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

Chapter 1838: Didn’t fail you guys

Meanwhile...

"Uhh..." Penny blinked repeatedly, lying on the hospital bed. She slowly lifted her head, spotting a few more beds in the same ward. On each of them lay Zoren, Hugo, Mint, and even Slater.

She pointed at herself, then looked at the doctor. "Why am I also getting a bed? I’m not injured."

"You’re drunk, miss," the doctor said with a smile. "And your toxicity level is very high. So we’re helping flush the alcohol from your system faster."

"Ugh." Penny scrunched her nose in distaste.

"Ugh?" Slater, who was on the bed to her left, scoffed. But he didn’t focus on her—he looked directly at the doctor. "Doctor, what about me? I’m not injured. Just a few grazes."

"We’re just being cautious," the doctor explained. "There was rust in your wounds, and considering you were kept in the underground prison, there’s a high chance of exposure to poison."

Slater and Penny blinked at the young male doctor like confused children.

"How did you know I was in the underground prison?" Slater asked at the same time Penny blurted, "How did you detect poison so fast?"

The doctor simply smiled.

"The Old Madam informed us," he replied, then lowered his head slightly. "We’ve already requested your transfers. So please rest as much as you can until then."

With that, the doctor turned and walked away without another word. As soon as he stepped out, he saw two figures sitting on the waiting bench in the corridor.

Charles and Atlas.

"They’ll be fine, sir," the doctor said, bowing politely. "Fortunately, your other son—your second—received immediate treatment, so his leg will recover. For now, all they need is rest. Especially Hugo."

Atlas, who simply nodded in response. The doctor then gave a respectful nod to

Atlas and Charles silently watched

locals on the surrounding islands. But what no one knew was that it was under

it was being treated like an

hurt this much?" Charles muttered. "This place is smaller than city hospitals, but still big enough for a whole

Atlas replied, his eyes meeting his father’s. "No one really knows about this place. That’s why, if anything happens to the Zorken Family

"They have more facilities like this one. This just happens to

shown up at the last possible moment. Still, Atlas had arrived before they even needed to send a search team for him. Since their

sure about

eyebrow and nodded. Charles sighed, still unsure how to feel about Atlas’s choice to become the new head of the Zorken

take effect?"

soon as possible," Atlas

leaned forward, resting his arms on his knees. He didn’t like the idea of his son becoming what essentially amounted to a mafia boss. It wasn’t exactly the same, but

who sat in contemplative silence. "You’re not going to stop me,

it change your decision

me

were up to me. But it’s your life. You’re an adult. As your father, the only thing I can

had accepted Hugo’s decision to enlist and Penny’s decision to live abroad with Haines, Charles knew

after all, was to guide and protect their children until they were ready to fly,

Atlas said firmly.

into a bitter smile and

it might be better to say I’ll be living abroad...

see." Charles took a deep breath, trying to process

continued to look at his father’s