Chapter 1
The school bus, emblazoned with the “Bestia Academy” crest, sped along the winding, narrow mountain road. The driver, skillfully handling the steering wheel, took the curves with one hand.
Sounds of dry-heaving periodically echoed through the bus.
The driver offered a placating, “We’re almost there,” while glancing at the interior rearview mirror. A hint of pity crossed his face as he looked at the batch of carsick, specially-enrolled students.
His gaze landed on a slender young man in the very back seat. A standard-issue blue mask covered most of his face, and the skin visible beneath his fine fringe was exceptionally pale. Under long lashes, curled like a raven’s feathers, were a pair of light, glass-grey eyes. At that moment, they were staring listlessly out the window, giving him an unusually sickly appearance.
Yan He hadn’t thrown up yet, but he was close.
This was the third day since he had worked himself to death and transmigrated into this noble academy novel.
As a straight-laced corporate slave used to the 996 grind, he naturally had no time to read such novels. However, during his lunch breaks, he had often overheard his female colleagues excitedly discussing a popular web novel titled Animalistic Desires in the Academy.
Yan Heâs knowledge of such stories was stuck in the era of clichĂ©s like, “Duanmu took me to Meters/bonwe.”
Like all cliché noble academy stories, this one also had an F4.
His female colleagues affectionately referred to the F4 members with nicknames like “Good Boy Tiger” and “Big Bird Baby,” and they said the protagonist was the coolest wolf in the entire academy.
Yan He, thinking of internet slang for men like “little wolf-dog,” “little wildcat,” and so on, easily accepted that the author, for artistic effect, had simply attached an animal label to each character to strengthen their persona.
The reason Yan He realized he had transmigrated into a book right away was because of a popular characterâYun Xiao.
As the young master of the Yun family, one of the empire’s four great financial conglomerates, he was, of course, a member of the F4 in this noble academy novel.
Naturally, Yan He wasn’t lucky enough to become Yun Xiao. He had become the son of the Yun family’s driver, who happened to share the same name.
Apparently, after more than a year at Bestia Academy, Young Master Yun’s temper had grown increasingly volatile and unstable. To manage Yun Xiao’s emotions, the Yun family decided to select an acquaintance of the same age to enter the academy as a specially-enrolled student to look after him as a study companionâin layman’s terms, a lackey.
After the original owner of this body was chosen, he had threatened suicide by jumping into the Yun family’s swimming pool to avoid going to the academy. In the end, after all the fuss, he just came down with a high fever and was sent onto the school bus anyway.
Bestia Academy was the most prestigious noble institution in the entire empire, located southwest of the capital of the empire’s largest state, Dong’an.
It was surrounded by mountains, with thirteen peaks connected in a continuous chain that stretched as far as the eye could see. According to the driver’s earlier introduction, Bestia Academy was vast, spanning several mountains. It was said that you could drive for half a day and still be within the academy’s grounds.
And just over fifty kilometers from the academy was the empire’s most famous 5A-grade wildlife conservation area, where tourists had often photographed rare animals.
It was said that a diploma from Bestia Academy was equivalent to a golden key to a successful future. Even the worst-performing specially-enrolled students could land an offer with an annual salary of no less than a million upon graduation. Most importantly, the upper-class social circles established within the academy would ensure a smooth path forward in life.
As a former working-class man, Yan He was deeply moved!
However, Yan He could also guess why the original owner was so resistant to being a lackey at a noble academy.
Because this was a danmei (BL) novel. According to his female colleagues, almost every character with a name in it was gay!
Damn gays!
Yan He had no memory of the original owner, but he figured the original was a straight man just like him. How could one not despair when going to a noble academy teeming with gay men?
Yan He wasn’t sure what kind of treatment a lackey for a young master received in a BL novel, but he had some idea of what happened to a young master’s study companion in ancient times.
Moreover, the original owner was no saint. While Yun Xiao was living at the school dorms, he had gathered up the valuable, million-dollar figurines from Yun Xiao’s display cabinet and was caught red-handed trying to steal them.
