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Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Shen Yun (沈云) |
| Alias(es) | A Yun; Yun, affectionate forms used by Meng Zimu and Du Chen 9 20 25 |
| Species/Race | Human 6 88 |
| Gender | Male 25 |
| Affiliation | Meng Zimu’s faction; later establishes a company and a rival faction with outside backing 67 70 84 |
| Occupation/Role | University student; Wild Mountain Survival contestant; company owner; original protagonist of the book-world’s My White Moonlight 1 28 50 84 |
| Status | Sent to a psychiatric hospital; superseded as a world protagonist by Jiang Ze and Meng Zhiyuan 98 |
| First Appearance | Meng Zimu’s birthday gathering 1 |
Background / History
Previous Life
Shen Yun and Meng Zimu framed Meng Zhiyuan and caused his death, expecting to become the dominant figures in City B. Their victory proved hollow: Meng Zhiyuan had secretly moved 80% of the Meng family’s assets out of their reach, including donations to disaster-stricken areas. The shareholders also turned against them, the Meng Group collapsed, and the pair became disgraced outcasts 6.
During that life, Shen Yun’s appearance on Wild Mountain Survival helped establish his kindhearted public image. He also discovered a concealed chamber on Barren Mountain and obtained a jade pendant associated with his subsequent good fortune. His popularity later made his attacks on the Meng family more effective 8 20 21.
Shen Yun remembered Meng Zhiyuan as a man who had loved him desperately. Meng Zhiyuan’s recovered memories later reveal that an external force had compelled him to revolve around Shen Yun and Meng Zimu and act against his own wishes; his asset transfers were an act of resistance 6 94.
Rebirth
After being reborn, Shen Yun recognized Meng Zhiyuan—not Meng Zimu—as the Meng family’s truly capable leader. He planned to win Meng Zhiyuan’s affection while retaining Meng Zimu’s support, using memories of earlier encounters and opportunities to guide his actions 6 9.
He returned from overseas before the birthday-party confrontation with Jiang Ze. As familiar events repeatedly unfolded differently, he began suspecting that Jiang Ze had also been reborn. By their final confrontation, he identified Jiang Ze as a transmigrator and claimed to possess a system himself 1 12 84 88.
Appearance
- Delicate features and pale skin: His tearful appearance is described as that of a frail beauty; an intimate scene also describes his skin as pale and pink-tinged 34 45.
- Student-like styling: The original Jiang Ze copied Shen Yun’s student-style clothing and innocent-looking makeup while trying to please Meng Zimu 3.
- Carefully selected clothing: He wears a white couture suit for his planned meeting with Meng Zhiyuan and fashionable clothes when meeting Daniel 6 38.
- Variable presentation: At the masked club, he abandons his usual approachable manner for the bearing of an aloof young aristocrat 51.
Personality
Shen Yun cultivates a gentle, modest, and vulnerable image. Tears, apologies, declarations of loyalty, and apparent concern allow him to influence others without openly issuing demands. He persuades Meng Zimu to support his plans through emotional appeals and uses Du Chen’s affection to make him seek food on his behalf 9 20 45.
Privately, he is ambitious, jealous, and vindictive. He treats Meng Zimu as an indispensable resource despite feeling contempt and disgust toward him, and increasingly blames Jiang Ze for every departure from his remembered success. His belief that the world owes its protagonist an effortless life culminates in an accusation that Jiang Ze has stolen his rightful fortune 6 27 34 84 88.
His self-preservation extends to his family: when his imprisoned father begs for help, Shen Yun first checks whether he has betrayed him, then ends the call without assisting him. Under Meng Zimu’s physical intimidation, he conceals his hatred and placates him; once confident in his new advantage, he shoots Meng Zimu instead 86 88.
Abilities & Skills
Past-Life Foreknowledge
Shen Yun remembers people, opportunities, and schemes from his previous life and attempts to exploit them earlier 6 9 50.
- Times his visit to Meng Group to recreate a favorable encounter with Meng Zhiyuan 6.
