Ding Yuerong

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Ding Yuerong (丁月溶)
Alias(es)	Senior Sister
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Founder of the Kankan Manhua comics app 1
Occupation/Role	Comics-industry entrepreneur; former comic artist; Ding Yebai's older sister
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Background / History

Ding Yuerong graduated from university three years before the story begins and founded the Kankan Manhua app. Before becoming an entrepreneur, she serialized humorous campus-life comics on Weibo; her approximately 40-chapter work won the Golden Dragon Award for Humorous Comics. She later established Kankan Manhua, which became the leading national comics platform, with over 200 million total users and more than 40 million monthly active users. 1 108

She became close friends with Yang Zhi during college. When Yuerong was insecure about her crooked teeth, Yang Zhi encouraged her to get braces and assured her that her smile would be beautiful. Yang Zhi's support helped Yuerong gain confidence, leaving Yuerong deeply appreciative of their friendship. 41

After Yang Zhi's grandmother was helped by Yuerong during a lockdown, Yang Zhi offered to repay her by tutoring Ding Yebai in English for free. Yuerong immediately accepted the arrangement, both to help her brother's studies and because she trusted Yang Zhi's abilities. 3

Appearance

Ding Yuerong initially presents herself as a polished businesswoman, sitting upright in a professional suit jacket with neat, short black hair. 1

• Has black hair; later grows it long enough to wear in a ponytail. 1 190
• Has small monolid eyes, an insecurity she openly compares to the double eyelids of her family members. 2 3
• Is described as having good poise from learning piano while young. 3
• Often adopts a composed, CEO-like appearance in public, but is far less formal around family and friends. 72 190

Personality

Ding Yuerong is outspoken, mischievous, and highly fond of teasing Ding Yebai—particularly whenever she notices his feelings for Yang Zhi. She calls him a brat, jokes about his aloofness, and repeatedly tries to expose his crush. 2 13 65

Despite her successful career, she is notably frugal. Her immediate acceptance of Yang Zhi's free tutoring offer reflects both her practicality and her confidence in Yang Zhi. 3

Her teasing masks a protective and caring nature. She worries about Ding Yebai's health, promotes his comics, offers him a place on Kankan Manhua, and remains willing to care for Yang Zhi's grandmother without expecting repayment. 19 108 41

Yuerong is also competitive and takes her own declarations seriously. After betting that Yang Zhi would never date someone five years younger, she insists on honoring the absurd consequence of “eating a basin” after Yang Zhi and Ding Yebai begin dating. 115

Abilities & Skills

Comics Entrepreneurship

Ding Yuerong turned her experience as an online comic artist into a successful comics platform.

• Won the Golden Dragon Award for Humorous Comics with an early work of roughly 40 chapters. 108
• Founded Kankan Manhua and built it into the leading national comics platform. 108
• Uses her industry reach to promote Ding Yebai's work and considers signing his comics to her app. 108
• Gives Ding Yebai practical advice on serialization, monetization, and comic production. 154

Business Management

Yuerong is a career-focused founder who remains heavily occupied with company work.

• Frequently works late or sleeps at her company due to her workload. 1
• Maintains a demanding work schedule while continuing to support her family and friends. 1 41
• Is referred to as a CEO and carries herself with a professional, decisive manner. 72 190

Piano

• Learned piano from a young age, contributing to her poise. 3

Relationships

• Ding Yebai — Her younger brother. Their relationship is defined by mutual teasing, sibling rivalry, and reliable support; she arranges his English tutoring and later helps promote his comic career. 2 7 108 154
• Yang Zhi — Her best friend and former college junior. Yang Zhi helped Yuerong overcome her appearance-related insecurity, while Yuerong helped Yang Zhi's grandmother during lockdown and remains devoted to their friendship. 3 41
• Feng Pingping — Her mother. Feng Pingping shares Yuerong's concern for Ding Yebai's education and later reveals Ding Yebai's relationship with Yang Zhi to her. 2 114
• Li Pingqiu — Ding Yebai's former classmate. They reconnect after he helps her with a broken hair tie during a night run and later share street food while discussing their reluctance toward marriage and dating. 190
• Yang Zhi's grandmother — A family-like elder whom Yuerong is willing to look after without expecting anything in return. 41 115

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arranging Ding Yebai's Tutoring

Yuerong brings Yang Zhi to the Ding home to tutor Ding Yebai in English. She introduces Yang Zhi as her junior schoolmate, stresses that the tutoring is free, and playfully warns Ding Yebai not to bully her friend. 1 2

Supporting Yang Zhi and Ding Yebai

She notices Ding Yebai's changing behavior around Yang Zhi early on and persistently teases him about it. Although she initially views Yang Zhi as a friend and Ding Yebai as a younger brother who could not possibly become a couple, she eventually accepts their relationship. 7 43 114 115

The “Eat a Basin” Bet

After Feng Pingping reveals that Ding Yebai's girlfriend is Yang Zhi, Yuerong visits Yang Zhi to confirm it personally. She admits that she once bet Yang Zhi would never date a man five years younger, leaving her humorously obligated to “eat a basin.” 114 115

Heartbreak and New Acquaintance

Yuerong is distressed when her former boyfriend sends her a wedding invitation. Yang Zhi comforts her, while a later snowball incident reconnects her with Li Pingqiu. They discover a shared preference for independence over romance and marriage. 150 151 190

Trivia

• Ding Yuerong's self-deprecating complaints about her monolids contrast with her confident public persona. 2 3
• She initially regarded Yang Zhi dating Ding Yebai as so implausible that she wagered a basin on it. 43 115
• Although she is a successful founder, she is known within her family for being exceptionally frugal. 3