Xu Qian

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Xu Qian (徐倩)
Alias(es)	Miss F 1087
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Shen Tang Morgan employee; formerly a livestreamer in New Shanghai 0297 1061
Occupation/Role	Online streamer; later employed in another, undisclosed position 944 1061 1087
Status	Alive 1087
First Appearance	Chapter 944

Appearance

Xu Qian is an attractive young woman whose livestream persona emphasizes a deliberately cute, provocative image. Away from the camera, she removes her contacts and false eyelashes, and her hair returns to black. 944 946

• Dyed blonde hair, a black collar, and a realistic high-tech cat tail when presenting her streamer persona 944
• Exquisite features and a notably attractive appearance 944
• A poised bearing shaped by dance training 954
• Later possesses a mechanical prosthetic left arm as Miss F 954 1087

Personality

Xu Qian is ambitious, pragmatic, and acutely conscious of class. Having believed she rose from the First Layer through talent and hard work, she desires security on the Fourth Layer and initially views marriage to Qiu Ming as her route to a stable future. She openly admits that wealth is the main reason she dates him, while fearing a return to poverty and hostess work. 946 975

Her public confidence conceals exhaustion and disillusionment. She carefully constructs a marketable online persona, adapting her clothes, speech, and interests to retain viewers even when the performance feels false to her. 960 Despite her materialism, she has a strong dislike of casual cruelty: when a man pushes a restaurant greeter, Xu Qian pays him 3,000 Credit Points to force an apology because it gives her personal satisfaction to make him acknowledge his wrongdoing. 976

The discovery that her memories were encoded leaves her frightened and uncertain of who she is. Even so, she resists Qiu Ming’s demands while captive, confronts him over his deception, and ultimately makes difficult choices based on what she believes will keep others safe. 1051 1052 1063

Background

Xu Qian presents herself as a streamer who arrived in New Shanghai 0297 with a distant cousin, won a single agency contract over other candidates, and rose from the First Layer to a luxurious Third Layer lifestyle. She claims that she once worked as a hostess at a small restaurant and became estranged from her cousin after her success. 946

Her career later declines as viewership and gifts fall to less than half of their peak. Under the pressure to preserve her voice, body, fanbase, and carefully designed image, she grows increasingly tired of streaming and receptive to retiring through marriage. 950 960

Investigations into the restaurant and her former residence reveal that people connected to her supposed past do not remember her. Xu Qian initially believes Zhang Heng has arranged a deception, but the inconsistencies force her to question both her memories and identity. 978 980 The truth is that she is not a clone; Shen Tang Morgan encoded her memories around a specific goal—marrying into wealth—to facilitate a future job transfer when her streaming performance declined. 1061

Story Role

Bodyguard Contract

Feeling watched and suspecting that someone has entered her apartment, Xu Qian hires Zhang Heng as a bodyguard for two weeks. Her clues include a mug inexplicably turned the wrong way and an ongoing sensation of being followed. 944 945

Zhang Heng accompanies her through public outings and manages her fan chatroom. During this period, he identifies Electronic Sheep, one of her longest-standing fans, as a possible stalker. 951 953 961

Stalker Investigation

Electronic Sheep admits to following Xu Qian at the mall because of his feelings for her, but Zhang Heng determines that he is not responsible for every intrusion or instance of surveillance. Xu Qian becomes defensive when Zhang Heng investigates Qiu Ming, whom she still considers her dependable boyfriend. 966 967

Zhang Heng takes Xu Qian back to the First Layer to verify her past. The visit exposes both the apparent erasure of her former life and the reality of hardship still faced by people there, including Jiang Hong, a former acquaintance trapped in an abusive marriage. 976 979 980

Qiu Ming's Proposal and Abduction

Qiu Ming returns from Earth early, gives Xu Qian a valuable vintage watch, and pressures her to publicly announce their marriage and retire. 992 His elaborate proposal at Xu Qian’s favorite Fourth Layer restaurant exactly matches details from her recurring dream, terrifying her rather than winning her consent. 995

After Xu Qian refuses to release a retirement video, Qiu Ming abducts her and manipulates her online accounts and surveillance narrative to portray her as mentally unstable. She remains defiant after learning that he intends to erase her memories and send her elsewhere. 1051 1052

Rescue and Choice

Zhang Heng and Electronic Sheep trace Xu Qian to Shen Tang Morgan’s branch with Qiu Ming’s reluctant assistance. They learn that her memories were encoded for corporate purposes, but that she is physically unharmed and has not yet undergone another rewrite. 1061 1062

Xu Qian initially refuses rescue, believing that escaping would leave her constantly afraid and would endanger Electronic Sheep and Zhang Heng. She asks Electronic Sheep to stay and watch a movie with her instead, showing that she has come to value him beyond his role as a fan. 1063

Zhang Heng, Electronic Sheep, and Qiu Ming subsequently smuggle her from the facility inside a transport box. Following the escape, Xu Qian remains uncertain about her future, no longer able to return to her streaming career and aware that Shen Tang Morgan may pursue her. 1066 1067

Later Life

By the end of the Bodyguard Arc, Xu Qian is identified as Miss F. She is stable in her new position and has a mechanical prosthetic arm; Zhang Heng watches her from a coffee shop without revealing himself. 1087

Relationships

• Zhang Heng — Hires him as her bodyguard after fearing she is being stalked. He investigates her missing past, rescues her from Shen Tang Morgan, and later observes her from afar as Miss F. 944 980 1062 1087
• Electronic Sheep — Her longtime top fan and fan-chatroom founder. His stalking makes her uncomfortable, but he later risks himself to rescue her; Xu Qian develops affection for him and chooses to spend time with him before leaving the facility. 961 966 1049 1063
• Qiu Ming — Her apparent boyfriend and a Shen Tang Morgan employee assigned to facilitate her transfer through a marriage-oriented memory goal. He stages a perfect proposal, abducts her after she resists, and ultimately assists in her rescue under coercion. 995 1051 1061 1066
• Jiang Hong — A former landlord or acquaintance from Xu Qian’s purported First Layer past. Jiang Hong’s inability to remember Xu Qian becomes key evidence that Xu Qian’s memories were altered. 979 980
• Distant cousin — Part of Xu Qian’s remembered history; Xu Qian believed her cousin resented her for securing the only streamer-agency contract. The reliability of this memory is later called into question. 946 1061

Notable Quotes

“Everyone you see online, everyone, they are not real.” 960

“The current us truly exists.” 1062