Ning Rongrong

Biodata

Personality

Rongrong is curious about the livestream but quick to recognize its dangers. She asks whether performers can improvise or refuse participation, then realizes that its humiliating spectacles could target any of them. Even after rewards are introduced, she reminds the others that losing means an involuntary, randomly selected punishment 1 2 6.

Her chat messages are expressive and often playful, including repeated crying emoticons when she fears being selected. She joins in teasing Yu Xiaogang, but also shows sympathy for Xiao Wu’s embarrassment and Gu Xingzhou’s orphaned childhood 2 11 12 19.

Relationships

• Ning Fengzhi — Her father and source of reassurance. He advises her to speak less so the livestream will not notice her, and promises to use his wealth to influence audience voting and protect her from selection 2 15.
• Xiao Wu — Fellow Elite Room viewer. Rongrong sympathizes when Yu Xiaogang performs in an outfit identical to Xiao Wu’s, and later asks her whether Gu Xingzhou’s childhood account is true 12 19.
• Gu Xingzhou — Fellow viewer whose comments sometimes persuade or unsettle her. She accepts his argument that the livestream’s existence makes extraordinary feats conceivable, admires his appearance, and expresses sadness after his orphaned upbringing is confirmed 2 8 16 19.
• Yu Xiaogang — A recurring performer she regards as difficult to beat in entertainment value and popularity. She encourages predictions that he will appear again, while remaining alarmed by the punishments imposed on him 6 7 11 12.

Story Role / Major Arcs

The Livestream’s Arrival

• Initially calls the livestream amazing, then asks whether its subjects can refuse to perform. Yu Xiaogang’s inability to control his body answers that concern 1.
• Identifies the broader threat: anyone could be selected and publicly humiliated. She briefly regrets being born into a prominent sect because its fame might make her a target 2.
• Welcomes her father’s nomination as a possible shield against her own selection. After he receives only two million votes and Yu Xiaogang receives fifty million, she celebrates the effectiveness of money in influencing the outcome 3.

Rewards and the Solitary Bamboo Performances

• Complains that the emergency broadcast wakes her, then loses her appetite after watching Yu Xiaogang give Tang San rescue breaths 4 5.
• Tempers Ma Hongjun’s enthusiasm for powerful rewards by pointing out the punishment risk. She also doubts her own ability to defeat Yu Xiaogang in a popularity contest 6 7.
• Reacts enthusiastically to Tang San’s simulated pole-vaulting ascent, but tells Ning Fengzhi to calm down when he proposes cutting bamboo himself 8.
• Accuses the livestream of rigging Tang San’s Four-Hundred-Year Solitary Bamboo Soul Ring reward for entertainment rather than fairness 11.
• Attributes Yu Xiaogang’s ability to finish his humiliating pole dance to the livestream’s bodily control 12.

Bibi Dong and Gu Xingzhou’s Performance

• Becomes reluctant to speak when Bibi Dong is selected. The suggestive script options frighten her enough to seek reassurance from her father 13 15.
• Praises Gu Xingzhou’s looks and teasingly tells Xiao Wu that she is fortunate to be close to him 16.
• Seeks confirmation of Gu Xingzhou’s childhood story; Ma Xiunuo verifies that he is an orphan raised by villagers 19.
• Argues that the fan-created performances have some basis in reality, citing Gu Xingzhou’s verified background and Tang San’s actual teacher–disciple relationship with Yu Xiaogang 20.