Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

The Crawford House.

Bettany sat in the foyer of the main building. She was almost done crocheting the purse in her hands.

She glanced at the garden from time to time, but the headache she had from a sudden immense pressure gave her a lingering fear, so she did not dare to take a look again.

Yet, when she looked this time, Lilly was not there anymore.

“Where’s Lilly?” she appallingly asked.

Josh hid behind the wall holding his phone. He only dared to observe the whole situation through the lens of his phone.

He saw Lilly disappear with his own eyes!

“That was unbelievable. Will I ever be that powerful one day…” Zachary murmured to himself.

Josh was at a total loss. “So teleportation does exist in the world…”

As soon as the murmurs died down, a glimmer flashed near the garden pavilion. And Lilly was there again, just like she never left.

“Ah… I must be getting old. These eyes can’t see the way they used to anymore,” Bettany sighed. “I don’t think this old grandma will be able to catch up all of y’all young people soon.”

As the kids grow older, they walk faster and faster too. Bettany could only watch from afar, and genuinely hope that her grandkids will someday find their place in the world.

“Please, Granny. You’re not old all,” Zachary disagreed.

“Exactly. You’re the most glamorous one out all of the old ladies in town, Granny! If you’re old, then all of the others would be ancient!” Josh chimed in.

Bettany remained silent.

Lilly then hurried over excitedly, no longer examining her mirror.

“Granny! I did it!” Lilly’s heart was still pounding like a drum. Her cheeks were flushed red, her eyes wide and bright.

did it! I

did it! Can you

his sister really go down into the ground and came back a few

does not have any obstacles getting to places anymore, she can just come

her as high as he can, if only his

siblings delighted

was a strange light bubbling under Zachary’s eyes, a hunger of sorts. At first, he only knew that he had to become stronger and powerful. But he did not

Lilly, he knew what he had

to work even harder, to follow in his little sister’s

happy about. She could only recall the intense look of Lilly trying to

something important. A good kind of

eat,” Bettany says as her hand caresses Lilly’s head. “Look at you,

Burgers…

And we can put that in the fridge to chill it, and we can add some boba into it… It would be so great to have it with

so engulfed in her own excitement, she had not even

after she heard Bettany talking about all of the food she was going

to help you in the

much glee. It seemed

complain about the chaos that followed precious times of being able

a great accomplishment, the eight uncles begun a new round of celebrations after their

Bettany was well-rested and sound asleep, the roof of the sun room on the Crawford house rooftop was opened once again. The eight uncles carried the wine and the iced milk tea up

joined them upstairs, while Hannah had

self-reliant Drake eventually followed too up to the

floor might collapse? There’s so

retorted. “How dare

by himself. The steel and the glass used were all the strongest

guys quiet down? Mom could

wine bottle in her hand and raised it enthusiastically. “So what if she could hear us! We’ll get her up here

raising a glass of iced milk tea with