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 they

done and

much about whether you were right or

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

you a doormat, letting others step all

could

point in

choice, so you should stick to it! What could other people do about

your conscience

the first to leave, with

of medical professionals in lab coats and scrubs

matter of seconds, before pushing him out

to stay here and keep listening to the Reed children, all of

at once. They blocked the

father had admitted himself that he had

old man had just finished surgery, and his

was

they were going to let the

were no match for the powerful

of seconds, all

fuss as they could. The police officers came to hold them down, and they shouted that the police force was protecting the

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

insisting they were telling the truth

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

to this. They left soon after, telling the Reed children, “We’re just acting by the law. You can make a report if you’re

people who didn’t know the truth, those words

in the ward and their

much, they’re abusing their power!