Lu Xiaoxiao

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lu Xiaoxiao (陆筱筱)
Alias(es)	“Little Teacher Lu,” a teasing nickname used by Ji Yunhuai 179
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Lu family; Pirate Team on Desert Island Survival 1 55
Occupation/Role	Actress and university student; formerly an ordinary wage earner in the real world 161 375 404
Narrative Role	Transmigrator assigned the original novel’s villainous “fake heiress” role 1
Partner	Ji Yunhuai 417
Status	Alive; later visits the real world with Ji Yunhuai through system-assisted teleportation 425
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Background / History

Life Before Transmigration

Lu Xiaoxiao grew up in an orphanage in the real world. Staff initially called her “Xiaoxiao,” meaning “little, little,” and she acquired the surname Lu after being adopted. Dissatisfied with the plainness of her name, she later chose the identically pronounced character 筱, meaning slender bamboo, from a dictionary 345.

Before entering the novel, she was an ordinary wage earner. She had dreamed of acting because it would let her experience different identities, but had never had the opportunity. She also rarely experienced the sense of family she eventually finds in the Lu household 161 375 390.

The Original Host

The girl whose body Xiaoxiao occupies was adopted from Cixin Orphanage at approximately eight years old. Lu Yuan adopted her after his biological daughter, Lu Jiaoyue, disappeared, hoping to comfort Song Zhilan after her mental breakdown 2 343.

Although the Lu family provided generously for the original girl, their affection was complicated by their tendency to regard her as a substitute for Jiaoyue. She was withdrawn, insecure, and wary of rejection. Lu Shiyan later recognizes that the family’s unspoken disappointment helped prevent her from feeling fully at home 434.

In the original novel, Lu Xiaoxiao becomes a villainess, antagonizes Jiaoyue, and eventually faces public exposure without anyone willing to defend her. The transmigrated Xiaoxiao does not regard this fate as proof that the original girl was inherently bad: she recognizes how rejection could have pushed her toward that path 2 280.

Entering the Novel

Xiaoxiao awakens in the original girl’s body and is told by a system that she must follow the story to its ending before returning home. Actual death is not an escape. She initially attempts to satisfy the system by acting sweet, pitiful, and secretly antagonistic, while interpreting its instructions as loosely as possible 1.

Unknown to her, members of the Lu family can hear her thoughts. Her affectionate inner reactions repeatedly undermine her spoken insults, causing relatives to recognize the kindness behind her supposed villainous behavior 1 2.

Appearance

• Features: Soft, graceful beauty with a lively quality, contrasted with Jiaoyue’s sweeter, cuter appearance 297.
• Hair: Long black hair, described as soft, silky, and faintly gleaming in sunlight 101 161.
• Early Xiao Lingyun styling: A loose two-strand braid with a pink ribbon, pale-pink makeup, and a flowing pink gauze dress with floral and cloud-pattern embroidery 161.
• Revised Xiao Lingyun styling: A pale, mistlike swordswoman’s costume with silver details, restrained makeup, and a short sword in a white fishskin sheath 267.
• Confrontational styling: For a meeting with Gu Sipei, she deliberately adopts sharp winged eyeliner and rich red lipstick to project an intimidating presence 356.

Personality

Xiaoxiao is irreverent, quick-tempered, and resourceful. She resents being forced into a villain’s script and readily exploits loopholes: when ordered to make trouble for Jiaoyue, she initially decides that overwhelming her with beauty should count. She enjoys luxury and reacts enthusiastically to receiving an unlimited black card 1 3.

Her performances are often manipulative, but her underlying attachments are sincere. She uses tears to enlist Lu Xunli’s protection, secretly retaliates against Yubai, and stages a fall to influence the variety-show invitation. At the same time, she protects Jiaoyue from aggression, spoils her with clothes, and becomes increasingly unwilling to maintain their scripted rivalry 6 10 35 109.

She strongly values personal agency. Rather than accept Jiaoyue’s offer to entrust her entire future to her, Xiaoxiao encourages her to discover her own desires. She also objects to Gu Sipei’s possessiveness and insists that care must respect what Jiaoyue actually wants—not merely what someone else assumes is good for her 137 285 357.

Her growing confidence does not eliminate insecurity. She initially offers Jiaoyue the opportunity to join Shiyan’s show, assuming a desirable invitation will eventually be taken from her. Professionally, however, she responds to a more talented rival with admiration and renewed determination rather than resentment 33 370.

