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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.

a man in black had stripped off his coat and wrapped

heard this, he was thunderstruck. Suddenly,

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

had rescued four years ago was the Crawford

felt their hearts sinking.

Jean was the Crawfords’ daughter… hurry, we need to

never have forced Lilly to kneel in

fact, they would have treated her like a goddess and

he recalled how he had

“How are you going to get her back? Do you think we can walk in and

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 Crawfords can’t deny that, no matter how angry they are. Then again, Lilly

they had wanted to do was to teach Lilly not to

better of him and had

any misunderstandings with the Crawfords. All they had to do was to

…

to Clodston after rescuing Lilly, the Crawfords went straight

in South Town’s best

their voices. The atmosphere was extremely tense, punctuated by the sounds of hospital equipment beeping

of his walking stick. “Why are they still in there?”

at the time, then gently told his father, “Dad, you should sit

been whisked off to the emergency room as soon as they reached the hospital. Gilbert

emergency room, Gilbert examined Lilly’s bruised body with

that could happen in cases of severe frostbite. A more detailed examination revealed that Lily had been badly beaten; in fact, her arms, ribs, and shins had been

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

years old, and

tears stung Gilbert’s eyes. Leaning down, he murmured, “Lilly, this is your Uncle Gilbert. Can you

oddest sensation of her body feeling very light and warm

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

this mysterious

hard to open her eyes,

wanted to reply that she could hear this person talking to her as well, but she

…

before Lilly was out of danger, and the doctors all felt this was a

wheeled into a hospital room, IV tubes plastered

the report from Lilly’s examination. When the

Hatchers! They even had the nerve to lay hands on

goods are under suspicion of being contraband. The company is in pretty desperate straits. Recently they’ve been trying to find some point of

them? They can count themselves lucky if I don’t

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

Dad,” Anthony answered. “They

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