Tapeya

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Tapeya (塔佩亚)
Gender	Female
Species/Race	Human; formerly a dual-soul individual
Affiliation	Lin Qiye; Qiye Computing Power Leasing; Mi Ying Technology
Occupation/Role	Private lawyer; private secretary; business executive
First Appearance	Chapter 149

Background / History

Born into a renowned legal family, Tapeya received early legal education and training. At age ten, she entered Horton Private School, later attending Walker Law School. Her academic record and performance in activities were exceptional, making her a highly regarded law student. 149 150

She originally planned to intern at a prestigious law firm and eventually become a partner. However, witnessing sexual harassment during an internship opportunity made her reconsider that path. When Lagu's girlfriend offered her a position as Lin Qiye's full-time private lawyer, Tapeya accepted, believing that serving a single entrepreneur suited her better than navigating a conventional firm environment. 149

Lin Qiye assigned her to oversee a Las Vegas asset-hedging agreement and acquire the mountain behind Hot Spring Villa along with the surrounding land. She subsequently handled the Soul Binding Ore mining rights independently and helped negotiate the computing power rental company's listing and financing. 149 151 152

Tapeya later became responsible for a broad portfolio of Lin Qiye's businesses, including properties in Shanghai, the Haunted House, Seattle Castle, and the computing power leasing company. She was also placed in charge of the planned Kuaiyin studio, Flying Together, though Lin Qiye later concluded that its fast-moving creative work required a different type of leader. 154 163 167

Appearance

Tapeya is described as a young, strikingly beautiful woman with an exquisite face, graceful figure, and a polished professional presence. Though she dresses alluringly in private, she generally does not display that side of herself publicly. 149

• Often wears formal business attire, including professional skirt suits. 179
• Wore a neat black qipao while traveling to Shanghai. 162
• Can project a stern, icy, business-elite demeanor when handling work. 149
• Her disguised appearance as Mai Shiranui in King of Fighters World drew Lin Qiye's immediate attention. 157

Personality

Tapeya is highly intelligent, meticulous, and professionally rigorous. She is capable of managing legal procedures, corporate listings, investment promotion, copyright negotiations, and major business operations with little supervision. 149 152 155 196

Privately, she is introverted and socially reserved. Her limited social circle and fear of interacting with strangers contrast with her work as a lawyer and public-facing student-union spokesperson; her excellence is often mistaken for pride or aloofness. 149

After her twin sister's soul was separated from her body, Tapeya became noticeably more cheerful. She remains deeply concerned for her sister's wellbeing in the virtual world and readily participates in the time-acceleration experiment intended to let her experience a fuller life. 175 191 193

Abilities & Skills

Legal and Corporate Management

Tapeya is a trained lawyer and Lin Qiye's principal legal and business representative.

• Planned the acquisition of Hot Spring Villa's surrounding mountain and land. 149
• Finalized Soul Binding Ore mining rights on Lin Qiye's behalf. 151
• Negotiated the computing power rental company's listing and financing with brokers. 152
• Managed the company's listing guidance process, financial review, IPO budget, projected statements, shareholder arrangements, and anticipated listing date. 155
• Handled copyright negotiations and contracts for the Zombie Taoist acquisition package. 173
• Organized Mi Ying Technology's investment-promotion conference for its automated high-tech production line. 196

Business Operations

Tapeya has repeatedly demonstrated strong organizational and commercial judgment.

