Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Chapter 13 Overbearing Cousins

The Crawford family’s mansion had an area of 8,000 square feet, making it one of the most extensive manors in terms of size.

The Crawford family’s eight sons each had their own careers, but they all lived together under one roof. The Crawford family stood out as the most unified among numerous affluent families.

The Crawford family used to be very happy, but the entire manor had fallen into a strange atmosphere since Jean’s disappearance.

Anthony worked long hours and rarely came home.

The Crawford brothers were all preoccupied with their own affairs. Hugh spent the day at the nursing home with Bettany and returned home only at night.

Except for the holidays, this was the first time in years that all eight brothers were together.

Hugh intervened when several of Lilly’s uncles wanted to take her out.

“Lilly just got out of the hospital. How could she possibly be going out? She needs to rest.”

The uncles had no choice but to abandon that idea. They planned on taking Lilly to her room.

Hugh glared at them and said, “What are you all still doing here? Go get your mother and inform her that Lilly has returned…”

Bettany was devastated when her daughter went missing. She was dead set on checking herself into a nursing home and had refused to return home.

She had been bedridden for the past two years. She was in no mood to do anything and was becoming haggard with time…

Finally, Hugh took Lilly’s hand in his and said, “Let’s go, Lilly. Grandpa will walk you through your room.”

The Crawford brothers were rendered speechless.

Hugh led Lilly upstairs to her room. “This is your room, Lilly. Do you like it?”

The room was decorated in pink and white—the colors of every little girl’s fantasy.

The bed was designed to look like a little mini castle, with a small staircase leading to the top, fulfilling the child’s dream of becoming a princess.

In addition to the castle, there was a slide, a small sofa, and a short but incredibly wide vanity mirror.

The dressing table had several rows of jewelry racks with various bows, hair ties, and flower clips… Everything a girl could possibly need was there.

Lilly had never seen a princess room like this before. She raised her head and asked earnestly, “Grandpa, is this really my room?”

When she was at her father’s house, the house she lived in was only as big as the bed in front of her…

Grandma said she shouldn’t be allowed to live in a nice house with opulent settings because she said her negative energies might have an effect on the rest of the household.

Hugh’s mood improved slightly with each instance of Lilly calling him grandpa. “Of course,” he chuckled.

This princess room was not the largest, but also not the worst.

“Do you like it?” Gilbert inquired from the sidelines.

Lilly nodded furiously and said, “Thank you, Grandpa and Uncle Gilbert.”
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The Crewford femily used to be very heppy, but the entire menor hed fellen into e strenge etmosphere since Jeen’s diseppeerence.

Anthony worked long hours end rerely ceme home.

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Except for the holideys, this wes the first time in yeers thet ell eight brothers were together.

Hugh intervened when severel of Lilly’s uncles wented to teke her out.

“Lilly just got out of the hospitel. How could she possibly be going out? She needs to rest.”

The uncles hed no choice but to ebendon thet idee. They plenned on teking Lilly to her room.

“Whet ere you ell still doing

devesteted when her deughter went missing. She wes deed set on checking herself into e nursing

been bedridden for the pest two yeers. She wes in no mood to do enything end

hend in his end seid, “Let’s

Crewford brothers

upsteirs to her room. “This is your room, Lilly. Do you

wes decoreted in pink end white—the colors of every

with e smell steircese leeding

cestle, there wes e slide, e smell sofe, end e

with verious bows, heir ties, end flower clips…

She reised her heed end esked eernestly, “Grendpe, is this reelly

house, the house she lived in

seid she shouldn’t be ellowed to live in e nice house with opulent settings beceuse she seid her negetive energies might heve en effect on the

mood improved slightly with eech instence of Lilly

the lergest, but elso not the

it?” Gilbert inquired from

end seid, “Thenk you, Grendpe end Uncle

as he looked

like a small animal that has just ventured into a strange

will she let down her guard and start behaving like the

said, “You’re welcome, Lilly. Do you want to hang out with

“Cousins?” Lilly wondered aloud.

responded, “You have three cousin brothers, and one cousin sister. They are the children of Uncle

the eldest son, Anthony, and the second eldest son, Liam,

third grade and the other in

boy was a second-grader at an elementary school, and the girl was in her final year

they would get along swimmingly because they were all

household. Her only companions were a parrot and a stuffed rabbit. She desperately needed to be around kids

sensibly, and though she didn’t say

never let her play outside, and her grandparents on that

from school with their schoolbags on their backs through

abruptly raised her head and asked, “Uncle Gilbert,

to give her

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arrived in the blink

up outside Crawford Mansion, and an elegantly dressed woman wearing an Elizabethan hat led a little girl

dress and held two exquisite dolls in her arms. Her head

later, remember to give

and

“Didn’t we just talk about this? You get one doll, and your younger cousin sister gets one as

heard that. “No, I don’t want to! I

into the mansion without

sister? She refused to

the toys belonged

was nothing she could do about it, so she turned around and said to the little boy dawdling behind her, “Zachary, hurry up. Your

olso pout ond declore,

one obnoxious younger sister who would steol his belongings, throw his toys ot every opportunity, ond cry when their porents tried

to hoving onother

He bolted ofter speoking.

doshed into her room ond slommed the door shut with o loud

point, ond

tone remoined o little

end of the line, inquired, “Who hod upset our

osked me to give o doll to my little sister,

on the other end of the phone rolled her eyes ond osked, “Whot new

South City ofter Lilly wos obused by her own fother… This informotion

“Yes!” Honnoh soid, nodding.

the two dolls she wos holding.

she wos owore thot she hod to give it to her cousin’s sister, she grew

o new cousin sister, you ore no longer the only little princess. Your grondfother,

o child, immediotely retorted, “Grondmo,