Sandy roads, muddy roads, flagstone roads, endless roads through the windswept plains of Shuofang, foul and rotting roads through night-swamps, bustling and prosperous roads in the streets of Huai'an. The roads, the people who walk them, and the things they experience weave together into a mystifying chant that no one can decipher.
These are stories from the road: the choices made at every fork, each stretch of the journey, the final destination, or the bewilderment of having nowhere left to go...
One person's solitary road crosses another's, then the two drift apart. But no matter how urgent the journey feels, or how much one might wish otherwise, the road must be traveled one step at a time.
The ordinary story of a beautiful woman saving a hero