Yearning for the Bluebird

It's being written, it's being written! I still need to fix a few bugs and fill in some plot holes, but they're all minor changes, so there's no need to reread it.

In her previous life, Su Yun defied her parents' objections and married her impoverished childhood sweetheart, a scholar. She thought she would live happily ever after.

Who knew that he would break her heart, and that she would die in misery?

Reborn into a new life, she would never marry into the Yan family again!

As people criticized her for breaking off her engagement, the elegant gentleman who had pursued her in her previous life appeared, waving a folding fan. "Whatever you say this time, Miss Su, I'm not leaving. If you won't marry me, then I'll..."

"I'll marry you."

"Huh?" Now it was Xie Sansheng's turn to freeze.

At first, Su Yun only wanted to earn some money to support herself, so her family wouldn't have to suffer a life of wandering if disaster struck.

Before she knew it, her business had grown and grown, and she had accidentally become the richest person in the land.

Her "fake husband," bound to her by contract, always treated her as the apple of his eye.

And with his actions, he showed her: How could life be the same no matter who you shared it with?

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If we were not fated to meet in our previous life, then may we meet again and fulfill our wish in the next.

[Elements in this story]

The heroine's business career / marriage before love / ex-husband hides a dark side and pursues his wife / the leads grow together

Content notes:

1. The proposal comes nearly 20 chapters in, and the wedding takes place in the 30s. If that's not for you, please don't read.

2. The heroine was married in her previous life. If you require every character to have been chaste in every lifetime, please turn back now.

3. A fictional setting inspired by the Tang Dynasty, but my grasp of history is poor, so please don't read too deeply into it.

4. The political scheming is very basic. The blurb doesn't represent the entire plot.

5. There is no outline. No, I do have an outline, but my wild ideas always lead me off course, so it's basically the same as having none. I write wherever inspiration takes me. If it turns out long and terrible, close this page and look for something else. There's plenty of good stuff out there, just don't yell at me.

Below is another upcoming story set in the same world

[Reborn Empress vs. Long-Suffering Court Official]

The Xian family was framed for treason and executed. Only Xian Zhiyuan narrowly escaped.

She had intended to clear her family's name, but after learning the cruel truth, she chose to endure the humiliation and bide her time. Then, one day, she raised an army, seized the throne, and became empress.

The first thing she did after becoming empress was slaughter all her enemies, sparing only Luo Qingwu, the man she had once loved.

She hated herself for being so blind.

She used his mother's life to threaten him, imprisoned him in the Golden Hall, and did everything she could to humiliate him.

Wasn't he so proud of his refined manners and noble integrity? Then she would strip away his dignity and make him a laughingstock across the land!

But he died before her.

Looking at his battered corpse, she said nothing. She turned around and massacred five cities, finally provoking the fury of the people.

Empress Qingzhao, abandoned by everyone, ultimately met her end at an assassin's hand.

Fate toyed with her, granting her a new life at the age of seventeen.

Looking back on her life, she had avenged her family, but walked alone, consumed by pain. Reborn, she would stop everything from happening and change her family's fate of dying horribly!

When she saw Luo Qingwu again, she used him and then kept her distance, with no time to get entangled with him. Who could have guessed that he, so long accustomed to holding back, would begin relentlessly pursuing her, step by step?

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Luo Qingwu was in love with Xian Zhiyuan, but she seemed not to know it.

Watching the Xian family fall into danger, he racked his brains and risked his own future, determined to get her out of trouble.

But she suddenly turned cold and avoided him like the plague. The closer he got, the farther she ran.

He always thought her family troubles left her no room for love, until he caught sight of her laughing and chatting with another man. Unable to hold back any longer, he cornered her against a wall and demanded, eyes red, "Why did you abandon me? I'm still useful. I can still do so much for you."

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He could accept her using him and lying to him, but he couldn't accept her not loving him.

If she couldn't stand seeing the weak being mistreated, then he could keep playing the weakling forever.

Theme: Heaven rewards hard work, and time reveals a true heart.