Lu Yubai

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lu Yubai (陆屿白)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Lu family
Occupation/Role	Student; youngest son of the Lu family; former youth esports camp trainee 1 242 427
Parents	Lu Yuan and Song Zhilan 2
Siblings	Older brothers Lu Xunli, Lu Shiyan, and Lu Bochen; biological older sister Lu Jiaoyue; adopted older sister Lu Xiaoxiao 2 9
Education	Final-year high school student preparing for the college entrance examination 242
Status	Alive; returns home after failing professional esports selection, with his future career undecided 427
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Background / History

Lu Yubai’s hostility toward Lu Xiaoxiao began with Lu Jiaoyue’s disappearance. As a young child, he believed the newly adopted Xiaoxiao had taken Jiaoyue’s place and somehow prevented her return. Although he eventually learned that Jiaoyue had been abducted and Xiaoxiao was not responsible, blaming her had become a habit 262.

His wealthy upbringing also gave him considerable influence at school. Classmates eager to please him treated his dislikes as permission to ostracize others, while he mistook their behavior for loyalty 18.

Fate in the Original Novel

• In the original storyline known to Xiaoxiao, Gu Sipei engineers the Lu family’s bankruptcy to isolate Jiaoyue. Yubai subsequently goes down a dangerous path and nearly loses his life 3.
• His supposed friends encourage him to borrow from loan sharks, then disappear with the money. Xiaoxiao’s intervention warns him away from these companions before that outcome occurs 41.

Appearance

• Yubai strongly resembles Lu Jiaoyue; Xiaoxiao remarks on how alike their faces are despite her very different reactions to them 3.

Personality

Yubai is outspoken, impulsive, and easily provoked, particularly when someone calls him young or immature. Early on, he rejects Xiaoxiao’s status as his sister and uses her adoption to insult her. His confidence quickly collapses under his father’s or eldest brother’s authority 2 3 10.

He is sociable and makes friends quickly, but his judgment of others is poor. Gaming praise makes him readily accept Chen Xiwan as his “sis-in-law,” and his enthusiasm for Song Chaoyue’s proposed game initially outweighs any consideration of its feasibility 57 182 207.

Beneath his bravado, Yubai wants recognition and fears being ordinary beside his accomplished siblings. His belief that mind-reading makes him a uniquely “chosen” protagonist reflects this insecurity. After his esports setback, he becomes more willing to discuss his shortcomings and accept that uncertainty does not make him worthless 253 427.

Abilities & Skills

Mind Reading

Yubai can hear Lu Xiaoxiao’s unspoken thoughts, first discovering the ability during their room dispute 1.

• Initially believes he alone possesses the power and that it exposes Xiaoxiao’s supposed hypocrisy 2.
• Learns about his dangerous future, unreliable friends, and Fan Chiran’s relationship to Ye Ziqi through her thoughts 41.
• Later treats Xiaoxiao’s internal judgments as authoritative, abruptly distancing himself from Chen Xiwan after hearing a warning about her 208.
• Learns that the entire Lu family shares the ability and pledges to protect the secret 253.
• The family acknowledges that it cannot currently control the mind-reading 254.

Gaming

Yubai’s gaming ability is genuine, even though it ultimately falls short of professional selection 427.

• Understands character builds and equipment optimization well enough to offer to tune He Mingchuan’s account 421.
• Reports defeating the famous streamer Gale in a solo match, prompting his ambition to pursue esports 426.
• Demonstrates unusually strong reaction speed, hand-eye coordination, and spontaneous in-match decision-making 427.
• Reaches the final selection round after two months of intensive training, extra practice, match reviews, and tactical drills 427.
• A crucial hesitation in a team fight costs his side its advantage. The selected players display greater consistency and more decisive judgment under pressure 427.

Academic Performance

• Frequently performs poorly in examinations and resists additional tutoring 19 242 255.
• Misuses “filial devotion” when promising to treat Xiaoxiao better, prompting her to insist on Chinese tutoring 263.
• Chooses Fan Chiran as his tutor, saying he learns more comfortably from someone familiar 303.
• Fan describes him as smart but weak in fundamentals, with substantial room for improvement across subjects 303.

Relationships

• Lu Xiaoxiao — Adopted older sister. His childhood resentment develops into reliance, respect, and affection after she supports him at school. She later offers a fresh start without dismissing his past cruelty and becomes his main source of guidance during his esports crisis 43 262 263 426 427.
• Lu Jiaoyue — Biological older sister. He appoints himself her protector, proudly praises her to friends, and panics when he cannot locate her after their outing. Her affection for Xiaoxiao helps him reconsider his own hostility 2 22 31 262.
• Lu Yuan — Father. Yubai fears his discipline and repeatedly clashes with him over grades, gaming, and career ambitions. Yuan’s rejection of esports precipitates Yubai’s runaway episode 3 252 426.
• Song Zhilan — Mother. He accompanies her to search for the missing Xiaoxiao; she later becomes distraught when he runs away from home 116 426.
• Lu Xunli — Eldest brother and disciplinarian. