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.

in black had stripped off his

was thunderstruck. Suddenly, everything

sons and a daughter. However, the daughter’s health was frail, and she had never appeared

he had rescued four years

rest of the Hatcher family felt their

Crawfords’ daughter… hurry, we need

kneel in the

treated her like a

how

to get her back? Do you think we can walk in and

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 angry they are. Then again, Lilly

do was to teach Lilly not to be an irresponsible

let his temper get the better of him and

to have a satisfactory explanation for

…

returning to Clodston after rescuing Lilly, the Crawfords went straight

best hospital was now a hive of frantic

tense, punctuated by the sounds of hospital equipment beeping and doctors and

Crawford paced back and forth with the help of his walking stick. “Why are they still in there?” He muttered

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

as soon as they reached the hospital. Gilbert had gone with

emergency room, Gilbert examined Lilly’s

frostbite. A more detailed examination revealed that Lily had been badly beaten; in fact, her

Some of the areas were so severely frostbitten they would

four years old, and she

Gilbert’s eyes. Leaning down, he murmured, “Lilly, this is your Uncle Gilbert. Can you hear me? If you can, please

sensation of her body feeling very light and warm all over. It was the

except for a voice by her ear that constantly murmured, “Lilly…Lilly dear…little

this

open her eyes, but she was unable to

her as well, but she

…

procedures before Lilly was out of danger, and the doctors all felt this was

little girl was wheeled into a hospital room, IV

as he handed Anthony the report from

upstanding bunch, these Hatchers! They even had

suspicion of being contraband. The company is in pretty desperate

merely laughed derisively. “Help them? They can count themselves

old gentleman was so enraged that he wanted to tear the entire Hatcher family to pieces there and

worry, Dad,” Anthony answered. “They

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