Abilities & Skills

Knowledge of the Original Novel

• Recognizes dangerous characters and anticipated events, including Chen Xiwan’s betrayal, Bai Xinyan’s publicity schemes, and Xiao Yichen’s potential downfall 16 48 61.
• Uses that knowledge to protect people rather than merely preserve the original plot 61 109 285.
• Cannot reliably predict events after her interventions: the system explicitly attributes deviations to the butterfly effect 4.
• Tells Jiaoyue that vivid dreams revealed possible futures, while acknowledging that she cannot predict outcomes with certainty 137.

Acting and Improvisation

• Can quickly adopt a tearful, wounded persona by recalling sad experiences 2.
• Uses staged vulnerability, disguises, and exaggerated encounters to redirect social situations 10 24 213.
• Models her initial portrayal of Xiao Lingyun on Jiaoyue’s gentleness and innocence 161.
• Demonstrates emotional subtlety in her Wen Yao audition, distinguishing affectionate caretaking from restrained romantic longing 369.
• Remains a developing actress: she acknowledges that Tang Ruoning’s physical and emotional performance exceeds what she could achieve with the same preparation time 370.

System Assistance and Thought Concealment

• Communicates mentally with system 037, which provides plot instructions, character information, and redeemable items 1 5 24 213.
• Uses system assistance to arrange a nighttime snake scare for Yubai 10.
• Later employs “mute mode” to conceal the inner commentary her family normally hears, while continuing to speak and behave normally 354 362.
• Persuades 037 to obtain permission for Ji Yunhuai to accompany her on a visit to the real world 425.
• The family’s ability to hear her thoughts is not an ability she initially controls or even knows exists 2 347.

Practical Competence

• Produces a hunting haul of four birds, three pheasants, two wild ducks, and a small wild boar during the survival show, greatly outperforming Lin Aofan 60.
• Can offer practical photography advice, including tips while taking a period-costume selfie with Ji Yunhuai 179 272.
• Contributes an imaginative interpretation to Bochen’s abstract painting by adding a red “heart” to the figure’s chest 4.
• Has no prior training in sword flourishes when Wei Yun asks her to perform them for filming 272.
• Admits that she is unfamiliar with both luxury-brand identification and edible wild plants 64.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Unlimited black card — Given by Lu Yuan when he asks her to take Jiaoyue shopping 3.
• System-provided voice-changing item — Redeemed to impersonate a stranger while questioning Jiaoyue about her older sister 24.
• System-provided powder — Secretly added to Jiaoyue’s juice as part of a plan to take her to the sixth floor; its specific effects are not stated in the supplied passage 24.
• Luna Devereaux couture gown — Worn to the Song family gathering; Cui Anhe helps select accessories for it 177 178 180.
• Tracking phone case — A gift from Ji Yunhuai. Xiaoxiao removes it before secretly visiting Cixin Orphanage 341 342.
• Short costume sword — Carried for Xiao Lingyun’s revised swordswoman appearance; she initially lacks the flourishes needed for close-up action filming 267 272.

Relationships

Family

• Lu Yuan — Adoptive father. Defends her place in the family, lets her keep her room, and later supports her decision to transfer into acting 3 354.
• Song Zhilan — Adoptive mother. Insists she has always regarded Xiaoxiao as her own daughter, while recognizing how uneven attention may have hurt her 5.
• Lu Jiaoyue — Younger adoptive sister and the original novel’s true heiress. Recognizes Xiaoxiao’s affection through her thoughts, defends her against criticism, and becomes her close confidante and university companion 2 24 390 404.
• Lu Xunli — Eldest adoptive brother. Initially protects her from Yubai’s prank; later relies on her judgment after she helps expose Chen Xiwan’s deception 10 240 252.
• Lu Shiyan — Second adoptive brother and award-winning actor. Encourages her entertainment career, protects her during public controversy, and credits her with helping him reunite with Yu Sangning 33 161 252 279.
• Lu Bochen — Third adoptive brother. Shares his art with her and expresses affection through paintings and interest in her work. Xiaoxiao helps arrange counseling without demanding that he accept treatment immediately 4 14 242 264.
• Lu Yubai — Younger adoptive brother. Their relationship begins with insults and retaliatory pranks, but he gradually revises his opinion of her and becomes strongly influenced by her unspoken judgments 1 10 35 208.
• Original Lu Xiaoxiao — The lingering soul of the body’s original owner. Xiaoxiao accepts her jealousy without condemnation, investigates her birth family, and develops a bond with her before their parting 298 299 349.

