Xie Tingsi

Biodata

Background / History

Xie Tingsi is Xie Chengyue and Guo Rao’s younger son and Xie Zhiyu’s younger brother. His parents’ divorce left him hurt and contributed to frequent arguments with his father. When Chengyue dismissed a film Tingsi wanted to fund, Tingsi prepared to invest his own assets and acting income instead. Zhiyu heard his proposal and agreed to back it 13 14 290.

Tingsi taught himself acting. He befriended fellow actor Shao Ang while they shared a room and rehearsed on set; a successful drama brought both supporting actors wider attention. Tingsi later invested all the money available to him in a film production that encountered serious setbacks 113 114.

Appearance

Tingsi has striking, somewhat androgynous looks and a bold style 14 106.

• Sparkling peach-blossom eyes resembling Guo Rao’s 290.
• A lean, defined build that he maintains through exercise and a filming diet 15 122.
• A taste for eclectic outfits that he enjoys showing off 14 73.

Personality

Tingsi is outspoken, playful, and openly proud of his appearance. His remarks can offend people, but his straightforwardness also wins admirers. He is more sensitive than his bravado suggests: he feels deeply responsible when a false scandal harms Zhiyu and struggles to accept betrayal by people close to him 16 163 127.

He is generous with staff and protective of Shen Baili. He gave an assistant paid leave and helped cover her father’s medical bills, while keeping the help private. With Baili, he fusses over her health, celebrates her academic successes, and limits her exposure to his celebrity audience 123 127 245 279.

Abilities & Skills

Acting

Self-taught, Tingsi can shift quickly into character; his performance as an unconventional Taoist priest impresses Director Wang Quan 113 121 122.

• Takes his craft seriously and asks fans to discuss his performances, not only his looks 118.
• Maintains a strict fitness routine and diet for filming 122.
• Wins every major Best Actor award for Survivor, becoming the youngest actor to achieve an industry grand slam 309.

Hearing Shen Baili’s thoughts

Tingsi discovers that he can hear Baili’s inner voice after Zhiyu explains what he has been hearing 126.

• Her thoughts help warn him of danger involving assistant Cheng Hui 126 127.
• A mysterious force prevents him from telling Baili directly that he can hear her thoughts 126.

Relationships

• Xie Zhiyu — older brother and film backer. Zhiyu retrieves him after a drunken night, trusts him to handle a public scandal, and helps protect him from Cheng Hui 13 14 16 127.
• Xie Chengyue — father. They clash over Tingsi’s career, though Chengyue quietly investigates his proposed investment and later supports the brothers’ decision 13 14.
• Shen Baili — younger sister within the household, whom he calls “Little Pear Blossom.” Their bond grows from polite distance into affectionate teasing and mutual concern 14 72 120 136.
• Xie Liuzheng — aunt. Tingsi rushes home after learning how Duan Xing treated her and wants to defend her 73.
• Guo Rao — mother. Her absence left him distrustful, though her later gifts and notes gradually reopen communication 290 295.
• Yan Qiaolan — agent. Tingsi trusts her to continue representing him after she discloses her past relationship with Lu Bai 122 133 134.
• Cheng Hui — former assistant and friend who tampers with his safety harness. Tingsi presses charges for attempted murder 127 133.
• Shao Ang — former actor friend. Tingsi ends their friendship and recasts his role after learning Shao sold information about him to Lu Bai 113 141 142.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Career and publicity: Tingsi pursues a film despite his father’s initial rejection. Later, misleading photos of Zhiyu catching him at a club spark a scandal; Tingsi identifies Zhiyu as his brother and seeks legal action against the outlet 14 15 16.
• The safety-harness plot: In the original storyline Baili reads, a tampered wire causes a fall that disfigures Tingsi and costs him his film role. Warned in the present storyline, he catches Cheng Hui tampering with the harness and presses charges 116 127 133.
• Changing fate: An unlocked original-story chapter shows Tingsi dying after kidney failure; a later scene reveals he had donated a kidney to his younger half-brother Song Tianci. In the present storyline, Song Tianci receives a kidney from another donor, while Tingsi remains alive and goes on to win major acting awards 145 146 309 310 311.