Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

57 The bet is on

57 The bet is on

"That other big brother also looks smart!"

Everyone intuitively shifted their eyes in Atlas's direction where

Penny was pointing.

"I bet he'll make it to the eighth place!" Penny cheerfully

announced. "I put my bet on him and that other brother beside him! They look smart!"

Keith glared at Penny but quickly found this as an opportunity to salvage their situation. "You said Theo looks smart and roped him in challenging the 10th place!"

"The big brother looks smart, but I wasn't the one who said he could beat the tenth place," Penny pouted, making Keith almost choke. "Moreover, I was told not to put all my eggs in one basket! So, I'll root for the other brothers too!"

"She does make sense, though." One student nodded, reminded of his grandfather's warning about putting all his eggs in one basket.

Most students were elite, both from old money and new money. Hence, most of them heard about this saying since adults would

often take this route.

"But Atlas fell back in the ranking-

"Even so, he held the rank for years without fail and even almost became a part of the star section at one point."

"Compared to someone who just cinched first, it's not bad to also root for Atlas, who proved himself many times."

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Hearing this, Theo's face darkened. Although he disliked the impossible pressure on him just now, he deeply despised being compared with Atlas. All these years, Theo was stuck with Atlas. The latter sat in first place while the second and third fought fiercely. It was the reason Theo preferred to be third rather than second, just to avoid being compared to or pitied.

"Hah!" Keith, who felt like they were losing favors, knew he had to open his big mouth. "Even if that's the case, eighth place is too high!"

"Too high?" Penny cocked her head to the side. "I think that's him being lazy!"

while the students frowned at her

was a kid, they tried to understand she didn't know what she

smart, then let's

the attention to Atlas instead of Theo. "If he can make it to the top ten, then I'll grovel to his feet and apologize for not seeing his intellectual prowess. But if he can't make it to the top ten, then he will have to voluntarily drop

Voluntarily drop out?

were all taken aback

Is

too much

challenge is a little too much, even for myself, dropping out of school is crossing the

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someone in the star section, but no one dropped out after

said those conditions because there was no way Atlas would agree. The little girl might have unbelievable strength, but she was not smart enough to decide on

raised both her hands

"That's good!"

Good

little gift in disbelief. What was good in that bet? Not only was the prize of winning not tempting enough. but losing

be the same for that other brother too since he's the first to challenge the star section!" Penny added with a grin, not forgetting to drag Theo back into this mess. "If he gets in

contorted. Why was she the

on their fates?

big brother didn't end up at the bottom of his class, then you will apologize to him for belittling

school year!" a

of color when he was

this.

67 That is

who heard this bet

the little

you make a bet on their lives?" one of the students remarked. "You might be young, but it's still not right to play with other people's

near Penny moved to her and said, "Little sister, the bet between

him to

special eye for people!" Penny grinned.

smart!"

naive girl. Atlas is one thing,

smarter than him!

"Deal!" he

he felt a little uneasy