Wen Feiran

Biodata

Background and History

Wen Feiran lived alone before reaching adulthood. Three years before the beginning of the story, he was forcibly bound to a system and sent on more than a dozen quick-transmigration missions. He returned to his original world six months before confronting Li Tao 3 149.

During Wen Feiran’s absence, he had signed with a talent agency and debuted using deliberately ugly styling as a gimmick. After attracting online abuse, he was shelved by the company. On his return, he also lacked his memories of the intervening three years, including his marriage to Gu Suian 3 144 184.

Appearance

Wen Feiran has delicate features and a slender build. His appearance drew attention once he stopped wearing the makeup and glasses used to disguise his looks on Forward All the Way 37 80.

• Face: Exquisite features and bone structure, with a soft rather than flamboyant beauty 37.
• Build: Narrow shoulders and a slender back; he had previously been underweight and in poor health 80.
• Early show styling: Patchy, ashen makeup, artificial freckles, heavily styled hair and bulky black-rimmed glasses 4.
• Distinguishing habit: He often walks close to walls to avoid attention—a habit by which a viewer recognized him 34.

Personality

Wen Feiran is socially anxious and finds cameras, crowds and complicated conversations exhausting. In groups, he repeatedly rehearses what he wants to say, only for the conversation to move on before he speaks. He recharges by spending time alone 4 7 12.

Although he prefers to avoid conflict, he can be direct when pushed. When an assistant accused him of stealing a ring without evidence, Wen Feiran challenged him and offered to call the police 68. He is also considerate of others: he worried over Su Shangting’s hurt feelings after overlooking him and later resolved to protect Gu Suian in return for his care 23 185.

Wen Feiran values his privacy and tries to keep his alternate identities hidden. He is nevertheless receptive to financial opportunities: after leaving his agency, he agreed to return to Forward All the Way when he learned how much it would pay per day 13 32 33.

Abilities and Skills

Painting and Calligraphy

Wen Feiran is skilled in traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy. During his first quick-transmigration mission, he chose to study painting for ten years rather than publicly humiliate his assigned target 1 10.

• His work impressed Elder Zeng, who wanted to become his disciple. Wen Feiran instead made him his master’s senior disciple and offered to pass on his master’s teachings 12 53.
• His paintings appeared under the name Lu Lu at the Pure White exhibition, where a collector praised him as a gifted self-taught artist 63.

Design and Songwriting

Wen Feiran works under several professional identities.

• Sishui: His design skills drew praise after Sun Baofeng’s impersonation exposed his identity 51 53.
• Feiwen: He writes songs under this name and acknowledged the identity after Zhou Lei confronted him about a lawsuit 32 129.
• Lu Lu: His painting pseudonym was exposed at the Pure White exhibition 63 65.

Racing and Games

• Racing: He drove against Lian Ainao with Gu Suian as his passenger, taking the lead with considerable speed and skill. He recognized the car’s controls from his quick-transmigration worlds 73.
• Video games: He was unknowingly Su Shangting’s top-player friend under another identity 24.
• Go: He reconstructed a famous game record that had been lost. He later realized that he had played the game himself in a quick-transmigration world 104.
• Locks: He opened a simple combination lock immediately and later unlocked another door after ten minutes 78 89.

Camera Avoidance

Wen Feiran’s awareness of cameras helps him remain out of view. During filming, he found routes that avoided most cameras and could evade several trained on him at once 5 18.

Relationships

• Gu Suian — Wen Feiran’s husband. Initially unaware of their marriage, Wen Feiran became his fan and developed romantic feelings for him. After Wen Feiran discovered their marriage certificate, Gu Suian chose to court him again; they later moved in together and resumed married life 120 144 146 170 200.
• Zou Yuxing — A close friend and fellow show participant who frequently draws Wen Feiran into his arguments with Su Shangting. Zou later supported him against online criticism 26 115 200.
• Su Shangting — Wen Feiran’s friend and Zou Yuxing’s frequent rival. Su valued Wen Feiran’s friendship, though Wen Feiran initially failed to recognize why Su was upset with him 23 27.
• Elder Zeng — A painter impressed by Wen Feiran’s work and an elder of Gu Suian’s family. Wen Feiran made him his master’s senior disciple; Elder Zeng later publicly defended him as family 12 176 178.
• Mu Qianyu — A fellow participant who privately told Wen Feiran she wanted to divorce Duan Haoran. She later disclosed that Duan had organized a smear campaign against him 12 16.
• Li Tao — Wen Feiran’s agency representative, who pushed him onto a variety show as an inconspicuous passerby despite his objections 3.
• Zhou Lei — An adversary who confronted Wen Feiran over a lawsuit and his identity as Feiwen. Wen Feiran directed him to his lawyer 129.

Story Role and Major Arcs

*Forward All the Way*

Despite wanting to leave entertainment, Wen Feiran is sent to the show in unflattering makeup. His anxiety makes him avoid cameras, but his encounters with other participants and their scandals attract viewers. After leaving his agency, he accepts an offer to return for a substantial daily fee 3 4 31 33.

Exposed Identities

During filming, a phone call exposes Wen Feiran as Sishui and helps reveal that Sun Baofeng has stolen his identity. At the Pure White exhibition, a collector recognizes him as Lu Lu. Wen Feiran later admits that he is Feiwen after Zhou Lei confronts him on camera 51 63 65 129.

Castle and Go Game

In a castle-set episode, Wen Feiran navigates locked rooms and a shifting maze. A Go board presents a game he recognizes as his own final game from a quick-transmigration world, leading him to question whether those worlds were connected to his present reality 78 97 103 104.

Marriage to Gu Suian

Wen Feiran is distressed to learn Gu Suian is married, then discovers that he is Gu Suian’s spouse. Because Wen Feiran cannot remember their marriage, Gu Suian proposes pursuing him until he is willing to marry him again. Wen Feiran later regains memories of the missing three years, falls ill from the emotional strain and resolves to make amends for the pain Gu Suian suffered 141 144 146 184 185.

After Wen Feiran gets lost on a grassland, Gu Suian finds him near the local Marriage Fate Tree. Wen Feiran returns with a ribbon bearing their names and finds an earlier ribbon already tied there with the same names 193 194.

Trivia

• Wen Feiran cannot swim; Gu Suian rescued him after Zou Yuxing pushed him down a waterslide into the sea 121.
• He once wrote fanfiction inspired by a Gu Suian science-fiction film 77.
• His frequent proximity to scandals earned him a reputation among viewers and guests as a “Gossip King,” although he insisted the incidents were coincidences 129 162.
• During a maze challenge, he lost a shoe and its height-increasing insole while fleeing a performer playing an evil ghost 97.