Fireflies in the Long Night

[Selected for the Special Recommendations List of the 2024 Spring Writing Contest]

Qu Ziyu, a reporter who graduated from a prestigious university, has endured years of abuse at her husband’s hands and been trapped at home for eight years. To regain her freedom, reclaim her daughter, and take back the life that should have been hers, Qu Ziyu joins forces with her husband’s mistress, Zhou Xueying, to take revenge on him. Along the way, she unexpectedly discovers a secret Zhou Xueying has kept hidden for years.

Being born a woman should be an incomparable honor, yet domestic abuse has plunged her into an abyss. Only by holding up a lamp to light the long, dark night can she be reborn.