Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 739

Chapter 739: Bad influence

Penny’s intentions were undeniably good, but sometimes not all good intentions lead to good results.

"I just added some vitamins for extra nutrients. It’s not that bad — Ginnie told me it’s effective. It’s not like I was trying to poison you all."

Everyone was in disbelief for a moment upon hearing Penny’s explanation. They could only stare at her, wondering if they had heard her correctly. To be sure, Slater urged Penny to repeat what she had done, and that was how they uncovered the mystery of her god-awful dishes.

Every time Penny served food, she would sprinkle some of the vitamins she hid under the kitchen counter as if she were garnishing it.

"And then some whey protein for muscle building, wound healing, and weight gain," she mumbled, doing what she had done before mixing everything. After that, she would garnish it properly. "Then, done!"

"..." Everyone was rendered speechless as Atlas finished the last spoonful from his plate.

No wonder everyone was complaining and literally crying. The food itself was good, but with all the things she added, it ruined the taste.

"I add these things because I know you guys need energy and strength, okay?" Penny explained with a deep sigh. "Take it as a mother making a healthy smoothie for her picky child. It shouldn’t taste weird at all. You didn’t even taste the vegetables I added."

"..." Again, no one could find the words to respond, staring at her in dismay.

"Ginnie said this is what she does to her team," she mumbled, pouting. "Look at them. They’re clinching championships."

"..."

Penny pursed her lips at the silence that followed her remarks. She could almost hear their breaths echo.

"Penny," Slater scoffed, barely recovering his voice. "Have you tasted that abomination before serving it to everyone?"

"I taste my dishes before I serve them!"

"But have you tasted them with all those vitamins in it?"

"Why would I do that?" she blinked innocently. "I’m healthy."

"..."

Benjamin and Nathaniel nearly fell from their seats, gripping the table to steady themselves. Others stared at the food in horror. They appreciated Penny’s efforts, but they couldn’t believe this was the reason they had missed out on good food last night.

She wasn’t poisoning them; she was literally trying to boost their energy and strength.

"It shouldn’t be that bad," she muttered, taking a spoon and scooping some from the plate she used for the demo. As soon as Penny shoved the spoon into her mouth, she spat it out immediately.

Looking at the food in disbelief, her face twisted in disgust. "What in the world is this?" she gasped, lifting her gaze to everyone.

All she saw were nods of agreement.

"Oh, my god!" Penny panicked, shifting her focus to her priority: Zoren. "Renren, spit it out!"

Putting down the plate, she rushed to Zoren and smacked his back. She slapped him as if that would make him spit out the disaster he had eaten last night and this morning.

"Goodness! Why had no one told me about it?! How could you eat that crap?!"

In the end, Penny calmed down as Zoren yanked her onto his lap, asking her to give him a plate without the horrendous amount of vitamins. Even if Zoren’s body was full of medicine, he couldn’t take so much. _{freewebnovel.cσ๓}

"You should!" she sighed, still feeling guilty about last night. No wonder Zoren hadn’t let her sleep until past midnight. That was his payback. Though his payback felt more like a reward.

"Anyway, I came here because I want to let you know that the culprit behind Allen has been caught." Atlas cleared his throat, picking up the teacup in front of him.

Penny and Zoren shifted their attention to him, nodding.

"We heard," she responded. "That Sven Bennet surely is something."

"I don’t have any comments, but I’m glad he was caught."

Penny cast Zoren a smirk. "Hubby, you can always add malicious comments about that person. He might share the Bennet name, but Slater always leaves insulting comments on his social media—under a dummy account, of course."

"I’ll try harder." Zoren nodded and smiled back at her. "That... fool."

"Not bad." Penny nodded approvingly. "You’ll improve in no time."

"Thank you."

"I hope I am not interrupting you for influencing your husband so negatively," Atlas remarked, incredulous at witnessing how Penny was being such a bad influence on her husband. "Anyway, although I came here for that initially, there’s another reason that formed on my way here."

"Hmm?" The couple furrowed their brows, their attention now solely on Atlas.

"On my way here, I stopped by the person from whom I got the dashcam footage," Atlas said. "But when I arrived, no one was there. The neighbor told me that the family suddenly moved out."

He paused, studying Penny’s and Zoren’s expressions. "I don’t feel good about this... coincidence. I don’t think it’s even a coincidence at all."