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.

shown up en masse at the Hatcher Mansion and taken Lilly away, and that a man in black had stripped off his coat and wrapped it around

Stephen heard this, he was thunderstruck. Suddenly, everything became

knowledge that the Crawfords had eight sons and a daughter. However, the daughter’s health was frail,

four years ago was

family felt their hearts sinking. How they

Jean was the Crawfords’ daughter…

Lilly to kneel in the snow if they had

like a

well; when he recalled how he had disciplined Lilly so harshly, he felt

to get her back? Do you think

like a wrinkled 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

had wanted to do was to teach Lilly not

of him and had disciplined her more severely than

they had to do was to have a satisfactory explanation for everything. Once that was settled, they would be able to look forward to a future of wealth

…

of returning to Clodston after rescuing Lilly, the

vacant VIP suite in South Town’s best hospital was now a hive of frantic

punctuated by the sounds of hospital equipment beeping and doctors and

forth with the help of his walking stick. “Why are they still in there?” He

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

room as soon as they reached the hospital. Gilbert had

examined Lilly’s

were the worst thing that could happen in cases of severe frostbite. A more detailed examination revealed that Lily had been

patches of frostbite all over her body. Some of the

three or four years old, and

murmured, “Lilly, this is your Uncle Gilbert. Can you hear me? If you can, please hang in

tightly closed, but she had the oddest sensation of her body feeling very light and warm all over. It was the first time she had

a voice by her ear that constantly murmured, “Lilly…Lilly dear…little Tulip…Can you see

this mysterious

eyes, but she

to reply that she could hear this person talking to her as well,

…

before Lilly was out of danger, and

wheeled into a hospital room, IV tubes

face was stony as he handed Anthony the report from Lilly’s examination. When the Crawfords read it, they were

They even

suspicion of being contraband. The company is in

can count themselves lucky

to tear the entire Hatcher family to pieces there and

worry, Dad,” Anthony answered. “They

his lower lip and fell silent. After a while, he murmured,