Lin Miaomiao

Biodata

Background / History

Lin Miaomiao's name is said to come from a verse associated with Song scholar Guo Xiangzheng's Wuxuan Pavilion 143. During her school years, an eating-habits video of hers went viral. Her pen name, Miaomiao Has Fish, was linked online to Wang Yue's “Catfish King” nickname, prompting widespread speculation that they were a couple 151.

She resisted the close supervision of Wang Yue, her teachers, and her parents, protesting that she had no personal space and could not even livestream freely 159. A family crisis involving her aunt later left her afraid that she might inherit a mental-health condition; Wang Yue reassured her and helped her process the fear 161.

Miaomiao received a recommendation place in Jiangzhou University's Chinese department. On the day of the college entrance examination, her mother gave birth to her younger brother, Lin Gou Gou 163.

Appearance

Lin Miaomiao has long hair falling over her shoulders. Wang Yue describes her lips as increasingly rosy during their reunion 515.

• Long, shoulder-draping hair 515
• Rosy lips 515

Personality

Miaomiao is carefree, impulsive, and strongly associated with food; even during an intimate reunion with Wang Yue, her first instinct is to protect the food in her mouth 515. She is also direct and argumentative, retaining the fiery temperament that Wang Yue recognizes when she abruptly ends a call with him 524.

Although she can be naïve about professional and social maneuvering, she is compassionate and loyal. Seeing her mother humiliated while seeking work makes Miaomiao confront her own lack of attention to her parents' lives 533. She also takes Yu Jia's declining health seriously and wants to fulfill Yu Jia's wish to travel abroad 544.

Abilities & Skills

Illustration and Online Creation

Miaomiao maintains an online identity as Miaomiao Has Fish and is known among her friends as the “Manga Girl” 151 165.

• Her eating-habits video attracts a large and notably accepting fanbase 150 151.
• She draws artwork for fans of Meow Meow Media's career-experience activities 542.

Journalism and New Media

Miaomiao pursues media work despite early setbacks, eventually leading ventures under her own name.

• She interns at Jiangzhou Television but loses the position after a colleague exposes the use of interview shills 524.
• She later receives an unsolicited interview invitation from Wanxiang, a new-media company 529.
• Meow Meow Media's career-experience projects gain broad public attention through activities including delivery-driver, stay-at-home-parent, companion-care, and “Little Rabbit Travels China” experiences 544.
• Wanxiang's shares are transferred to her, and Director Xiao proposes Miaomiao Media as the structure controlling both Wanxiang Media and Meow Meow Media 548.
• She joins Capital City Television Station as a resident reporter assigned to its space-station project team 551.

Relationships

• Wang Yue — Boyfriend and later husband. He supports her through her job loss, protects her from online attacks, and marries her after returning for her graduation 524 545.
• Lin Gou Gou — Her younger brother, born on the day of the college entrance examination; Miaomiao remains protective and affectionate toward him 163 522.
• Lin's Mom — Miaomiao is distressed when she sees her mother reduced to pleading for work and later helps support her through Wang Yue's plan to acquire the club 533.
• Jiang Tianhao — Longtime friend and confidant. Miaomiao turns to him after losing her television-station internship and becomes drunk while venting her frustration 524.
• Deng Xiaoqi — Friend who observes and comments on Miaomiao's unusually tolerant online fanbase 150.
• Tian Tian — Former manager and associate whose difficult family circumstances earn Miaomiao's sympathy; Tian Tian later offers her Wanxiang shares 547 548.
• Ding Jiani — Assistant who alerts Miaomiao and Xiao Yao when another project improperly uses Miaomiao's name 546.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Online Popularity and School-Life Conflicts

Miaomiao's viral eating video turns her private relationship with Wang Yue into public gossip. At the same time, she struggles against the restrictions imposed by the adults around her and asserts her desire for independence 151 159.

Separation and Career Setback

While Wang Yue is frequently absent for work, Miaomiao finds university life increasingly dull and decides against postgraduate study, hoping instead to graduate and find work near his research institute 522. Her first major professional setback comes when she loses her Jiangzhou Television internship, leaving her discouraged and briefly directionless 524.

Meow Meow Media and Wanxiang

Miaomiao's career-experience projects establish Meow Meow Media as a recognized force in new media 542 544. Following Tian Tian's departure, she acquires Wanxiang shares and becomes part of a larger Miaomiao Media structure encompassing both companies 548.

Marriage and National Reporting

Wang Yue returns for Miaomiao's graduation, proposes with a video chronicling their seven years together, and soon marries her 544 545. She later joins Capital City Television Station as a space-station project reporter; the couple eventually have twins 551.