Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Jiang Nannan (江楠楠) 6 |
| Gender | Female 6 |
| Affiliation | Shrek Academy, outer courtyard 8 31 |
| Occupation/Role | Student; Lin Fan’s privately hired cultivation instructor for six months 7 8 |
| Reputation | Hailed as the most beautiful girl in the outer courtyard 8 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 6, “System Check-In Reward, Striking Up a Conversation with Jiang Nannan” 6 |
Background
Jiang Nannan comes from an ordinary family and saves money to pay for her mother’s treatment, often avoiding expensive food herself. She accepts Lin Fan’s offer of paid cultivation instruction intending to send the money to her mother 7.
During their first meal together, she confirms that she has anemia, poor digestion, and an irregular sleep schedule after Lin Fan notices the symptoms. He advises her to eat more meat, vegetables, and fruit and get sufficient sleep; no subsequent recovery is documented in the provided chapters 7.
Appearance
Jiang Nannan is tall and well-proportioned, with a refined, noble bearing despite her ordinary family background 6 7.
- Hair: Golden, falling in large waves down her back 6.
- Face and eyes: A jade-like face and clear, pool-like eyes 6.
- Skin and build: Snow-pale skin and long legs 6.
Personality
Jiang Nannan is helpful without expecting payment. She readily guides a new student to a food stall but refuses one hundred Gold Soul Coins for simply showing him the way. She accepts the money only after Lin Fan proposes a six-month teaching arrangement 6 7.
She becomes warm and playful when she feels cared for. Lin Fan’s concern about her health makes her happy because she feels that few people at Shrek Academy usually take an interest in her well-being. Her affection later includes privately imagining him as a boyfriend, though she dismisses the thought because he is younger and she is his senior and instructor 7 8 30.
Her gentleness contrasts sharply with her anger toward Xu Sanshi’s harassment. She confronts him, threatens disciplinary action, and physically drives him away when he attacks or falsely accuses Lin Fan. Nevertheless, she checks evidence before settling the infirmary misunderstanding and apologizes to both juniors for believing Xu Sanshi’s claims 8 32 44 45.
Abilities & Skills
Boxing and Cultivation Instruction
Jiang Nannan offers to teach Lin Fan a boxing technique that she says once made her famous. Her instruction focuses on stance, body alignment, and guided punches 30 31.
- Adjusts his feet, torso, and arms before practicing with a punching bag 31.
- Guides his movements from behind and encourages him to ignore distracting spectators 31.
- Admits that she has nearly forgotten the boxing technique because she has been concentrating on kicks 30.
- Her exact Soul Power level is not stated; she privately acknowledges that Lin Fan’s level 38 is substantially higher than hers 30.
Kicking
- Delivers a fast kick to Xu Sanshi’s abdomen after he disrupts her lesson, sending him farther across the training field 32.
- Later kicks him out of the infirmary after confirming that his accusation against Lin Fan is false 45.
Basic Wound Care
- Takes Lin Fan to the infirmary after noticing a minor scrape on his arm 32.
- Disinfects the wound with alcohol and a cotton swab, causing him considerable pain 32.
Relationships
- Lin Fan — Junior, paid cultivation student, and growing object of affection. He pays her one hundred Gold Soul Coins for six months of guidance. She prefers “Senior Jiang Nannan” to “teacher,” protects him from Xu Sanshi, and later teaches him boxing. Her attraction is explicit in her private thoughts, but no romantic relationship is established 7 8 30 31.
- Her mother — The reason for much of Jiang Nannan’s frugality. She saves for her mother’s treatment and intends to use her teaching income to ease her mother’s circumstances 7.
- Xu Sanshi — Persistent, unwanted admirer. She resents his following her, attacking people who approach her, and attempting to discredit Lin Fan. Her report results in a severe academy warning, according to Xu Sanshi’s own account 7 8 32 43.
- Xiao Xiao — Lin Fan’s classmate, whom she meets during the infirmary confrontation. Jiang Nannan accepts her explanation of the massage-related scuffle and apologizes for the interruption 44 45.
Story Role / Major Arcs
Meeting Lin Fan
- Outside Shrek Academy’s east gate, Jiang Nannan recommends a homestyle stir-fry stall and refuses payment for the recommendation 6.
- She accepts a paid teaching arrangement, shares dinner with Lin Fan, and responds warmly to his health advice and teasing 7.
- When Xu Sanshi interrupts, she shields Lin Fan and invokes the academy’s prohibition on upper-year students attacking freshmen 8.
Boxing Lesson and Training-Field Attack
- Learning that Lin Fan is level 38 surprises her and makes her reconsider her earlier assumption that he needed her protection 30.
- She insists on teaching him boxing and takes him to the training field, where their hands-on lesson attracts an envious crowd 30 31.
- Xu Sanshi attacks Lin Fan during the lesson. After Lin Fan defeats him, Jiang Nannan kicks Xu Sanshi, threatens to report him, and treats Lin Fan’s scrape before sharing a cafeteria meal 31 32.
- Xu Sanshi later confirms that she followed through with the report and that the academy issued him a severe warning 43.
Infirmary Misunderstanding
- Xu Sanshi brings her to the infirmary, claiming that Lin Fan’s closeness with Xiao Xiao proves improper behavior 44.
- Jiang Nannan stops his attempted punch. Lin Fan then pretends to be frightened and embraces her waist, leaving her flustered but still protective 44.
- She verifies the medicinal-oil smell on Xiao Xiao’s feet and accepts the explanation that their scuffle followed an overly forceful massage 45.
- She kicks Xu Sanshi outside, apologizes to Lin Fan and Xiao Xiao, and pursues him when he flees 45.
Notable Quotes
“Lin Fan, you should call me Senior Jiang Nannan. I'm not used to being called a teacher!” 8
“I can decide for myself whether he's lying. I don't need you to tell me!” 44