Liang Kui

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Liang Kui (梁奎)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Class Two, Year One; transferred from City A 12 13
Occupation / Role	High-school student; school flag bearer 43 46
First Appearance	Introduced to Class Two as a transfer student 12

Background / History

Liang Kui transfers from City A into Su Yan’s class shortly after the National Day holiday. His resemblance to idol star Lin Changkong makes him an immediate sensation among the students, though he firmly denies any connection to the celebrity. Teacher Ma seats him near Su Yan, whose deliberate coldness turns Liang’s attempted introduction into an immediate grudge. 13 14

Despite being considered playful and troublesome, Liang quickly becomes popular and demonstrates strong academic ability. He ranks third in total score at the end of the semester, surprising Teacher Ma, who had expected his love of play to affect his performance. 13 32

His family remains in City A; a cousin attends his parent-teacher conference in their place and later urges him to be more mature and considerate toward his parents. Rumors among classmates portray him as coming from a wealthy family, reinforced by reports that he drove an expensive luxury car while dating Chen Wanwan. 24 31

Appearance

Liang Kui is a tall, strikingly handsome student whose celebrity-like face draws immediate attention from students across the school. 13 14

• Bears an uncanny resemblance to idol star Lin Changkong. 13
• Has notably beautiful eyes and a roguish, expressive smile. 13
• Is tall enough to meet the school’s flag-bearer requirements. 43
• Wears his hair slightly long; wind gives it a deliberately flamboyant appearance. 30

Personality

Liang is sociable, confident, and mischievous. He rapidly befriends classmates, enjoys teasing others, and does not hesitate to attract attention with bold remarks or expensive possessions. His charm coexists with a tendency to be judgmental: when first told about Chen Yan, he joins the class in mocking her appearance before noticing that her skin is unusually fair and smooth. 13 14 15

He is impulsive and deeply protective of people he considers his own, particularly Chen Wanwan and later Su Yan. Insults against Chen Wanwan provoke him to nearly fight Su Yan, while Su Yan’s assault by older students makes Liang furious enough to demand retaliation. 27 41 42

Liang strongly dislikes rules, confinement, and poor living conditions. He resists becoming a flag bearer because he associates the role with strict discipline, and he flees the school dormitory after its residents discuss keeping chamber pots beneath their beds. 43 50

Abilities & Skills

Academics and Programming

Liang is academically capable despite his reputation as a playful student.

• Placed third in his class’s total-score rankings after his first semester. 32
• Can learn quickly when he applies himself; he completes assigned history recitation rather than copying it repeatedly as punishment. 18
• Secretly writes programming code during class while pretending to follow lessons. 14

Singing

Liang has a strong singing voice and uses music to express his feelings openly.

• Performs Beyond’s I Like You at the New Year’s party. 25 28
• Directs the performance toward Chen Wanwan, making his feelings clear to her and the class. 28

Social Charm

Liang is exceptionally effective at making favorable first impressions.

• Wins over many classmates almost immediately after transferring in. 13
• Attracts widespread attention from girls, including students from other grades. 13 14
• Uses attentive gestures—buying snacks, walking Chen Wanwan home, opening ketchup packets, and offering napkins—to court Chen Wanwan. 19 23

Equipment / Items

• Camera-equipped flip phone — A costly model worth nearly 4,000 yuan, used to play Tetris during chemistry class until Teacher Wang confiscates and returns it. 15
• Mobile phone — Used to communicate with his cousin and view photographs of Su Yan taken at a bar. 36 37

Relationships

• Su Yan — Begins as an antagonistic classmate after Su Yan repeatedly ignores his attempts at friendship. Their rivalry includes tattling, arguments over tomatoes, and threats, but develops into a more cooperative friendship after they become deskmates; Liang repays Su Yan’s tomato with KFC. 14 18 19 45 46
• Chen Wanwan — His girlfriend. Liang is immediately attracted to her, escorts her home, pursues her through meals and a movie invitation, and publicly conveys his feelings through song; they become an acknowledged couple at school. 14 19 24 28
• Teacher Ma — His homeroom teacher, who admits him to the class, persuades him to accept the flag-bearer role, and helps arrange cleaner lodging after he leaves the dormitory. 13 43 50
• Liang Kui’s cousin — A practical older relative who attends his parent-teacher conference, encourages him to think about his parents, and later sends him photographs of Su Yan at a bar. 31 36
• Chen Yan — Initially participates in classmates’ ridicule of her appearance, though he later recognizes a physical quality the others overlook: her fair, smooth skin. 14
• Lin Qiang — Classmate who helps supply Liang’s dormitory with fried tofu after Liang is confined on campus. 49

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Transfer Student arc — Arrives from City A, becomes the class’s new center of attention, and begins his uneasy rivalry with Su Yan. 12 13 14
• Chen Wanwan courtship — Escorts Chen Wanwan home, treats her to food, realizes he must confess directly, and begins dating her. 19 23 24
• New Year’s party — Defends Chen Wanwan after Su Yan insults her, then performs I Like You as a public declaration of affection. 27 28
• Su Yan assault aftermath — Reacts angrily to Su Yan being attacked by Wan Xing’s group and favors direct retaliation, clashing with Su Yan’s preference for restraint. 41 42
• Flag-bearer training — Is selected alongside Su Yan as a school flag bearer, reluctantly completes training, and encounters the sports students involved in Su Yan’s earlier assault. 43 46
• Dormitory crisis — Is forced into closed-campus dorm life, complains about hygiene, briefly becomes a proposed dorm leader, then moves into an elderly teacher’s home after escaping the dorm. 47 48 50

Notable Quotes

“My name is Liang Kui. Let me make this clear in advance: Lin Changkong and I have absolutely nothing to do with each other.” 13

“If I ever live in that dorm again, I won’t be named Liang!” 50

Trivia

• Liang initially tries to outdo Su Yan by displaying his more expensive phone, but this results in Teacher Wang confiscating it during class. 15
• He is particularly fond of Su Yan’s tomatoes and repeatedly asks for them, eventually stealing one during the New Year’s party. 15 27 45
• He plays basketball during lunch breaks and often becomes too hungry to last through afternoon classes. 45
• He considers dormitory hygiene so intolerable that he leaves by climbing over the school wall after hearing his roommates plan to store chamber pots under their beds. 50