Shen Yu

Biodata

Background

Shen Yu transmigrated into the original owner’s body after the young man’s mother forced him to swallow pills during her own suicide attempt. A system briefly bound itself to him and granted him the permanent Everyone’s Favorite Buff before unbinding at his request 1.

The original owner’s father had disappeared three years earlier. Luo Ningsang, the father’s disciple, visited regularly and helped deal with the aftermath when the original owner burned down half his school 3.

After his first rescue, Shen Yu pretended to have amnesia to conceal his transmigration. Luo Ningsang’s companions presented him as their boss’s younger brother, a story Shen Yu accepted 3 6. The system later told him that the original owner had permitted him to live on in his place 7.

Appearance

Shen Yu has fair skin, sapphire-blue eyes and a delicate, youthful face. He is often described as frail while recovering from his injuries 1 8 32.

• Hair: Originally long and turquoise-blue; he later had much of it cut short, leaving one long lock for Lu Yanjin to braid 1 32.
• Eyelashes: Pale blue 6.
• Build and features: Tall and straight in posture, with features described as having a heroic air 24 32.

Personality

Shen Yu is wary, sharp-tongued and resistant to being controlled. He conceals his intentions when it suits him, including feigning amnesia and hiding injuries to avoid further scrutiny 3 50.

Despite feeling like an impostor among people who cared for the original owner, he is moved by their affection and becomes protective of them. He risks himself to clear Luo Ningsang’s name and defends Jiang Qianyu as a friend he chose 7 24 46.

His gentler behavior contrasts with a ruthless side. After Bai Xiaofan’s abuse, Shen Yu attacks him with a fountain pen and broken glass; Shen Yu later reflects that the incident stirred disturbing memories from his previous life 19 21.

Abilities & Skills

Everyone’s Favorite Buff

The system left Shen Yu with a permanent buff that increases others’ favorable impressions of him 1.

• The system says feelings develop and change as people spend time with him 39.
• The buff does not prevent someone from acting against him when he obstructs them, though they may hold back 1.

Investigation and deduction

Shen Yu notices connections and uses deception to obtain information.

• He linked Bai Xiaofan’s treatment of a stray cat to a murder method and asked Luo Ningsang to help find evidence 9.
• He suspected a connection between the wish-granting service [Dream’s Lament] and student suicides, prompting checks on chat records 12.
• He deduced that Wen Wenyu was connected to Bai Xiaofan’s side during the abduction 17.
• At the morgue, he overheard a plan to remove drug traces and frame Luo Ningsang 26.

Fighting and survival

Shen Yu fights aggressively, using improvised weapons and exploiting openings even while injured.

• He used a fountain pen and broken glass against Bai Xiaofan 19.
• He used a nerve pinch, handcuffs and a scalpel during encounters at the Police Bureau and morgue 26 27.
• His weakened body limits his endurance: exertion in the morgue left him unable to escape his pursuer 26.
• While drugged at the banquet, he fought He Lin apparently on instinct, though he later could not recall what had happened 38 39.

Other skills and knowledge

• Drug knowledge: He recognized Feimikaki from prior experience and later identified Thorn Coagulin and Chailuophenol in the morgue case 18 28.
• Gambling: He beat Sister Ting in a dice game and offered to teach Jiang Qianyu a trick on condition that Jiang never initiate a bet 36 37.
• Go: He suggested a winning move to Chu Jingsong 24.

Equipment & Items

• Phone — A discharge gift purchased collectively by Luo Ningsang’s group 7.
• Protective talisman — A gift from Lu Yanjin 7.
• Watch — A gift from Lu Xianchang 7.
• Luo Ningsang’s registered gun — Used by Shen Yu to force Yuan Qingshan to agree to lower the iron net at Jinglan Imperial Residence 47.

Relationships

• Luo Ningsang — The original owner’s father’s disciple and Shen Yu’s adopted older-brother figure. He rescues Shen Yu from the first kidnapping, while Shen Yu later risks himself to clear his name 3 26 28.
• Lu Yanjin — A protective companion whom Shen Yu calls Brother Jin. He tends Shen Yu’s injuries and accompanies him during investigations 6 7 12.
• Lu Xianchang — A companion whom Shen Yu calls Brother Xian. Shen Yu visits the Lu Family banquet to see him and deliver Luo Ningsang’s letter 6 32 34.
• Xu Shenzheng — A member of Luo Ningsang’s group whom Shen Yu calls Brother Zheng. He helps accompany and protect Shen Yu 6 12 29.
• Lin Xinluo — A member of Luo Ningsang’s group whom Shen Yu calls Sister Luoluo. She gives him the group’s discharge gift and later protects him after the banquet incident 7 50.
• Xie Shuyang — Shen Yu’s attending physician, who treats him after his kidnappings and cautions him about his recovery 3 7 22.
• Xu Yao — A schoolmate who had been kind to the original owner. She offers to become Shen Yu’s friend again after he says he has forgotten her 12.
• Bai Xiaofan — An adversary whom Shen Yu remembers torturing a stray cat. Bai has Shen Yu abducted and imprisons him in a laboratory; Shen Yu later seeks revenge 9 18 35.
• Jiang Qianyu — A friend Shen Yu meets after intervening in a dice game. Shen Yu stands by him when Yuan Qingshan exposes his family’s underworld ties 36 37 46.
• Yuan Qingshan — A hacker who helps Shen Yu locate Luo Ningsang, then later confronts him at Jinglan Imperial Residence 26 45 47.
• System — The entity that granted the permanent buff. Although Shen Yu resents it, it continues to provide information and communicate with him 1 3 33.

Story Role

First kidnapping and recovery

Shortly after transmigrating, Shen Yu is kidnapped. He rejects Qingjiu’s offer of money, power and status, then warns Luo Ningsang that explosives have been hidden in a water jar. Luo rescues him before the blast 1 3.

In hospital, Shen Yu pretends not to recognize Luo and gradually accepts the care of Luo’s companions. After discharge, he becomes involved in investigations concerning Bai Xiaofan and the rumored service [Dream’s Lament] 3 7 9 12.

Bai Xiaofan’s laboratory and the morgue

Bai Yin abducts Shen Yu from a coffee shop on Bai Xiaofan’s orders. After an attempted escape with Lu Yanjin and Wen Wenyu, Shen Yu is taken to Bai Xiaofan’s laboratory, where Bai drains air from the glass case holding him. Shen Yu attacks Bai before the laboratory door is forced open 15 16 18 19.

Believing Luo Ningsang has taken responsibility for a death, Shen Yu escapes the hospital to seek help. At the morgue, he discovers a scheme to erase drug evidence and frame Luo. He is captured but escapes the hostage situation and helps establish which drugs were involved. He later learns that Bai Xiaofan survived 22 24 26 28.

Lu Family reunion banquet

Shen Yu attends the banquet to visit Lu Xianchang, but also intends to find allies for his revenge against Bai Xiaofan. He befriends Jiang Qianyu, is drugged and targeted by He Lin, and is subsequently trapped in the building by a bomb threat 32 35 37 40.

During the forced search for a killer, Shen Yu offers Yuanxiao a chance to pursue him in exchange for the culprit’s name; Yuanxiao identifies He Wen. Shen Yu later confronts Yuan Qingshan and forces him to agree to lower the iron net 43 44 47.

Afterward, Shen Yu hides how he was hurt. Misreading his evasiveness as emotional distress, Luo Ningsang decides he should attend Ancheng No. 3 Middle School despite his objections 50.