Ye Qin

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ye Qin (叶沁)
Alias(es)	Xiao Qin
Gender	Female
Age	28 74
Affiliation	Mingzhu Company — commercial spokesperson 52 77
Occupation/Role	Actress, singer, commercial endorser
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 35

Background / History

Ye Qin was born to a mother who had an unregistered relationship with Chen Zhengchu before he became a live-in son-in-law of the wealthy Zhong family. Although Chen secretly housed Ye Qin and her mother for several years, Zhong Qiuyue discovered them and had the pair expelled during a snowy winter night; Ye Qin’s mother was beaten until her leg was fractured, while Chen Zhengchu failed to intervene. 90

The public was told that her father had died young and that she had been raised by a single mother. In reality, this cover concealed her abandonment and her connection to the Zhong family. The experience left Ye Qin insecure, timid around others, and deeply afraid of confronting her past. 90 91

Despite these circumstances, Ye Qin entered the entertainment industry and became a major film-and-music star within three years of her debut. Wang Fang, her maternal aunt and manager, supported her through university and the difficult years before her rise to fame. 35 262

Appearance

Ye Qin is a tall, exceptionally youthful-looking woman with an ethereal presence that contrasts with her status as a major celebrity.

• Approximately 1.71 meters tall. 129
• Fair skin and delicate facial features; despite being 28, she is often mistaken for a recent college graduate. 74
• Usually carries a gentle, delicate aura that invites protectiveness rather than intimidation. 75
• Has black hair and favors understated styling when traveling discreetly. 74
• Her voice is described as ethereal and natural. 35

Personality

Ye Qin initially appears composed, polite, and unusually free of celebrity arrogance. She firmly rejects endorsements that interfere with her priorities, particularly her piano practice, and is willing to travel privately to Tongzhou to pursue instruction from Su Rui. 39 73

Beneath her public confidence, Ye Qin carries lasting fear and inferiority from her childhood. She is hesitant in unfamiliar social situations and longs for security, yet she gradually becomes more assertive after confronting her memories and the people who harmed her. 84 90 132

She values sincerity over status. Before seeking Su Rui’s help, she refused to rely on wealthy young men for revenge because she distrusted their motives. 130 By the Yan City arc, she accepts that she must act as an independent participant in her own struggle rather than merely rely on protection. 400

Abilities & Skills

Acting

Ye Qin is a highly acclaimed actress whose rapid rise established her as one of the country’s leading young performers.

• Won the Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Best Actress and the China Film Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress. 35
• Received the 2019 Entertainment Trendsetter Best Newcomer recognition. 35
• Her film Peerless Under Heaven earned major festival awards, a CCTV review, and international acclaim. 35
• Has been hailed as a Chinese actress with the potential to reach the Oscar Best Actress stage before age 28. 35

Singing

Ye Qin is active in both film and music, with a singing ability regarded as world-class.

• Her first solo concert at Jingbei Stadium caused a major sensation. 35
• Her releases immediately top music charts. 51
• Drew a massive crowd when performing at Mingzhu’s Qiantang New Store opening. 213

Piano

Piano was Ye Qin’s dream before she entered entertainment, but she initially lacks a strong technical foundation.

• Secretly practiced piano despite not publicizing the ambition. 51
• Was inspired by Su Rui’s performance at the Wen Feng Gala and made piano lessons a condition of her Mingzhu endorsement. 51 52
• Her initial foundation is described as poor; Su Rui begins by guiding her through basic melodies and technique. 89
• Her dedication to learning piano motivates her decision to cancel a planned trip to England and travel to Tongzhou. 51 73

Public Influence

Ye Qin’s celebrity status gives her substantial commercial and public influence.

