Xu Mingxian

Biodata

Background and History

Xu Mingxian founded his company without taking money from his family, though he used its connections. The business grew by selling fabricated e-commerce data, including sales figures and reviews. He described its annual revenue as a few tens of millions of yuan; Zhang Yang knew it had grown to more than two hundred workers and computers 42 46 57 161.

Yang Su introduced Xu to her married daughter, Cheng Dongxue, while the Cheng Family faced a financial crisis. Xu offered five million yuan if Dongxue divorced Zhang Yang and married him. When she refused, he grabbed her arm and threatened her. He later tried to pay Zhang Yang to leave the marriage and offered Dongxue a Porsche 42 43 46.

Personality

Xu treats wealth as leverage and repeatedly disregards Dongxue’s refusal. He insults Zhang Yang as a useless live-in son-in-law, but retreats when Zhang defeats the people he hires to protect or attack him 43 45 73 156.

He holds grudges and conceals his own part in the feud. After Zhang Xin’ai beats him for arranging attacks on Zhang Yang, Xu falsely blames Zhang Yang; he later gives his father a distorted account to secure the family’s help 85 95 158 159.

Business and Resources

• Data-falsification company — Xu’s operation sells fabricated e-commerce activity. Its practices leave him vulnerable when Zhang Yang threatens to expose them 46 160 161.
• Money and family connections — He uses large payments, hired guards and the Xu Family’s influence against Zhang Yang. These efforts repeatedly fail 74 155 167 188.
• Personal combat — No comparable fighting ability is documented for Xu; he relies on others to confront Zhang Yang 69 156 188.

Relationships

• Cheng Dongxue — The woman Xu seeks to marry despite her existing marriage and repeated rejection 43 86 155.
• Zhang Yang — Dongxue’s husband and Xu’s principal adversary. Their conflict extends from the marriage to Xu’s company and eventually the Xu Group 46 161 188 229.
• Yang Su — Dongxue’s mother, who arranges their meeting and continues pressing for the match after Xu begins avoiding Zhang Yang 42 86 95.
• Xu Keming — Xu’s father. He initially condemns his son for pursuing a married woman, later intervenes in the feud, and eventually recognizes the danger it poses to the family 158 159 214.
• Mrs. Xu — Xu’s protective mother, who supports him against Zhang Yang and arranges an unsuccessful attack 158 160.
• Jiao Long — A killer Xu hires to murder Zhang Yang. After losing, Jiao Long refuses to help Xu find another opponent 69 74.
• Zhang Xin’ai — Beats Xu on her grandfather’s orders as a warning to stay away from Zhang Yang 85.

Story Role and Major Arcs

• Pursuit of Dongxue — Xu attempts to turn the Cheng Family’s need for money into a marriage agreement, then clashes with Zhang Yang when Dongxue refuses 42 43 46.
• Escalating attacks — He takes credit for money sent to the Cheng Family, hires Jiao Long alongside Yang Qintian to kill Zhang Yang, and continues looking for ways to defeat him after the attempt fails 66 69 75.
• Loss of his company — Evidence of wrongdoing leads to Xu’s arrest and the shutdown of his business. After his release, he occupies the closed office to defy Zhang Yang, who breaks his arm and forces him out 166 167 188.
• Xu Family’s downfall — Xu helps arrange Lei Hu’s attack on Zhang Yang’s consulting company. Lei Hu fails and exposes the family’s involvement; later, authorities investigate the Xu Group, uncover illegal activity and tax evasion, and take Xu Keming into custody. Xu regrets repeatedly provoking Zhang Yang 210 213 229.

Notable Quotes

“Besides, so what if you're married? You can get divorced.” 43

“Dad, Zhang Yang may be a punk, but he knows how to fight. Plenty of thugs and bodyguards have gone down against him. Even Master Long, supposedly Gong City's top killer, lost to him.” 159