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

Chapter 63

After dinner, Penny dragged Slater to the library for a briefing. Seated on the chair, Slater's jaw hit the floor at the stacks of books in front of him. This sight was too overwhelming for him.

"This..." Slater scoffed, averting his dilated eyes at the little sister standing behind the table. "I have to read all of this?"

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"There's more. Don't worry." -

"There's more?!" his face drained of colors as his face twisted in dismay.

Looking at him, Penny wondered if she even made the correct

decision. These books were just too basic. Even Penny in the first life understood them quickly.

"Penny, I can't do this," Slater confessed, while shaking his head vigorously. "This is too much for me! I can't do it like this or I'll die - ack!"

Slater nearly bit his tongue when her hand struck the back of his head. He gasped in disbelief, looking at her with dilated eyes.

"Did you

did you just smack my head?"

"I did. So what?"

"Penny!"

"You said you want to die or just be Keith's slave for the next year until he mysteriously goes missing." Her expression died and her tone was cold. "You hadn't even opened one book and you're saying you can't do it? Goodness."

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He wouldn't need to be a slave if she didn't bring it up!

Slater rubbed the back of his head as he sulked. "I don't want to be

a slave," he mumbled. "Fine. I'll read."

"Good. Start with this one." Penný casually picked up one book from the stack and dropped it in front of him. "Go, chop chop!"

He thought once she said that, she would leave. But Penny sat right next to him and started writing on a piece of paper.

know these lessons from this book?' he mentally grumbled,

should start accepting his fate of being Keith's dog. Although Slater wasn't spared from Keith's deathly glares all day, Keith didn't step into his personal space. For Slater, that was already freedom, and after

the air with only every flip of the pages resonating every few minutes. Penny quietly skimmed through

past life, Penny could

She was often invited to

class as a professor. But this was junior secondary. Fortunately, her subjects and Slaters aren't that far since she is in grade 7 and he's in grade 8, so she could easily

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a little to check on

her view, so she had to tilt a

front of him. It was as though his brain went into overdrive and he automatically went into default

his blank eyes veered in her direction.

is insane!" Slater slapped the book as he harrumphed. "My brain's not functioning! I couldn't

the first

"Not even the introduction!"

the bridge

she believed in Slater, but because the adult Slater she remembered was very clever, humorous, and a critical thinker. Or so what she knows from his interviews and the shows he

just

that sure because when they were adults, she rarely met Slater. She might try to visit him or reach out to him, but he was too busy to

of his class in his new school. Although not at the top, he wasn't

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what you

Slater didn't even have the

He dragged his chair closer to her and said,

if he did, Keith would have to go. Where? That would be her darkest

in great distress. "I don't want that, but I also know

was still a fighting spirit left

that, Penny grabbed the paper

something. Curious, Slater glanced at it. He only had a glimpse of it

said as she placed the pen on top of the paper. "Try to analyze it and answer. I want to determine what grade you left your brain. This is an example problem from last year." Slater looked at it up close and then back to her. "I don't know

to answer this."

don't think I've seen this

the paper and flipped it to

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you

two!"

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