Bai Le

Biodata

Background

Bai Le transmigrates into a wealthy-family romance novel as a minor character who arranged for Xi Yan and the intended female lead to be drugged. Instead, the woman flees, and Bai Le wakes beside Xi Yan. Fearing the original character’s miserable fate, he initially tries to bring Xi Yan and Ye Feifei together while keeping himself out of danger 1 2 4.

The events around him increasingly diverge from the book, and Bai Le considers that he may have entered a parallel world. His knowledge is also incomplete: he never read the original novel’s ending 12 25.

Appearance

Bai Le is described as handsome, fair and clean-cut, with a perpetual smile and peach blossom eyes that give him a carefree, affectionate-looking expression 3.

• His arms and legs remain thin when he first notices a small bulge in his belly 34.
• His appearance and clothes attract attention during his stay in a small county town 47.

Personality

Bai Le is playful and sociable, often teasing friends, family and colleagues. He enjoys the comforts of his wealthy identity, including luxury cars, and once writes Bai Yin a small check simply because writing one makes him feel good 3 4 7.

Despite his carefree manner, he can be perceptive and resourceful. When he decides to leave home during his first pregnancy, he plans his route and finances carefully. He is also protective of Bai Yin and takes time to help with her university problems 22 30 41.

His knowledge of Xi Yan initially leaves him frightened and wary. As they spend time together, Bai Le comes to see him as less frightening than he imagined and gradually grows more comfortable relying on him 53 63 115.

Story Role

Transmigration and company work

After admitting that he arranged Xi Yan’s drugging, Bai Le tries to avoid further involvement with him. Xi Yan later confronts him with hotel surveillance footage but says he will not seek revenge 2 8.

Bai Le begins attending work more regularly, and his father assigns Ye Xiaosi to help him learn company affairs. He promotes the company’s trainees and travels to Japan to negotiate an investment in a shopping-mall chain 7 18.

First pregnancy and marriage

Bai Le realizes that men can become pregnant in this world and fears that he may be carrying Xi Yan’s child. Unwilling to end the pregnancy and worried about its effect on Bai Yin’s anticipated marriage to Xi Yan, he runs away to a county town. Xi Yan finds him, and Bai Le is taken to hospital after collapsing with a fever 35 40 41 49.

Bai Le agrees to marry Xi Yan, and they hold their wedding aboard a ship. During the ceremony, Bai Le feels for the first time that he is no longer entirely an outsider in the world he entered 51 56.

While pregnant, Bai Le is attacked by a knife-wielding man at a ski location; Xi Yan pulls him away from the blade. After childbirth, Bai Le holds his son for the first time, names him Xi Mubai, and returns with him and Xi Yan to S City 79 82.

Family life

Bai Le returns to work after recovering, with Bai Huizhang gradually giving him more authority. At an aquarium, Bai Le reflects on Xi Yan’s devotion and later takes the initiative to kiss him 86 95.

A hospital examination later confirms Bai Le’s second pregnancy. He gives birth to a daughter, Xi Jinxi, nicknamed Xixi, and returns to the company after recovering 98 117.

Relationships

• Xi Yan — Bai Le’s husband and the father of his children. Bai Le initially fears him, but their relationship develops into affection and trust 2 53 81 95.
• Xi Mubai (Mu Mu) — Bai Le and Xi Yan’s son. Bai Le names him after his birth and later teaches him to say “Daddy” 82 89 95.
• Xi Jinxi (Xixi) — Bai Le and Xi Yan’s daughter. Bai Le chooses both her name and nickname 117.
• Bai Huizhang — Bai Le’s father. He frequently scolds Bai Le but cares about him and gradually gives him greater responsibility at the company 3 51 86.
• Wu Xueying — Bai Le’s mother, an interpreter who travels frequently and is fiercely protective of him 12 15.
• Bai Yin — Bai Le’s younger half-sister. The siblings are close; she is upset at the prospect of him moving out after marriage 4 60.
• Wu Hua — Bai Le’s friend and a member of his social circle. He teases Bai Le but also supports him at his wedding 4 27 57.
• Ye Feifei — The woman Bai Le believed was the original novel’s female lead. He initially tries to bring her and Xi Yan together, and she later thanks him for helping her 4 13 28.
• Ye Xiaosi — Bai Le’s secretary, transferred from Bai Huizhang’s staff to help him handle company affairs 18.
• Mu Mu — A child Bai Le befriends at an orphanage, distinct from his son of the same nickname. Bai Le visits him again after his son’s birth and learns that a couple is beginning the process of adopting him 40 86.