A Stunning Beauty Rises from Nothing

I was born on the coldest night of winter,

so poor I couldn't even afford salt, looked down on by my whole clan.

Barefoot, I crawled up from the muddy yellow earth.

I met my childhood sweetheart, encountered beauties, married four times, and divorced four times.

I loved my moonlight, married a capable partner, climbed into high society, and embraced tenderness.

From a poor family's twin, I became a business tycoon worth billions.

Some called me a flirt, others hated me for being heartless.

But they didn't know

that all the way here, I stepped over hardship, endured cold stares, and bore the weight of my fate,

raising a towering mansion from the dust, one step at a time.

I have not lived this life in vain.

At seven, I had no books to study; at ten, I was bullied.

At seventeen, I topped the imperial examinations; at thirty, I controlled a fortune worth billions.

My name is Chen Xiangyang.

I came from the poorest mountain village and climbed to the highest clouds.

Four marriages, four wives, four different lives.

My moonlight shared my hardships, my capable partner helped me rise,

a woman from a powerful family gave me influence, and a gentle soul warmed my lonely heart.

When I was poor, I gritted my teeth and endured.

When I was rich, I never bullied anyone.

In this life, I have tasted love and hate, and accepted both victory and defeat.

I married four times, and I let down four people.

I have loved, suffered, been cruel, and regretted.

From having nothing to possessing a world of splendor.

People laugh that I'm too much of a flirt; I laugh that they don't see the truth.

In this life,

I relied on neither Heaven nor Earth, only myself.

All this glory, I built from the ground up.