Sometimes humans do strange things for strange reasons. Lily is reborn into a situation she never could have imagined in her own world. And even if it appears to be reasonable to the people she was born to, it is simply not the life she ever wished for.
And it's not the life she will lead.
This is a Wuxia fiction ;)
Since people have been asking about the Names: The Names all have meanings and occasionally foreshadow things, too.
For more info here are some pages with info on meanings:
http://thelanguageofflowers.com/
http://www.whats-your-sign.com/celtic-meaning-of-symbolic-trees.html
http://www.fernlifecenter.com/about-fern-life/why-the-fern/
Not all the names can be found there, but google is always helpful when you're looking for more.