The Bird (Rebirth)

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas tells of a bird called the Qique: white-headed, tiger-clawed, it devours people, swallowing their resentment." Blurb: When disaster strikes from within, her father and brothers are brutally killed. He pretends to honor the marriage alliance arranged by his elder brother, only to raise an army and seek revenge on the very day of the wedding. He loves her deeply, yet never knows that he once killed her with his own hands. She elopes with someone, only to fall into a trap. After narrowly escaping with her life and making it back to Yunzhou, she finds a mountain of corpses and blood waiting outside the city gates. And his spear. When she opens her eyes again, she has been reborn on the road where she eloped. When smoke from the war obscures the city, old enmity blinds them, and layers of misunderstandings divide them, Can this relationship from their past be renewed? ✅ Reborn | Love and hate amid old enmity | Only one remembers | Fated on both sides | Political intrigue | Cunning warlord ✅ A promise of quality. Comments and bookmarks are welcome. ✅ A serious drama with angst. The pacing is slow-burn, but there is no filler. Early foreshadowing pays off in the middle and later parts. ✅ Updates Monday to Friday at 18:00 (weekends and long holidays are irregular). 💌 [Author's new story recommendation ★ Chasing Love to the Crematorium / Mending a Broken Relationship] Blurb for If the Road Home Has Starlight Too. Take a look if you're interested, and feel free to bookmark it! Have you ever loved someone? Have you ever, years later, suddenly heard news about that person, and felt your heart crack ever so slightly, leaving behind an ugly scar? That person remains like a mountain and a sea, stretching across your memories. Only you no longer go running toward them. Meng Li once loved Xu Wen. Fortunately, she only loved him once. Later, Xu Wen came back. When someone asked why she avoided him as if her life depended on it, Meng Li patiently and earnestly explained, "My doctor told me to give up cold foods." And it was only one night, long afterward, that Xu Wen finally understood what she meant. 💌 Recommendations for completed older works. Everyone is welcome to read them, and feel free to bookmark them if you're interested! Six Zhu Incense Little Winter's Chill Wild Crabapple in the Falling Wind Theme: Saving each other and finding new life together.