Xiangxiang

Biodata

Background / History

Xiangxiang serves as Lan Qingxin's timid but devoted maid and is at her bedside when Qin Xin awakens in Lan Qingxin's body after the car accident. She explains Lan Qingxin's circumstances, including Young Master Jue's tutoring arrangement and Lan Qingxin's weak health. 2

She repeatedly tries to shield her Little Miss from hostile classmates, taking her back toward the ward during the snowball confrontation and carrying the Winter Chrysanthemum Lan Qingxin had been tending. 3 After Lan Qingxin is discharged, Xiangxiang begins working part-time in the university cafeteria while remaining available to help her. 13

Personality

Xiangxiang is gentle, anxious, and easily frightened, particularly by Qin Xin's abrupt change in temperament and her defiance of Young Master Jue. Despite this, she remains consistently loyal, worrying over her health, studies, appearance, and safety. 2 5 13

She is compassionate toward Lan Qingxin and is deeply distressed whenever other students insult or isolate her. She also admires her Little Miss's newfound confidence, even when she does not understand the causes behind it. 11 24 32

Skills & Duties

Caretaking

• Stays by Lan Qingxin's bedside and calls for medical help after her awakening. 2
• Delivers medicine, soup, phones, and other necessities to her Little Miss. 12 24 31
• Is entrusted with caring for Lan Qingxin's Winter Chrysanthemums after her discharge. 13

Cooking

Xiangxiang prepares soups for Lan Qingxin, including medicinal soup made with the remains of expensive herbs. Qin Xin sincerely praises her cooking. 24

• She makes chicken soup in hopes of helping her underweight Little Miss regain strength. 5
• She later brings separately brewed medicinal soup to Qin Xin while working at the cafeteria. 47

Relationships

• Lan Qingxin / Qin Xin — Her Little Miss and master. Xiangxiang is protective, devoted, and often worried by Qin Xin's forceful behavior; Qin Xin in turn comforts and protects her. 2 5 24 50
• Nalan Ye-Jue / Young Master Jue — Lan Qingxin's brother and Xiangxiang's superior. Xiangxiang frequently invokes his instructions, especially regarding tutoring, phones, and Lan Qingxin's care. 2 5 31
• Yao Dazhuang and Yu Xiaochun — Students whose bullying of Lan Qingxin troubles Xiangxiang; Yu later participates in targeting Xiangxiang at the cafeteria. 3 24 49
• Huangfu Qian — Sports Department head who attempts to publicly humiliate Xiangxiang with a lunchbox of broth. 49 50

Story Role / Major Arcs

Supporting Lan Qingxin's Return

Xiangxiang accompanies Lan Qingxin through her hospitalization and return to Imperial University. She encourages her to avoid confrontations, hopes she can score at least sixty on her exams, and celebrates when the students who attacked her suffer apparent retribution. 2 4

Witnessing Qin Xin's Changes

Xiangxiang notices that her Little Miss's handwriting, confidence, spending habits, and personality have changed dramatically. She is confused when Qin Xin uses four hundred thousand yuan of medicinal ingredients on a Winter Chrysanthemum, but remains concerned rather than abandoning her. 11 12

Cafeteria Targeting

While working at the cafeteria, Xiangxiang becomes a target because of her connection to Lan Qingxin. Huangfu Qian's group accuses her of serving contaminated food, dumps trays at her station, and tries to force her to eat food from the floor. 49

When Huangfu Qian attempts to dump broth over her head, Qin Xin intervenes and redirects the lunchbox onto Yu Xiaochun. Qin Xin then reassures Xiangxiang that no one is allowed to touch her while she is present. 50