Xiao Qi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xiao Qi (小七)
Alias(es)	System Xiao Qi; Little Seven 1 136
Species/Race	AI system; identifies as a Gossip System 1 141
Affiliation	Bound to Yan Wen; obtains functions and resources through the Main System 1 36
Occupation/Role	Gossip researcher, foreknowledge provider, and support companion 1 8 73
Status	Remains with Yan Wen at his wedding; authorized to accompany him until the end of his life 197
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “Bound to the system, returning to a wealthy family” 1

Power Progression

Xiao Qi advances through function upgrades and point exchanges rather than named cultivation realms 36 141.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Initial gossip-search system	1	Binds to Yan Wen and retrieves secrets and information about the Mu family. Its early near-future search is limited to the next three days 8.
One-month search upgrade	8	Expands event searches to the next month. Video and audio recording functions are included as bonuses.
Direct future-reading upgrade	14	Upgrades after following gossip with Yan Wen. Can directly examine other people’s futures and report changes to their lives.
New upgrade with point-purchased antidote	27	Supplies an antidote costing one hundred points. Yan Wen explicitly praises its new upgrade, though the complete feature set is not explained.
Translucent avatar acquired	39	Spends one hundred points at the Main System to obtain a small blue form visible in Yan Wen’s mind.
Sense of smell confirmed	141	Reveals that systems gained the ability to smell through repeated upgrades. The exact unlocking chapter is unspecified.

Background / History

Xiao Qi chooses Yan Wen as its host after detecting that he is about to return to a wealthy biological family. It expects the family’s scandals to help meet its performance targets and immediately introduces him to Mu Huai’an, the adopted son who has occupied the position of the family’s youngest young master 1.

Following gossip together becomes the basis of Xiao Qi’s development. It earns points and exchanges them with the Main System for appropriately valued functions, but admits that it does not know how many possible functions exist 14 36.

Its role gradually extends beyond reporting scandals. Xiao Qi preserves evidence, supplies medicine and weapons, and assists investigations when Yan Wen or those close to him face danger 53 69 73 151.

After an absence of more than a month, Xiao Qi returns for Yan Wen’s wedding wearing an outfit supplied by the Main System. It announces that permission has been granted for it to remain with Yan Wen and continue following wealthy-family gossip until his final moments 197.

Appearance

Xiao Qi’s acquired avatar is a little translucent blue figure with a round head and short arms and legs. Its first explicit appearance in this form occurs within Yan Wen’s mind 39.

• Small, mobile form: Flies and frequently sits on Yan Wen’s shoulder, desks, or beside his bowl 59 73 175.
• Expressive gestures: Nods, applauds, makes faces, gives thumbs-up signs, and uses an “OK” gesture 93 95 149.
• Changeable clothing: Plans to redeem additional outfits and obtain a wardrobe; later receives special wedding attire 169 197.
• No confirmed publicly visible body: The Main System says that a form anyone can see is possible, but its unlocking conditions are difficult. Xiao Qi and Yan Wen agree not to pursue it 142.

Personality

Xiao Qi is excitable, mischievous, and thoroughly invested in gossip. It sometimes withholds details to preserve the surprise of an upcoming scandal, including the Jiang banquet revelations and Chu Huaiyu’s visit. Its exchanges with Yan Wen frequently involve teasing, sarcastic agreement, and shared delight in dramatic encounters 87 167 178.

Despite its entertainment-driven purpose, Xiao Qi is affectionate and protective toward its host. It reminds Yan Wen to eat and rest before an exam, worries about his safety, and seeks defensive weapons when an assassin threatens him. During the confrontation with Qi Ji and Qi Jiawang, it also tries to keep his anger from making him reveal himself prematurely 59 69 152.

Xiao Qi is candid about its limitations. It calls itself “just a gossip system” when asked to devise Li Zhaoxi’s escape from the Tao family, and admits when excessive searching has overdrawn its functions. It also fears the consequences of public exposure and account restrictions 38 68 95 142.

Abilities & Skills

Gossip Search and Identification

Xiao Qi retrieves identities, personal histories, relationships, concealed wrongdoing, and information about nearby events 1 18 125.

