Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Chapter 3 Lilly’s Eight Uncles To The Rescue!

Everything happened so fast that the Hatchers had no time to react.

By the time Stephen rushed out, he saw Anthony preparing to get into his car and drive off. However, he had not been in time to see Gilbert brushing the snow off Lilly and picking her up from where she had been kneeling by the gate.

“My goodness! It’s Mr. Anthony Crawford!” Stephen plastered a bright smile onto his face and greeted the other cheerfully. “What brings you here? It’s an honor to have you visiting our humble abode!”

By then, Richard, Paula, and some of the Hatcher servants had hurried out to join Stephen as well, their faces wreathed in smiles of welcome.

When they saw Anthony’s stern, aloof countenance, they became even more fawning and obsequious.

Anthony Crawford was the current head of the Crawford family’s business empire and the CEO of Crawford Holdings!

The Crawford family was one of Clodston’s four influential families; everyone wanted to butter them up and curry favor.

A true aristocratic family like this with old money and such deep ties to Clodston was rare. The Crawfords were an elusive, mysterious entity; they kept themselves out of the limelight. The only thing anyone in Clodston knew for sure was that the Crawfords had eight sons, but even then, few had even set eyes on them.

Anthony was occasionally featured in the headlines of the financial news, which was why the Hatchers had recognized him.

“Mr. Crawford, please come in! It’s freezing out here. We’d love to have you stay a little while if you don’t mind such humble surroundings,” Richard said enthusiastically.

“Yes, yes, please do come in and have something hot!” Stephen chimed in, smiling.

Now that they were in the presence of a truly distinguished person, all the Hatchers could not help trying to ingratiate themselves with him.

The Ador Hatcher Corporation was in dire straits; for the Hatcher family, this was a catastrophe.

However, just a word from Anthony would revive their flagging fortunes!

If luck favored them, they might even become one of Clodston’s top ten influential families…

Anthony’s face betrayed no hint of expression; instead, he studied Stephen with keen eyes.

Was this Lilly’s father?

Still without expression, Anthony declined Richard’s offer coolly and enigmatically. “Very well, Mr. Hatcher and family.”

Without another word, he got into his car and drove off.

The Hatchers stood there, confused and dazed, watching him leave.

Paula was the first to speak. “Mr. Crawford said very well… Does that mean he’s intending to help us?”

Richard frowned. “Given his expression, I don’t think he meant anything complimentary.”

Stephen ordered the servants to enlighten him about what had happened earlier.

Lilly away, and that a man in black had

this, he was thunderstruck. Suddenly, everything became

knowledge that the Crawfords had eight sons and a daughter. However,

years ago was the Crawford family’s one

of the Hatcher family felt their

the Crawfords’ daughter… hurry, we

to kneel in the snow if

fact, they would have treated her like a goddess and worshiped at her

recalled how

he snapped, “How are you going to get her back? Do you think we can

prune. After a long moment of consideration, he said, “Well, regardless, we’re still Lilly’s blood relations. We’re her grandparents, after all! The Crawfords can’t deny that, no matter how

they had wanted to do was to teach Lilly not to

get the better of him and had disciplined

the Crawfords. All they had to do was to have a satisfactory explanation for everything. Once that was settled, they would be able

…

to Clodston after rescuing Lilly, the Crawfords

suite in South Town’s best hospital was

their voices. The atmosphere was extremely tense, punctuated by the sounds of hospital equipment beeping

paced back and forth with the help of his walking stick. “Why are they still

at the time, then gently told his father, “Dad, you

emergency room as soon as they reached the hospital. Gilbert

the emergency room, Gilbert examined

that could happen in cases of severe frostbite. A more detailed examination revealed that Lily had been badly beaten; in fact, her arms, ribs, and shins

her body. Some of the areas were so severely

and

this is your Uncle Gilbert. Can you

feeling very light and warm all over. It was

her ear that constantly murmured,

was this

open her eyes, but she was unable

as well, but she could not make a sound, no matter how frantically

…

took three hours of surgical procedures before Lilly was out

a hospital room, IV tubes plastered

stony as he handed Anthony the report from Lilly’s examination. When the Crawfords

bunch, these Hatchers! They even had the nerve to

done a background check on the Hatcher family. In a frosty voice, he replied, “The Hatcher family’s business goods are under suspicion of being contraband. The company is in pretty desperate straits. Recently

derisively. “Help them? They can count

wanted to tear

Dad,” Anthony answered. “They won’t last

silent. After a while, he