Filed to story: A Little Princess's Journey from Darkness to Light Novel
Edward, who had a stern expression, emerged from the room.
Gemma stammered, “No, there’s no need for that. It seems that I left my homework at home…”
Lilly glanced suspiciously at her satchel.
Hadn’t she just said that her homework was in the bag?
Anthony took out a business card and handed it to her.
“I’m Anthony from Crawford Holdings. Don’t worry… our family won’t sell you.”
Gemma’s thought process was interrupted. She looked at the business card again – Anthony, the President of Crawford Holdings…
She was shocked. It turned out to be the Crawford family!
She was a junior this year, and it was time for an internship. Her classmates were all discussing the future and prospects of various companies.
Crawford Holdings was a company that everyone dreamed of but was difficult to enter.
Yesterday, she had even said to her crush, “It would be great if I could intern at Crawford Holdings.”
She never expected to meet the President of Crawford Holdings today!
Gemma was dumbfounded.
She stuttered and apologized, “Yes, I’m sorry, I, I didn’t mean that…”
Meanwhile, all the ghosts outside the mansion surrounded them and stared at Jean.
Lilly was shocked. She looked at Pablo, but Pablo made a “shh” gesture.
She had no choice but to pretend that she didn’t see them and dragged Gemma into the house.
**
In the dining room.
Drake held the cutlery gracefully and ate slowly.
Next to him sat Zachary, who quietly focused on his meal.
Josh sat across from Drake, eating rapidly and causing his cheeks to bulge when he looked up.
Raising his head upon hearing the voice, he exclaimed with joy, “My sister is back!”
To his surprise, when he looked up, he saw a girl standing in front of him, followed by a group of ghosts.
Some of these ghosts had eyeballs dangling from their sockets, while others had patches of missing skin around their mouths, revealing decaying gums.
A few clutched their open stomachs, with a ghost baby suspended within.
There were also elderly women, dressed in dark purple shrouds and leaning on crutches, who grinned at Josh upon seeing him…
More and more ghosts flooded in, seemingly aware of Josh’s gaze, all of them stiffly twisting their eyeballs as they stared at him strangely…
Josh suddenly spat out the food in his mouth.
Drake and Zachary, sitting across from each other, were both caught off guard, their faces sprayed with bits of grains and vegetable remnants…
“…”
Did he really have to be so overjoyed just because their sister had returned?
Drake was furious, so he quickly wiped it off with a paper towel.
Zachary snorted and angrily asked, “Josh, did you do it on purpose?”
Josh couldn’t care less about them; he was so shocked that his scalp went numb. “I, me, me, damn it!”
Why was it always him who could see the ghosts!
Lilly took Gemma with one hand and her mother with the other, and said, “Sister, please sit down quickly, let’s eat!”
Then she served her another plate full of dishes, asked the butler to bring a stick of incense, lit it, and placed it on the side.
The Crawford family looked at Lilly in confusion.
“Lilly, what are you…?”
Lilly stuck her cutlery straight into the food and explained, “After lighting the incense and
sticking the fork into the food, mother will be able to eat.”
Old Mrs. Crawford was shocked.
The little girl had never done this before!
Even if she missed her mother dearly, she shouldn’t have behaved this way…
The old lady suddenly became worried and secretly pinched her husband, urging him to come up with a solution quickly.
Old Mr. Crawford asked, “Why are you pinching me?”
Old Mrs. Crawford, “…”
The family wanted to say something but didn’t dare to.
Only Anthony remained silent. He picked up the spicy fried chicken wings that Jean loved the most but couldn’t eat and put them in her bowl.
Jean looked at the fried chicken wings, then at Anthony, old Mrs. Crawford, old Mr. Crawford, Edward…
She felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity and couldn’t help but want to burst into tears.
“Thank you…” she said softly.
Lilly patted the chair beside her. “Mom, sit here!”
The little girl was overjoyed. Grandpa and grandma were here for dinner, mom and dad were here, and uncles and brothers were also here.
Tortoise was there, Polly was there, and they had a new friend.
So happy!
Lilly cheered and happily took a bite of the big chicken drumstick.
Gemma grabbed the chopsticks and felt sad again.
Lilly really missed her mother so much… Her family also took good care of her and didn’t expose her.
It seemed that the Crawford family was quite loving, and she was just being overly paranoid.
Everyone ate in their own way.
Only Josh sat upright and didn’t dare to move. Feeling the crowd of ghosts around him, he was about to cry…
After dinner.
Lilly and Hannah were playing in the living room, with Gemma squatting next to them, tying Barbie’s hair.
Having a meal together was indeed a quick way to get closer to one another. Gemma wasn’t afraid anymore, and she played with Lilly and Hannah.
“Lilly, come upstairs. Uncle wants to talk to you,” Anthony walked over.
