ADIEU
Li Xinyi, whose name means "a heart filled with joy," is as beautiful as she is brilliant. A first-class civil engineering graduate, she earns a position at one of China's most prestigious construction companies and is assigned to history's most ambitious project—to build a bridge across the legendary Silent Sea.
For centuries, every attempt to build across the sea has ended in disaster.
The villagers who live along its shores refuse to speak of the ancient legend that has haunted them for generations. Their only warning is simple:
"Stay away from the sea after sunset."
Xinyi dismisses the stories as nothing more than superstition.
Until a workplace accident changes everything.
A cut across her wrist. A few drops of blood. A sudden earthquake.
Before anyone can react, the sea rises and swallows her whole.
Declared dead by the world above, Xinyi awakens in a magnificent kingdom hidden beneath the ocean, where she meets King Aurelius, an impossibly handsome ruler with snow-white hair and mesmerizing golden eyes. After three thousand years of imprisonment, the ancient king has finally opened his eyes.
To his people, he is their god.
To her, he is a stranger.
To him...
She is the woman who betrayed him.
Lost in a realm where ancient traditions still thrive, unable to return home, Xinyi is forced to navigate a world that feels as unfamiliar as a forgotten dream. As she searches for a way back, she finds herself drawn to the very man who has sworn never to forgive her.
But buried beneath hatred lies a love neither time nor death could erase.
And hidden beneath the waves is a truth powerful enough to change the fate of both worlds.
Adieu.
A farewell.
A curse.
A love that refused to die.