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

Chapter 894: The mad woman

"Her special message was that if her brother's team lost, her company would be sold, and everyone on the other team, along with those who bet on them, would get a portion of that money! All legalities have already been processed as of this moment! Therefore, our betting pool has reached a whopping two hundred billion!"

Lily's announcement echoed more than it should have. For a moment, everyone could only stare at where Lily was making this declaration, wondering if she was so drunk that she didn't realize someone's life and company were on the line.

"Oh, shit..." one person from the crowd blurted out under his breath. The person next to him also breathed out, "Oh shit!"

Some of the audience quickly fell from their seats, wondering if they had heard this correctly.

"A... what?" someone in the crowd trembled. "Two hundred... billion?"

"Oh, my God."

"Now, I really want Max's team to win."

"No shit..."

"Is this even legal? How can this happen on school grounds?"

"This match... just turned into something else."

Even regular betting pools wouldn't be like this. Considering this was merely a fan club reunion—not even an official alumni reunion-this was something no one could have expected.

THUD!

Benjamin literally fell from their seats, their expressions pale and utterly shocked. Slowly, they moved their wide eyes toward a particular seat near them, their gaze landing on the person who had just poured fuel on the fire. Or rather, Penny hadn't just poured fuel; she had shot an entire gas

hand, slowly turned his head to the seat next to him. His complexion drained of color, his eyes

watching Penny casually look back at him. "You

mouth curled up into a smirk, her eyes glinting. "Don't you know that already, Uncle?" she

was the only person who scared him whenever betting was brought up. She scared him more than Charles when it came to this because Charles would only

Haines's and Yugi's help, she did more work than they could. It was why she

stuttered, looking at Penny in disbelief. 'I can't even gamble my spare money because I thought I

face Nina and grinned. "But it's more fun now,

how can you say that? Haven't you seen how the first quarter concluded? Our team couldn't even score

into a smirk as she

a gaping mouth. Everyone near Penny was looking at her with wide eyes and open mouths, but all

back to reality. As Penny shifted her gaze from Benjamin to Nina, Haines, and then Slater-who had fallen from his seat but was still gazing at her-she smirked at them. "Don't worry. I never bet on a losing fight. Like I said, they will win. Just take a look over

their necks, eyes falling on the

to his feet, his wide eyes fixed on the committee's desk where Lily

hear what I heard?" Mark blurted out under his breath, but he didn't

just heard. A part of them-especially Atlas-hoped he had misheard it. However, Atlas knew his sister to the depths

like this was something Penny would

woman..." Dean ground his teeth, his face twitching,

the other hand, felt

water. Moments ago, Max's taunting had hit a nerve, and he was angry at what he had just been labeled. It irritated him more than anything. But

had to agree with the insufferable Dean for once. 'That woman... did she just put her entire company on the line? She bet it on a match that I can't even

Jonathan turned his head toward the audience. His eyes scanned the crowd. It wasn't that hard to