Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Chapter 33 Hidden Inside The Statue

A skeleton hand fell out from the destroyed statue; it was holding something wrapped in paper.

Liam quickly held Lilly and covered her eyes from the eerie scene. Edward was stunned for a moment before collecting himself, “Liam, I think you should bring Lilly home first.”

“I want to stay here!” Lilly protested, but to no avail. “Lilly, I am sorry but you cannot stay here,” said Liam. Without a moment of hesitation, he picked her up and rushed home.

“Now Lilly, why don’t you go home and play with Granny? Let Uncle Edward and I deal with the statue,” Liam continued, “Remember, if anyone asks, tell them it was Uncle Edward who destroyed the statue accidentally.”

“Why?” Lilly was perplexed. “It wasn’t Uncle Edward. Why do I have to lie?” Liam frowned and said, “Just listen to me for once, okay?” Lilly shrugged, “Fine.”

Liam brought Lilly home and left immediately after. While Bettany was away preparing food, Lilly asked Pablo, “Master, why do I have to lie about destroying the statue? Lying is bad.”

Without glancing up from the book he was reading, Pablo replied nonchalantly, “Have you heard of a white lie? Lying is not always bad. Your uncles are merely trying to protect you by asking you to lie. If people find out about your extraordinary strength, they’re going to cut you open.”

“No,” Lilly was frightened, “Please don’t let them cut me open!” I am no food! Why would anyone want to cut me open?

No one is cutting you open,” she said, handing an apple to Lilly, “Here, eat an apple and

Pablo, puzzled. Pablo took out the jar of souls and summoned a female spirit. He asked the

realized the spirit had a severed hand because she had kept the full information of how she had died from him. Now it was clear she

my money when I was killed, and my hand got separated from my body.” She answered sadly, “I could not rest in peace without my hand. I have been wandering the mortal realm for the

The spirit was dumbfounded. Pablo continued, “You knew, yet you did it anyway for money. You

had no idea how her severed hand got inside the statue, but if the cops found the hand and the bag of money, they would trace the fingerprints to Winona

gobbled the piece of apple. As both finished the apple, Bettany stood up to get a pie for them. Lilly smiled,

and said playfully, “Eat this shit, Polly!” The parrot refused and

Lilly had changed a lot, and she seemed happy now. He

was annoyed. Polly threw the apple core to her feet, and she was furious. Lilly’s face fell, “I am sorry, Aunt

had destroyed her relationship with

the same thing to Lilly. Lilly had no courage then to protest, but now she felt she should say something. “No, you are wrong. You have bad luck because your shadow is slanted. I have nothing to do with

were slanted. Lilly knew it was the truth, but Winona didn’t seem pleased. Winona threw her bag with a loud thud, “This is unacceptable!

she has the right to lecture me? How dare she! Winona pointed a finger at Lilly, “Have you not learned your manners? How dare you talk back to me like this! I am doing all this for your own good, don’t you