• More than 20,000 of her fans attended Mingzhu’s Qiantang New Store opening. 212
• Her appearance was the central draw for the event; most young attendees came specifically to see her. 213
• Her fans’ national reach makes her high-profile collaboration with Mingzhu a form of protection against covert retaliation. 77

Relationships

• Su Rui — Piano teacher, business partner, protector, and romantic partner. Ye Qin accepts Mingzhu’s endorsement to learn from him, later asks him to help her confront her past, and tells her mother that they are dating. 52 130 281
• Wang Fang — Maternal aunt, assistant, and manager. Wang Fang helped support Ye Qin before fame, manages her career, and fiercely defends her against exploitative relatives. 39 262
• Ye Qin’s Mother — Her closest family member and fellow survivor of the Zhong family’s abuse. Ye Qin remains affectionate and protective toward her mother, whose injured legs require a wheelchair. 90 261
• Chen Zhengchu — Biological father. He abandoned Ye Qin and her mother after becoming Zhong Qiuyue’s live-in son-in-law; later encounters with Ye Qin are shaped by his guilt and inability to protect her decisively. 90 388 389
• Zhong Qiuyue — Chen Zhengchu’s wife and Ye Qin’s principal adversary. Zhong Qiuyue drove Ye Qin and her mother from their home, later recognizes Ye Qin in Yan City, and regards her existence as a humiliation. 90 395
• Zhong Ling — Half-sister through Chen Zhengchu. Ye Qin feels sympathy for Zhong Ling despite the collapse of the Zhong family and their inherited conflict. 341 464
• Li Ruobing — President of Mingzhu Company. Their relationship begins as a formal endorsement partnership and remains polite but tense due to their respective connections with Su Rui. 74 75
• Liu Yue — Former close classmate. Liu Yue resents Ye Qin’s success and attempts to humiliate her at a reunion, ending their friendship. 131 136

Story Role / Major Arcs

Mingzhu Endorsement and Piano Lessons

Li Ruobing identifies Ye Qin as an ideal replacement spokesperson for Mingzhu’s new-store promotion. Although Ye Qin initially refuses all endorsement work, she watches Su Rui’s piano performance online and personally contacts Mingzhu, agreeing to cooperate only if Su Rui teaches her piano sincerely. 35 39 51 52

Ye Qin travels privately to Tongzhou, meets Su Rui and Li Ruobing, and begins lessons in a piano room Su Rui prepares with a Steinway piano and gardenias chosen around her preferences. 73 74 75 88

Confronting Her Trauma

During a piano lesson, Su Rui uses hypnosis to force Ye Qin to revisit the night she and her mother were driven from their home. The session exposes the source of her fear and insecurity while pushing her to consider retaliation against the Zhong family. 90

Classmate Reunion and Qiantang Opening

Ye Qin asks Su Rui to accompany her to a gathering with Liu Yue and Huang Minghao, where the pair belittle her career and insult her. After Su Rui intervenes, Ye Qin ends her friendship with Liu Yue. 130 131 132 136

As Mingzhu’s spokesperson, Ye Qin performs at the Qiantang New Store opening, attracting tens of thousands of fans and dramatically increasing the event’s commercial impact. 212 213

Family Debt Dispute

When opportunistic relatives begin demanding money from Ye Qin and her mother, Wang Fang confronts them and reveals how they ignored Ye Qin during her impoverished years. Su Rui forces the relatives to repay what they borrowed from Ye Qin and challenges their claim that she belongs to the family only when they want her money. 261 262 268

Return to Yan City

Ye Qin decides to return to Yan City with Su Rui and her mother to face the family that destroyed their lives. Though initially frightened and opposed by both Wang Fang and her mother, she insists on confronting the past rather than continuing to hide from it. 255 256 279 280

In Yan City, she encounters Zhong Qiuyue and Chen Zhengchu. She initially trembles before Zhong Qiuyue but does not retreat; later, when Chen Zhengchu attempts to urge her away, she confronts his failure to protect her. 387 388 389

Zhong Family Downfall

Zhong Qiuyue ultimately recognizes Ye Qin as Chen Zhengchu’s daughter and attempts to intimidate her through Old Bai and her allies. Su Rui intervenes, publicly claiming Ye Qin as his girlfriend and turning the confrontation against Zhong Qiuyue. 395 396

After the Zhong family’s collapse, Su Rui tells Ye Qin that she can move freely through Yan City and that the humiliation inflicted on her and her mother has been repaid. 464

Notable Quotes

“But, not anymore.” — Ye Qin ending her friendship with Liu Yue. 136

Trivia

• Ye Qin enjoys playing games, fishing, and feeding pigeons at the Place de Paris in France when her schedule permits. 75
• She likes gardenias and Steinway pianos, preferences Su Rui uses when preparing her piano room. 75 88
• Shen Nanyue later gives her a villa in Yan City and a custom Lamborghini in gratitude for her role in the Zhong family’s defeat. 473