Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

The old man opened his mouth, preparing to insist that the Crawfords hit him.

Yet upon speaking, he found himself telling the truth. “It was my fault. I was going too fast on my motorcycle…”

“I’m old, you know… I… I saw the car coming and couldn’t react in time, so I hit it…”

The words left his children in shock!

His oldest daughter hopped to her feet, fuming. “Dad, what are you going on about?”

The oldest son was frustrated as well. “Don’t be scared of them, they’re trying to trap you into giving them an answer they want!”

The second son, who was the guy in the gray T-shirt from the start, said, “Dad, your mind’s still foggy, isn’t it? They parked the car by the side of the road, how was it your fault?”

The children piped up one after the older, blaming their father for saying the wrong thing.

The old man opened his mouth wanting to say something, but ended up keeping silent.

He could not do anything amidst his children’s frustration. He was a patient who had just come out of a surgery, but could only lay there with trembling lips as his children berated him.

Helpless and pitiful.

Lilly stared at the sight before her in a daze. Had she done the right thing?

The truth amulet had, indeed, gotten the old man to tell the truth.

But because he had told the truth, he had ended up getting yelled at by his children— which mean Lilly was to blame for this.

She had thought that she had been doing the right thing, but that didn’t seem to be completely the case.

Blake carried her into his arms. “I know what you’re thinking about.”

for them to blame themselves when

done and

think too much about whether you were right or wrong. Don’t overcrowd

others think of you, as long as

make you a doormat, letting others step

way you could please everyone at

no point in thinking

should stick to it! What could other people

your conscience was at

first to leave, with Lilly

of medical professionals in lab coats and scrubs came in pushing a brand-new stretcher. For some reason, they looked awfully

patient’s bed in a matter of seconds, before pushing

listening to the Reed children, all of them

them at once. They blocked

their father had admitted himself

thought that their old man had just finished surgery, and his

didn’t know what was

they were going to let

of course, a few people were no match for the powerful force the

matter of seconds, all

as they could. The police officers came

was blatantly refusing to back down, even when they were clearly in

they were right kicked up a fuss insisting they were telling the truth and they had been wronged, passers-by would just believe

on his bed, wanting to wipe his tears but being unable to move. How sad,

turned a blind eye to this. They left soon after, telling the Reed children, “We’re

know the truth, those words sounded like

their respective family

That’s too much, they’re abusing their power! How