Chen Shaojie

Biodata

Background and History

Chen Shaojie is Chen Yiming’s younger cousin by one year. Their families were not close when they were children: Shaojie locked away his toys before Yiming visited. Later, when Shaojie was offered a permanent City Patrol position amid growing unrest, his father asked whether Yiming could instead help him enter the Praying Mantis Snake Sword Academy. Yiming, then a junior student, could not arrange it 13.

Shaojie joined the City Patrol and invited Yiming to meet his colleagues. With many patrol officers sent to the war front and his squad captain hospitalized, Shaojie proposed bringing Yiming in as an adviser for household-registration checks. He acknowledged that Yiming’s academy membership had helped him secure his own position. After the captain approved the arrangement, Shaojie coordinated the team’s first assignment in Mingxiang Village 20 29 30.

During the inspections, Shaojie noticed that a couple’s faces did not quite match their identification photos and that their supposed children’s rooms appeared unused. His findings helped expose the disguised bandits Zhao Baolong and Dong Fen. Shaojie collapsed when Zhao advanced on the group, but resumed his duties after Yiming subdued Zhao 32 33 34.

Months later, Shaojie failed to return from a routine assignment. His family could obtain no information from the City Patrol and feared his entire squad was missing. Yiming traced the incident to Ma Village and began investigating; Shaojie’s fate was still unknown 49 50.

Appearance

• Shaojie has a youthful face. In his City Patrol uniform, he appears more imposing than he did as a student 20.

Personality

Shaojie is ambitious and attentive to the advantages of family connections. He sought Yiming’s support both to strengthen his position in the squad and to take on better-paid assignments. When planning the Mingxiang Village inspection, he placed himself beside Yiming for protection while assigning riskier positions to two colleagues 20 30.

He is capable of noticing useful details during an investigation, but his encounter with experienced bandits exposed his fear in a direct confrontation. After their capture, he suggested a deliberately provocative search of Dong Fen; Yiming told him to stop 32 33 35 36.

Skills

Patrol investigation

• Checked identification documents and searched homes during household-registration assignments 31.
• Identified discrepancies in suspects’ photographs, bearing, and supposedly occupied rooms 32.

Relationships

• Chen Yiming — older cousin and the martial artist attached to Shaojie’s patrol squad. Shaojie relies on his protection and acts as the link between him and the team 13 20 30.
• Chen Zhipeng and Li Qingping — parents. They sought Yiming’s help over Shaojie’s career prospects and later appealed to his family when Shaojie went missing 9 13 49.
• Zhong Chaofeng, Lin Yongxin, and He Chunping — City Patrol teammates on the Mingxiang Village assignment 20 30 31.