chapter 1 : rebirth

As fire broke out behind her, she ran as fast as her legs took her.

Bullets flew past her ears. Smoke clouded her vision. Her black uniform clung to her bloodied skin. She didn’t know whose blood it was — hers, or her enemies'. She had no time to check.

The metal rooftop door slammed open as she burst through.

There he stood.

Lin Jie.

Her best friend. Her most trusted partner. His hands were steady. A gun aimed straight at her.

She halted in her tracks. Confused. Hurt.

“Jie?” she whispered.

His eyes were cold.

" You always had to be the perfect one. Always faster.smarter.the perfect one. But you're not the only one. Feng wu"

He pulled the trigger.

The bullet pierced her chest. The pain was instant — searing and deep.

Her breath caught.

She stumbled. The world spun. Her knees hit the ground.

Darkness began to close in, but before her consciousness faded completely…

A warm light spread from her right shoulder.

Her birthmark — the dragon wrapped around the phoenix — glowed with a soft, golden shimmer.

Time seemed to pause.

Her body collapsed.

Her soul… drifted.

In another world… far, far away...

A thin girl’s body lay still on a worn-out straw mat.

Suddenly — her eyes snapped open.

She gasped for breath, heart racing.

Her hands were small, frail. Her arms bruised. She tried to sit up, but her body trembled under its own weight.

Suddenly, the door slammed open.

A woman rushed in, carrying a wooden bowl of water. Her sleeves were rolled up, her hair a little messy, as if she had been up all night.

When she saw the girl sitting up, her eyes widened in disbelief. The bowl clattered to the floor, water spilling everywhere.

She rushed to her side and dropped to her knees.

"Young Miss, are you awake?!" she cried, voice shaking with emotion. Tears welled in her eyes and fell freely. "Heavens have mercy... I thought we lost you!"

Feng Wu blinked.

Her chest ached. Her limbs trembled. But her instincts stayed sharp.

This woman… was not familiar.

This place… wasn't any hospital, lab, or safe house.

Everything smelled of herbs, dust, and something old. Like a forgotten past.

"Who... are you?" Feng Wu asked hoarsely.

The woman gasped. "Young Miss, it’s me! Wuxin. Your maidservant since you were little!"

Memories not her own stirred in her mind — dim flashes of a gentle maid, loyal and kind. The original owner of this body had known her. Trusted her.

Feng Wu gritted her teeth.

She wasn’t just in another body.

She was in someone else’s life.

And that someone… was also named Feng Wu.

Wuxin clutched her hand tightly, weeping. “The clan said you wouldn’t survive the night. Second miss and her underlings—what they did to you—”

Feng Wu’s eyes darkened.

So this body had been beaten nearly to death? Left to die?

She looked down at her weak, trembling hands.

They might think she was still that helpless girl.

But they were wrong.

She was back from the dead.

And this time…

She would write her own fate.

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