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"Your dad... seemed to have misunderstood

something."

'What misunderstanding could it be?' Penny wondered, glossing her eyes over the faces in front of her.

All of them carried this strange look that had a mix of disbelief, shame, and everything. It tickled her

curiosity.

At the same time, Butler Jen noticed the tip of the cage peeking out behind Haines. He stretched his neck out of curiosity, squinting as he saw something inside.

"An otter?" he blurted out quietly, but with the silence, his confused voice was clearer than it should be. @

"An otter?" Hugo repeated, eyes at Butler Jen.

Butler Jen gazed at Hugo and then at Penny before shifting his eyes to the rest of the family.

"It's not an otter," Haines sighed helplessly, glancing at

Charles to let the man explain.

At this point, Charles's spirit already hit rock bottom.

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He looked at Penny apologetically, retrieving his hand from Atlas and Slater.

"It's a mouse," Charles confessed as he reluctantly stepped away, granting Penny and Hugo a glimpse of what was behind them.

Hugo and Penny intuitively shifted their eyes to the large cage and the animal inside. They looked at it emotionlessly, blinking, trying to figure out what it

was.

"A baby elephant?" Hugo guessed, and at the same time, Penny also spoke. "Chinchilla?"

Atlas's and Haines's faces twitched at Hugo's guess.

"A baby elephant?" Atlas couldn't help but repeat in dismay. Did his brother secretly have eye problems?

Charles sighed helplessly and squatted down to Penny. "Penny, I'm sorry. I don't know what came to me and misunderstood it." - when Penny asked, Tiana was at the table with her, after all.

worry. I'll get it

smiled and said, "No need." - she

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sank

rounder.

Their dad tried his best. Was getting her the wrong thing that big

chance?

and Allison, on the other hand, raised their brows, eyes

on the other hand,

you can't just ignore his efforts. It's

fan the flames.

that Penny would be so heartless not to give their

another chance.

should have said everything in detail to avoid this," Nina continued, sensing that her

moods we

She glanced

the

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flinched

it was

never looked at her so cold and distant. But right

though he was looking

this because of Penny, she

she ignored him. "So, in a way, it's

tone was firm and cold while his eyes

think you're sowing discord

Huh?

brother blankly. "No, that's not... Second Brother,

someone who will be unset over such a misunderstanding" Butler

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kind smile. "And even if

fault here. I was too distracted

it's all my fault."

as he moved closer to Penny and held her chubby hands. "Penny, Papa

still made a mental note to put her in her place later. Penny clasped Charles's hand and sweetly

best!" she added to make him

also, a little worried that she

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