The Cannon Fodder’s Survival Guide at the Noble Academy

An Tang is a poor scholarship student at a prestigious aristocratic academy.
One day, he discovers this world is actually a bedtime novel meant to “rescue the universally adored shou from suffering.”
And where does all that suffering come from? From him.

In the original book, he committed every crime imaginable—driven mad with jealousy, spreading rumors recklessly—until in the end, his reputation was ruined, his future destroyed, and even one of his hands was broken.

To save himself, An Tang takes a shaky selfie in front of the mirror.
He cannot afford to lose this top-tier education, nor accept a miserable downfall.
So, he turns his sights toward the most powerful group of students in the academy—the F4.

But playing it safe? That’s not An Tang’s style. With gritted teeth, he manages to provoke all of them. While whispering sweet words on the surface, he secretly flirts with each one offline. A double dose of bold tactics—sure enough, the four no longer have time to bother with the novel’s original protagonist shou.

Of course, An Tang never intends to take responsibility. To each of them, he says:
“Once I’m healthy / thinner / fairer / richer, then I’ll meet my husband. I just want to show him my best side.”

Until one day, his lines get mixed up, and in his dazed exhaustion he doesn’t notice… still calling them “hubby this, hubby that.”

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An Tang underestimated F4’s abilities and the protagonist shou’s talent for stirring trouble. By sheer chance, he miraculously avoids one hot scandal after another, keeping up his “invisible little nobody” act.

But being a “sidekick” is exhausting.
By day, he fetches coffee for F2.
Between classes, he delivers gifts for F1.
In the afternoon, he plays ball with F3.
At night, he brings dinner for the frail, dependent F4.

Every day, his head spins. Things should have stayed calm, but—

Why is F1 making him sit in the chairman’s seat?
Why is F2 personally feeding him little desserts that come with the coffee?
Why is F3 insisting on watching him change clothes, eyes lingering on his pale waist?
Why is F4 saying he ordered too much food and insisting An Tang share… until eventually, An Tang doesn’t even have to lift a finger?

An Tang keenly senses something’s wrong. What he doesn’t know is: the seemingly incompatible four actually share a private group chat—where they flirt and gush about him every day.

When the international exchange forms are distributed, An Tang quickly fills his out and submits it, waiting anxiously by the posting board. But when the results are released, he sees the protagonist shou’s name written on his form—though he never put it there.

He’s been exposed.

Bound at the wrists and blindfolded, he hears in the dark not just one voice, but several:

“You’re his boyfriend? What a coincidence—I am too.”

F1: Fu Jiyu, 189cm (Student Council President)
F2: Roy Shelley, 190cm (Blonde-haired, blue-eyed mixed race)
F3: Pei Chengrui, 187cm (Hot-tempered pink-haired puppy)
F4: Ji Suyong, 188cm (Moody, fragile youth)