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

Chapter 1778: My life is really good

On a hill full of armed people waiting for Penny, one man stood frozen, staring at the large explosion in the sky. A moment later, pieces of the aircraft slowly began falling from above.

For several long seconds, no one spoke. Silence blanketed the entire hill, with every pair of eyes reflecting the fire still burning overhead.

Thud.

Charles, still wide-eyed, fell to his knees. His face had gone pale. He couldn’t tear his gaze away from the flames.

"No," he whispered, shaking his head gently. Every piece of falling debris felt like a piece of his heart. "No... Penny."

And with that name—Penny—spoken aloud, it was like a bell rang through the silence, snapping everyone out of their daze.

Penny.

Right... that was the aircraft she had been in.

"No." Hugo stepped forward, slinging his rifle across his chest before breaking into a jog toward the edge of the slope. "No, no, no—PENNY!"

His scream tore through the air, his heart sinking at the thought of losing his sister. Atlas, too, felt the weight—but unlike Hugo, he stood frozen, eyes wide, head bowed.

"No," he murmured, turning to the others. When his gaze landed on Angel, he said firmly, "Prepare the boat. We’re leaving now."

But Angel didn’t move.

Like the rest, he remained fixated on the sky, watching debris continue to fall through thick smoke.

"Angel," Atlas called again, louder—but still, no response.

He walked over and grabbed Angel’s shoulder, giving it a firm squeeze.

Angel blinked, snapping out of it as his eyes met Atlas’s panic-stricken ones.

"Let’s go," Atlas repeated. "We’re leaving now."

"Uh..." Angel stood there for a second, watching Atlas walk away like nothing had happened, as if he hadn’t just seen his sister’s aircraft explode. When Angel looked around, he realized the others were still rooted to the spot, unmoving.

he turned his gaze

utterly still, wearing a blank look on

Angel finally shouted. "We’re rolling

But someone

with tears stinging his eyes, Angel wiped them away with

boomed across the

others. One by one, they began

now alert, approached

watching the distant look in Zoren’s eyes. When he got no response, he

apple bobbing. Then, slowly, his gaze

not in there," Zoren murmured, his voice barely audible. "She’s not

hand

his voice firmer now, though it wasn’t clear if the words were meant for Charles... or himself. "She can’t be in

slowly, hearing the same

can’t be in there," Zoren repeated again. "She would’ve seen

the helplessness in Zoren’s eyes. He wasn’t saying it

whispered again, locking eyes with him.

hard. His lips parted, but no words came. Instead, he nodded with tears threatening at the

smart," he said. "She loves living so much, she’d

their shared denial, but he couldn’t afford to break down. Not when Zoren was holding on to him

repeated, slapping a hand on Zoren’s shoulder. "She saw it coming. She

everyone now, his

"and check if she

looked directly at

your brother. Make sure he doesn’t do

stared at him, still processing—but Charles was already

lady," he turned to Mint. "Proceed with your plan. Don’t worry about the search—we’ll search even the bottom of the sea. Just do what

bit her lip, trying to hold back

a solid pat.

toward Mark. "You and Atlas still have somewhere else

flashed in Zoren’s eyes, but

turned to his men and