Reborn in the Red Chamber: How Do I Marry Dear Sister Bao?

Lin Yunwen grew up in an orphanage. At twenty, he was cooped up in his rented room reading Dream of the Red Chamber when he got so angry he threw the book down. Lin Daiyu died young, and Xue Baochai was left a widow. What kind of lousy ending was that?

A flash of lightning, and he was inside the book.

When he opened his eyes, he was on a street in Gusu, in the body of a seven- or eight-year-old, still clutching his copy of Dream of the Red Chamber. He rescued Yinglian from being abducted, stunned Lin Ruhai with a salt-drying method, became his sworn son, and was now Daiyu’s brother.

But he knew that wasn’t enough.

Lin Daiyu’s tragic fate still hung over her, and Xue Baochai’s “golden hairpin buried in snow” still awaited her. That man named Jia Yucun would sooner or later betray the people who helped him, while Jia Zhu was being forced to study day and night, with little time left to live.

He would pass the imperial examinations, even if it took nine years.

He would build the steam engine.

He would save Lin Daiyu.

And Xue Baochai? He would marry her openly and honorably.

But there was a problem: the eight-year-old Xue Baochai was still in Jinling, unaware that a transmigrator was racing toward her with everything he had.

“If the story of Dream of the Red Chamber can’t be changed, what did I transmigrate here for?”

[Transmigration + Dream of the Red Chamber + defying fate + imperial examinations + farming + single heroine: Baochai]

[Readers: Save Daiyu! Save Baochai! Save Jia Zhu! Save the Zhen family! Save… Why not just save everyone in Dream of the Red Chamber while you’re at it?]

“Yunwen: Good grief, my shoulders are starting to ache…”