Spoiled by Eight Uncles (Lily)

After slapping Sean, Lilly hoisted Cathy onto her shoulder before turning to run.

Cathy did not even have the time to react. She was about to cry from being slapped by her brother, but Lilly's sudden move threw her off guard and she forgot to cry altogether.

Lilly put Cathy on the bed, blocking her off and saying, "Sean, have you woken up?" It'd be rather scary if he hadn't woken up yet, and wanted to dig her eyes out.

It was fine if he wanted to dig Lilly's eyes out— he wouldn't be able to do that anyway. It'd be bad, however, if he went after Cathy's eyes.

You couldn't blame Lilly for thinking this way. Sean, in his fit of rage, had slapped Cathy, along with all the nonsense he was spouting! Lilly was highly wary of him, as if she was dealing with a robber.

And so Lilly threw seven or eight amulets at him, setting them all on fire! One of them was stuck on Sean's head.

The flames roared, as if they were about to burn his hair off.

He sprang back in terror, charging into the bathroom.

Whoosh...

The shower turned on, and Sean was drenched.

The amulet only burned ghosts and spirits and could not burn human beings. Thus it did not burn Sean's hair at all, and was quickly put on on its own.

But Sean didn't know this. He only returned to his senses when he was thoroughly wet.

His mind was ringing hard, remembering that he had opened the closet door— and saw a ghost...

The ghost had ridden on his shoulders...

All the hairs on Sean's body stood up, and he clawed at his shoulders.

"Get off, get off!" Lilly stood at the bathroom door, covering her eyes as she stuck her head in. "Sean, did you take your clothes off?" She widened her fingers a tiny bit, and saw Sean flailing his hands around his shoulders.

"Sean, there isn't a ghost on you!" Sean was still terrified, taking a deep breath and glancing at the mirror.

There truly was nothing in the mirror.

The ghost was really gone.

He let out a breath of relief, his legs wobbling. He would have collapsed to the ground had he not been leaning on the basin.

"Thank god. It was fake, it was all fake." Lilly reached out, passing Sean a ball. "No it wasn't. He's right here.’ Sean blearily turned to look at the thing Lilly was passing over, thinking that it was a towel. He took it from her, about to wipe his face...” Upon taking it in his hands, he realized he was holding a face.

The eyes of the face were protruding, and looked a little familiar.

Wait, wasn't this the ghost from just now...

"Ahhh—!" Sean flung the ball out of his hands, dashing out of the bathroom and charging out.

"Mom! Mom Mom Mom Mom! | saw a ghost!" Sean screamed, as if he had gone insane.

Cathy's mother was sitting on the sofa when she saw the door of the room fly open, followed by a crazy person barging out and hiding behind her.

She was shocked, before realizing that the ‘crazy person’ was her own son...

She wrapped an arm around his shoulders, patting him softly. "What happened, what happened?” Sean looked around him, terrified.

His father was holding a cup of tea, his mother looked shocked. As for the other two guests... Blake raised his eyebrows, his gaze condescending. Cloud's mouth twitched with a smile, and he put the teacup in his hands back on the table.

It was the middle of the day, and there was not a single ghost in sight.

He felt like a joke... Sean's face flushed scarlet.

"What's the matter?" Cathy's mother was still clutching Sean's hand, turning to look at Sean's room. Cathy's head peeked out of the door, with Lilly's head on top of it.

Lilly yelled, "Aunt Melissa! Sean wants to apologize to you!" Sean balked, but suddenly saw Lilly raise a ball...

She hurled it over.

The ball bounced over. Just as it was about to hit Sean's head, he waved a hand consciously.

The balled-up rebel ghost flew towards Cloud, who raised his hands...

and caught it.

Lilly leaned against the doorframe, beaming from ear to ear. "Sean, didn't you say that you were gonna apologize?" He'd said himself that he would apologize to Aunt Melissa at once if he took a single step backwards in fear.

Well, he'd taken more than just one step back! He'd pretty much sprang backwards! Sean's expression flashed unnaturally. He pursed his lips, taking a step back.

He bit his lip, before saying reluctantly, "Mom... I'm sorry!" Following that, he ran into the room and slammed the door shut.

He stared at Blake.

Blake leaned over to whisper in Cloud's ear, his tone nothing but smug, "Told you | was the boss.’ He was Blake's seventh uncle, for Chrissake! Despite the fact that Cloud was younger than Blake, he was still Blake's uncle in terms of family seniority! Back in the room.

Sean collapsed onto a chair, his legs still wobbling.

Lilly stopped smiling, pursing her mouth. "Sean, are you alright?" Sean grunted, seeming like he did not really want to talk to her.

Lilly apologized. "I'm sorry! | shouldn't have scared you with ghosts.

But Sean, you really were possessed.” Sean thought of what he could say in retaliation, but ended up being silent.

"It's fine. | forgive you,” Sean said.

He did hit her just now... so it was even now, then.

Sean glanced at Lilly. "Come here." He opened his drawer, taking out a pouch that contained iodine, cotton swabs and bandaids.

Lilly went over obediently.

Sean's room was a little smaller, and the study desk was just next to his bed. He hosted Lilly onto the bed by her shoulders so she could sit on it.

Then he leaned down, peering at her face.

"Lift your head up,” he said.

Lilly lifted her head, saying, "It's fine, it's just a little bit of blood” Sean grunted. He held the cotton swab in his hand, gently wiping the blood off Lilly's face. He then switched to a new swab, wiping again before dabbing on some antiseptic... and finishing with a bandaid.

Cathy tilted her head to the side, climbing onto the bed and watching curiously.

She saw the bandaid on Lilly's face, and pointed at her own at once.

"I want one too! | want a sticker too!” Sean quietly peeled off another bandaid, sticking it onto her small face gently.

"Does it still hurt?" He asked, pretending to be oblivious.

Cathy shook her head, her eyes flashing with excitement. "Not one bit! I've got a sticker so it doesn't hurt anymore! Sean kiss it!" Sean was obviously not going to kiss her bandaid, but he lifted a finger and chucked the tip of her nose gently. "Go play!” Cathy happily turned back to her toys.

Lilly said, "Sean, you don't actually hate Cathy, do you?” Sean fell silent for a beat, before grunting once.

Of course, he didn't hate her. How could he? All of a sudden, Sean thought of the moment he found out he was going to have a sister.

His mother had come back from the hospital that day, looking at him hesitantly as she told him she was pregnant, asking him if she should keep it.

Was he alright with having a little brother, or a little sister? Sean was shocked. He had never thought he would have another sibling, and joyously said, "Of course | am!"