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Chapter 3 Lilly’s Eight Uncles To The Rescue!

Everything happened so fast that the Hatchers had no time to react.

By the time Stephen rushed out, he saw Anthony preparing to get into his car and drive off. However, he had not been in time to see Gilbert brushing the snow off Lilly and picking her up from where she had been kneeling by the gate.

“My goodness! It’s Mr. Anthony Crawford!” Stephen plastered a bright smile onto his face and greeted the other cheerfully. “What brings you here? It’s an honor to have you visiting our humble abode!”

By then, Richard, Paula, and some of the Hatcher servants had hurried out to join Stephen as well, their faces wreathed in smiles of welcome.

When they saw Anthony’s stern, aloof countenance, they became even more fawning and obsequious.

Anthony Crawford was the current head of the Crawford family’s business empire and the CEO of Crawford Holdings!

The Crawford family was one of Clodston’s four influential families; everyone wanted to butter them up and curry favor.

A true aristocratic family like this with old money and such deep ties to Clodston was rare. The Crawfords were an elusive, mysterious entity; they kept themselves out of the limelight. The only thing anyone in Clodston knew for sure was that the Crawfords had eight sons, but even then, few had even set eyes on them.

Anthony was occasionally featured in the headlines of the financial news, which was why the Hatchers had recognized him.

“Mr. Crawford, please come in! It’s freezing out here. We’d love to have you stay a little while if you don’t mind such humble surroundings,” Richard said enthusiastically.

“Yes, yes, please do come in and have something hot!” Stephen chimed in, smiling.

Now that they were in the presence of a truly distinguished person, all the Hatchers could not help trying to ingratiate themselves with him.

The Ador Hatcher Corporation was in dire straits; for the Hatcher family, this was a catastrophe.

However, just a word from Anthony would revive their flagging fortunes!

If luck favored them, they might even become one of Clodston’s top ten influential families…

Anthony’s face betrayed no hint of expression; instead, he studied Stephen with keen eyes.

Was this Lilly’s father?

Still without expression, Anthony declined Richard’s offer coolly and enigmatically. “Very well, Mr. Hatcher and family.”

Without another word, he got into his car and drove off.

The Hatchers stood there, confused and dazed, watching him leave.

Paula was the first to speak. “Mr. Crawford said very well… Does that mean he’s intending to help us?”

Richard frowned. “Given his expression, I don’t think he meant anything complimentary.”

Stephen ordered the servants to enlighten him about what had happened earlier.

related how the Crawfords had shown up en masse at the Hatcher Mansion and taken Lilly away, and that a man in black had stripped off his coat and wrapped it around her,

this, he was thunderstruck. Suddenly,

had eight sons and a daughter. However, the daughter’s health was frail, and she had never appeared in public

this mean that the woman he had rescued four years ago was the

of the Hatcher family felt their hearts sinking.

trembled. “So Jean was the Crawfords’ daughter… hurry, we need to go and get Lilly

never have forced Lilly to kneel in

treated her like

as well; when he recalled how he

you going to get her back? Do you think we can walk in and take

consideration, he said, “Well, regardless, we’re still Lilly’s blood relations. We’re her grandparents,

was to teach

the better of him

with the Crawfords. All they had to do was to have a satisfactory explanation for everything. Once that was settled, they would be able to look forward to a

…

Lilly, the Crawfords went straight to

in South Town’s best hospital

tense, punctuated by the

with the help of his

glanced at the time, then gently told his father, “Dad,

the emergency room as soon as they reached

examined Lilly’s bruised body

the worst thing that could happen in cases of severe frostbite. A more detailed examination revealed that Lily had been badly beaten; in fact, her

numerous patches of frostbite all over her body. Some of the areas were so severely

three or four years old, and she had been made to undergo such

Uncle Gilbert. Can you hear me? If

body feeling very light and warm all over.

was very quiet, except for a voice by her ear that constantly murmured, “Lilly…Lilly dear…little Tulip…Can you see me? Can

was this

her eyes,

her as well, but she could

…

took three hours of surgical procedures before Lilly was out of danger, and the doctors all felt

girl was wheeled into a hospital room, IV tubes plastered all over

as he handed Anthony the report from Lilly’s examination. When the Crawfords read it, they

Hatchers! They even had the nerve to lay hands on

Hatcher family’s business goods are under suspicion of being contraband. The company is in pretty desperate straits. Recently they’ve been trying

count

enraged that he wanted to tear the entire Hatcher family to

worry, Dad,” Anthony answered.

and fell silent. After a while, he murmured,