Little Henry smelled a very pleasant fragrance. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a patch of snow-white neck. In the next moment, Little Henry realized that he was being carried on a woman's back, and that fragrance was coming from the woman carrying him.

Wait, that’s not right. He remembered that after being rejected by Grace Harper, he was in a terrible mood, ended up taking the wrong path, and walked alone onto an overpass. Then a streak of yellow light from the sky struck him, and then... nothing after that.

Could it be that he wasn’t dead? What on earth was going on?

Just as Little Henry thought of this, all sorts of information flooded into his mind—he had actually been reborn.

What shocked Little Henry was that the body he was reborn into was originally named Henry Clark.

The reason he was so shocked was because his original name was also Henry Clark. It was only because he often had a nightmare—one where he saw himself arrive at a very strange place, was framed and thrown into prison, and died after endless torment. Although it was just a dream, Henry Clark still changed his name to Little Henry.

He never expected that after all the twists and turns, he would still be called Henry Clark, and had actually been reborn into the very environment from his dream.

Little Henry wanted to raise his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, but the woman carrying him just glanced back without saying much.

“Sorry, I don’t have the strength to walk.” Seeing the woman glance back at him, Little Henry said apologetically. Being carried by a woman, he did feel a bit uncomfortable.

“The Ning family is already gone. You’re lucky to be alive.” The woman’s tone was calm, as if even if Little Henry had really died, she would have reacted just as calmly.

Little Henry fell silent. Just now, he had already sorted out some fragmented information. He should now be called Henry Clark again, the only son of the Ning family in the Cangqin Kingdom. Henry Clark it is, after all, that was his original name.

The Ning family was a mid-level noble family in the Cangqin Kingdom, but with few members. Henry Clark’s parents had gone to the Mango Sea to search for spiritual items when Henry Clark was very young, and never returned. Henry Clark had always lived with his grandfather, Charles Clark, in the capital city of Cangqin, Cangle City.

The Ning residence was large, but not many people lived there. Naturally, Henry Clark became the number one person in the Ning residence, and Charles Clark never cared about what Henry Clark did. All the trouble Henry Clark caused in Cangle City was always taken on by Charles Clark. Cangle City was full of nobles and royals; although Charles Clark was also an elder of the Cangqin Kingdom, compared to those nobles and royals, he was still a bit lacking.

Finally, one day, Henry Clark got into trouble even his grandfather couldn’t handle. He had actually offended the beloved daughter of the Jian family, Emily Bennett, in the Cangqin Kingdom. Not only was the Jian family out of the Ning family’s league, but even Emily Bennett’s fiancé, Edward Brooks, was someone the Ning family couldn’t afford to offend.

Thinking of this, Henry Clark sighed. The result of offending them, of course, was being thrown into prison. His grandfather, Charles Clark, exhausted all his connections and family fortune to try to get him out, but not only did he fail, he ended up dragging the entire Ning family down with him. This news was something his predecessor had learned from a prison guard; it could be said that the Ning family was destroyed because of him.

After sorting all this out, Henry Clark sighed again in his heart. There was no such thing as reason in this world—whoever had the bigger fist was right.

At the same time, he also realized who was carrying him. This disfigured woman was his fiancée, named Julia Foster, somewhat like a child bride on Earth.

The Ji family were outsiders in the Cangqin Kingdom. Because Julia Foster’s grandfather and Henry Clark’s grandfather had a good relationship, the two arranged a childhood engagement between Henry Clark and Julia Foster. Later, the Ji family inexplicably declined, leaving only the disfigured Julia Foster. But Henry Clark’s grandfather, Charles Clark, still brought Julia Foster into the Ning family, planning to help the two marry once Henry Clark gathered enough qi.

Charles Clark indulged Henry Clark in other matters, but when it came to marrying Julia Foster, he would not compromise. The original Henry Clark was very dissatisfied with the disfigured Julia Foster, often beating or scolding her. Fortunately, Julia Foster always endured in silence and never talked back to Henry Clark.

Moreover, Julia Foster was different from Henry Clark—she had talent and could cultivate. Not only that, with the Ning family’s help, she entered the Cangqin Two-Star Academy and was already a third-level Qi Gathering cultivator. In the Cangqin Kingdom, anyone who could cultivate was called a cultivator. Once a cultivator reached the fourth level of Qi Gathering, their status would rise sharply.

At this moment, Julia Foster had already carried him into a very low black stone house. Although the house was low, it wasn’t small—at least it had everything it needed. There was even a small courtyard with a deep well in it.

“How was the Ning family destroyed?” Henry Clark suddenly asked again. Even though it concerned himself, Henry Clark had to get to the bottom of it. Although he suspected it was the Jian and Qiu families, he had to ask clearly.

“The things you did yourself, why ask me?” Julia Foster replied simply, then set Henry Clark down.

After that, she poured a cup of clear water to feed Henry Clark, then said, “I’ll go boil some water for your bath. Some things are better forgotten—you know it won’t do you any good.”