- Seeks Cheng Feng before the point at which their meeting occurred in the original story 9.
- Knows the location and mechanism of the hidden chamber containing the jade pendant 21.
- Seeks the mysterious benefactor ahead of schedule 50.
- Limitation: Changed events make his information unreliable. His compromising material on Meng Group shareholders becomes useless after Meng Zhiyuan removes them and purchases their shares 84.
Social Manipulation
Shen Yun uses a harmless public persona to recruit protectors, redirect suspicion, and attack rivals 7 20 45.
- Recasts Jiang Ze as an unwanted pursuer of Meng Zimu 7 15 16.
- Encourages Du Chen to act for him while presenting the request as concern for Du Chen’s health 20.
- Dismisses incriminating photographs and audio, then persuades Meng Zimu that Jiang Ze fabricated them 45.
- Plants a rumor that Jiang Ze gained his position through a sexual relationship, then retreats behind the claim that he merely heard it elsewhere 28.
Antique Appraisal
At the Rare Treasures Pavilion, Shen Yun delivers a detailed appraisal of a blue-and-white porcelain vase despite belonging to another university department 29.
- Gives a more extensive analysis than archaeology student Dong Jiansheng, impressing Elder Tong and the audience 29.
- Uses the occasion to nominate Jiang Ze for a public examination under the guise of friendly encouragement 29 30.
Piano Performance
Shen Yun performs piano at the masked club, receiving applause while maintaining an aristocratic stage persona 51.
- Appears confident that his performance will attract a particular mysterious bidder; Jiang Ze attributes this confidence to knowledge of the man’s preferences from his previous life 51.
Claimed System Access
Shen Yun announces that he has obtained a system and knows that Jiang Ze is a transmigrator pursuing luck value 88.
- Claims the world still supports him as its chosen protagonist 88.
- Taunts Jiang Ze as a pawn and suggests that Meng Zhiyuan remains in danger 89.
- Unconfirmed capabilities: The supplied account does not establish the system’s functions or identity. Both Shen Yun and Meng Zimu later exhibit breakdowns involving a “Fate System” 98.
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Lucky Jade Pendant — Obtained in his previous life; the system describes it as capable of improving luck and gradually increasing its owner’s fortune. In the current timeline, Jiang Ze secretly replaces it with an identical fake before Shen Yun escapes the hidden chamber 17 20 21 22.
- Handgun — Used to shoot Meng Zimu in the leg and later fire at the factory door to prevent Jiang Ze’s escape 88 89.
- Shareholder blackmail material — Information gathered before his rebirth and retained as leverage against Meng Group. It loses its value once the implicated shareholders are removed 84.
Relationships
- Meng Zimu — Lover and principal source of support across both lifetimes. Shen Yun manipulates his devotion while privately despising him. Their relationship fractures after a public scandal, resumes as an alliance, becomes physically coercive, and ends with Shen Yun shooting him 6 27 34 45 50 70 86 88.
- Meng Zhiyuan — Former target of betrayal and Shen Yun’s intended romantic conquest after rebirth. Meng Zhiyuan rejects his advances, neutralizes his business schemes, and arrives with police to stop the factory attack 6 7 14 84 89.
- Jiang Ze — Rival whom Shen Yun holds responsible for his lost opportunities and altered fate. Their conflict escalates from accusations and rumors to confinement, an exploitation plot, and an ordered assault 1 21 28 34 88.
- Du Chen — Devoted admirer and teammate on Wild Mountain Survival. He carries out Shen Yun’s requests, accepts his denials, and shields him during Meng Zhiyuan’s confrontation 18 20 22 25.
- Cheng Feng — Intended bodyguard and, in the original story, Shen Yun’s future enforcer against Meng Zhiyuan. This alliance is disrupted when Meng Zhiyuan helps Cheng Feng’s sister and assigns him to protect Jiang Ze 9 25.
- Daniel / Tan Ya — An associate Shen Yun wins over in the original plot, helping turn an overseas business partnership into a trap for Meng Group. Jiang Ze spots them together in the current timeline; the partnership later falls through 38 39 54.
