Snake Hire: Born on the Ghost Festival

Su Xiaowan's birth was cursed from the start. Born on the Ghost Festival when the gates of hell swing wide, her arrival into the world took ten agonizing hours as thunder split the sky and shadows gathered in the courtyard. What emerged that stormy night wasn't just a newborn child—it was something the spirits had been waiting for. In a small southern village where ancient traditions hold sway and the veil between worlds grows thin, Xiaowan must uncover the dark bargain made on the night of her birth, and the serpentine fate that has coiled around her life ever since.