• Compiles profiles of the Mu family when it first binds to Yan Wen 1.
• Uses facial tracking to help Yan Wen identify Li Zhaoxi on a crowded sports field 36.
• Searches beyond scandals, including weather, packing advice, and a potential company executive’s future performance 17 64.
• Cannot always penetrate protected information: an influential person’s status prevents identification, while Yan Lin’s confidential work initially obscures the timing of his crisis 48 64.
• Cannot search for an event it regards as something that will never happen, such as Yan Wen earning ten billion yuan a day 64.

Foreknowledge and Fate Monitoring

Xiao Qi can describe original future outcomes and detect when present actions change them 14 19 54.

• Reports Xu Qingyan’s improved graduation and career prospects after the mountain incident 14.
• Confirms that Jiang Tang’s fate changes when she rejects her arranged marriage and seeks to solve her company’s crisis herself 19.
• Observes that Old Master Gao and Gao Yuyang’s family have already departed from their former fates 54.
• Sees that Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou will grow old together 123.
• Searches become more accurate with a person’s current location, recently used belongings, or additional information about their activities 67.
• Heavy use can temporarily impair precision: after searching for Yan Lin, it detects an 85% danger level to Yan Wen but cannot determine the exact time of the attack 68.

Remote Viewing and Recording

Xiao Qi presents screens, live broadcasts, replays, and recordings for Yan Wen 40 85 97.

• Retrieves surveillance footage without leaving a trace and produces authentic videos of events in places without cameras 11.
• Shows current scenes involving Mu Xu Ye and Qi Shu Yu, as well as replays of Jiang Tang’s actions 85 95.
• Allows Yan Wen to inspect a private room during the Evening Breeze Bar investigation 146.
• Records Qi Ji and Qi Jiawang’s confrontation with the captive Black Hawk; the resulting recording is later authenticated 151 153.
• Refuses to show prohibited intimate material because doing so could result in its account being banned 95.

Tracking, Navigation, and Night Vision

Xiao Qi locates targets, supplies spatial information, and warns Yan Wen about approaching threats 73 75 150.

• Places a covert tracker on White Wolf and sends his location to Yan Lin’s phone. Yan Lin’s team cannot trace the tracking mechanism 73.
• Identifies the abandoned factory’s exits, its locked back door, and Mu Huai’an’s single-bullet handgun 75.
• Produces a map of Evening Breeze Bar and marks Gao Zhen’s position 146.
• Monitors Black Hawk during the supermarket operation and uses night-vision mode to warn Yan Wen of his approach 150 151.
• Gives partial location information when an exact search is unavailable, narrowing Yan Lin’s disappearance site to the southwest of Zhuli 67 68.

System-Space Resources and Object Handling

Xiao Qi stores, obtains, and delivers resources needed by its host 69 75 151.

• Agrees to move Mu Xu Ci’s stolen figurine from Yan Wen’s room to beneath Mu Huai’an’s bed 9.
• Preserves a crucial half-bowl of medicine beneath Gao Zhen’s bed. Because points are insufficient, activating the function costs Yan Wen three days of bad luck 53.
• Contacts weapon systems to obtain defensive equipment and keep it ready in system space 69.
• Acquires a Deep-Sleep Pill from a Medical System and places it directly into Yan Wen’s hand 151.
• Does not require human food to function and cannot eat it, despite being able to smell it 141.

Practical Intervention

Xiao Qi supplements information gathering with targeted assistance rather than resolving every problem independently 38 62.

• Suggests involving Lu Ting’s mother instead of following Yan Wen’s request to strike him with lightning; no lightning ability is demonstrated 62.
• Agrees to expose Ouyang Lingheng’s affair and concealed pregnancy to his grandmother 95.
• Calls the police during the confrontation with Qi Ji and Qi Jiawang 152.
• Recommends asking Yan Wen’s parents for help when the group cannot safely draw out Qi Shu Yu’s assassin 141.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Antidote pill — Costs one hundred points; Yan Wen gives it to Mu Xu Ye during the class reunion under the pretext of sobering him up 27.
• Palm-length knife — Retrieved from system space and used by Yan Wen to cut his bindings in the abandoned factory 75.
• Deep-Sleep Pill — Obtained from the Medical System; ordinary noises and movements cannot wake its recipient 151.
• Avatar and outfits — The avatar costs one hundred points. Clothing can also be redeemed, while Xiao Qi’s wedding outfit is a gift from the Main System 39 169 197.

