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.”

had kind, vulnerable hearts, making it easy for them to blame themselves when

what’s done is done

you were right or wrong. Don’t overcrowd that little

less use caring about what others think of you, as long as you know you’re being

too kind would make you a doormat, letting

you could please everyone at the

was no point

stick to it! What

conscience was at

leave, with Lilly in his

A group of medical professionals in lab coats and scrubs came in pushing a

a matter of seconds, before pushing him out right

and keep listening to the

at once. They blocked the door,

father had admitted himself that he had hit

their old man had just finished surgery, and his mind

what was

way they were going

few people were no match for the powerful force the

of seconds, all of the

children then stooped to kicking up as big of a fuss as they could. The police officers came to hold

refusing to back down, even

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

the old man shaking with teary eyes on his bed, wanting to wipe his tears

traffic officers and policemen turned a blind eye to this. They left soon after, telling the Reed children, “We’re just acting by the law. You can make a report if

who didn’t know the truth, those words sounded like

ward and their respective family members

too much, they’re abusing