Nannan

Biodata

Background / History

Nannan lives alone and is familiar with The Grave Robbers' Chronicles through fanfiction, dramas, animation, and related media. Her knowledge becomes crucial when Wu Xie and his companions abruptly appear in her sealed home, claiming to be the characters from that work. 2 3

Initially frightened after being restrained by the strangers, Nannan regains enough composure to question them. She verifies their identities by testing Zhang Qiling's Fa Qiu Finger and witnessing his heated Kirin Tattoo emerge. 2 3

After accepting that they are real, Nannan provides the group with a phone, tablet, laptop, and television access so they can read The Grave Robbers' Chronicles themselves. She sympathizes with their difficult histories but recognizes that they do not need her pity. 3

Personality

Nannan is cautious and easily overwhelmed by danger, but she deliberately calms herself under pressure rather than panicking. 2

She is empathetic toward Wu Xie and his companions, particularly because she knows fragments of their experiences from the novel. At the same time, she admits that she prefers a quiet, uneventful life over the dangerous and complicated world surrounding Wu Xie. 3 10

Despite this reluctance, Nannan can act decisively when she identifies a lead. She takes the initiative to create an information-gathering stall in Hangzhou and immediately urges the group to investigate the unusual thunder at Changbai Mountain. 10

Abilities & Skills

Knowledge of *The Grave Robbers' Chronicles*

Nannan's familiarity with the novel and its adaptations lets her recognize the group's names, identify their expected traits, and devise a practical verification test. 2 3

• Knows of Zhang Qiling's Fa Qiu Finger, Pigeon Blood Tattoo, and heat-reactive Kirin Tattoo. 3
• Understands that her knowledge of the group's past and future is incomplete. 3
• Uses her phone to show the group that their lives exist as a novel in her world. 3

Improvised Information Gathering

Nannan helps turn a street stall into both a source of income and a way to collect local gossip. 10

• Purchases hand-cranked and battery-powered mini fans, along with a folding low table, for the stall. 10
• Sells half of the fans during the first afternoon and the remaining stock during a later outing. 10
• Learns through the stall's conversations that the former owners of a local antique shop were surnamed Li rather than Wu. 10

Equipment / Items

• Mobile phone with a The Grave Robbers' Chronicles-patterned case. 2
• Spare phone, tablet, laptop, and an internet-connected television used to let the group read the novel. 3
• Hand-cranked and battery-powered mini fans purchased for street vending; a few hand-cranked fans are kept afterward. 10
• Folding low table used for the Hangzhou stall. 10

Relationships

• Wu Xie — One of the first members of the displaced group Nannan meets. She helps him verify his situation through the novel and later operates a fan stall with him. 2 3 10
• Zhang Qiling — Nannan verifies his identity through his unusual fingers and Kirin Tattoo; she refers to him as “Little Brother.” 3 10
• Blind Man — Initially restrains Nannan during the group's first encounter. Later, he advises the group on discreet information gathering and calls her “Little Boss.” 2 10
• Fatty Wang — Helps ease Nannan's awkwardness after the group's identities are confirmed by asking to read the novel. 3
• Xie Yuchen — A member of the group Nannan shelters and travels with while searching for information. 2 10

Story Role / Major Arcs

The Sealed House Incident

• Nannan awakens to find five unknown men inside her home and is briefly restrained while they try to determine where they are. 2
• She challenges their claim to be Wu Xie, Xie Yuchen, Fatty Wang, Zhang Qiling, and Blind Man, then confirms it through Zhang Qiling's physical traits. 2 3
• She gives the group access to The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, allowing them to confront the fact that their lives are recorded as fiction in her world. 3

Hangzhou and Beijing Search

• Nannan joins Wu Xie and the others in Hangzhou, where she sets up a fan stall beside Blind Man's bracelet business. 10
• The group discovers that an antique shop's former owners were surnamed Li, producing no useful lead for Wu Xie. 10
• After further unsuccessful inquiries in Beijing, the group returns to rest and monitor unusual phenomena online. 10

Changbai Mountain Lead

• Nannan spots reports of a midnight thunderstorm at Changbai Mountain that had thunder but neither rain nor lightning. 10
• She connects the event to the possible opening of the Bronze Gate and presses the group to investigate. 10
• Blind Man delays departure only long enough to obtain cold-weather and climbing equipment. 10