Su Qingying

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Su Qingying (苏青颖)
Alias(es)	East Sea's Richest Heiress; East Sea's Number One Heiress; East Sea's Top Beauty 33
Online Username	“When Will the Moon Be Clear?”—used on a private forum 28 40
Gender	Female
Age	27; three months older than Li Ruobing and five years older than Wu Chen 33 48 53
Affiliation	Su Family; Jinfu Group, a gold, silver, and jewelry business 33
Occupation/Role	Executive vice president of Jinfu Group; Su Ruiwen's sole heir and intended successor 56 171
Family	Only daughter of Su Ruiwen and Madam Su 33
Status	Alive; gains independence from her mother's control and increasing authority at Jinfu Group 62 235 264
First Appearance	Mentioned in Chapter 1; appears in person in Chapter 28 1 28

Background / History

Su Qingying was born after her father, Su Ruiwen, had already built Jinfu into the largest jewelry-chain company in the East China region. Her mother came from a family of senior officials and intellectuals and was a university lecturer before marriage. Raised with strict rules, Qingying became known from childhood as an obedient, polite, and academically outstanding daughter 33.

She studied abroad and joined Jinfu Group approximately five or six years before the boardroom conflict. After her return, her family held lavish annual birthday celebrations partly to expand her connections as their future successor. By twenty-seven, she could represent both Jinfu and the Su Family in negotiations with major business leaders 56 67 69.

Her father's poor health made succession urgent. Following his major surgery two years earlier, the family began arranging blind dates for Qingying, then twenty-five. The search failed to produce a marriage because the prospective husband had to satisfy several demanding conditions 33:

• Her approval: Qingying had to like him.
• Family wealth: His family needed assets exceeding one billion yuan.
• Personal suitability: He had to be healthy, reasonably close to her age, and acceptable in appearance.
• Business competence: He needed accomplishments of his own and the ability to help manage Jinfu.
• Marriage into the Su Family: He had to join her family, with their children taking the surname Su 33.

The final condition came from Su Ruiwen, who did not want the business he had built to pass into an outsider's hands. Although he did not fully agree with his wife's parenting methods, both parents supported the marriage requirements 48.

Appearance

Su Qingying is slim, with long, wavy hair and a youthful, almost ethereal bearing. Despite being slightly older than Li Ruobing, she appears several years younger. Her composed movements and impeccable manners contribute as much to this impression as her looks 28 37 235.

• Family resemblance: She strongly resembles her mother 46.
• Public reputation: Wu Chen rates her appearance at 9.5, placing her among a handful of comparable beauties in East Sea 1 28.
• Formal dress: She wears fitted evening gowns, including black and blue gowns, with carefully styled hair and restrained makeup 67 125 240.
• Public disguise: She wears sunglasses while shopping because being recognized can draw a crowd; Wu Chen also buys masks to conceal her identity when taking her to his old apartment 41 171.

Personality

Qingying's public image is that of an exceptionally capable, courteous, and nearly flawless heiress. She rarely shows strong emotion and normally treats even her bodyguards kindly. Privately, she is gentle, accommodating, and affectionate—a marked contrast to her formidable business reputation 28 45.

Her upbringing leaves her intensely afraid of disappointing others. She expects herself to satisfy shareholders at work and her parents at home, allowing little room for mistakes. Constant praise and scrutiny isolate her: she describes a life in which people admire or flatter her rather than approach her as an ordinary person 39.

Her initial rebellion does not immediately erase her fear of her mother. She can rebuke the family guards yet become nervous as soon as Madam Su arrives. Later, she demonstrates that affection and guilt do not prevent her from making difficult decisions: she defeats her mother politically, then comforts her afterward 45 46 62.

Private Preferences

• Qingying privately identifies as an “M,” enjoying pain and certain forms of command or discipline. This is a sexual preference, not a supernatural ability 40.
• She discovers it after an accidental blow during a sparring session. Her mother subsequently forbids further training, fearing that developed arm muscles would spoil her appearance 40.
• After anonymously browsing a private forum for a year, she writes her only post: a three-thousand-word account of family pressure, loneliness, and her hidden desires. She cannot delete it and fears its exposure would destroy her reputation 40.
• Her willingness to accept Wu Chen's other partners is not unconditional indifference. Early on, she worries particularly that Li Ruobing might take him away, while seeing Mu Qianqian as no serious threat 44 68.

Abilities & Skills

Business Management

• Holds executive authority second only to Jinfu's president in day-to-day management 56.
• Represents Jinfu and the Su Family in negotiations with East Sea's billionaire business leaders 69.
• Builds a defensible case for dismissing security personnel after the July 7 robbery, distinguishing corporate accountability from personal culpability 57.
• Increasingly presides over meetings as Su Ruiwen transfers authority to her, though Xu Zhenyuan continues resisting her leadership 235.

Political and Social Judgment

• Understands Li Ruobing's cover story immediately and supports it without prior coordination when confronted by the Su Family's guards 45.
• Directs dinner conversation skillfully enough that Li Ruobing struggles to extract information about her relationship with Wu Chen 43.
• Uses a staffing dispute to force a board meeting, then presents her challenge through formal corporate procedure 57 60.
• Recognizes that continued conflict between her and her mother could divide Jinfu's leadership, using those consequences to secure her mother's withdrawal 62.
• Her boardroom success depends partly on Wu Chen's secret leverage over directors; it is not solely the product of her own established connections 61 63.

Golf

• Practices golf before meeting Wu Chen at the course, but initially hits a solo shot only a little over 100 meters during his lesson 37 38.
• Improves her technique under his guidance and eventually drives the ball nearly 400 meters, far beyond her previous best 38.

