The Roads Were Slow in the Old Days

Name: The Roads Were Slow in the Old Days
Author: The Mountains Are High, the Waters Long

从前车马慢

by The Mountains Are High, the Waters Long (山高水长长)

Status: Completed
Length: 506k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Slice-of-Life Farming
Updated: 2y ago
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{Historical Romance + Sweet Romance + Childhood Friends + Mutual Crush Turns to Love + Farming + Multiple Couples} A warm, healing sweet romance with plenty to love in its family bonds, friendships, and romances. In Zhao Village lived a merchant named Zhao Shan. He had only two sons, and their lives were peaceful and warm. One day, his wife, Madam Feng, found a baby girl at their doorstep: A Bao. Zhao Shan and Madam Feng raised her as their own daughter. Their neighbor, Widow Zhao, had a son named Zhao Mu, who was about A Bao’s age. Xiao Bai, the son of the Grand Princess, also met A Bao when he came to Zhao Village for a vacation. During the Lantern Festival, A Bao and Zhao Mu were kidnapped, but the clever pair escaped and rescued a girl named Liu’er. The young people grew up together, gradually encountering troubles and tangled feelings. Bitterness mingled with sweetness, and sweetness with bitterness. Then one day, a prince and his wife came searching for their biological daughter... When love blossomed in his heart, he fell for his childhood sweetheart, only to discover she loved someone else. For her sake, he even threatened his rival and told him to leave. In the end, he chose to let her go so she could be happy. Though he claimed to have let go, he continued doing so much for her. When he was wounded taking an arrow for her, he said, “You’re my little sister. Of course your big brother would protect you.” When her relationship ended, he said, “A Bao, can you give me a chance? We can take it slowly. I don’t mind how long it takes.” Later, after they married, he said, “A Bao, you’re mine.” First couple: Childhood sweethearts Second couple: Rescuer and the one rescued Third couple: Marriage first, love later

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