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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.

in black had stripped off

Stephen heard this, he was thunderstruck. Suddenly, everything

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

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

of the Hatcher family felt their hearts sinking. How they

daughter… hurry, we need to go and

have forced Lilly to kneel in the snow if they had

like a goddess and

well; when he recalled how he had disciplined Lilly

back? Do you think we can walk in and take her away just

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,

teach Lilly not to be an irresponsible

better of him and had disciplined her more severely

to have a satisfactory explanation for everything. Once that

…

to Clodston after rescuing Lilly, the Crawfords went straight to the nearest

suite in South Town’s best hospital

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

back and forth with the help of his walking stick. “Why are they still in there?” He muttered

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

as soon as they reached the hospital. Gilbert had gone with her; up until

room, Gilbert examined Lilly’s bruised body

frostbite. A more detailed examination revealed that Lily had been badly

numerous patches of frostbite all over her body. Some of the areas were

three or four years old, and she had been made to undergo

is your Uncle Gilbert. Can you hear me? If you

very light and warm all over.

for a voice by her ear that constantly murmured,

was this mysterious

open her eyes, but she was unable to

talking to her as well, but she could not make a sound, no matter

…

hours of surgical procedures before Lilly was out of danger, and the doctors all

girl was wheeled into a hospital room, IV

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

these Hatchers! They even had

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 desperate straits. Recently they’ve been trying to find

can count themselves lucky if I

to tear the

Dad,” Anthony answered. “They

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