The Older Husband-to-Be Longs to Get Married

Jian Chao lost both his parents at a young age. He worked himself to the bone raising his younger siblings, and only began thinking about his own marriage after saving enough to help each of them start a family.

His childhood sweetheart had promised to marry him, but stole his dowry, ran away, and married someone else.

He became the village's laughingstock. Everyone looked down on him for being poor, old, and unlikely to bear children.

One day, Jian Chao accidentally wandered into the black market and met a man in a wheelchair. His clothes were filthy, but they couldn't hide his handsome features.

At that fleeting glimpse, Jian Chao's heart skipped a beat and his cheeks flushed. In a daze, he signed a loan with exorbitant interest and bought the disabled man to take home.

He said, "I'll take care of you for the rest of my life. How about marrying into my family and becoming my husband?"

*

The disabled man's name was Dazhuang. He couldn't lift or carry anything, and was quite the pampered type.

By day, he either sunbathed or slept in. The villagers all mocked Jian Chao for taking in someone he had to wait on hand and foot, and who was very good at living off his money.

To heal Dazhuang's legs, Jian Chao was tricked into going deep into the mountains to find a miracle medicine. When a bear attacked him, he thought he was as good as dead.

An arrow flew from afar and pierced the bear's heart. Jian Chao looked over and saw his own helpless, disabled husband.

Jian Chao: "...Your legs?"

Dazhuang: "They suddenly got better."

Dazhuang stopped pretending and settled down with Jian Chao. They built a new house, raised a big white goose, rented a mountain and planted it full of fruit trees, watched their savings grow, and even opened a shop in town.

Later, Jian Chao became pregnant and decided to share the good news with his husband.

Before Jian Chao could say anything, Dazhuang spoke first. "Something urgent has come up. I have to return to the capital."

After Dazhuang left, Jian Chao was single again and once more became the village's laughingstock.

Not long after, a villager returning from the capital told Jian Chao that his husband looked exactly like the Crown Prince.

Jian Chao didn't dare entertain the thought. Looking at his growing belly, he fled overnight with the baby.

Men are all sly wolves. He never wants to marry again!

*

Power struggles raged beneath the surface of the court. After an accident left Zhou Jing injured and separated from his trusted aide, he was at a disadvantage and unable to escape.

Once he had the reins of power, court nobles lined up to present him with eligible women, hoping to climb the social ladder through marriage.

Zhou Jing smiled. "I already have a wife."

Once the situation at court was settled, Zhou Jing rushed back to the village overnight, only to find his wife gone!

He crossed mountains and rivers and searched the entire country, finally finding the husband who blushed every time he saw him.

Uh... There was also a little bundle behind him, who looked exactly like Zhou Jing.

A hardworking, shy husband x a crafty Crown Prince

[Reader's Guide]

1. A sweet-and-sour slice-of-life farming story

2. Both leads are each other's first love, younger gong, one-on-one romance

Blurb archived: 2023.12.10 + May anyone who steals ideas stay obscure forever

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