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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

was thunderstruck.

was common knowledge that the Crawfords had eight sons and a daughter. However, the daughter’s health was frail, and she had never appeared in

rescued four years ago was the Crawford family’s one

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

the Crawfords’ daughter… hurry,

would never have forced Lilly to kneel

like a goddess

when he recalled how he had disciplined Lilly so harshly, he

you think we can walk in and take her away just like

of consideration, he said, “Well, regardless, we’re still Lilly’s blood relations. We’re her grandparents, after all! The Crawfords can’t deny that, no matter

to do was to teach Lilly not to be

temper get the better of him and had disciplined her more severely

any misunderstandings 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 future of wealth and

…

returning to Clodston after rescuing Lilly, the Crawfords

South Town’s best hospital was now a

extremely tense, punctuated by

help of his walking stick. “Why are they still

gently told his father, “Dad, you should

soon as they reached

room, Gilbert examined Lilly’s bruised

more detailed examination revealed that Lily had been badly beaten; in fact, her arms, ribs, and shins had been

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

and

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

of her body feeling very light and

except for a voice by her ear that constantly murmured, “Lilly…Lilly dear…little Tulip…Can

this

to open her eyes, but

reply that she could hear this person talking to her as well, but she could not make a sound, no matter how

…

Lilly was out of danger, and the doctors all felt

was wheeled into a hospital room, IV tubes plastered all

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

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

already done a background check on the Hatcher family. In a frosty voice, he replied, “The Hatcher family’s business goods are under suspicion of being contraband. The company is in pretty

merely laughed derisively. “Help them? They can count themselves lucky if

he wanted to tear the

worry, Dad,” Anthony answered. “They won’t last

and fell silent. After a while, he murmured, “Then how about Jean…what’s