Romance, Friends, and Allies

• Ji Yunhuai — Romantic partner. Their antagonistic, competitive exchanges develop into flirtation and a stable relationship. Xiaoxiao nevertheless objects when she learns he privately intervened in her audition, recognizing their different assumptions about privilege and fairness 87 242 272 372 375 406.
• Xiao Yichen — Doctor and survival-show teammate. She encourages him through trauma and asks his help with DNA testing and Bochen’s counseling. His attraction to her contrasts with her clear romantic interest in Ji Yunhuai 61 242.
• Su Miaohan — Food blogger, teammate, and enthusiastic supporter. Praises Xiaoxiao’s success and contributes cooking and plant knowledge Xiaoxiao openly admires 60 64 166.
• Ye Xinglan — Photographer and teammate. Defends her right to withhold a clue temporarily and offers to take on more work during food preparation 57 60.
• Qian Annie — Investigator and trusted collaborator. Supplies evidence against Chen Xiwan and agrees to investigate Chen Haiqing after Xiaoxiao raises concerns about further victims 240 242 285.
• Yu Sangning / Sang Yu — Shiyan’s former school acquaintance and later girlfriend. Xiaoxiao engineers a reconnection and becomes close enough to welcome her as “sister-in-law” 213 252 404.
• Cui Anhe — Initially a hostile romantic rival who orders Xiaoxiao’s abduction. Their relationship gradually becomes an ordinary friendship, with Xiaoxiao also helping ease Anhe’s longstanding conflict with Ji Yunhuai 134 295 429.
• Cui Anze — Anhe’s older brother. Holds his sister accountable, apologizes to Xiaoxiao, and offers a commissioned dress 134.
• Wei Yun — Director who gives Xiaoxiao her first acting opportunity and later teases her about Ji Yunhuai 161 267.
• Jiang Ci — Actress and friend. Offers practical acting advice during Xiaoxiao’s audition preparation 364 404.
• An Tingxue — Bochen’s counselor. Xiaoxiao welcomes her into the household and later finds her explanation of differing worldviews helpful when considering her disagreement with Ji Yunhuai 260 375.
• 037 — Her system companion. Often frustrates her with plot demands, but also provides familiarity and security in an unfamiliar world 109 165.

Adversaries

• Chen Xiwan — Xunli’s manipulative girlfriend. Xiaoxiao distrusts her from their first meeting, challenges her victimhood performances, and helps uncover evidence undermining her pregnancy claim 16 208 240.
• Bai Xinyan — Celebrity rival whose manufactured innocence and planned exploitation of Shiyan’s fame provoke Xiaoxiao’s contempt. Xiaoxiao eventually regards their old rivalry as irrelevant to her new life 48 406.
• Gu Sipei — Jiaoyue’s romantic interest. Threatens Xiaoxiao over her influence on Jiaoyue; she later confronts him directly about respecting her sister’s wishes and family 311 357.
• Yue Mengqian — An acquaintance of the original host. Xiaoxiao publicly humiliates her to stop her aggression toward Jiaoyue 5 6.
• Lin Aofan — Survival-show competitor. Repeatedly challenges and belittles Xiaoxiao and her teammates, then refuses help after losing their hunting contest 57 60 61.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rewriting the “Fake Heiress” Role

• Room dispute and reunion dinner: Xiaoxiao’s attempts at villainous behavior instead expose her affection for Jiaoyue and resentment of being treated as disposable. Lu Yuan affirms that she is his child and allows her to retain her room 1 2 3.
• Early sibling bonds: She protects Jiaoyue during shopping, adds a heart to Bochen’s painting, and counters Yubai’s dog prank with both public tears and secret revenge 4 6 9 10.
• Rejecting the assigned rivalry: After repeated schemes fail to reproduce the novel’s outcomes, she asks 037 to let her stop acting as a villain. By later chapters, she openly seeks Jiaoyue’s companionship rather than disguising their closeness 109 230.

Survival Show and Protecting Other Characters

• Joins the Pirate Team on Desert Island Survival, where her hunting success and direct manner make her stand out 55 60.
• Identifies Bai Xinyan’s intention to exploit Shiyan’s fame and resolves to protect him 48.
• Supports Xiao Yichen after learning the original story would subject him to renewed online harassment and job loss 61.
• Encounters Ji Yunhuai as a new teammate; their camera-ready politeness conceals a competitive handshake and her private irritation 87.

