Past Trauma
The Wings We Grew
My youngest aunt was the most notorious woman in our entire family.
Grandma and Grandpa had worked hard to raise her, put her through school, and even arranged a marriage for her.
Yet she had cut them off and run away from home.
Mom was always telling me, “When you grow up, you must be good to your parents.
Don’t ever turn out like your aunt.”
Back then, nobody could have imagined that I would grow up to be even more ruthless than she was.
The Turtledove Takes Flight
I was the daughter of Princess Changning and a peasant from the countryside.
When I was seven, the Empress Dowager bestowed a name on me.
She said my very birth was a grievous wrong, and named me Luoyuan.
For years I lived in the palace, fearful and ashamed, keeping both myself and my heart imprisoned.
But someone told me I should be a bird with its wings spread against the sky, free to soar.
And so, in the end, I found the courage to be brave—for myself, and for him.
When I Will Never Think of You Again
The tattoo on the back of Wei Yan’s neck was the initials of his ex-girlfriend’s name.
The only reason he had spared me a second glance in that vast sea of people was because my eyes and brows bore a striking resemblance to hers.
