Gu Siyue

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Gu Siyue (顾司玥)
Alias(es)	Attorney Gu; Lawyer Gu; Director Gu; Siyue 5 167 175
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Siheng Law Firm — Director; formerly Boheng Law Firm — Senior Partner 14 94 108
Occupation/Role	Attorney; corporate legal adviser and contract negotiator
Status	Active 198
First Appearance	Chapter 5: “One in Twenty-Three Million”

Background / History

Gu Siyue was born in Shaoxing but spent her school years in the capital. Although her family wanted her to study politics and law, she chose to attend Fuda University through early admission; she later reconciled with her family. 176 198

By age twenty-eight, Gu had become a senior partner at Boheng Law Firm. She independently sourced, negotiated, and handled her own cases, ranking third among the firm’s senior partners in quarterly revenue and first in client satisfaction. Her lack of factionalism and the strength of her personal client relationships made her difficult for managing partner Fang Zhengping to control. 75

Gu first met Han Luyi when he sought legal counsel over Flash’s alleged collection and sale of user data. She constructed a three-part strategy: anonymous reporting, evidence notarization, and a legal firewall that would prevent Flash from tracing the case back to Han. 5 6

At Boheng, she became Source Code Technology’s legal adviser, handling BugKiller’s copyright and trademark registration, patent matters, contract reviews, data-security positioning, and disputes connected to Dingsheng. 14 17 35 43 53

Boheng later chose to pursue Dingsheng as a major client and terminated its representation of Source Code without completing a formal partner-meeting decision or conflict-of-interest review. Gu responded by leaving Boheng and opening her own practice, initially contracting with Source Code in her personal capacity before Siheng Law Firm was established. 75 79 80 94

Appearance

Gu is usually seen in sharply tailored business attire, projecting an exacting and restrained professional image. Outside work, her clothing is noticeably softer and more casual. 5 80 167

• Long black hair, commonly tied in a low ponytail for work; she also wears it loose or in a high ponytail off-duty. 5 167
• Thin-rimmed glasses and a very fair, sharply defined face. 5
• Favors black, white, gray, and other understated professional colors in the office. 5 103
• Her New Year’s cinema outfit included a dark green coat, beige cashmere scarf, gray wide-leg pants, and camel-colored snow boots. 167
• Carries a large Goyard tote bag during professional meetings. 103

Personality

Gu is concise, disciplined, and intensely work-focused. Her first meeting with Han is defined by minimal gestures, direct questioning, and an immediate focus on whether his case is legally viable. She routinely works late, keeps her documents in exact order, and even maintained spare shirts at her Boheng office. 5 14 54 108

She is principled and independent. At Boheng, she refused to court clients socially or align herself with internal factions; when the firm mishandled its conflict with Source Code, she chose to start over rather than accept its decision. 75 79 113

Although outwardly cool, Gu is attentive to the safety and interests of her clients. She warns Han against exposing himself, gives practical advice during crises, and quietly continues to support cases beyond her narrow specialty by referring them to appropriate counsel. 6 20 80 85

Her professional caution does not make her passive. She is willing to challenge powerful counterparties, expose imbalanced contract terms, and refuse vague answers during negotiations. 154 183

Abilities & Skills

Legal Strategy and Evidence Analysis

Gu breaks complex disputes into legally actionable steps, distinguishing useful evidence from information that cannot be submitted through proper channels.

• Designed the reporting, notarization, and identity-protection plan for the Flash data-leak case. 6
• Identified that Su Niannian’s listed “Operations Support Specialist” role conflicted with the non-compete agreement’s restricted technical fields, creating a key opening in her case. 32
• Determined that information on Wang Zhiyuan’s offshore structure lacked a lawful public source and could not itself serve as formal evidence. 94
• Developed a strategy to secure Chen Bowen’s voluntary testimony and use it to open an economic-crimes investigation. 94 105

Corporate, Intellectual Property, and Data Counsel

Gu provides ongoing legal support for technology companies, particularly on intellectual property, employment, contracts, and data compliance.

• Initiated BugKiller’s software copyright registration and trademark-conflict review, later confirming that both had cleared without legal-standing issues. 14 17
• Assisted with patent substantive-examination materials. 53
• Advised Source Code to emphasize end-to-end encryption, deletion after inference, and zero human access as structural data-security advantages. 35
• Reviewed employment, option, investment, and full-time commitment clauses affecting Source Code’s executives. 131
• Prepared business-registration materials for Haicheng Yuanzhi Digital Technology Co., Ltd. 157

Contract Negotiation

Gu is particularly effective at identifying vague, one-sided, or strategically revealing terms in commercial agreements.

• Revised Source Code’s cloud-service contracts to specify promotional placement and duration, preventing ambiguous performance. 43
• Characterized an overbroad data-use provision as a “gentleman-villain clause”: harmless to a compliant party but revealing if the other side resists narrowing or removing it. 153
• Pressed Dingsheng to define the entities covered by its “related business providers” data clause rather than accept its standard wording. 154
• Challenged investment terms that combined broad investor veto rights, undelivered resource commitments, and founder-level repurchase liability. 183

Relationships

• Han Luyi — Client and long-term legal-advisory partner. Gu protects his identity in the Flash case, supports Source Code through its major legal disputes, and later accepts “Siyue” as his off-hours form of address. 6 80 167 184
• Su Niannian — Client whose non-compete dispute Gu analyzes through inconsistencies between her employment records and restrictive covenant. 32
• Shen Yuwei — Friend and fellow lawyer. Gu refers family-law cases to Shen, who later retrieves Gu after she collapses at the office; both work at Siheng. 20 55 94
• Song Jianing — Siheng colleague who handles non-litigation matters and joins Gu on the Beijing financing trip. 153 176
• Fang Zhengping — Boheng’s managing partner. He viewed Gu’s independent client base as a threat and pushed through Source Code’s termination in favor of Dingsheng. 75 79
• Chen Bowen — Potential whistleblower against Wang Zhiyuan. Gu carefully manages the pace of negotiations to obtain credible, voluntary testimony. 94 105
• Zhao Wenyuan — Source Code executive whose employment and non-compete exposure Gu reviews when Han considers a separate model-company venture. 131

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Flash data-leak case — Gu turns Han’s technical findings into a protected legal and media strategy while keeping him anonymous. 5 6 7
• Source Code’s legal foundation — She handles BugKiller’s IP registration, patent work, security framework, and early commercial contracts. 14 17 35 43 53
• Break with Boheng — After Boheng sacrifices Source Code’s representation for Dingsheng business, Gu leaves the firm and establishes an independent practice. 75 79 80
• Wang Zhiyuan investigation — Gu assesses the limits of Han’s intelligence, seeks an internal evidentiary breakthrough through Chen Bowen, and reports the BVI matter through Dingsheng’s whistleblower channel. 94 105 113
• Dingsheng and Beijing negotiations — She represents Han in computing-power and investment negotiations, resisting loose data provisions, excessive veto rights, and unfair founder liability. 153 154 176 183

Notable Quotes

“Do exactly as I say. They won’t find you. If you try to be clever, even I won’t be able to save you.” 6

“There were things I wanted to do. I couldn’t do them there, so I left.” 113

“With me here, rest easy.” 176

Trivia

• Gu keeps a pothos plant; its poor condition at Boheng improves after Han waters it, and the plant later appears lush in her Siheng office. 17 20 108
• She is a fan of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, admiring Holmes for pursuing his own definition of justice. 168
• She plays Honor of Kings, though she describes herself as poor at it due to lack of time. 198
• Han gifts her a yellow LAMY Safari fountain pen for Christmas; she later uses it. 157 198