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.

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

this, he was

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

rescued four years ago was the Crawford family’s

of the Hatcher family felt their hearts sinking. How

trembled. “So Jean was the Crawfords’ daughter… hurry, we need to go

have forced Lilly to kneel in the snow if

treated her like a goddess

well; when he recalled how he had

her back? Do you think we can walk in and take her away just

frowned so hard his brow looked 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 how angry they are. Then

to do was to teach Lilly

better of him and had disciplined her more severely

confident that they would be able to clear up any misunderstandings with the Crawfords. All they had to do was to have a satisfactory explanation for everything. Once that was settled, they would

…

Clodston after rescuing Lilly, the Crawfords went straight to

South Town’s best

voices. The atmosphere was extremely tense, punctuated by

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

time, then gently told his

soon as they reached the hospital. Gilbert had gone

examined Lilly’s bruised body with shaking

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

of the areas

years old, and she had been

is your Uncle Gilbert. Can you hear me? If you

but she had the oddest sensation of her body feeling very light and warm all

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

was this

her eyes, but

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

…

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

wheeled into a hospital room, IV tubes

from Lilly’s examination. When the Crawfords

bunch, these Hatchers! They even had the

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

laughed derisively. “Help them? They can count themselves lucky if I don’t ruin them

to tear the entire Hatcher family to pieces there

answered. “They won’t last

his lower lip and fell silent. After a while, he murmured, “Then how about Jean…what’s