Secondly, helping Grace Bennett awaken the Dao Seed and forming a good relationship with the Bennett family is not a bad thing. This will greatly benefit him in establishing himself in Yunluo City in the future. In his previous life, rather than saying it was the Bennett family who severed Charles Reynolds's tendons, it would be more accurate to say that William Reynolds spoke too harshly and cut off the Bennett family's way out. On this point, William Reynolds could still see things clearly.

Thirdly, in seven days, his grandmother would celebrate her seventieth birthday. Given his family's current financial situation, preparing a generous gift would likely trouble his mother again. This Ziguang Seven-Star Plum, having come into his possession, happened to solve this urgent need.

Although he was in a good mood, William Reynolds did not let it go to his head.

The matter with the Bennett family was just a minor episode. The real major crisis facing the Reynolds family was still lurking beneath the surface. How the next matter was handled would determine the fate of the entire Reynolds family, as well as the honor and survival of his own branch.

His memory could not possibly be wrong.

Seven days later, his grandmother’s seventieth birthday. This important day, William Reynolds would never forget. On this day in his previous life, the Reynolds family fell from heaven to hell overnight.

On what should have been a joyous day, the Reynolds family’s strongest member—William Reynolds’s grandmother—was poisoned during her birthday wine.

As one of the top ten experts in Yunluo City, his grandmother managed to force out the poison with great effort, but her strength was greatly diminished. This directly led to the Reynolds family’s rapid decline, causing them to fall out of the city’s top ten families and wither away ever since.

When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. William Reynolds’s branch could not escape misfortune either.

This matter truly required careful planning. William Reynolds decided to go home and sort through the clues. After all, five years had passed, and many details in his memory were no longer clear.

Moreover, the incident in his previous life happened so suddenly, and William Reynolds’s branch had already drifted away from the family’s core circle, so they knew little of the inside information. This undoubtedly made it harder for William Reynolds to turn the tables.

If he acted rashly, he would likely still fall under the control of the mastermind behind the scenes. He might even need to borrow strength from others. But given his current status in the family, it would not be easy to do so.

Behind him, Charles Reynolds followed silently, not daring to speak. Although his visit to the Bennett family was also for the sake of the family, the way he did it was still somewhat shameful.

The two brothers had never gotten along well, and Charles Reynolds was feeling uneasy.

Before long, they arrived at the door. William Reynolds stopped, but Charles Reynolds, lost in thought, almost bumped into him.

“Ah, we’re home?” Charles Reynolds exclaimed in surprise. He was usually carefree, but in front of this younger brother, he always felt a bit awkward.

Seeing his brother like this, William Reynolds felt a pang of guilt. In his previous life, he had truly been too harsh with his brother.

Of course, he also knew that as the eldest son, his brother had no reason to fear him. This behavior was actually Charles Reynolds’s way of tolerating and doting on his younger brother.

Being gazed at gently by William Reynolds, Charles Reynolds felt a bit uneasy.

“Um… so, little brother, should I put the Seven-Star Plum in your room?”

Seeing his brother nervously searching for something to say, William Reynolds smiled slightly, stepped forward, and gave his brother a manly hug.

Charles Reynolds had never experienced such gentleness from his younger brother before, and his body trembled slightly.

He gently patted Charles Reynolds’s shoulder. “Brother, I know you have a lot of questions. In three days, everything will become clear. Don’t worry, the Moonlight Medal was passed down from our father. No matter who it is, they can’t take it away.”

At this moment, Charles Reynolds was completely stunned and confused. The change in his younger brother had shaken him deeply, and he was now entirely overwhelmed by the bond between brothers.

No matter what William Reynolds said, he just nodded.

William Reynolds knew that his big brother, though outwardly unruly, was actually very emotional inside, and doted on him unconditionally. In his previous life, he owed his brother far too much. So, in this life…

“Brother, go home and get a good night’s sleep. As long as the two of us are here, our family won’t fall!”

This was a promise between brothers, needing no grand words. A simple sentence was enough for Charles Reynolds to feel the weight of this commitment.

Brothers, the two of them!

The hot blood that Charles Reynolds hadn’t felt in years surged within him once again at this moment.

……

Back in his room, Little Alice had already tidied everything up. After eating a little, William Reynolds washed up and lay back on his bed.

Just as he was about to organize his thoughts, the door creaked open, and Little Alice came in carrying a basin of steaming water. “Young master, time to wash your feet.”

Placing the foot-washing water in front of William Reynolds, Little Alice naturally lifted his feet and placed them in the water, carefully washing them.

Looking at this girl who was two years younger than himself, William Reynolds felt a pang of sadness.

When it came to loyalty, in the entire Reynolds family, probably no one could compare to Little Alice’s devotion to him.

“Young master, the madam just said that you’ve changed a lot lately.”

“Mm.” William Reynolds enjoyed Little Alice’s gentle massage and responded contentedly.