- Mysterious benefactor — An influential supporter whose identity is not established in the supplied account. Shen Yun successfully reconnects with him and receives help establishing a company and rival faction 50 54 67 70.
- Young Master Chen — Business partner whose interest in Shen Yun depends partly on the benefits he can provide. He abandons Shen Yun after the promised shareholder leverage proves worthless 84.
- Shen Yun’s father — Imprisoned father who appeals to him for rescue. Shen Yun checks for betrayal but refuses to help 86.
- Jin Zhizhi — Fellow contestant who openly challenges his behavior and suspects his involvement in Jiang Ze’s disappearance 18 22 25.
Story Role / Major Arcs
| Arc | Events |
|---|---|
| Birthday-party confrontation | Meng Zimu defends Shen Yun against Jiang Ze. Jiang Ze challenges Shen Yun’s victim narrative and proposes checking security footage; later evidence exposes Shen Yun slapping himself to falsely accuse Jiang Ze 1 2 49. |
| Failed pursuit of Meng Zhiyuan | Shen Yun attempts to recreate their company-lobby encounter, but Meng Zhiyuan refuses special treatment and accepts Jiang Ze’s lunch instead. At the Meng family banquet, his expected fall into Meng Zhiyuan’s arms also fails 6 7 14. |
| Early recruitment and retaliation | He seeks Cheng Feng earlier than expected. A separate attempt to cause trouble for Jiang Ze fails when the men he hired are arrested, prompting suspicion that Jiang Ze has also been reborn 9 12. |
| Barren Mountain filming | Paired with Du Chen, Shen Yun struggles in the gathering task and manipulates the sleeping arrangements to leave Jiang Ze alone in a cave 18 19 20. |
| Hidden-chamber confinement | Shen Yun retrieves what he believes is the jade pendant, seals Jiang Ze inside the chamber, and plants footprints to misdirect searchers. Jiang Ze has already exchanged the real pendant for a fake 21 22. |
| Financial and campus setbacks | After Jiang Ze’s rescue, Shen Yun discovers his card is frozen. At university, he spreads a sexual insinuation about Jiang Ze and tries to put him on the spot at an appraisal event 25 28 29 30. |
| Plot through Jiang Ze’s parents | Shen Yun confirms that Jiang Ze’s parents have agreed to his and Meng Zimu’s proposal. Jiang Zhengming subsequently uses an inheritance as bait, drugs Jiang Ze, and attempts to sell him to Old Huang; Jiang Ze fights back and is rescued 34. |
| Public-image battle | The show brings Shen Yun exposure but criticism rather than uncomplicated popularity. Online rehabilitation and a smear campaign briefly favor him before Meng Zhiyuan releases counterevidence exposing his false accusation and intimacy with other men 36 49. |
| Rebuilding external support | Following his falling-out with Meng Zimu, Shen Yun seeks the mysterious benefactor, establishes a company, and eventually cooperates with Meng Zimu again against Meng Group 50 51 54 67 70. |
| Failed corporate leverage | His partnership with Young Master Chen founders because the shareholders he intended to blackmail have already been removed. He blames Jiang Ze and contacts Meng Zimu 84. |
| Factory confrontation | Shen Yun lures Jiang Ze to an abandoned factory, declares himself the rightful protagonist, claims system access, shoots Meng Zimu, and orders his men to beat or rape Jiang Ze. Police arrive with Meng Zhiyuan and subdue him 87 88 89. |
| Loss of protagonist status | The original protagonists are reported imprisoned, then sent to a psychiatric hospital following “Fate System” breakdowns. The World Consciousness recognizes Jiang Ze and Meng Zhiyuan as the replacement protagonists 97 98. |
Notable Quotes
“I'm the chosen one of this world, the protagonist! Whether in my last life or this one, everything should have gone smoothly for me. This world should have adored me! It's all because of you!” 88
“You're nothing but a pathetic pawn. Do you really think Meng Zhiyuan will come out of this unscathed?” 89