After I Was Reborn, I Got Close to a Peerless Rich Heiress

In her previous life, Qing Ning was Lu Youtang's caged songbird for five years, from the time Lu Youtang took her away at eighteen until she was murdered at twenty-three.

While Qing Ning was alive, Lu Youtang told her, "Although I like you very much, you need to know your place."

So she obediently watched Lu Youtang flirt with other women and even take a wealthy, well-matched fiancée.

Qing Ning went from being a caged songbird to an ugly mistress kept out of sight. She could only endure the humiliation under the wife's watchful eye every day, until that high-and-mighty wife pushed her down the stairs and killed her.

As she died, Lu Youtang said to her again, "I like you very much, but I'm sorry."

Then Qing Ning was reborn in another body.

Given another chance, she was still a low-born Omega, packaged up by her father and sold to Lu Youtang once again.

Lu Youtang said she looked like someone, a woman who was already dead.

Qing Ning smiled and asked her, "What if she isn't dead and comes back to claim your life?"

Lu Youtang didn't answer. Instead, she packaged Qing Ning up again, turning her into an even prettier caged songbird, and presented her as a gift to her future aunt, Ji Chengxi.

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The first time Ji Chengxi met the Omega named Qing Ning, she felt there was something different about her.

She had met plenty of Omegas with pretty faces and sweet pheromones, but none were like Qing Ning.

She was like the blazing summer sun, bright and radiant, and like the snow on a winter's night, cold enough to be captivating.

At first, Ji Chengxi treated Qing Ning like a vase to be tamed. But as she cared for her, she realized that she was the one being tamed.

After being reborn, she switches love interests: a wealthy old lady who's sixty (not really) × a beautiful little flower vase with a hidden dark side.

Note: A future-set ABO story with a cyberpunk veneer and a melodramatic romance at its heart. People live 200 years or more, so the gong isn't old, just a little older (though she's very rich).

Theme: Even when faced with hardship after hardship, live with resilience and never give in.