Domestic Skills

• Cooks, washes dishes, cleans, and handles laundry at Wu Chen's apartment 43 67 68.
• Takes unusual pleasure in these ordinary tasks because her upbringing had rarely allowed her to attempt them independently 47.

Relationships

• Wu Chen — Lover and principal ally in securing her independence. His knowledge of her anonymous post initially frightens her; she later trusts his help against family control. By Chapter 235, they have agreed to have a child, but no pregnancy is confirmed in the supplied account 28 39 49 235.
• Su Ruiwen — Father, Jinfu's founder, and the source of her succession responsibilities. He praises her boardroom resolve and gradually hands her authority, but later investigates Wu Chen after suspecting their relationship 33 62 235 246.
• Madam Su — Loving but deeply controlling mother. Her expectations and surveillance drive Qingying's rebellion. Their confrontation ends in an emotional reconciliation, although Qingying's relationship with Wu Chen remains concealed from her 39 62 240 250.
• Li Ruobing — Protector, business partner, and fellow partner of Wu Chen. Their early rivalry develops into cooperation against Madam Su and a joint venture between their companies 43 45 47 171.
• Mu Qianqian — Initially an acquaintance through the Mu Family; later Qingying's intern and assistant. Qingying arranges the internship with Mu Sihai, gives Qianqian personal advice, and shares a comfortable domestic rapport with her despite their mutual connection to Wu Chen 67 68 79 125.
• Tang Deyang — Longtime family associate who has known her since birth. He initially doubts the timing of her rebellion, then supports her board motion and recognizes her readiness to lead 28 57 61.
• Yao Honglin — Director recruited to her side through Wu Chen's leverage over his criminal past. His vote breaks his longstanding alignment with Xu Zhenyuan 51 52 60 61.
• Xu Zhenyuan — Jinfu's second-largest shareholder and a persistent obstacle to her leadership. He initially sides with Madam Su, ultimately votes for Qingying's motion, and continues challenging her in later meetings 60 62 235.
• Wu Yurong — Respected senior businesswoman and another partner of Wu Chen. Qingying helps sustain conversation between Wu Yurong and Li Ruobing but dislikes the prospect of having to choose sides in their rivalry 125 126.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Contact and Escape

• Exposure of her secret: Wu Chen encounters the Su convoy and texts Qingying using her private forum username. She questions him repeatedly, then investigates his background 28 29 33.
• Golf-course meeting: His lesson combines physical guidance with mutual compromising information, which Qingying interprets as leverage protecting her from exposure. Her bodyguards report the encounter to her mother 38.
• First open defiance: Qingying chooses to flee with Wu Chen, answers back when her mother calls, and throws her phone out of the car. She confides in him about her isolation and initiates a kiss 39.
• Private relationship: At his old apartment, she becomes openly affectionate. Wu Chen tells her that his relationship with Li Ruobing is initially a façade 40 41 42.

Confrontation with Madam Su

• Qingying and Li Ruobing present a coordinated explanation for her outing when the family guards find them 45.
• At Golden Fortune Teahouse, Li argues that Madam Su's restrictions deny Qingying ordinary choices. Wu Chen's staged hostility toward Qingying helps divert suspicion from their romance 47 48.
• Madam Su permits Qingying to remain with Li Ruobing overnight, hoping to strengthen a friendship useful to Jinfu's future. Qingying then chooses Wu Chen's offer to help her gain power rather than simply return to her former life 48 49.

Jinfu Boardroom Victory

Step	Chapter	Outcome
Challenges her mother's influence	56 57	Proposes dismissing security head Zhou Da and removing Yang Kuo, who serves as Madam Su's personal guard, from the company payroll.
Forces an emergency board meeting	57	Delays the dismissals after Madam Su escalates the dispute to the board.
Reveals prepared support	60 61	Yao Honglin, Wan Wenchang, Song Yuanming, Pei Changhe, Chen Lei, and Sun Haomin vote with her; Wu Chen has secured these six supporters.
Gains founding veterans' backing	61	Tang Deyang and one of his associates bring her total to nine votes on a nineteen-member board, one short of a simple majority.
Secures victory	62	Madam Su withdraws rather than risk splitting the family and company. All remaining directors support the motion, including Xu Zhenyuan.
Reconciles with her mother	62	Su Ruiwen expresses pride in her resolve; Qingying comforts Madam Su after their confrontation.

• News of the victory spreads through East Sea's business community. Outsiders assume Qingying had spent years preparing, while Li Ruobing knows Wu Chen devised the plan only hours earlier 63.
• The victory changes the balance of power without documenting an immediate appointment as president or chairwoman; Qingying is still identified as executive vice president at a later banquet 62 171.

Partnerships and Succession

• Qingying becomes Mu Qianqian's workplace mentor and assistant's supervisor through an internship approved by Mu Sihai 79 125.
• At Wu Chen's gathering of his partners, she learns about his relationship with Wu Yurong and helps keep the conversation moving despite tension between Wu Yurong and Li Ruobing 125 126.
• Qingying and Li Ruobing publicly announce that Jinfu and Huancai Fashion will jointly launch a luxury makeup line 171.
• As her father's health worsens, Qingying assumes greater meeting authority. An affectionate reunion with Wu Chen in her office raises Su Ruiwen's suspicions, beginning his investigation into their relationship 235 246.
• Wu Chen later insists that Su Ruiwen address any conflict directly with him rather than pressure Qingying. She remains concerned for Wu Chen's safety when she overhears a plan involving assassins sent by Ding Ruilong 249 264.

Notable Quotes

“No one has ever dared get close to me. I've always lived in the spotlight, alone. Everyone kept their distance, even some of my relatives.” 39

“Oh, right. I'm the Executive Vice President.” 56

“Mom, things will get better. We'll be all right.” 62