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something nice?”
This time, Penny, who would usually fire up at the mention of food, felt rather scared. Hugo sounded like he was luring her into a ponzi scheme.
“I went into some snack bar yesterday and didn’t realize I bought a lot,” he explained with a kind smile. “Should we eat them together?”
Eat them together? Him? Hugo only eats sweets once a week, though. Two was probably his limit.
Penny sized him up and scrutinized his expression to clear her doubt. Hugo might be the kindest among the brothers, but he was the scariest when angry. She didn’t want to end up like that poor dummy.
“Second brother, I think I’m a little full…” she
murmured, but then saw his lips curve down.
Oh, no.
Penny intuitively glanced at the deformed dummy and blurted, “Or maybe I’m not! Let’s eat them together!” a
Hugo smiled in satisfaction. “Then, let’s go.” Only then did he let her go.
Having said that, both of them walked back inside.
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Hugo went to get the snacks from his room while she idled in the family room area.
His meaning of ‘a lot‘ shouldn’t be that much, she thought. Penny expected that he only bought three or four items from the snack bar. Much to her terror, he seemed to have bought every snack as he returned with a big box and poured all of them on the coffee
table.
Her jaw hit the floor in an instant, and her eyes were wide.
“Is this heaven?” she blurted out without realizing it. Even though everything was wrapped securely in their packages, she could smell the scent of sweets.
Studying her reaction, Hugo chuckled in satisfaction. He sat down on the floor opposite her and picked up one snack nearest him.
“I tried this yesterday, and it’s a little nice.” He held it up to his side, watching her eyes automatically shift to the pink–wrapped mochi. “It has a chocolate filling.”
Penny gulped, raising her fist in front of her lips as she cleared her throat. She recomposed herself and her expression quickly changed to serious.
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“Second Brother.” Her tone made his brows raise with
slight surprise.
Did he offend her? Or does she not like these kinds of
snacks?
All the questions in his head disappeared when she asked, “Was it soft, chewy, and a little sweet?”
“Yes.” He nodded and handed it to her. “But it’s not too sweet. Everything is well balanced. Try it.”
Penny gulped, and with a shaky hand, she reached out for it. Opening the wrapper, Penny looked serious. while taking a bite. It was just like what he said: it was soft, chewy, and a little sweet.
She almost wept while chewing it, super touched as if this was the first time she ate after decades of
starvation.
Hugo was pleased, cupping his face while watching her enjoy the snacks.
He initially went to the snack bar to find some chocolates for Slater. Although there weren’t any of those he liked in Anteca, he thought something else could appease his little brother. While doing so, he also
thought of Danny And hafora ha know it his
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basket was full. Good thing he had saved enough from
his allowance.
In just ten minutes, the once table full of snacks was now cut down in half.
Hugo was initially pleased, but now he was worried! He put everything out there so he could tell her she could have them, but at this rate, he might not need to do that! She was like a grinder and her movements were like a time lapse. How could she be so agile when it comes to food?
“Mhm. These are nice,” Penny hummed while chewing. She reached out for another one, but then stopped.
She raised her head at Hugo, realizing he hadn’t eaten
a bite!
Oh, no. They agreed that they would eat together, but she forgot because the snacks were so good she couldn’t stop herself.
“Oh.” Hugo snapped back to his senses, letting out an awkward laugh. If she was Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, the evil witch would be homeless in ten minutes!
“Are you full, Penny?” he smiled to hide his thoughts.
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