Li Qiang

Biodata

Appearance

Li Qiang is handsome and well-built; alongside Feng Jun and Zhang Wei, he draws the attention of female guests at Wang Furen's birthday banquet 43.

• Comes from a business family and works at Yang City TV Station 43.
• Is described as experienced in nightlife and social scenes 44 46.

Personality

Li Qiang is playful, sociable, and competitive. He enjoys nightlife, joins Zhang Wei in testing Feng Jun's claimed “sixth sense,” and repeatedly escalates their teasing into wagers 44 46 47.

He is more tactful than Zhang Wei when first meeting Feng Jun: despite initially viewing him as an outsider, Li Qiang still extends basic courtesy because Feng Jun is Wang Haifeng's friend 43. His confidence collapses when Na Shi Hua Kai demonstrates that she can locate him and uncover his professional connections; he immediately apologizes and seeks to defuse the conflict 48 49.

Li Qiang favors casual, low-commitment relationships. Though he prefers student girls in principle, he considers them too time-consuming to pursue and worries that dating one could leave him tied down 46.

Relationships

• Wang Haifeng — Friend; Li Qiang attends Wang Furen's birthday banquet as one of Wang Haifeng's friends 43.
• Zhang Wei — Friend and frequent drinking companion. They jointly challenge Feng Jun, though Zhang Wei openly laughs at Li Qiang's disastrous bet with Na Shi Hua Kai 44 47 48.
• Feng Jun — Initially treats Feng Jun with restrained courtesy as Wang Haifeng's friend. Later becomes both impressed by and competitive with Feng Jun after witnessing his ability to identify people through “People Nearby” 43 46 47.
• Na Shi Hua Kai — A woman Li Qiang adds through a bet with Feng Jun. After Li Qiang blocks her rather than sending the promised remaining red packet, she tracks him down and demands that he treat her to dinner 48 49.

Story Role

Wang Furen's birthday banquet

Li Qiang meets Feng Jun at Wang Furen's birthday banquet. Unlike Zhang Wei, he does not completely disregard Feng Jun, occasionally speaking with or inviting him out of consideration for Wang Haifeng 43.

Mingjuehui wager

After the banquet, Li Qiang joins Zhang Wei and Feng Jun at Mingjuehui. He helps turn Feng Jun's claim of possessing a reliable “sixth sense” into a challenge: Feng Jun successfully adds Hao Fengjing, an exceptionally attractive woman, through Liaoliao 44 45 46.

Impressed, Li Qiang asks Feng Jun to select a woman for him as well. He agrees to a 50,000-yuan wager, with Zhang Wei contributing part of the stake, despite Feng Jun's warning that the result could be either a great beauty or someone “ugly beyond belief” 47.

Conflict with Na Shi Hua Kai

Feng Jun selects Na Shi Hua Kai, who initially appears promising through her profile name and limited public information. During a video call, Li Qiang discovers that she is not the beauty he expected, making him the target of prolonged laughter from Zhang Wei, Feng Jun, and the hostesses 48.

Li Qiang blocks her after she demands the remaining 50-yuan red packet. She quickly calls him, identifies his workplace and superior, and threatens to find him at Mingjuehui. Alarmed, he unblocks her, agrees to pay, and accepts her demand for a meal the following day 48 49.

The matter is later mediated by Sister Hong through Wang Haifeng, and the other side agrees to let it go 50.