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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 it around her, cradling her in his arms. He

this, he was thunderstruck. Suddenly, everything became terrifyingly

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

mean that the woman he had rescued four years ago was the Crawford family’s one and only

of the Hatcher family felt their hearts

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

kneel in the snow if they had

they would have treated her like

regretted his actions as well; when he recalled how he had

he snapped, “How are you going to get her back? Do you think we can walk in and take her away just like

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

do was to teach Lilly not to be

the better of him

they had to do was to have a satisfactory explanation for everything. Once that was settled, they would be able

…

rescuing Lilly, the Crawfords went straight to the

hitherto vacant VIP suite in South Town’s best hospital was now a hive of frantic

tense, punctuated by the sounds of hospital equipment beeping

the help of his walking stick. “Why are they

the time, then gently told his father,

room as soon as they reached the hospital. Gilbert had gone with her; up until now, neither

the emergency room, Gilbert examined Lilly’s bruised body with

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

all over her body. Some of the

was only three or four years old, and

Leaning down, he murmured, “Lilly, this is your Uncle Gilbert. Can you

sensation of her body feeling very light and

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

was this mysterious

eyes, but she was

this person talking to 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 doctors all felt this was a

hospital room, IV tubes plastered all over her

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

in fury, “A fine, upstanding bunch, these Hatchers! They

are under suspicion of being contraband. The company is in pretty desperate straits. Recently

can count themselves lucky

enraged that he wanted to tear the entire Hatcher family to

answered.

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