Ephemeral Bloom

When they married, Fang Pannan imagined herself as a princess from a dream, marrying a prince who came to claim her on clouds of five-colored light. In just five years, that dream shattered, hitting the ground without so much as a sound.

Her husband looked down on her and betrayed their family? No problem. Dump him, and she could find someone better!

Her mother-in-law made unreasonable demands and threw shade at everyone? No problem. What was wrong with slapping her twice?

Her daughter wouldn’t listen? She could send her to the mistress to see how ugly the world could be. The girl would come running back to her soon enough.

Free of her scumbag husband, she rose to the top of her career, refreshed and radiant, regaining her old elegance and grace. She climbed to the top and dealt her scumbag husband a crushing blow...

Legend says the udumbara waits three thousand years just to bloom once. She would become her own udumbara, leave the past behind, and blossom anew.