The Sound of Wild Geese Comes

篙野漏皓Apr 2024

3.4

Word count: 202K words
Chapters: 59

Summary

Yu Wan, carrying a blood feud on her shoulders, kidnaps Min Xiao, the only son of her enemy, and takes him up the mountain as a hostage.

Hate him though she does, Min Xiao is truly beautiful, so she decides to bed him first and kill him after.

Just as she is about to tear up the ticket, Yu Wan suddenly learns she has kidnapped the wrong person. Struck like a thunderbolt, she loses no time in sending him back down the mountain.

Min Xiao looks at the extra money pouch on him, counts it—no more, no less, one tael a day.

...In her heart, was he worth only one tael?

Yu Wan lives by the blade, making her living killing and robbing. One day she takes a job: kidnapping someone for an employer.

Looking at the beautiful young gentleman with a mournful face, she is somewhat dazed. "Why is it you?!"

"I searched everywhere and couldn't find you."

"What are you looking for me for?" Yu Wan's conscience pricks her. "I apologized, and I paid compensation—are you so petty that you'd send me to the authorities?"

Tears well up in Min Xiao's eyes. "I... I missed you so much."

Broken mirror reunited version:

After their first meeting, Yu Wan leaves Min Xiao a farewell letter.

When they meet again, one is a high official, the other a prisoner.

"Minister Min, do you know this female convict?"

In front of Yu Wan, Min Xiao says coldly, "I don't know her."

Yu Wan accepts it calmly. They were never meant to walk the same road; perhaps he regards having once loved a prisoner as a stain on his career.

At midnight, a scoundrel slips into the cell. Yu Wan seizes him by the throat.

The intruder neither dodges nor struggles.

"After you left me, did you take a fancy to him?"

Editor's review

Wild Goose Cries opens with the absurd misunderstanding of "kidnapping the wrong hostage," weaving revenge, romance, and mistaken identity into a gripping historical romance. Author Gaoye Louhao excels at contrast: the heroine, Yu Wan, lives by the blade and is ruthless, yet repeatedly softens before Min Xiao; the hero is beautiful and gentle, seemingly passive, but in fact obstinate and proactive in love. The most intriguing element is the "one tael of silver" price tag—both a source of humor and a metaphor for the imbalance in their relationship—which is stirred up repeatedly as the plot advances and becomes the pivot of emotional turning points. The later reunion of "high official and prisoner" drives the story toward the classic structure of a broken mirror mended, and the contrast between cold public denial and nighttime visits to the prison cell creates strong dramatic conflict. Overall, the book is briskly paced with high emotional intensity, ideal for reading in one sitting in one's spare time, and especially suited to readers of historical romance who prefer strong plots with an alternation of bittersweet and sweet satisfaction.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy historical romance with both strong plot and emotional push-and-pull
Romance readers who favor the broken-mirror-mended and identity-reversal tropes
Readers who can accept a proactive heroine and a gentle, soft hero
Casual readers seeking a high-intensity emotional experience in a short time

Not a good fit for

Readers sensitive to plot elements such as kidnapping and revenge
Readers expecting rigorous historical research and deep court intrigue
Readers who prefer slow-burn, delicate, slice-of-life narration

Reading tips

In the first half, watch for the repeated appearance of "one tael of silver"—it is the key clue to understanding how their relationship changes.
When you reach the reunion passage, you might look back at the first meeting and compare how Min Xiao's attitude echoes before and after.
If the painful passages make you uncomfortable, you can pause after the midnight cell visit and take a breather before continuing.

版权信息
第1章绑人上山
第2章先睡后杀
第3章现学现用
第4章生性浪荡
第5章她喜欢大雁
第6章公子让人污了清白
第7章一两买他一日
第8章半路杀出个程咬金
第9章他想见她
第10章他们连名字都很登对
第11章公子带了女子回来
第12章她哪儿来这么大孩子
第13章不认账？
第14章暗度陈仓
第15章她是郁家的女儿
第16章旧事
第17章往后我会陪着你
第18章我不杀你
第19章受伤
第20章出头
第21章除夕
第22章杀人
第23章争执
第24章我们成亲好不好？
第25章比武大会
第26章她是何来头？
第27章阴差阳错
第28章寿礼
第29章技多不压身
第30章走私
第31章我看见了
第32章不认识
第33章你看上他了吗？
第34章我没看见
第35章巨蟒吃人吐骨头
第36章柳暗花明
第37章偷窥
第38章醉酒
第39章遇刺
第40章查账
第41章下药
第42章地动
第43章前尘
第44章道别
第45章她去了哪里？
第46章宿孜城
第47章你认识我？
第48章爱信不信
第49章萍水相逢
第50章别哭
第51章亡命鸳鸯
第52章营救
第53章接骨
第54章您是他姐姐？
第55章玉符
第56章拈酸吃醋
第57章旧账
第58章结局

FAQ

Is Yu Wan's change of feeling toward Min Xiao sudden?

No. From the start, she wavers because of Min Xiao's beauty, planting the seeds of feeling; afterward the "one tael of silver" price tag and the coin purse when sending him down the mountain are outward signs of her softening. The author uses these details to build up gradually, so that the later longing and the complicated emotions at the reunion have a traceable path rather than a jarring turn.

Does the "kidnapping the wrong person" misunderstanding last very long?

This misunderstanding is the central driving force of the first half of the story, but it is not the suspense of the whole book. After Yu Wan learns the truth, she quickly sends him down the mountain and the misunderstanding is soon resolved; the real tension shifts to the emotional changes after their separation and the identity gulf at their reunion, so readers need not worry about a dragged-out misunderstanding.

When Min Xiao says at the reunion that he doesn't know Yu Wan, is he telling the truth?

Judging from his later sneaking into the prison cell at night and asking, "After you left me, did you fall for him?", the public denial seems more a self-protection between his official identity and old feelings than a genuine severing. This contrast between cold and warm is precisely the technique the author uses to heighten the emotional tension between the two.

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篙野漏皓 Author

Gao Ye Lou Hao is an author with limited publicly available information; only one work by this name is confirmed in the database, the representative title Yan Sheng Lai (The Geese Call Comes). According to its common classification, the work belongs to the time-travel alternate-history genre, indicating that the author writes within a type of narrative built on time travel, with a blurred historical setting or an otherwise constructed background. Since details such as dates of birth and death, nationality, education, and writing career cannot be verified, a full picture of the author's output is difficult to sketch, and only basic judgments can be made from the existing title. The title Yan Sheng Lai carries a classical mood that echoes the imaginative historical atmosphere or invented worlds often found in time-travel alternate-history fiction; such works typically use time travel as a framework, unfolding their plots through a protagonist's movement across eras and developing character relationships and narrative tension within an alternate setting. On the evidence currently available, Gao Ye Lou Hao's writing profile remains rather indistinct, and readers seeking to understand the style and influence would need to rely mainly on the specific text of Yan Sheng Lai, while awaiting further relevant material.