The Sleeping Husband, Yet Everyone's Favorite

[From Hated by All to Everyone's Favorite | Rivalry-Filled Love Triangle | Seemingly Proper, Brooding, Scheming Ghost of a Top x Straight Bottom Who Cares Only About Good Looks and Money]

Shen Mingzhu transmigrated into a novel about a universally adored protagonist at a noble academy, where every character was out of their mind and all the love interests were up for grabs.

He became the pathetic fiance of the protagonist, a cannon-fodder character meant to highlight the protagonist's charm.

System: Complete your character missions, and you'll become more and more handsome. Help your fiance find a partner, and you'll receive a 50-billion bonus.

Shen Mingzhu: Who wants a useless fiance? Whoever wants him can have him. I want to be handsome! I want money!

His fiance flirted with the campus heartthrob. Shen Mingzhu pretended not to notice and even helped cover for them.

His fiance pursued the campus belle. Shen Mingzhu acted as if he didn't know and helped his fiance woo her.

His fiance's rival cornered Shen Mingzhu in the changing room to provoke him, and Shen Mingzhu still had to reply with heartfelt passion: I'm the one who's engaged to him!

Shen Mingzhu followed the plot while looking for loopholes. Whoever embarrassed him, he quietly got revenge on.

"Why should poor people have to put up with being bullied? I'll make every last one of them pay!"

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If not for their arranged engagement, Chen Ye would never have agreed to marry Shen Mingzhu.

Shen Mingzhu was timid and weak, always walking with his head lowered.

Later, Chen Ye noticed that his fiance's personality had changed. Shen Mingzhu was no longer infatuated with him, and now he took revenge on anyone who crossed him.

Then came a riding lesson. Shen Mingzhu galloped across the field in a fitted riding suit. His shapely backside and long legs were more dazzling and striking than the fiery maple-covered mountain behind him.

No one could take their eyes off him.

Chen Ye: He's my fiance. What are you looking at?

Shen Mingzhu was acting in earnest for the money, until the story started going off the rails.

His fiance's admirers began fighting over Shen Mingzhu.

His fiance's younger brother clung to Shen Mingzhu possessively. "Sister-in-law, I'll be my brother for you!"

His fiance's rival hooked a finger under Shen Mingzhu's chin. "Be mine. Chen Ye may be blind, but I'm not."

Even the noble academy's resilient, innocent little flower pinned him against the wall. "You can only be mine!"

When the much-adored fiance saw Shen Mingzhu achieve success and prepare to break off their engagement, he knelt before him, his voice dangerous yet restrained. "Shen Mingzhu, who do you think you're giving me to? You should love me like you used to, and want no one but me! You're my lawful husband!"

Alarm bells blared in Shen Mingzhu's head. Get lost! I know perfectly well which matters more, you or 50 billion!

Blurb written on October 12, 2026.

Theme: Being yourself is the key to success.