Exposing Chen Xiwan

• Challenges Xiwan’s efforts to portray herself as Xiaoxiao’s victim and demands proof of her claim that she is carrying Xunli’s child 207 208.
• Presents Qian Annie’s evidence concerning sold gifts, repeated hotel meetings with Chen Haiqing, and a drug capable of producing erotic hallucinations and hazy memories 240.
• Helps plan Xiwan’s removal from the household and the recovery of Xunli’s money, then obtains assistance with DNA testing from Xiao Yichen 242.
• After Annie reports Xiwan’s apparent murder-suicide, Xiaoxiao asks her to pursue Chen Haiqing to prevent further harm 285.

Public Exposure and the Original Host’s Closure

• Faces an online smear campaign built around a leaked adoption certificate, selectively edited show footage, and claims of hostility toward Jiaoyue. Unlike the original novel’s version of this event, she now has people willing to defend her 279 280.
• Meets the original host’s lingering soul and promises to investigate her biological parents discreetly 298 299.
• Visits Cixin Orphanage and learns that the original girl’s parents loved her and entrusted her future to the safest path they could find. The revelation helps resolve the original host’s sense of abandonment 342 343 344 345 347.
• Learns from the original host that the Lu family has been hearing her thoughts, forcing her to reinterpret many earlier interactions 347.
• Uses mute mode to unsettle the family before an eventual reconciliation in which her parents and siblings promise greater honesty 354 362 390.

Supporting Jiaoyue’s Independence

• Encourages Jiaoyue to choose her own future rather than surrender it to Xiaoxiao 137.
• Argues that Jiaoyue’s musical talent could support an independent creative career, rejecting the idea that romance should keep her dependent and confined at home 285.
• Accepts that she cannot simply break up the central couple under the system’s task, but insists that Gu Sipei respect Jiaoyue’s own preferences 357.
• Later recognizes that Jiaoyue’s affection for Gu has developed clear conditions involving respect and the treatment of people important to her 392.

Acting Career

Milestone	Chapter	Details
Offered her first role	161	Wei Yun asks her to replace an unavailable actress as Xiao Lingyun in Spirit Abyss Chronicle.
Begins filming	162	Performs Xiao Lingyun’s death scene opposite Bai Xinyan and realizes the supposedly retractable sword is real.
Returns in revised styling	267	Prepares Xiao Lingyun’s sharper, post-disguise swordswoman appearance.
Requests formal acting education	354	Asks to leave philosophy for an acting program; her parents approve.
Prepares for Graceful	362 363 364	Studies Wen Yao’s emotional history, researches feline behavior, annotates scenes, and seeks Jiang Ci’s advice.
Auditions for Wen Yao	368 369 370	Earns praise for natural emotional interaction, then recognizes Tang Ruoning’s superior performance.
Begins acting classes	404	Completes the major-transfer paperwork and returns to university study.
Receives acclaim for Xiao Lingyun	404	Viewers and critics praise her performance; script, advertising, and variety-show offers follow.
Gains access to specialist coaching	417	Shen Yufeng arranges private contact with acting coach Professor Tan Jingqiu, who agrees to review her work and offer guidance.

Later Life

• Enjoys university life with Jiaoyue while Shiyan screens professional offers, allowing her to prioritize training and suitable projects 404.
• Finds acceptance among Ji Yunhuai’s friends as an individual, not merely as his girlfriend, and plans thoughtful gifts in return 417.
• In a side story, obtains permission for Ji Yunhuai to accompany her on a visit to the real world 425.

Notable Quotes

“Still, a name is just a label. What matters is living happily.”
— Inner thought about her chosen name 345

“If you really like her, you have to treat her well! And it can't be what you smugly assume is ‘for her own good.’ It has to be in a way she actually appreciates. Understand?”
— Warning to Gu Sipei about Jiaoyue 357

Trivia

• The transmigrator and original host share the name Lu Xiaoxiao, including the character 筱, but arrived at it differently: the host’s parents chose it for its symbolism of resilience and vitality, while the transmigrator selected it herself 345.
• The original host’s birth identity is distinguished from the transmigrator’s in the author’s closing notes: had she remained with her archaeologist parents, she would have been called Cheng Xiao 435.
• Xiaoxiao saves Jiaoyue in WeChat as “Little moon bunny” 9.
• She is genuinely frightened of Lightning, Yubai’s Tibetan mastiff, even though she subsequently exaggerates her distress to gain Xunli’s support 9 10.
• In a side story, Shiyan privately suspects that Xiaoxiao’s soul has been replaced, but chooses not to expose the possibility because he treasures the person she has become 434.