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.

at the Hatcher Mansion and taken Lilly away, and that a man in black had stripped off his coat and

Stephen heard this, he was thunderstruck. Suddenly, everything

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

he had rescued four years ago was the Crawford family’s one and

of the Hatcher family felt their hearts

was the Crawfords’ daughter… hurry,

would never have forced Lilly to kneel in the snow if they

her like a goddess

actions as well; when he recalled how he had disciplined

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

Lilly’s blood relations. We’re her grandparents, after all! The Crawfords can’t deny

they had wanted to do was to teach Lilly

Stephen had let his temper get the better of him and had disciplined her more severely than he should

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

…

after rescuing Lilly, the Crawfords went straight to

suite in South Town’s best hospital was now

by the sounds of hospital equipment beeping and doctors and nurses

his walking

at the time, then gently told

been whisked off to the emergency room as soon as they reached the hospital. Gilbert had gone with her; up until now, neither

examined Lilly’s bruised body with shaking

that could happen in cases of severe frostbite. A more detailed examination revealed that Lily

were numerous patches of frostbite all over her body. Some of the areas were so severely frostbitten they would

was only three or four years old, and she had been made to undergo

Can you hear me? If

were 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 ever felt

except for a voice by her ear that

this mysterious

to open her eyes, but she was unable to do

hear this person talking to her as well, but she could not make a sound,

…

three hours of surgical procedures before Lilly was out of danger, and the doctors all felt

wheeled into a hospital room,

report from Lilly’s examination. When the

They even had the

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 they’ve been trying to find some point of connection so that

count themselves lucky

so enraged that he wanted to

Anthony answered. “They won’t

bit his lower lip and fell silent. After a while,