Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Lilly stared at the river, her tiny face creased into a serious expression. It made for a rather adorable sight.

There was a livestream set up near the riverbank, and a creator was hosting another two meters away. The usually quiet riverbank was suddenly abuzz with dramatic voices.

“This is where the three girls drowned. Like and subscribe to the channel, and follow me as I bring you on a journey to get to the bottom of this curious case, the latest updates will…”

“The boats still haven’t found anything. Take a look at where I’m pointing at right now, this is where the male corpse was found… Oh, please feel free to check out the shopping cart! In it are a few listings for popcorn and chips, that you can all snack on while you watch the stream. Shipping immediately upon order!”

“Does anyone want to give us a gift or two? We’re currently battling with these guys, and we can’t let such a hot topic lose to them, can we? Am I right… Someone just gave us a huge tip, guys! Thank you so much! Peace be with you! Please follow this generous tipper!”

Lilly was speechless

She furrowed her brows, confused. “What are they doing, Dad?”

Blake looked over at the chaos. “This is hell on earth. Demons make merrier humans…”

Some people were just around for the drama, gossiping in the crowd and adding to the discourse. A life and death situation was a mere opportunity to profit for them.

Human beings are terrifying creatures. Some of us appear to be human, but possess hearts that are to be feared more than those of demons.

Lilly sucked on her lollipop, sulking quietly.

Blake asked, “Lilly, what do you need from Daddy?”

Lilly shook her head. “Nothing at the moment.”

Her master had said that there was a hierarchy for resentful spirits, too. Some resentful spirits could only come out during nighttime, but some of them could also appear in places with high levels of dark energy during the day.

Places such as the bottom of a river, bushes by the side of a riverbank, or the space underneath a bridge were all considered to hold quite a bit of dark energy.

night had killed

that the spirit would be too powerful and come out to cause more harm,

asked, “Are we going back now,

her eyes. “Hang on… Dad, let’s go to

on both sides of the river. This side was closer to the area’s residences, and was thus filled with more people. On the other side

end of the river buzzing

river for two hours. His tongue was going to run dry, and

still barely any people

people watching, but he had barely any

This was so unfair.

water. He glanced at the mere eleven people watching the stream, and didn’t even feel

taking a sip, he spotted a tall, fit man carrying a little

was remarkable enough to make him stand out already, and the little girl riding on his shoulders only

onlookers were focused on the river, their phones pointed towards the

one had noticed the father

at once.

a billion videos about Lilly,

packed up his

practically glowing. Lilly

ended, and cars zoomed across the bridge. The air was rife with the tick of engines and the sound of car honks. Everyone was in a rush

also some people who stopped and pointed at the boats from the

jumped into the water to save

who rescued them

saw the earlier news. The latest update confirmed that the boy died. He’s a senior studying at the high school around here… the guy who survived was the second person who jumped into the

the others

of the park, Blake put Lilly back on the ground. He held

right. The two girls had been rescued when Blake jumped into the

was the boy who had saved

and rescued the two girls first. When he went back for