And Yun Xiao was the loudest and most hot-tempered of the entire F4, prone to smashing things and flying into a rage at the slightest provocation. If he found out what the original owner had done, there was no telling what he would do.
Yan He, who was now forced to take the blame for the original’s actions, couldn’t help but put on a pained expression.
Did he really have to attend this damn school?
Bestia Academy Forums.
Nosy students with various cute animal avatars were excitedly replying to a trending post.
ăOwl with Glassesă: Report! I just flew up to a branch to check. This batch of specially-enrolled students is about to reach the school gate!
ăDon’t Call Me Emei Mountain Broă: The new prey is arriving. I wonder if there are any ferocious beasts in this batch?
ăTibetan Highland Yak Spirită replying to above: Ferocious beasts? Haha, are you kidding? The odds of a specially-enrolled student turning out to be a ferocious beast are lower than pulling an SSR in a gacha game, right? If there are even two good-looking ones, it’ll be considered a quality batch.
Looking at their phone screens, a group of rich scions couldn’t help but smile with contempt. This was the biggest gap between the rich and the poorâthe information gap.
Those poor people who suddenly underwent a beast transformation would only panic, unsure of how to cope, and could only try to hide it. Only a very small number of specially-enrolled students would, by some lucky chance, learn that this top academy in the empire only accepted students who could transform into beasts!
Therefore, ninety percent of the students at Bestia Noble Academy were from wealthy families. Here, you either transformed into a ferocious beast at the top of the food chain, or you were a rich young master from an affluent family. Only then did you have a chance to live like a person.
The lowly specially-enrolled students, for the most part, were neither. Most of them were pitiful little herbivores.
They were merely prey to be looked down upon by the rich young mastersâto be bullied, to be torn apart, and even… to be violated.
ăAll Hail the Great Tibetan Mastiffă: I remember the prettiest one from last year’s batch was a peacock, right? Just because he was decent-looking, he thought he could seduce the F4? Him? Once his feathers were plucked, he was just a bald chicken.
ăBig-Tailed Calico Meowă: Ah! They’re here, the bus is entering the gate! Looking forward to the new prey! (slurping.jpg)
ăNation’s Super First-Class Protected Red Junglefowlă: Holy crap, live report from the front! Young Master Pan is such a dog. Is he going to intimidate the new students or be the first to pick his prey?
ăWild Boar is Awesomeă: ? Wait a minute… I remember Pan Ze is one of the F4’s loyal lackeys, right?
ăRaccoon Who Doesn’t Eat Dry Noodlesă: Was Pan Ze’s move hinted at by the F4? No way, no way, could the F4 have their eyes on someone in this batch of new students? My faith is shattered!
After many twists and turns on the mountain road, the school bus finally entered the academy’s access road outside the main gate.
Through the window, Yan He observed the noble academy hidden deep in the mountains. It had more impressive greenery than any ordinary school, with lush trees and branches everywhere. In the distance, one could see numerous buildings that were a fusion of Chinese and Western styles, their dark, greyish tones reminiscent of a bygone century.
The massive iron gate, which looked to be nearly seven or eight meters high, glinted with an inexplicable coldness under the sun, forcefully and brutally separating the world inside the academy from the one outside. It was like a colossal prison, its oppressive atmosphere making it hard to breathe.
A black crow stood atop the gilded school nameplate that read “Bestia Academy.” A macaque hung upside down from the tall iron bars, and a squirrel, holding a nut, sat leisurely on the fluffy head of a yak.
They didn’t seem to fear humans. Their probing gazes were filled with intense curiosity.
It was more like they were looking atâprey.
Yan He knew that rich young masters always liked to keep unusual pets to show off their status. Since this was the mountains, it wasn’t strange to see these small animals.
Bestia Academy was a closed campus, and the school gates were locked year-round. For the arrival of the new batch of specially-enrolled students, the iron gates, programmed for a single opening, slowly swung open.
The bus had just driven into the academy when a bright orange luxury sports car shot out from the front, heading straight for them. The driver slammed on the brakes, forced to a halt. The specially-enrolled students inside were thrown forward by the inertia.
