Chen Wanwan

Biodata

Background

Chen Wanwan enters high school with the top admission score and is regarded as both the class flower and the new school beauty. Her father is a high-ranking official in C City, and her family’s status contributes to her privileged position among classmates. 5 32

Her mother appears wealthy and conspicuously well-dressed at the parent-teacher conference, while her father later accompanies her on a gift-bearing New Year visit to Teacher Ma. Su Yan views the visit as an attempt to use influence to win favor for her. 31 39

Appearance

Chen Wanwan is widely considered exceptionally beautiful, tall, and slender, standing out from many of her petite classmates. 5

• Long, silky hair and a graceful figure. 14
• Pale, refined hands and elegant table manners. 23
• Carefully maintains her appearance, checking her hair, clothing, and overall presentation before approaching Liang Kui. 14
• Her beauty, grades, family background, and social position make her highly sought after by male students. 5 24

Personality

Chen Wanwan is proud, competitive, and highly conscious of rank. Missing a single point on a math test frustrates her, and falling from first place at admission to fourth place after the first semester leaves her deeply dissatisfied. 13 30 32

She is disciplined and capable in formal school responsibilities, maintaining order in class, keeping records of activity fees, and providing her family’s television and sound system for the New Year celebration. However, her rule-focused approach can become rigid and insensitive, particularly when she excludes Chen Yan from party snacks over an unpaid five-yuan fee. 14 26

Her ambition also shapes her relationships. Although she accepts the prestigious Student Council representative position, she resents losing the opportunity to become class monitor and attempts to oppose Lin Qiang’s appointment. 43 44

Chen Wanwan is jealous and emotionally reserved in romance. She is initially embarrassed by Liang Kui’s attention, waits for him to define their relationship openly, and later becomes upset when he ignores her messages to talk with Su Yan. 13 23 48

Academic Record and School Offices

Relationships

• Liang Kui — Boyfriend. Liang is immediately drawn to her after transferring into the class; their walks, meals, and eventual confession lead to an openly recognized school relationship. 13 19 23 24 Their relationship later experiences strain when Liang pays more attention to Su Yan than to her messages. 48
• Su Yan — Classmate and recurring opponent. She volunteers to accompany him when he appears ill and calls a teacher during Wan Xing’s attack on him, but repeatedly clashes with him over Chen Yan, class leadership, and discipline. 20 26 40 43 She feels instinctively uncomfortable around him and believes he dislikes her. 48 49
• Chen Yan — Classmate with the same surname. Chen Wanwan rejects any association with Chen Yan and initially treats her poverty as irrelevant to class rules. 26 She later challenges Chen Yan’s suitability as Youth League secretary, though Chen Yan’s confidence and changed appearance force the class to reconsider its prejudice. 44 45
• Yu Cong — Childhood friend and deskmate. Yu Cong enthusiastically supports Chen Wanwan’s achievements but is also intimidated by her and privately questions her hostility toward Su Yan. 43 48
• Lin Qiang — Former class monitor and fellow class officer. Chen Wanwan allegedly reports his loss of class funds to Teacher Ma, damaging his trust after he keeps quiet about her relationship with Liang Kui. 31 She later opposes his reappointment as class monitor. 43 44
• Teacher Ma — Homeroom teacher. He initially appoints her vice class monitor, later selects her as Student Council representative, and thereby frustrates her plan to become class monitor. 6 43

Story Role / Major Arcs

Class Beauty and Academic Rival

Chen Wanwan begins as an admired, high-achieving class officer whose status contrasts with Su Yan’s sudden rise as the top math student. Her immediate dislike of Su Yan is apparent when she dismisses him as a show-off, while his perfect score displaces her from first place in mathematics. 5 13

Relationship with Liang Kui

Liang Kui’s arrival disrupts Chen Wanwan’s controlled image. She resents other girls surrounding him, carefully draws his attention, and becomes receptive to his pursuit. 14 After initially refusing to publicly label their outings as dating, she waits for Liang to confess; their relationship becomes an open secret by New Year’s Day. 23 24

Conflict over Chen Yan

During the New Year celebration, Chen Wanwan refuses snacks to Chen Yan because Chen Yan did not pay the class fee. Her argument with Su Yan exposes her lack of empathy toward Chen Yan’s poverty and her concern with social embarrassment. 26

When Chen Yan is nominated as Youth League secretary, Chen Wanwan challenges her publicly. Chen Yan’s poised introduction of every student—and her clear identification of Chen Wanwan by name—becomes a turning point in the class’s perception of the formerly ostracized girl. 44 45

Leadership Ambition and Resentment

Chen Wanwan’s academic drop and early relationship weaken her standing as an ideal student. She remains determined to advance from vice class monitor to class monitor, but Teacher Ma instead makes her Student Council representative and appoints Su Yan class monitor. 30 32 43 44

Her resentment toward Su Yan persists after the appointment. She criticizes him for chatting during study time and compares him unfavorably to the previously ostracized Chen Yan, though she later regrets voicing the prejudice. 48