The Disliked Cannon-Fodder Bottom Decides to Become a Monk

Lu Kongmiao transmigrates into a melodramatic, everyone-loves-him novel and becomes the true young master of a wealthy family, whose life was switched at birth. In the novel, everyone likes the fake young master, who is the protagonist. Jealous of him, Lu Kongmiao picks fights with him at every turn, trying to steal his fiance and childhood friend, only to be scorned and despised. In the end, even his biological parents find him an embarrassment and marry him off to Jiang Yu. Jiang Yu seems poor and unambitious, with nothing going for him but his looks. They say he married Lu Kongmiao for the money. When Lu Kongmiao transmigrates, he's in the middle of a hunger strike out of spite, so famished that his head is spinning. He drags his weak limbs to the kitchen, nearly blows it up, then accepts his fate, walks out, and knocks on Jiang Yu's door. With utmost sincerity, Lu Kongmiao says, "I've decided to become a monk. I heard you're poor too. Want to join me?" After all, before transmigrating, he'd been a Buddhist cultivator in ancient times, and he was pretty good at begging for alms. He could show Jiang Yu the ropes. Jiang Yu, the secretly powerful big shot: "..." * Jiang Yu discovers that he's the obsessive villain in an everyone-loves-him novel. In the story, he's forced to marry Lu Kongmiao but secretly loves the protagonist, Lu Rong. He keeps Lu Rong from getting together with his admirers, while Lu Kongmiao relentlessly pursues those same admirers. In the end, one goes bankrupt and dies miserably, while another goes mad and loses his mind. Jiang Yu, who has never even met Lu Rong: "?" He tries to escape the control of the plot, but fails every time. In the end, he decides to give up and let things happen. He's going to go bankrupt sooner or later, and die sooner or later, so whatever. And so... On day one of giving up, he doesn't cook, and Lu Kongmiao nearly blows up the kitchen. On day two, Lu Kongmiao invites him to go begging together. On day three, he realizes Lu Kongmiao doesn't seem to be controlled by the plot. On day N, cuddling with his wife lets him break free of the plot. On day N+1, rival A suddenly shows up, and rival B appears in secret. Both stare at his wife with red-rimmed eyes. On day... Jiang Yu stops giving up. Right in front of his rivals, he pins Lu Kongmiao in a corner and kisses him. Jiang Yu: "That's hilarious. Who else can get red-rimmed eyes?" You can take his money, but not his wife. Money can be earned again, but he has only one wife. * Theme: Work hard and reap both career success and love.