Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

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Chapter 436 All Useless

When Boris’ house was burning down, Bellflower stood on the highest wall of this area, her eyes

glinting with the light of the flames. The cats in Boris’ house disappeared only to show up before her,

though they looked almost ethereal now. Bellflower growled, and she disappeared with the cats.

Ms. Ugly was crouched on the wall, staring at the flames like it was a spectacle. “He started with

nothing. and now he returns to nothing. A moment of his life shone like the star, and he thought he

owned the universe. Now everything crumbles around him, heh.”

Harem spirit looked at her and snickered. “And then he fainted. Come on, we gotta take the hypocrite.

ghost back to him.”

Unlucky ghost was dragging a hypocrite ghost, cursing, Oy, why am I the manual labor every time? Fire

burns, haven’t you heard?” Ghosts were scared of fire.

Harem spirit said in surprise, “Because we want to give you a chance to gain some credit.”

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Weakling spirit smirked. “Yeah. It’s the first time Lilly told us to catch a ghost ourselves, so we let take

all the credit. Aren’t we nice?”

Foolish ghost said, “All the credit’s yours when we get back. We won’t steal.” Yeah, right. We only

stayed away because we knew the fire would start.

Unlucky ghost stared at his obviously devious friends. “I don’t believe it at all.”

Hypocrite ghost said, “Brothers…”

“Shut it!” an unlucky ghost snapped.

I’m not done yet, though.

The ghosts glided toward the Crawford residence, giggling. “But you should. You’re taking the

hypocrite. back, and we’re not touching it.” Weakling spirit smiled. “You can trust me, can’t you?”

Foolish ghost said, “I won’t take what’s not mine. If I do, you can kill me.”

Unlucky ghost believed them, but only for now. I still owe him 111 lollipops. Wonder if I can get some

from Lilly.

Hypocrite ghost said, “Brothers, we’re all ghosts here. You don’t have to do this.”

Unlucky ghost snapped, “Shut it.”

Hypocrite ghost was reminded of the girl who smacked him and told him to call her daddy. We’re all

ghosts here. Why should we be that girl’s errand boy? This is mortifying. I will not be her errand boy.

Right, I’m running

when I can.

When they were about to arrive at the residence, hypocrite ghost held foolish ghost and whispered.

“Brother, we’re all ghosts. There’s no need to be the errand boy of a girl. You don’t seem to like this job

much either. Why don’t we run away?” If I can turn one of them into my ally, I might be able to escape.

A two-on- three situation isn’t the best, but I can work with it.

Foolish ghost looked at him calmly. “And why do you think I don’t like this job?”

Hypocrite ghost had no idea, but he thought this one should be the most gullible of the lot, based on his

name.

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Foolish ghost said, “I might be foolish, but there’s one iliing I know, I can mess everything up, but I must

never betray Lilly.” That’s the line I would not cross.

Hypocrite ghost was speechless. When the ghosts came back to Lilly’s room, the girl was already

asleep. She was lying on the bed facing down, and her check was contorted a bit, her mouth open.

Ms. Ugly said, “Oh, you can’t sleep like that. You’ll turn out ugly. I once slept like that when I was a kid,

and look what happened to me.”

The ghosts were speechless, and the barem spirit rolled her eyes. “Yeah, right. You were born ugly.

How you slept had no bearing on that. You should ask your parents why they made you so ugly.”

Eh?

Foolish ghost said, “Hey, don’t blame the bed. It’s not responsible for you being born ugly.”

Oy, be considerate, will you?

Weakling spirit poked Lilly’s cheek, and he smiled. “She’s adorable. No matter how she sleeps, she

won’t get ugly.” She fell asleep while waiting for us. She must trust us. Weakling spirit was touched. No

one in this world would trust ghosts, but Lilly did.

Harem spirit whispered, “Don’t wake her up. We’ll give her the catch tomorrow.”

Unlucky ghost whispered, “Then who’s going to keep an eye on him tonight?”

Harem spirit had an idea. “I’ll do it, but we’ll split the credit in half.”

Unlucky ghost refused, “No way.” I dragged him all the way from the burning house. I can keep an eye

on him for a night. Besides, I’m a ghost. I don’t need sleep. I can keep an eye on him forever.

Foolish ghost quickly said, “Oh, I want in. I’m taking a second watch.”

Unlucky ghost was angry. “I thought you said you wouldn’t steal the credit.”

“Then kill me.”

What? Like hell I can. I can snap your head off and you’d still be alive. So you are trying to take credit. I

knew this would happen.

Harem spirit said, “I’m taking his side. I bet we can exchange a bag of lollipops if we hand him in.”

A bag of it? There’s like fifty of them inside! Unlucky ghost held hypocrite ghost over his head and

scurried off. “He’s mine. Nobody’s taking him from me.”

Eh? Wait, are you dumb? You guys fought all day just for a few lollipops?

Unlucky ghost ran away and hid the hypocrite ghost like he was a treasure, then the harem spirit

chuckled. “No wonder he’s unlucky. He’s a bit stupid, isn’t he?”

Weakling spirit nodded. He’s not just naive. He’s stupid.

Harem spirit said, “It’s a long night. Wanna play pokero whose bones did we use as chips last time?”

“Unlucky,” said the foolish ghost.

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“We need one more to play,” said the weakling spirit.

Harem spirit suggested, “We have a ghost in the jar of souls, don’t we?” We can have Tinkerbell to play

with us.

Foolish ghost shook his head. “Like hell she knows how to play poker.”

Tinkerbell was staring at them like a hurt little cat. They never play with me, but I want to play too. But

dad, mom, grandpa, and grandma told me to be good. Tinkerbell held it in.

The ghosts talked about what kinds of games they could play with just the three of them, and there

weren’t a lot. Ms. Ugly stayed silent for a while, and she said, “Um, I’m here, you know. I can play poker

too.”

Oh, sorry. We forgot.

Since they didn’t want to wake Lilly up, the ghosts played in Anthony’s room.

Anthony came back two days earlier, and it was already two in the morning when he came back. He

didn’t get changed, and he was holding his suit in his hand. First, he checked Lilly out in her room.

The girl was still sleeping face down, and Anthony kissed her forehead. The sight of her melted his

heart, and he slowly turned her around.

And then Polly screeched the loudest it could.

Anthony trembled and almost let go of the girl. Damn the bird. Still as noisy as ever.

Lilly pouted and held Anthony’s arm. “Uncle Anthony Her eyes were still closed, and her voice melted

his heart.

Anthony placed the bunny plushie into her hands, but he didn’t realize he touched the jar of souls. He

looked at the girl for a moment longer and tiptoed out of the room, then he went back to his own room.

Ah, home sweet home. He went into his room and hung his suit on the hanger, then he took off his tie

with one hand as he massaged his forehead. When he came into his bedroom, he froze.