Age Progression
Crossing into the Light
Born a bondservant in the Marquis of Changyuan’s household, Ah Man expects her loyalty to earn her a secure future.
When the estate is seized, the fifteen-year-old maid rescues its ten-year-old heir, Song Yuanzhao, and helps him survive poverty, betrayal, and exile.
Years later, their hard-won devotion collides with restored rank, an imperial marriage, and a disappearance meant to divide them forever.
To claim a life together, they must cross the gulf between servant and noble, duty and desire.
The Ghost in the Necklace
My ex-boyfriend turned my ashes into a necklace and hung it around his son’s neck for eighteen years.
For those eighteen years, my soul remained trapped by the boy’s side.
Then one day, out of the blue, the boy told me something.
He said he wanted to marry me.
