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

367 Playground

"Chunchun, watch me!" Penny sat on the swing and pushed herself away before riding it happily. "Hehehe." D

Her feet would touch the ground every once in a while, making the swing go higher and higher. Chunchun sat several feet away, watching her mother enjoy the swing all alone. When Penny had enough of it, she grinned at Chunchun.

"Do you remember when we used to go to this playground?" Penny remarked, her grin fading a bit. "We used to play here with Tiana, Mouse, Blacky, and Renren."

Penny's smile was slowly replaced with sadness as she held the chains attached to the swing. She leaned her head on one of them, her eyes on her well-behaved cat.

"I kind of... miss those times," she added quietly. "Don't you?"

Chunchun stared at her before walking over to Penny's feet.

"You really know when I'm sad, don't you?" Penny chuckled as she picked up her cat, still swinging gently.

Silence ensued, with only the metal creak of the swing echoing.

Even though there had been some changes in the playground, it was still as empty as she remembered it. Looking around at the dark surroundings, with only a few lights on the side, Penny watched as the surroundings slowly brightened up with memories of this place playing before her eyes.

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"Renren, let's try this seesaw!" young Penny beamed, pointing at the seesaw.

The sickly little boy looked at it and then at the person asking him to play. "I don't want to, Penny."

"Great!" Her eyes lit up. "Sit over there, and my spot's this one!" (2)

Having said that, young Penny quickly went to her spot as if she hadn't heard Renren's refusal. With a heavy heart, Renren dragged his feet to the other side. Penny had been eyeing this seesaw since they arrived here. In the back of his mind, he knew she would ask him one of these days. He just didn't expect it to be today.

could get on. Just as she placed her hand on

pulled the handle and beamed at him. "I'll

but because of her weight, Renren always ended up in the

His

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pets, who were watching them, stared at this humiliating scene. They were unsure if they felt bad for Renren, who was always in the air, or for

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corner of her lips curled up as she shifted her gaze to the monkey bars. The moment her gaze fell on them, she remembered the time when Renren had to step on her shoulders just

but we eventually enjoyed it, didn't we?"

week, played in every corner of this empty playground, and filled the sadness and

said I rushed here every Thursday because I felt sorry for him," she whispered. "But

every second

time often felt shorter than it was supposed to be. There wasn't even a time they noticed the hour. They would just get a little shock when it was getting darker and Haines would pick her up. "Now that I think of it, he never left before me," she whispered. "And I

watched him leave."

until she went

away, he was always standing where she

car without

more Penny thought of it,

swallowing down the rising tension in her throat. "Why am I surprised

turned up on her face, and she hung her head low. "Say, Chunchun," she called. "Should I

want me

Meow.

"But why?"