Spring Returns to My Hometown (Reborn)

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[Story Blurb]

In her previous life, Wan Yan was the legitimate daughter, but her father's favoritism left her vulnerable to her concubine's schemes. Her reputation was ruined, and she ultimately leaped from a cliff to her death.

Reborn in an instant, she returned to three years earlier.

At the time, her concubine already held sway over the entire Wan household. Wan Yan was merely a daughter exiled by her family, summoned back to the capital by rumors that a prince was choosing a bride.

Because of her status as the legitimate daughter, her concubine was wary of her, while her half-sister hated her out of jealousy. So Wan Yan went along with it, hiding her strengths and pretending to be weak.

With a few clever moves, she rooted out her concubine's spies; step by step, she reclaimed her farmland and shops; with careful planning, she uncovered the truth about her mother's death...

She thought she had accounted for everything, but the Fifth Prince, whom she had never met in her previous life, caught her completely off guard.

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Born into the imperial family and caught in the struggle for power, he had long since forgotten what sincerity was.

Others said the Fifth Prince was decisive and inscrutable, and that he would drive even his own brothers into desperate straits. All he wanted in life, they said, was the vast realm beneath the heavens and the throne above all others.

But only Xie Jue knew that his original wish had been nothing more than to keep her safe.

He fell for her when they met at Ling'an Temple as youngsters. But she already had someone by her side, so he never confessed his feelings.

Years passed, and when they met again on the road to Huai'an, all it took was a glimpse of her back for him to know he could never let her go.

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A rumor has recently been spreading through the capital: the powerful Fifth Prince seems to have feelings for the Wan family's legitimate daughter. He has secretly loved her for years and is set on marrying her.

Afraid this might cause needless trouble, Wan Yan went to see him at once and asked earnestly, "Would Your Highness be willing to clear up the recent rumors for me?"

He only smiled and asked, "Yanyan, if it's not a rumor, how can I clear it up?"

[Reader's Guide]

1. The heroine's rebirth and revenge drive the first part of the story; the hero's struggle for power takes center stage later, with smaller events in between.

2. This is a completely fictional setting. Please don't overthink the details.

3. The hero secretly loved the heroine in his previous life, but she never knew. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

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[Coming Soon] "The Sun Never Sets" (demonic sect temptress vs. righteous young hero)

Everyone knows that Zhou Shubai, the top disciple of the Biluo Sect, is the most gifted disciple the immortal sects have seen in a century. He is destined to become their next sect leader and lead them in wiping out the demonic sects.

So when Xiao Yuan concealed her identity to get close to him, she worried he might see through her disguise.

She never expected Zhou Shubai to be so easy to fool.

She played the helpless girl and lied through her teeth, yet he believed every word.

He knew nothing about her past or whether she was good or evil, yet he was willing to risk his life to heal her wounds and purge her of poison.

Xiao Yuan thought Zhou Shubai liked her.

But on Washing Dust Peak, the young man's gaze was clear and his words sincere: "I saved you for no personal reason. My sect taught me to take responsibility for all people."

She lowered her eyes in dismay. To him, she was just one person among countless others.

*

That night, chaos erupted at the sect, and its most precious treasure was stolen.

Worried something had happened to her, Zhou Shubai set out with his sword to find her, only to see a group of demonic cultivators standing behind her with their heads bowed.

Seeing his bloodstained white robes, the woman showed not the slightest concern. Under his dark, unreadable gaze, she turned away resolutely and disappeared into the night without so much as a glance at him.

It was the first time Zhou Shubai felt the pure moonlight on his skin hurt so much.

*

After that, Xiao Yuan never appeared before Zhou Shubai again.

She never returned to the places where they had once wandered together.

Wherever she heard he had gone, she deliberately stayed away.

Until there was nowhere left to run, and Zhou Shubai's icy sword intent rested against her throat.

Looking at the young man's cool eyes, she closed hers in resignation, only to hear his low voice beside her:

"Do you really hate me that much? You can't even bear to look at me?"

"You must have found all that fawning and hypocrisy back then so very tiresome, Sect Master Xiao."

It seemed that even a righteous young hero, usually as gentle as jade, could speak with a cutting edge.

Theme: Growing together and standing by each other through adversity