Dream of the Red Chamber: The Road to Prosperity After the Jia Family's Downfall

As a concubine-born son of the Jia family, Jia An is unloved and motherless. His birth father ignores him, his legitimate mother pays him no attention, his legitimate elder brother looks down on him, and his younger half-brother mocks him. Then he marries a woman with the lowest social status in the entire family. His debuffs are maxed out.

But so what? A man can get everything he wants through his own efforts. If his wife has low status, he can teach her himself. If he has little standing in the family, he can become someone she can rely on. If he has no social status, he can rise to become The Outcast, second only to one and above countless others.

When Jia An finally reaches the summit, he will realize it was never such a big deal.

(This book can be considered a sequel to Dream of the Red Chamber. If you want to read about Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, and the other twelve beauties of Jinling, you won't find them here.)

(Also, both the male and female leads are natives of their era, so please don't judge their marriage by modern standards. Thank you.)