• Proposed continued hot-spring tourism and development of nearby mountains and forests. 154
• Managed Qiye Computing Power Leasing's business operations as CEO. 168
• Helped establish Flying Together, a company intended to contract and promote Kuaiyin creators. 163
• Managed Lin Family Group's New Year's Eve gala alongside other senior staff. 218

Virtual Reality Familiarity

Although initially uninterested in games, Tapeya began using Mi Ying's virtual reality platform after discovering that it allowed her and her twin sister to manifest separately. 153 154

• Entered Starting City and King of Fighters World with Lin Qiye and his bodyguards. 153
• Used a disguise card to assume Mai Shiranui's appearance for three minutes. 157
• Participated in the Zombie Taoist world time-acceleration experiment. 191 193
• Was granted observer permission, allowing her to continue the experiment without remaining beside Lin Qiye. 193

Dual-Soul Condition

Tapeya was originally one of twins, but her sister stopped developing in the womb. Tapeya believed from childhood that her sister had remained within her body. 154

In virtual reality, the condition manifested as two body-creation options and as a silent little girl accompanying Tapeya. Intelligent AI identified her as a dual-soul individual rather than someone with schizophrenia. 153 154

• The second soul shared Tapeya's physical body and could see and hear what Tapeya did. 173
• Tapeya feared that the sister's independent consciousness might eventually attempt to take control of her body. 173
• Lin Qiye and Tapeya arranged a controlled near-death procedure while she used a virtual reality helmet, allowing the sister's soul to be drawn into the virtual world and digitized. 173 174 175
• Tapeya's own soul was temporarily pulled from her body during the procedure; the Feathered Serpent God returned it safely. 175
• After the separation, Tapeya's sister remained in virtual reality, while Tapeya spent time helping her adapt to that existence. 175 179

Relationships

• Lin Qiye — Employer, trusted superior, and later an emotionally complicated partner. He hired her as his private lawyer, entrusted her with increasingly significant business responsibilities, and helped separate her sister's soul from her body. 149 154 175 218
• Tapeya's twin sister — Her underdeveloped twin's soul formerly resided in Tapeya's body. Following their separation, Tapeya continued to care for her in virtual reality and joined the time-acceleration plan for her sake. 154 175 179 191
• Lagu — Connected Tapeya to Lin Qiye's employment opportunity through Lagu's girlfriend. 149
• Tian Nina — Tapeya avoided Lin Qiye while Tian Nina was visiting and appeared uncomfortable around her; later, she displayed jealousy when discussing Tian Nina. 155 201
• Mi Ying Technology — A major source of Tapeya's professional responsibilities and the virtual-reality technology that revealed and ultimately resolved her dual-soul condition. 152 153 175

Story Role / Major Arcs

Recruitment and Land Acquisition

Tapeya joins Lin Qiye as his private lawyer, immediately taking responsibility for legal oversight and the acquisition of land surrounding Hot Spring Villa. Her competence earns his trust. 149 151

Corporate Expansion

She becomes central to Lin Qiye's expanding business network, handling listing preparations, financing, properties, corporate operations, Kuaiyin-related projects, and investment promotion. 152 155 163 168 196

Separation of the Twin Soul

After virtual reality reveals the second soul within her, Tapeya asks Lin Qiye to remove it. Their plan succeeds only after a dangerous near-death procedure, intervention by the Feathered Serpent God, and the digitization of her sister's soul. 154 173 175

Time-Acceleration Experiment

Tapeya enters the Zombie Taoist virtual world with Lin Qiye to observe her sister's reincarnated life under accelerated time. The experiment intensifies the emotional ambiguity between Tapeya and Lin Qiye, after which she receives observer permission to continue alone. 191 193

Later Partnership

Tapeya remains a major figure in Lin Qiye's personal and corporate life, waiting for him during his year-long seclusion, managing major events for the Lin Family Group, and confronting him about the risks of Mi Ying Technology's soul-based systems. 207 218 293

Trivia

• Tapeya was the law school's campus belle and student-union news spokesperson. 149
• She initially stated that she had “absolutely no interest in games,” but virtual reality became essential to her relationship with her sister. 153 154
• Lin Qiye once promised her a one-million-yuan top-up and the opportunity to learn Mai Shiranui's ultimate move as a reward for her work. 154
• She learned massage techniques and privately massages Lin Qiye, while retaining a strict professional demeanor in public. 203