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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.

taken Lilly away, and that a man in black had

Stephen heard this, he was thunderstruck. Suddenly, everything became

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

he had rescued four years ago was the Crawford family's one

of the Hatcher family felt their hearts sinking.

lips trembled. "So Jean was the Crawfords' daughter… hurry, we need to go and

kneel

they would have treated her like a goddess and worshiped at her

when he recalled how

her back? Do you think we

consideration, he said, "Well, regardless, we're still Lilly's blood relations. We're

wanted to do was to teach Lilly not to be

of him and had disciplined her more

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

…

after rescuing Lilly, the Crawfords

vacant VIP suite in South Town's best hospital was now a

by the sounds of hospital equipment beeping and doctors and

Crawford paced back and forth with the help of his walking stick. "Why

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

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

emergency room, Gilbert examined Lilly's

examination revealed that Lily had

over her body. Some of the areas were so severely frostbitten they would require

was only three or four years old, and she had

stung Gilbert's eyes. Leaning down, he murmured, "Lilly, this is your Uncle Gilbert. Can you hear me? If you can, please hang in there. You'll make it through,

very

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

this mysterious

hard to open her eyes,

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

…

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

girl was wheeled into a hospital room, IV tubes plastered all over her

stony as he handed Anthony the report from Lilly's examination. When the Crawfords

fine, upstanding bunch, these Hatchers! They even had the nerve

"The Hatcher family's business goods are under suspicion

them? They can count themselves lucky if I don't ruin

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

worry, Dad," Anthony answered. "They