Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Bettany’s vision was still blurry, and she had a lingering feeling that something had flown over, but she could not see it.

She looked suspiciously at the frying pan in Josh’s hand, thinking that the flickering black shadow might have been caused by the pan.

“Why did you bring a frying pan here?” Bettany asked, puzzled.

Josh’s eyes widened as he stared at the head floating behind his grandmother. The head, still recovering from the beating, floated up from behind Bettany and fixed its gaze on Josh.

Josh felt a chill run down his spine from being stared at by the head.

Bettany turned around to see what Josh was looking at and asked again, “What are you looking at? I’m asking you something! Why do you have a pan…”

Josh panicked and blurted out a nonsense excuse, “I… I was going to fry an egg for Grandpa.”

Hugh and Bettany exchanged bewildered glances, while Drake remained silent and frowned.

Hugh, maintaining his serious expression, spoke firmly, “You don’t need to fry anything. Go home immediately.”

The two brothers obediently turned to leave. As they walked out, they overheard other family members of patients passing by, expressing admiration for their filial behavior.

“These brothers are so young, yet they’re quite devoted to their grandparents…”

“That’s right. Unlike my ungrateful son, I’ve been in the hospital for so long, but he rarely visits. He just pops in for a short while and then leaves.”

As the two brothers approached the elevator, Josh kept glancing over his shoulder.

Drake noticed his behavior and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Josh exclaimed in horror, “It’s following me!”

head floated near the elevator doors, fixated on them as they closed. As soon as the doors shut, Josh felt a

This head is terrifying!

blood, and its hair was matted together with dried, blackened blood. Despite staring at it for a while, Josh still could not discern whether it belonged

head in the hospital?” he wondered aloud. “And it’s still dripping

his composure, Josh began to think more logically. “The

feeling increasingly uneasy. Even inside the elevator, he could sense the tension building

“Ding…”

reached the first

brothers swiftly stepped out, picking

abruptly halted and

it?” Drake asked,

following me again…”

brother around the head, Josh hurriedly made his way out of

weather appeared sunny, but a sense of cloudiness hung in the air—a sharp contrast to

a sense of urgency, quickened

hospital by bus, they were fortunate to find the bus approaching just in time. Josh rushed toward it, glancing back to see the

do you still care about your image at a time

sweat from his forehead and managed to board the bus, relieved to have escaped the unsettling presence of the head. The bus driver, noticing the boys’ perspiration, spoke

their comfort, the driver adjusted the air conditioner to cool them

the bus became chilly. He glanced

and fear any longer. His voice trembled as he angrily

of him turned around, her eyes

as the girl who had sent him a love letter before, looked at her curiously. She was from the class

Drake in a soft voice, “Hi, Drake.

written a love letter to someone despite not knowing