Wu Chen

Biodata

Background and History

Wu Chen spent a thousand years reliving the same day. Each reset erased changes to his body and relationships, but left his memories and learned skills intact. He used the repetitions to study people, investigate secrets, and practise extensively; a later date confirms to him that the loop has ended 3 20 21 50.

Outside the loop, his family runs a noodle shop in a small county town. His ordinary background contrasts with the influence he builds after gaining a future: he becomes Li Ruobing’s boyfriend, earns the confidence of her brother Li Ruotai, and develops ties across East Sea’s business and underworld circles 70 140 233.

Appearance

Wu Chen is a handsome, slim young man who can look like a college student in casual clothes. He usually wears a suit and tie when meeting influential people, giving him the appearance of a wealthy young gentleman 20 103 247.

• Build: Slim but healthy; he exercises after the loop to improve the physical condition that his fighting experience alone cannot preserve 20.
• Usual manner: A relaxed smile and composure that persist even during confrontations 5 105 247.

Personality

Wu Chen generally prefers information and timing to open force. He often lets others draw their own conclusions about his background, and shares only enough of a plan to secure their cooperation. He can be playful and attentive with people close to him, but readily uses secrets, pressure, and misdirection against opponents 27 36 92 269.

His foresight also leaves him detached at times. He tells An Menglan that anticipating outcomes can make him seem emotionally distant and isolate him from other people 287.

Abilities and Skills

Memory and accumulated learning

• Wu Chen retains knowledge acquired through the repeated day. His ability display lists 1,354 abilities, including 103 languages at level 9 3.
• His knowledge of people and private events lets him identify vulnerabilities and anticipate reactions. It is extensive, not all-encompassing: he acknowledges that he cannot know everything about everyone in East Sea 1 50.

Strategy and social manipulation

• He turns a gaming rivalry into a way to reach Lei Cheng and gain access to singer Tao Manying 23 26.
• He orchestrates Su Qingying’s rise at Jinfu Group and later guides cooperation among the Li, Tang, and Gu families against the Ding Family 49 93 222.
• He reframes a restaurant confrontation so Zhan Xiumei sees his actions as a favor, a result that unsettles Li Ruobing 36.

Combat and marksmanship

• His retained fighting techniques and reflexes make him dangerous despite his body resetting during the loop. He defeats seven attackers in an elevator and later overpowers nearly twenty thugs in an alley 20 99 139.
• After extensive loop-era practice, he considers himself the world’s best pistol shooter. During a standoff with Mao Rusong, he disarms Mao and repeatedly shoots an airborne knife 105 106.

Music and other skills

• Under the name Morning Mist, he writes songs for Song Xuan and An Menglan; he also produces album material and demonstrates piano accompaniment and opera-style singing 88 180 219 244.
• He declines invitations to debut as a singer, preferring songwriting and collaboration 85 173.
• He is skilled at infiltration and cooking 147 155.

Relationships

• Li Ruobing — Girlfriend and close partner. Their relationship grows from a strategic public association into a genuine romance; she accepts that he has other partners, while insisting on her own standing with him 70 243.
• Li Ruotai — Ruobing’s younger brother. Wu Chen helps him through a serious crisis, and Ruotai comes to trust him with responsibility for East Sea’s underworld during his absence 70 174.
• Su Qingying — Lover whose takeover of Jinfu Group Wu Chen arranges. He later takes steps to bring their relationship to her father’s attention rather than leave her to face the consequences alone 49 93 235.
• Wu Yurong — Lover and business ally. Wu Chen helps her navigate plans involving Senlan Group and the Ding Family, then approaches her father about transferring shares to her 93 250 252.
• Zhuang Xiaodie — Lover whom he supports in building an entertainment career and business of her own 127 155 212.
• An Menglan — Singer, musical collaborator, and lover. Wu Chen backs a plan for her to acquire Hezong Media 180 244 284 291.
• Lei Cheng — Ally who calls Wu Chen his “little brother” after receiving a lead concerning his wife’s death 27.
• Tang Xinbao — Young heir whom Wu Chen rescues from an alley assault; Tang admires his fighting skill 139 140 155.
• He Xinxin — Drawing student. Wu Chen tutors her while also considering how the conflict with her father, Ding Ruilong, may affect her future 115 173 246.

Major Arcs

• Building influence in East Sea: Wu Chen helps Li Ruotai, supports Su Qingying’s corporate takeover, and becomes known among local underworld figures as “Mr. Wu” 12 49 101 233.
• The conflict with Ding Ruilong: He recruits allies, plants Meng Junhao close to Ding, and coordinates preparations against the wider Ding Family 222 252 264 265.
• Entertainment-industry campaign: As his music reaches a wider audience, Wu Chen gathers evidence and allies for a plan to bring down Hezong Media and place An Menglan in control 244 277 284 291.

Notable Quotes

“Because I know so much, I can make choices that benefit me at any time, for any reason, whenever an opportunity presents itself.” 77

“Either he dies or I do.” — On his feud with Ding Ruilong 252