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

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.

even know these lessons from this book?' he mentally grumbled, opening the book to start some

he didn't, then he 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

of the pages resonating every few minutes. Penny quietly skimmed through the lessons Slater's grades were

her achievements in her past life, Penny could

She was often invited to

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 follow the stages. Half an hour later, Penny fully grasped Slater's lessons from the previous semester and

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drew her head back a little to check on him. The stacked

front of him blocked her view, so she had to tilt a little. When she saw him, her face twisted in

a statue, staring blankly at the open book in front of him. It was as though his brain went into overdrive and he automatically

still alive?" she asked quietly, watching his blank eyes veered in her direction. "I see. You're

insane!" Slater slapped the book as he harrumphed.

the first

"Not even the introduction!"

the bridge of her nose

took this challenge not just because she believed in Slater, but because the adult Slater she remembered was very clever, humorous,

just

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 give her a

bottom of his class in his new school. Although not at the top, he wasn't on the last.' Penny peeked at the distressed

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what you

have the slight reluctance

to her and said, "Penny, this isn't gonna

would have to go. Where? That would be her

course not." His tone calmed down, but still in great distress.

and was slightly pleased there was still a fighting spirit left in him.

the paper and

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

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

to answer this."

this problem ever

quietly retrieved the paper and flipped it to the clean page. She

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Slater frowned. "Are you mocking me? I know

two!"