The mechanical gate detected that the bus had stopped in its path and automatically triggered its anti-collision setting, causing the iron gates to remain open, letting out a cold alarm sound from time to time.
A male student in the academy’s dark black suit uniform got out of the sports car. A pale gold nameplate was pinned to his left chest.
On the bus, Yan He had heard another student explain that within Bestia Academy, students were strictly divided into classes. Each student would receive a nameplate corresponding to their status upon enrollment.
There were four levels of nameplates: dark red, silver, pale gold, and black gold.
Specially-enrolled students were only worthy of the dark red nameplate. The vast majority of students in the academy had silver and pale gold, while the rarest black gold nameplates were said to be owned by only a small number of wealthy scions, like the F4.
The nameplate would determine the kind of treatment they received in the academy.
Of course, the nameplate level wasn’t fixed. To motivate the specially-enrolled students, the academy also implemented a nameplate promotion system.
It was said that there were a handful of specially-enrolled students who had gone from a dark red nameplate all the way to a pale gold one, and they were regarded as role models for the others.
Yan He couldn’t help but complain in his heart. I really want to report this to the Board of Education. Damn this capitalist world!
The moment the driver saw the pale gold nameplate, he didn’t wait for the other party to kick the bus door in. He immediately opened it first, greeting obsequiously, “Young Master Pan Ze.”
Pan Ze lightly adjusted the collar of his uniform at the door and then, unhurriedly, strode up the steps with his long legs.
The instant Pan Ze stepped onto the bus, it was as if the powerful pressure of a ferocious beast brought with it the threat of death. Almost in unison, the specially-enrolled students instinctively lowered their heads, not daring to meet Pan Ze’s contemptuous gaze.
Yan He: ?
Wait, when did you guys rehearse this together? Without me?
From the corner of his eye, Yan He saw the specially-enrolled student next to him start to tremble uncontrollably. The fear soon spread throughout his body, and his legs began to shake.
Even though it was a noble academy controlled by financial conglomerates where money was king, it still had to abide by laws and school rules. Yan He hadn’t expected the specially-enrolled students to be this terrified of the rich young masters.
Besides, a half-assed name like “Pan Ze” immediately told you he was just a minor character.
Yan He didn’t understand, but that didn’t stop him from joining in. He immediately lowered his head and pretended to be a quail.
Pan Ze looked at the students who were too scared to raise their heads and let out a light snort.
How could this group of lowly specially-enrolled students possibly transform into ferocious beasts?
His gaze wandered over them without any attempt to conceal his disdain. His eyes suddenly stopped on a swan-like neck, where the faint outline of a spinal column disappeared into a white shirt, creating an unusual beauty.
Pan Ze paused, then spoke: “Raise your heads.”
Are you some fat orange cat choosing his concubines?
Yan He cursed inwardly as he raised his head. A quick glance around showed that not a single other person had looked up.
Holy shit, these guys really did have extra lessons without me!
Yan He quickly lowered his head again, pretending nothing had happened.
After a moment of silence, Yan He heard nothing. The bus was exceptionally quiet.
The phone in his trouser pocket vibrated slightly. Shielded by the tall figure of the student in front of him, Yan He secretly pulled out his phone and glanced at WeChat.
ăAAAA Professional Chauffeur for the Rich, Brother Yană: Little He, you should have arrived at the academy, right? Be a good study companion for Young Master Yun Xiao from now on. It’s not all bad, you know.
Having no memories of the original owner, Yan He stared at the contact name for a moment before realizing it was his cheap dad.
What do you mean, study companion? Isn’t it just being a bootlicker?
In his past life, he was a workhorse for his boss, and in this life, he had to be a dog for a young master! Yan He felt pissed just thinking about it. Couldn’t he just be a human being for once?!
Because he didn’t reply, his cheap dad sent another message.
ăAAAA Professional Chauffeur for the Rich, Brother Yană: Little He, just to be safe, Dad also arranged a low-key and common identity for you. Canidae – Husky.
Yan He’s pupils quaked: ???
What? No way! Nowadays, do you even have to specify the breed when you’re a dog for the rich kids?
âA husky?
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