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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.
get it
- she
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sank as
rounder.
Atlas and Slater frowned. Their dad tried his best. Was getting her the wrong thing that
chance?
the other hand,
the other hand, secretly
"Even if you're upset that Dad got you the wrong gift, you can't just ignore his efforts. It's still a
flames.
was also displeased that Penny would be so heartless
another chance.
everything in detail to avoid this,"
moods we
glanced
the
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Haines, she flinched at the coldness. flickering in
it was
be that close to her, but he never looked at her so cold
was looking at an
in her heart boil. Haines was like this because of Penny, she thought. 'Uncle Haines will soon realize I'm simply showing her true
scared her, she ignored him. "So, in a way, it's
spoke. His tone was firm and cold while his eyes carried dissatisfaction. "If
think you're sowing discord between Penny
Huh?
as she looked at her second brother blankly. "No, that's
Inny isn't someone who will
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even if she will be, I
right." Charles nodded and sighed. "Penny's not at fault here. I
it's all my fault."
to Penny and held her chubby hands.
was a waste of breath. However, she still made a mental note to put her in her
she added
away at her soft appearance. Relief surged in his heart, but also, a little worried that she was simply saying this not to make
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