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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.

Mansion and taken Lilly away, and that a man in black had stripped off his coat and wrapped it around her, cradling her in his arms. He had also identified himself as her

Stephen heard this, he was thunderstruck.

a daughter. However, the daughter’s health was frail, and she

had rescued four years ago

rest of the Hatcher family felt their hearts sinking. How they bitterly

“So Jean was the Crawfords’ daughter…

forced Lilly to kneel in the snow if they had

her like a goddess and worshiped

as well; when he recalled how he had disciplined

snapped, “How are you going to get her back? Do you think we can walk

hard his brow looked like a wrinkled prune. After a long moment of consideration, he said, “Well, regardless, we’re still Lilly’s blood relations. We’re her grandparents, after all! The

to teach Lilly not to

of him and had disciplined her more severely than he should

that they would be able to clear up any misunderstandings with the Crawfords. All they had to do was to

…

Lilly, the Crawfords went straight to

Town’s best hospital was now a hive of frantic

raise their voices. The atmosphere was extremely tense, punctuated by the sounds of hospital equipment beeping and doctors and nurses hurrying to and

forth with the help of his

told his father,

the emergency room as soon as they reached the hospital. Gilbert had gone with her; up until now,

examined Lilly’s bruised body with

worst thing that could happen in cases of severe frostbite. A more detailed examination revealed that

of frostbite all over her body. Some of the areas were so severely frostbitten they would

was only three or four years old, and she had

“Lilly, this is your Uncle Gilbert. Can you hear me? If you can, please hang in there.

tightly closed, but she had the oddest sensation of her body feeling very

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

this

to open her eyes, but

her as well, but she could not make a sound, no matter how frantically

…

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

girl was wheeled into a hospital room,

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

bunch, these Hatchers! They even had the nerve to lay hands on

frosty voice, he replied, “The Hatcher family’s business goods are under suspicion of

merely laughed derisively. “Help them? They can count themselves lucky if I don’t ruin them

gentleman was so enraged that he wanted to tear the entire Hatcher family to pieces

worry, Dad,” Anthony answered. “They

lower lip and fell silent. After a while, he murmured, “Then