He Zhiwen

Biodata

Background / History

He Zhiwen met Xing Yue after applying to be her piano teacher. They soon began dating and remained together for seven years 114. Three years before their reunion, Ji Wenyan pressed He to leave Xing Yue and promised to arrange treatment for Xing Yue’s injured snake tail. He left without telling Xing Yue about the arrangement; Ji Wenyan later said she had found no treatment despite spending considerable resources 26 31.

He subsequently married Jiang Yue, an online personality. Hoping to help Jiang Yue enter an entertainment program, He asked Xing Yue for a recommendation, straining their already awkward reunion 29 30. Jiang Yue knew He was a Spirit Snake and exploited that secret: she drugged and caged He, who was later found and brought home by Xing Yue 44 48. He quietly supplied blood for eye drops intended to help Xing Yue, despite knowing Xing Yue would reject medicine made from a Spirit Snake if told its source 50. Jiang Yue later returned and assaulted He; Xing Yue intervened and was wounded 73.

Two years later, He still had nightmares about Jiang Yue. An allegation concerning her private piano lessons threatened her teaching job, prompting her to research opening a piano studio or music shop 120 121. She had also grown close to Tan Xiang’e, but Tan repeatedly refused marriage because she feared her dangerous research could put a spouse at risk. Their relationship ended after He found Tan asleep with Yun Shu following Tan’s heat and understood the scene as a betrayal 120 123.

Appearance

He Zhiwen has a petite figure, amber eyes, and long dark hair 25 120 123.

• Snake form — A small white snake; her white tail bears a faint Weeping Jasmine pattern 48 122.
• Dress — She is shown wearing a flower-adorned hat, a lotus-pink dress, and a modernized green qipao 25 29 123.

Personality

He is usually gentle, cheerful, and attentive to small details. She makes things by hand, keeps flowers, and remembers the needs of people close to her; during her relationship with Xing Yue, she also regularly visited and cared for Xing Yue’s mother 51 69. When facing a possible career change, she insists on researching the practicalities before accepting Tan’s investment 120.

Her warmth does not keep her from making difficult or questionable choices. She concealed Ji Wenyan’s role in her breakup with Xing Yue, later asked Xing Yue for help advancing Jiang Yue’s career, and secretly provided blood for Xing Yue’s medicine 26 29 50. With Tan, she is direct about wanting a committed relationship and ultimately refuses casual intimacy with someone else 121 123.

Abilities & Skills

Spirit Snake traits

• Transformation — He can take the form of a white snake and reveal a snake tail while human 32 48.
• Medicinal blood — Her transparent blood can be processed into medicine; she supplies it for Xing Yue’s eye drops 29 50.
• Limitations and risks — The value placed on Spirit Snake blood and body parts makes disclosure of her species dangerous. He and others of her kind hide their identity for safety 29.

Music and teaching

• Piano — He is an accomplished pianist with competition awards and teaching experience 114.
• Teaching — She works at a school and gives private piano lessons 48 120.

Relationships

• Xing Yue — Former girlfriend of seven years and former piano student. Their bond survives the breakup, but He’s request for a favor and her concealed help with Xing Yue’s treatment complicate it 26 29 50 114.
• Jiang Yue — Wife who exploited He’s Spirit Snake identity, abducted her, and later assaulted her 29 44 73.
• Tan Xiang’e — Doctor and close friend toward whom He develops romantic feelings. Their disagreement over marriage and He’s discovery of Tan with Yun Shu end their relationship 108 120 123.
• Ming Shushan — Mother. She initially accuses Xing Yue after He disappears, then later sends Xing Yue food through He 45 51.
• Ji Wenyan — Pressured He to leave Xing Yue in exchange for a promise of treatment, then sought her blood and scales in a proposed bargain over Jiang Yue’s career 26 31.

Notable Quotes

“If I tell you ten thousand times that I’m not afraid and that I’ll stand with you and the country, will you still use this as a reason to avoid marriage?” 123