Fu Xiaoxiao

Biodata

Background

Fu Xiaoxiao is Fu Jingfan’s son and Su Huaiming’s stepson. Household staff initially indulged his demands, and he used tantrums to get his way. He also overheard people calling him a burden and an unwanted child behind his back 2 10.

Su Huaiming refused to indulge his tantrums and sometimes mirrored his behavior to show him its effects. Although Xiaoxiao initially declared that he hated his stepfather, he gradually became protective of him. When Fu relatives confronted Su Huaiming, Xiaoxiao stood between them and shouted that nobody was allowed to bully him 2 7 148.

Appearance

Fu Xiaoxiao is a small, chubby child with fair, tender skin and short limbs 2 6.

• Face: Round cheeks, large eyes, red lips and white teeth 2 6.
• Hair and eyelashes: Soft hair and thick, long, curly eyelashes 2 6.
• Clothing: He wears a little suit and detective hat to a filming villa, and later models a light-green, leaf-buttoned outfit designed by Su Huaiming 10 62.

Personality

Xiaoxiao is energetic, stubborn and proud of being a “little man.” He likes praise and can be persuaded by challenges to his strength or independence. Although he boasts about his courage, he seeks protection when genuinely frightened 9 10 21.

He is generally friendlier with other children than with adults close to him. He gives Ji Youyou a preferred cleaning area despite wanting it himself, and spends his earnings on chocolate for a sanitation worker who had shared his own with him 11 17 29.

Xiaoxiao often hides affection behind complaints. He denies missing Su Huaiming but brings him cake, and insists on looking after him as a protective “big brother” 111 121.

Skills and Interests

• Imitation and performance: Xiaoxiao copies the mannerisms of television characters, Fu Jingfan and the family butler. Su Huaiming notices that he captures the butler’s behavior and voice particularly well 8 24 156.
• Dancing: He rehearses the Duck Duck Dance repeatedly and performs it without mistakes, though he falls asleep onstage afterward 172 173.
• Food: He enjoys chocolate, cake and ice cream. During his first personal livestream, he chooses coconut as his favorite fruit because he and Su Huaiming made coconut juice together 18 111 147 168.
• Dinosaurs: After learning that dinosaurs were powerful, he declares himself one and adopts a dinosaur role during a show activity 86 87.

Relationships

• Su Huaiming — His stepfather and variety-show partner. Their early conflicts develop into a close, teasing relationship; Xiaoxiao worries about him and tries to protect him 2 111 121 148.
• Fu Jingfan — His father, whom Xiaoxiao admires and imitates. Xiaoxiao asks Su Huaiming to make matching light-green accessories for him and eagerly runs into his arms after filming 24 62 63.
• Yu Xuanxuan and Ji Youyou — His friends on the show. The three cry when they part after filming and promise to meet again 11 29.
• Jameel — A fellow child participant who plays with Xiaoxiao, Xuanxuan and Youyou. He later praises Xiaoxiao’s courage and says he wants to play with him every day 52 178.
• Nannan — A boy Xiaoxiao initially mistakes for a pretty older girl. Xiaoxiao cries upon learning the truth, but the two are later found reading together 127 134 139.
• The sanitation worker — A worker who gives Xiaoxiao chocolate while he is cleaning leaves. Xiaoxiao later returns with chocolate bought using all his earnings 18 29.

Story Role

Early filming

Xiaoxiao eagerly agrees to join the parenting show when he learns he can appear on television. At the filming villa, he quickly befriends Yu Xuanxuan and meets the other participants 5 11.

During a cleaning task, he finishes sweeping his area and promises not to hit others after Su Huaiming comforts him over a fallen leaf. Later, while distributing flyers, he hides behind Su Huaiming when a husky approaches 18 21.

Mountain retreat and role swap

At a mountain retreat, Xiaoxiao reunites with his friends, meets Jameel and helps choose the fabric for an outfit made by Su Huaiming. He also asks for matching gifts for Fu Jingfan 45 52 62.

A later science-and-practice activity uses Xiaoxiao’s request to switch roles with Su Huaiming. Once he has to act as the adult, Xiaoxiao finds the responsibility difficult and asks the director to end the swap early 82 84.

Family and later appearances

After Xiaoxiao’s aunts urge him to visit his grandfather, he agrees on the condition that Su Huaiming accompany him. At the family villa, he clings to Su Huaiming and later defends him against the relatives 147 148.

Xiaoxiao holds his first personal livestream in a formal suit and sunglasses, sharing fruit milk and snacks with Su Huaiming. Near the end of the show’s first season, he stands up to a spoiled child and his mother, earning praise from the other participants. At a wishing tree, he promises to grow up capable and protect everyone 168 177 178.

Notable Quotes

“I’m your big brother from now on.” 118

“Nobody gets to bully Daddy!!” 148

“I promise to complete the mission!” 170