Jiang Yuexi

Biodata

Background

Jiang Yuexi is Jiang Zheng’s daughter and a young woman of the Jiang Group. She is already able to take charge of work at the company 12 13. She spent part of her childhood living with her uncle Song Shuchen at their grandmother’s home; the two are nine years apart and close like siblings 34.

Appearance

Jiang Yuexi has a fresh, pretty face and an air of nobility 26 34.

• She wears delicate dangling earrings when she meets her roommates at her uncle’s restaurant 27.
• She wears a haute couture outfit to a roadside food stall without putting on airs 28.

Personality

Jiang Yuexi is sociable and generous: she greets her new roommates with chocolates, treats them to dinner, and offers to organize their Christmas Eve celebration 26 29. She is also warmhearted and protective, helping Nan Xingyu investigate her phone and arrange a transfer when she learns someone is pursuing her 30 31 34.

She is self-assured about her romantic prospects. After Xi Jin treats her coldly on their blind date, she tells Song Shuchen that Xi Jin is not her type and that she sees no reason to chase him or put up with his moods 12 29. Although she later feels jealous and angry that Nan Xingyu concealed their relationship, she says she understands why Nan Xingyu did so 38 39.

History

Blind date and dorm life

Jiang Yuexi meets Xi Jin on a blind date and tries to engage him in conversation about shooting, even asking him to teach her. His indifference leaves her feeling rebuffed 12. She later becomes an exchange student and shares a dorm with Nan Xingyu, Lin Piaopiao, and Li Ziyan 26.

At dinner with her roommates, Yuexi introduces Song Shuchen after he catches Nan Xingyu when she stumbles. Yuexi subsequently teases her uncle about his interest in Nan Xingyu and offers to help him pursue her 27 29.

Helping Nan Xingyu

After noticing that Nan Xingyu’s phone screen flickers during calls and messages, Yuexi privately writes down her suspicion that it may be tapped. She takes Nan Xingyu to Song Shuchen, who finds a bug and a tracker inside 30 31.

Nan Xingyu asks Yuexi for help transferring schools. Yuexi follows up on the application and gives her an overseas admission notice, agreeing to keep the transfer secret from their other roommates. At Yuexi’s request, Song Shuchen has secretly helped arrange it through an overseas classmate 31 32 34.

The resort and its aftermath

Yuexi invites her roommates to Song Shuchen’s Cloudtop Manor resort for winter break. When Xi Jin arrives and questions her about her closeness to Song Shuchen, she briefly believes he might be jealous of her 34. During a party game, Xi Jin kisses Nan Xingyu; Yuexi outwardly dismisses the moment as part of the game, though she is shaken 36.

Yuexi later visits Nan Xingyu’s mother, Liu Meili, in hospital. In the lobby, Nan Xingyu apologizes for concealing her relationship with Xi Jin and tells Yuexi that they have been together since she was eighteen. Yuexi admits she is angry about being kept in the dark but hopes Nan Xingyu can get away from someone she does not like 38 39.

Xi Kun continues to insist that Xi Jin marry Yuexi as part of an alliance between their families, but Xi Jin refuses 44. At a hotel, Yuexi tries to stop Xi Jin from beating Hua Jinyao after Hua insults Nan Xingyu. Xi Jin flings her aside, and Yuexi realizes Nan Xingyu matters to him more than she had imagined 47 48.

Relationships

• Nan Xingyu — Roommate and friend. Yuexi helps her investigate the surveillance devices in her phone and arrange an overseas transfer, initially unaware that Xi Jin is the person Nan Xingyu fears 26 30 31 34.
• Xi Jin — Her blind-date and proposed marriage-alliance partner. Yuexi initially rejects the prospect, later wonders whether he likes her, and eventually learns of his secret relationship with Nan Xingyu 12 29 34 38.
• Song Shuchen — Her uncle and childhood companion. Yuexi teases him about Nan Xingyu and asks him to help with Nan Xingyu’s phone and transfer 27 31 34.
• Jiang Zheng — Her father and chairman of the Jiang Group. He favors Xi Jin as a prospective match for her 13 29.
• Lin Piaopiao and Li Ziyan — Her roommates, with whom she shares meals, celebrates Christmas Eve, and visits Cloudtop Manor 26 28 29 34.

Notable Quotes

“Girls should help girls, of course. Besides, it was no trouble at all for me. I’m really happy I could help you.” 34

“I am angry that you kept it from me, but I’m not unreasonable, you know?” 39