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

Chapter 1261: How had she forgotten about him?

Unlike what everyone believed that Penny was the good-for-nothing daughter of the Bennet Family-she was actually part of the most elite research group in Anteca. Just because she didn't talk about it much, people often overlooked the fact that she was frequently invited to events to speak about their research and give statements.

She didn't make a lot of money, just like in the current timeline, but her name was well-known in the medical field. Even respected doctors recognized her work,

read and follow her papers.

"Still, it doesn't make sense," she muttered under her breath. "I was not the target, Second Brother."

Penny snapped her gaze to her side, where Hugo was standing, munching the last slice of pizza. "The target was First Brother, not me. It's the Bennets they tried to take down, and I suspect it's because of the piers First Brother was handling."

"I know." Hugo nodded. "But in the end, who went down in that scandal? The Bennets... and you."

Penny pressed her lips into a thin line, her eyes returning to the board. "My head feels like it's going to explode."

"That's why I told you to stop thinking about everything at once," he remarked, his index finger tracing different connections on the board. "Trying to piece everything together is just giving us headaches. Let's focus on what's right in front of us."

He then cast Penny a sidelong glance. "I don't get why it took you this long to tell me all of this. This isn't a case for one person to solve."

"I didn't think anyone would believe me."

"Zoren did," Hugo shrugged, looking away. "He did in the first life, and even now."

"That's exactly why I didn't think I needed to bring it up," she replied, eyes still on the board. "Someone already believed me... and that was all I wanted, after all."

Hugo stole another glance at her, but he didn't linger on the complicated feeling rising inside him. He might have said he wasn't someone who dwelled on the past, but knowing that Penny had been incarcerated unjustly, that their family had failed her—and yet, in this life, they were lucky enough to have another chance with her-wasn't a comfortable thought.

Still, unlike Slater or Atlas, Hugo knew someone else had to pay for everything. "That Miracle Drug..."

told Mint it's not going to work," Penny cut in before he could finish. "If it were possible, I would have succeeded

reports, it

five patients with different diseases," she said, arms crossed. "But a miracle drug for all? Impossible. Those reports don't mention how many healthy people got sick from it

experiment on people,

"I'm not a monster. No matter how much I wanted recognition

opened his mouth but changed his mind. Instead, he said, "And this research is

team in this lifetime. I did it for fun, to test some

me for my research, thinking this drug is a breakthrough, but they don't know the full truth. Luckily, I published my papers under a different alias.

for another slice of pizza-only to realize he'd eaten

fridge is stocked," Penny said, noting his horrified expression. "Eat

this place have food? I thought it was

not abandoned. Uncle Wild snacks here. He hides his food, complaining someone

"Oh."

get hungry, I just come up here." She

straightened his back and grabbed a marker. On the side of the board,

[Money.]

the board, tapping the marker

research and walked away. Yet, the research continues, and the

continue. The facility

were the

Hugo tapped the reports These documents say the drug's

and its dangers

voice, "the lethal drug the one classified as weapon of

destruction-somehow ended

hands

head. "And then