Waiting for the Wild Geese to Return (Reborn)

(My first novel accepted for publication, so it has plenty of flaws. Thank you for your support!) An obsessive, devoted Grand Secretary with immense power x a beautiful, proud young heiress "On a rainy night in Jiangnan in the twenty-seventh year of Ming'an, Zhizhi, from that moment on, this heart of Xie Ciyu's was destined to beat only for you." Lu Zhiyan, daughter of the Minister of War, and Xu Qinglin, the newly crowned top scorer, are ordered to marry. Less than three months later, they divorce. Rumor has it that Lu Zhiyan ran away on their wedding night and vanished for three months. After the divorce, everyone in the capital is certain Lu Zhiyan is shameless and unruly, and that no respectable family will ever marry her. Lu Zhiyan, the person in question, snacks on gossip at home. "I have money and family wealth, and I have powerful people backing me. Why would I marry? If anyone likes that top scorer, they can marry him themselves." Some time later, someone sees the supposedly despised Lu Zhiyan walking alongside Xie Ciyu, the Grand Secretary who holds all the power in the realm. Some time after that, the emperor names Lu Zhiyan Princess Yongyan. Then, some time later, the Lu residence receives another imperial decree of marriage. This time, it is for Lu Zhiyan and Xie Ciyu. "My darling girl, tell your father the truth. Just the other day... didn't you say you were cutting ties with His Highness?" Lu Zhiyan swallows. This decree is almost too hot to handle. "I... I did say that to him." She returned every gift he had given her. She even told him she never wanted to see him again. She said they should part on good terms and asked him not to come looking for her. This marriage was not what Lu Zhiyan wanted. After the wedding, they were together in name only. Xie Ciyu no longer clung to her as he once had. Later, holding his barely breathing body, she weeps uncontrollably. "Please, don't die. I know now. I know everything. Please come back to me..." Reading guide: Both leads are reborn. The male lead loves only the heroine in both lifetimes. One-on-one romance, both leads' first partners, happy ending. The male lead is an expert who pretends to be weak to catch his enemies off guard. The focus is on the push and pull of their romance. Next novel: I Will Not Be With You The little princess Ji He loves her tutor, Shen Changze, more than anyone. Everyone knows it. To pursue Shen Changze, Ji He follows her older brother, the Crown Prince, to class every day. Of course, the Crown Prince goes to study, while Ji He goes to watch Shen Changze. "Tutor, wait for me! You're walking so fast, I can't keep up." Ji He is practically at Shen Changze's beck and call. If he tells her to go east, she would never go west. Ji He pursues Shen Changze for three years. Even a stone should have warmed up by then, but Shen Changze remains unmoved, still wearing a cold expression whenever he sees her. Ji He isn't sad at all. She snacks on gossip and cheers herself on. "It's fine. If I can't win him over in three years, I'll try for another three. I'll cling to him for the rest of my life!" Truthfully, Ji He isn't all that confident. She heard long ago that Shen Changze has a beloved woman in his heart, and that woman isn't her. But Ji He thinks no one in the world could love Shen Changze more than she does. Someday, he will see how wonderful she is. She can wait. Then one day, Ji He has a dream. She dreams that Shen Changze stabs her with his most treasured sword. * Shen Changze has spent years waiting for someone. He holds half of a broken jade pendant and swears he will marry no one but its owner. So no matter how Ji He tries to win his favor, he acts as if he doesn't notice. Shen Changze knows Ji He loves him, and knows that the high and mighty princess is willing to humble herself only for him. But he cannot be with Ji He. Shen Changze tells her, "Princess, don't waste your efforts on me. My heart belongs to someone else." But Ji He just grins. "That's all right. I can wait alongside you, Tutor." It's not that Shen Changze has never been moved. Sometimes he asks himself what exactly he is holding on to. One day, Ji He falls from her horse in front of everyone to please him. He instinctively rushes forward and catches her as she falls. Then Shen Changze sees half a jade pendant slip from Ji He's sleeve. It is the very one he has been searching for all these years. At the same time, he spots the cinnabar mole beneath her collar. Shen Changze is stunned. Holding the unconscious Ji He, he murmurs dazedly, "So the person I've been waiting for all these years... was you?" Ji He sleeps for a day and a night, and Shen Changze stays by her side without leaving. He decides to confess as soon as she wakes. But the first thing Ji He says when she wakes is, "Tutor, I don't want to love you anymore." Theme: The one you love will meet you again.