The Noble Academy Extra's Guide to Self-Preservation

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The little jiao dragon had one obsession: ascending to become a dragon.

In its first life, it went straight into battle against a dragon. It lost and died.

In its second life, it borrowed the emperor's fortune to become a dragon, drawing Heaven's wrath. It died.

In its third life, the little jiao dragon stared at its own tail, then quietly moved to the countryside. Forget it. Being an emperor dragon in the fields would do just as well.

It had only enjoyed two peaceful days in the fields when it suddenly found a dragon, a huge, gleaming golden dragon!

The little jiao dragon curled up its tail and laughed toward the sky. Heaven has eyes! I'm not doomed after all! With dragon meat in my grasp, becoming a dragon is as good as guaranteed.

But... this dragon looks a little familiar.

Like... The little jiao dragon scratched its head with its tail. Like that evil dragon that killed it twice!

Lin Jiao was furious. It tapped the dragon with the tip of its tail, ready to swallow him whole.

Long Huai opened his eyes. "Thank you for saving me, young master. I can only repay you for saving my life by giving you myself."

Lin Jiao jumped back. "?" Don't you dare try to pin this on me!

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Though things hadn't gone as Lin Jiao expected, its ambition remained. But every time it was about to succeed, the other dragon caught it red-handed.

Unhappy about it, Lin Jiao could only secretly make him do more work. "I rescued you! Go work in the fields!" "Pull the weeds." "The peaches are almost ripe. Don't forget to pick them." "Where's the fish? Where's tonight's fish?!" ...

To Lin Jiao's surprise, it seemed to have really landed itself a strapping man.

Long Huai was extremely obedient, always timid and deferential. Somehow, that made Lin Jiao less than satisfied.

"All right. You've done a lot of work, and I'm the great jiao king. I'll grant you one wish."

"Really?" Long Huai's eyes lit up at once.

"O-of course!" Lin Jiao had a bad feeling, but the offer was already out there, so it forced itself to agree.

That night, Long Huai transformed into a dragon, slipped into bed, and stared at the sleepy-eyed Lin Jiao as he spread his scales. "Then you're my wife!"

"?!" Lin Jiao kicked him out of bed.

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From that day on, Lin Jiao started having all sorts of dreams. They were full of shameful scenes, and it was so annoyed that every time it woke up, it took its frustration out on Long Huai, the leading man in those dreams.

It found him more and more irritating, and also more and more... suspicious.

"A kiss? Just one?" Lin Jiao suddenly grew curious. Did it really feel that good?

Long Huai's eyes lit up, but he remained timid, cautiously leaning in for a little touch.

Lin Jiao was the one who couldn't wait, shoving him forward.

It smacked its lips twice. It was... just okay, wasn't it?

Suddenly, Long Huai grabbed its wrist and let it experience the whole thing for real... from start to finish.

---Novel blurb

An Tang was a poor student at an elite academy. One day, he found a book: a thrilling bedtime read about saving the beloved protagonist from misery. And where did the misery come from? From him.

In the original story, he was a thoroughly wicked, crazed-with-jealousy villain who spread rumors everywhere. In the end, his reputation was ruined, his future was destroyed, and one of his hands was broken.

To save himself, An Tang looked in the mirror and, with trembling hands, took a photo.

He couldn't give up access to this top-tier education, nor could he accept a miserable, destitute fate. So he turned his attention to F4, the four students with the most power at the elite academy.

But one wasn't enough to make him feel safe. An Tang steeled himself and offended all four of them. He showered them with sweet talk and seduced them in person. After those two potent moves, the four had no spare attention to give the protagonist.

But An Tang had no intention of taking responsibility. He told each of them, "I'll see you when I'm feeling better/thinner/fairer/richer. I want to show my husband the best version of myself."

Until one day, he accidentally mixed up his lines. Too busy and frazzled to notice, he kept calling them all "big brother."

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An Tang had underestimated F4's abilities and the protagonist's knack for stirring up trouble. By a series of happy accidents, he miraculously escaped one trending scandal after another and kept playing the invisible nobody.

A lackey's duties were endless. An Tang had to fetch coffee for F2 during the day, deliver a watch to F1 between classes, play ball with F3 in the afternoon, and bring dinner to F4, who was too delicate to look after himself, at night. By the end of the day, his head was spinning.

His life should have been perfectly peaceful, except...

Why did F1 make him sit in the student council president's seat?

Why did F2 personally feed him the little dessert that came free with his coffee?

Why did F3 insist on watching him change, his gaze always lingering on An Tang's pale waist?

Why did F4 keep saying he'd ordered too much and inviting him to eat, until eventually An Tang didn't even have to pick up the food himself?

An Tang keenly sensed something was wrong. He didn't know that the four men, who seemed to be at each other's throats, had a private group chat where they showed off their love for him every day.

The international exchange program applications were handed out. An Tang filled his out quickly and turned it in, then waited by the notice board every day. But when he looked at the list, he saw the protagonist's name on it, even though the protagonist hadn't applied.

He'd been found out.

An Tang's hands were bound and his eyes were blindfolded. In the darkness, more than one person spoke.

"You're his boyfriend? So am I. What a coincidence."

F1: Fu Jieyu, 189 cm (Student Council President)

F2: Roy Shelley, 190 cm (blond, blue-eyed mixed-race student)

F3: Pei Chengrui, 187 cm (pink-haired, short-tempered puppy)

F4: Ji Suyong, 188 cm (gloomy, fragile boy)

Reading notes:

1. This is a sweet story! At heart, it's all about an adorable bottom who doesn't realize how adored he is and a top who dotes on his wife.

2. He's a little cat who complains in his head, dares to think but not act, and is only brave in his own home (not).

Theme: Life will gradually get better.