Xu Xiaoyan

Biodata

Appearance

Xu Xiaoyan is commonly depicted with a high ponytail and an energetic, casual style outside work. At Gu Yue's company, she wears an employee badge and handles office documents. 36 68

• Casual sportswear and a high ponytail when visiting Gu Yue. 36
• Pale yellow sweater during the dispute over her fine. 78
• Uses a diamond-studded phone with a cartoon figurine, contrasting with Gu Yue's plain phone. 55

Personality

Xu Xiaoyan is lively, outspoken, and fond of teasing her friends. She readily laughs at embarrassing situations, such as Tang Wulin's hospital photo mishap, and joins him in provoking Gu Yue with snacks she cannot eat. 50 54

Despite her mischief, she recognizes when a line is being crossed. She tries to stop Tang Wulin from taking money from Gu Yue's phone and shares his fear of Gu Yue discovering their snooping. 55 At work, she can be timid around Gu Yue's authority, but she is capable of surprising assertiveness when advocating for the company, demanding that Yue Zhengyu's proposed investment be raised from fifty million to one hundred million. 68 70

Professional Role

• Serves as Gu Yue's secretary, preparing meeting materials, organizing records, and assisting in office operations. 70 72
• Participates in the negotiation with Yue Zhengyu of Hongyuan Capital and pushes for a one-hundred-million investment. 70
• Supports Gu Yue's promotion to Deputy General Manager and prepares her office fruit plate. 71 76
• Is fined 500 yuan by Gu Yue for entering the office without reporting during an argument between Gu Yue and Tang Wulin. 77

Relationships

• Gu Yue — Her supervisor, friend, and frequent target of teasing. Xu Xiaoyan visits Gu Yue socially, assists her at work, and remains close despite Gu Yue's strict discipline and the 500-yuan fine. 36 68 78
• Tang Wulin — Friend and fellow conspirator in several pranks, including bringing spicy snacks to Gu Yue's hospital room and checking Gu Yue's phone and bank balance. Xu Xiaoyan also cautions him against taking Gu Yue's money. 54 55 56
• Yue Zhengyu — Her boyfriend. They are seen shopping together, and later officially announce their relationship. 3 57
• Ye Xinglan — Fellow member of their friend group; Xu Xiaoyan tells Ye Xinglan about Gu Yue and Tang Wulin's married life. 57

Story Role / Major Arcs

Shopping with Yue Zhengyu

Xu Xiaoyan first appears shopping for clothes with Yue Zhengyu, who treats her affectionately as his girlfriend. 3

Gu Yue's Confidante

She visits Gu Yue for tea and pastries, listens to Gu Yue describe her difficulties with Tang Wulin's jealousy, and reframes his possessiveness as an expression of devotion. 36

Hospital Incidents

When Gu Yue is hospitalized, Xu Xiaoyan accidentally exposes Tang Wulin's embarrassing photograph through an excessively loud voice message. 50 She later joins Tang Wulin in teasing Gu Yue with extra-spicy snacks, then helps him inspect Gu Yue's phone and accompanies him to the bank. 54 55 56

Workplace Support and Punishment

Xu Xiaoyan works under Gu Yue during the Hongyuan Capital investment negotiations and celebrates the resulting one-hundred-million project and Gu Yue's promotion. 70 71 After interrupting a workplace dispute, she receives a 500-yuan fine and confronts Gu Yue outside the company to demand it back. Though Gu Yue refuses, she privately intends to return the money sixfold as a birthday gift. 77 78

Trivia

• Xu Xiaoyan calculates that Gu Yue's annual income exceeds 800,000 Federation Credits, a sum she considers equivalent to more than twenty years of an ordinary employee's earnings without expenses. 56
• She threatens to put durian in Gu Yue's office fruit plate in retaliation for the 500-yuan fine. 78