Shi Jihan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Shi Jihan (时季晗)
Alias(es)	Third Young Master; Detective Old Wang; screenwriter AAA; Teacher zz 34 38 80
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shi Family; Shi Group; Universe film production; System 000 1 38
Occupation/Role	Fashion designer; screenwriter; production worker; substitute fashion-design teacher 2 8 38 80
Status	Alive; determined to remain in the merged-novel world rather than return to his original world 138
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Background

Shi Jihan was an exhausted modern college student before suddenly transmigrating into a world created by the merger of three novels. He inherited the identity of a notorious “vicious cannon fodder,” whose prescribed endings included losing an inheritance struggle against Shi Bochuan, interfering in his second brother’s romance, and provoking Zhou Jingcheng until exile abroad. He was immediately bound to the unreliable newborn System 000. 1

Initially alarmed by the role’s doomed future, Shi Jihan embraced it after learning that Malice/Villainy Points could be exchanged for money. He treated malicious missions as paid employment, often completing them through flippant insults, absurd pranks, and elaborate misunderstandings rather than conventional cruelty. 1 2

His attempts to damage Shen Qinghuai’s work repeatedly produced the opposite result: President Wang interpreted Shi Jihan’s reckless banquet remarks as sophisticated negotiation tactics and invested in Shi Group. The resulting reputation for business acumen led Shi Bochuan to give him responsibility for a concept theme and an entire seasonal series. 3 8

As the original plots collapsed, Shi Jihan became involved in fashion design, publicity, scriptwriting, and the production of Superpowered Neighborhood Committee. Although he intended to make the film fail for a system mission, the project became a successful low-budget hit. 38 71 89

Near the end of his missions, Shi Jihan realized that he no longer wished to return to his original world. He attempted to resist the Main System’s forced return plan through programmers, System 000’s code, and even borrowed religious statues. 138

Appearance

Shi Jihan has a soft, youthful appearance that contrasts sharply with his aggressive behavior. In formalwear, he is described as looking like an expensive display doll: obedient, harmless, and polished. 3

• Clear black-and-white eyes that curve into crescents when he smiles.
• Slightly curly hair.
• Small, delicate facial features and slightly baby-fat cheeks.
• A small mole on the tip of his nose. 3
• Slim, pale legs; his tennis outfit was compared to a sailor uniform. 5
• Frequently wears colorful, unconventional outfits, in contrast to Zhou Jingcheng’s darker wardrobe. 30

Personality

Shi Jihan is shameless, sharp-tongued, greedy, and highly motivated by money. He openly prioritizes payment over dignity, whether accepting system missions, modeling humiliating fashion collections, or enduring public embarrassment for commercial compensation. 1 22

He avoids genuine work whenever possible and routinely interprets ordinary responsibility as oppression. However, when cornered, he is unexpectedly industrious and capable: he manages design materials, writes scripts, improvises scenes, and produces detailed continuity notes when the production crew needs them. 8 38 79

His “villainy” is generally theatrical rather than cruel. He creates chaos through bizarre logic, pranks, and verbal provocation, but he also tries to prevent the tragic outcomes of the original novels—particularly Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai’s relationship collapse. 15

Shi Jihan is easily embarrassed by sincere affection and responds to romantic tension with denial, insults, flight, or increasingly elaborate excuses. His eventual refusal to leave the merged world reflects his attachment to Zhou Jingcheng, his family, and the life he built there. 80 96 138

Abilities & Skills

Fashion Design and Garment Construction

Shi Jihan identifies himself as an academically trained tailor and demonstrates practical ability in fashion design.

• Assigned responsibility for a Shi Group concept theme and an entire seasonal series after his accidental success with President Wang. 8
• Uses clothing as both artistic expression and a weapon of public humiliation, including deliberately embarrassing costumes for Pei Mingxuan and Xiao Yuan. 25 54
• Created an unconventional jianbing guozi-inspired gown for Shen Zhao’s senior-university class. 80
• His designs and publicity work repeatedly generate online attention, even when he intends them to create negative trends. 8 58

Screenwriting and Creative Direction

Under the pseudonym AAA, Shi Jihan writes absurdist scripts that combine comedy, social observation, and exaggerated “superpowers.”

• Wrote Superpowered Neighborhood Committee, whose premise centers on eccentric residents fighting the Demolition Crew. 38 49
• Sold film and short-drama adaptation rights to Zhou Jingcheng’s company for several million yuan. 38
• Revised scripts overnight, creating characters with powers based on social invisibility, motivational speeches, and ideological lecturing. 39
• His screenplay and production contributions helped turn the film into a successful “dark horse,” despite his original plan to make it lose money. 88 89

Publicity and Improvisation

Shi Jihan repeatedly turns humiliation, chaos, and apparent failure into publicity.

