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!

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

head to the seat next to

watching Penny casually look back at him. "You

glinting. "Don't you know that already,

whenever betting was brought up. She scared him more than Charles when it came to this because Charles would only risk so much, but Penny would put everything

had Haines's and Yugi's help, she did more work than they could. It was why she was the boss. Yet, this boss was not only risking her company but the livelihoods of hundreds of

you... is that true?" Nina stuttered, looking at Penny in disbelief. 'I can't even gamble my spare money because I thought

to face Nina and grinned. "But it's more

than she had imagined. "Penny, how can you say that? Haven't you seen how the first quarter concluded? Our

smile turned into a smirk as

her with wide eyes and open mouths, but all they could see was

from his seat but was still gazing at her-she smirked at them. "Don't worry. I never

twisted their necks, eyes falling on

wide eyes fixed on the committee's desk where Lily

blurted out under his breath, but he didn't receive any

they tried to process what they had just heard. A part of them-especially

was something Penny would surely

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

the other

hit a nerve, and he was angry at what he had just been labeled. It irritated

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 call an amateur

wasn't that hard to