Relationships

• Yan Wen — Host and closest companion. Their bond develops from shared enjoyment of gossip into mutual trust, practical cooperation, and lifelong companionship 1 59 68 197.
• Main System — Supplies point-exchanged functions and Xiao Qi’s avatar, handles requests beyond available resources, and authorizes its continued stay with Yan Wen 36 39 53 197.
• Weapon systems — Xiao Qi knows several and approaches them for equipment to protect Yan Wen 69.
• Medical System — Provides the Deep-Sleep Pill used during the Black Hawk operation 151.
• Yan Lin and Su Huilan — Beneficiaries of Xiao Qi’s covert assistance. Su Huilan suspects its involvement when White Wolf’s location appears on Yan Lin’s phone 73.
• Mo Chengzhou — Frequent subject of Xiao Qi’s information and teasing. Xiao Qi explains his background but leaves Yan Wen to judge the relationship himself 82 150 175.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Xiao Qi’s contribution
Mu family reunion and Mu Xu Ci’s scandal	Reveals Mu Huai’an’s position, forecasts Bai Qianqian’s accusation, and provides authentic footage that helps expose the frame-up 1 8 11.
Cloudmist Mountain	Warns of the planned attack on Mu Xu Xi, explains Xu Qingyan’s motives, and confirms Xu’s changed future after the intervention 13 14.
Jiang Tang’s arranged marriage	Reveals her original ruinous marriage outcome and her ability to save the company. Later reports her success and cancelled engagement 19 85.
Mu Xu Ye and Qi Shu Yu	Uncovers Qi Shu Yu’s longstanding love and the dangerous original future involving Mu Xu Ye, helping bring the relationship into the family’s awareness 23 26 77.
Li Zhaoxi and the Tao family	Describes the imminent restroom bullying, lost employment opportunity, and fatal original future. Its warning reaches Li through the mysterious voice she hears 36 37.
Corporate espionage	Identifies Secretary Liu’s planned theft of research materials, allowing Yan Wen to warn Mu Xingfeng before the theft 47 48.
Gao family poisoning	Exposes Gao Zhen’s poisoning scheme and preserves the medicine needed as evidence, despite the bad-luck cost to Yan Wen 50 53 54.
White Wolf and Mu Huai’an	Saves evidence of the murder plot, tracks White Wolf, and supplies information and a knife during Yan Wen’s captivity 73 75.
Jiang family banquet	Identifies Old Madam Jiang’s long-lost son and exposes the deliberate drugging that worsened Jiang Yaoli’s legs. These disclosures prompt DNA testing and a search for treatment 87 88.
Shen Yueli and the Ouyang family	Reveals marital abuse, concealed pregnancies, and the murder behind Shen Yueli’s mother’s death; agrees to inform Old Madam Ouyang of the affair 93 95 108.
Huang Ting’s confinement	Discovers that Qi Ji had Huang Ting confined and forcibly medicated for eighteen years. Plans to obtain medicine to help restore her mental state 133.
Black Hawk operation	Tracks the assassin, supplies night-vision warnings and a sleeping pill, records the conspirators, and summons police. The recording becomes part of the authenticated evidence against Qi Ji and Qi Jiawang 150 151 152 153.
Qin Zheng’s abuse	Exposes Xu Xiaomo’s responsibility for Qin Zheng’s parents’ deaths and Shen Siyao’s cover-up, prompting Yan Wen to contact the Qin family 166 167.
Mo family visit	Warns of Zhaozhao’s preventable medical crisis and reveals the fatal future awaiting Mo Qingyu through Fang Junxie 175 176.

Notable Quotes

“Xiao Qi loves his host very much. I'm always worried you won't eat or sleep well.” 59

“I'm just a gossip system. You're asking too much of me.” 38

“The main system agreed to let me stay with you and keep enjoying all the juicy gossip among the wealthy families, right up until the last moment of your life.” 197

Trivia

• Xiao Qi and Yan Wen converse mentally, but certain people can hear these exchanges. This is not universal: Qin Xiao cannot hear what Qin Yu and Qin Yue hear, and Mo Chengzhou initially hears thoughts concerning himself 17 49.
• Hearing the exchanges does not make Xiao Qi’s avatar publicly visible; a body anyone can see remains a separate, unpursued possibility 39 142.
• Xiao Qi sometimes mistakes Yan Wen’s deduction for extraordinary cleverness. After praising his identification of Mu Huai’an’s biological mother, it asks him to explain how he reached the conclusion 108 109.