• His drunken scandal improved Shi Group’s public image instead of damaging it, leading an entertainment company to seek him for PR work. 4
• Helped make Shi Group and its fashion events trend online through deliberately melodramatic promotional material. 10
• Starred in viral advertisements for a toilet plunger, electric toothbrush, and dish soap; his deadpan performance became a meme. 58 59
• Uses livestreams, costumes, fandom culture, and public spectacle to influence online opinion. 25 84

System 000 Interface

System 000 assigns Shi Jihan missions and awards Malice/Villainy Points for provoking others, damaging reputations, or disrupting predetermined plots.

• Points can be exchanged for money, which is Shi Jihan’s primary motivation for cooperating with the system. 1
• Missions can impose severe penalties; failing the tennis task would have deducted 300 Malice Points. 4
• His long-term mission to make a money-losing film failed after Superpowered Neighborhood Committee succeeded, costing him 8,000 Malice Points and triggering installment repayments. 89
• He can exploit one-use System items, though they are often dangerous or inconvenient. The speed item “Screw You” made his legs run uncontrollably until he collapsed in a cornfield. 51
• System 000’s assistance is inconsistent: it supplies information and mission tools but frequently misunderstands Shi Jihan’s intentions or worsens his situations. 1 51

Relationships

• Zhou Jingcheng — Initially Shi Jihan’s intended nemesis and a target of system missions. Their hostile teasing developed into open romance; Zhou eventually publicly confessed, and the two became an affectionate couple. 1 78 89
• System 000 / Zero-Zero-Zero — His excitable, unreliable system companion. They bicker constantly, cooperate on schemes, and treat Malice Points as shared financial resources. 1 89
• Shi Bochuan — Eldest brother and Shi Group CEO. Shi Jihan initially expects punishment from him, but Shi Bochuan gradually recognizes his abilities, trusts him with company work, and later transfers their parents’ shares to him. 2 8 89
• Shen Qinghuai — Shi Bochuan’s husband and Shi Jihan’s early system target. Shi Jihan repeatedly disrupts his work and marriage, then becomes involved in protecting the relationship from its original tragic route. 2 15
• Shi Zhongye — Second brother, director, and initially one of Shi Jihan’s most hostile relatives due to the original owner’s past mistreatment. They become creative collaborators through Shi Jihan’s anonymous AAA scripts; Zhongye later rewards him with five million yuan after the film succeeds. 37 38 89
• Zhou Zeyang — Zhou Jingcheng’s younger brother and Shi Jihan’s employee. Shi Jihan hires him first as a fake “White Moonlight” and later involves him in film and succession-related schemes. 13 21 78
• Yan Bo — Pattern maker and fiercely devoted subordinate who mistakes Shi Jihan’s attempts to avoid work for a campaign to seize control of Shi Group. 8
• Xiao Yuan — Actor and Shi Zhongye’s partner. Shi Jihan repeatedly embarrasses him for Malice Points but also works alongside him on the film production. 42 61
• Pizza — Zhou Jingcheng’s dog. Shi Jihan treats Pizza with excessive familiarity, including using the dog in a wig for his Detective Old Wang schemes. 34 88

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Transmigration and villain employment — Shi Jihan enters the merged-novel world, learns of his cannon-fodder fate, and decides to earn money through System 000’s malicious missions. 1
• Shi Group conflict — His attempts to sabotage Shen Qinghuai’s projects repeatedly strengthen Shi Group, earning him an undeserved reputation as a gifted strategist and designer. 3 8
• Relationship “testing” schemes — He fabricates a White Moonlight, hires Zhou Zeyang, and stages increasingly absurd situations to protect Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai from their original tragic ending. 13 15 21
• AAA and the film-production arc — As the anonymous writer AAA, Shi Jihan sells scripts to Universe, joins the Superpowered Neighborhood Committee production, and attempts to sabotage it through cost-cutting and chaotic revisions. 38 54
• Romance with Zhou Jingcheng — Their antagonism develops through teasing, caretaking, accidental intimacy, public confessions, and eventually an established relationship. 45 71 78 89
• Zhou Family succession mission — The Main System orders Shi Jihan to gain Zhou Jingcheng’s parents’ approval and support Zhou Zeyang as Huanyu’s successor, putting his system duties in direct conflict with his relationship. 78 89
• Resistance to the Main System — After learning that only a few tasks remain before his return, Shi Jihan rejects the prospect of leaving and begins seeking ways to remain in the world. 138

Notable Quotes

“You can take my life, but you can't take my money!” 12

“Abyssal Siphon!” 58

“What is integrity? All I see is bone soup.” 70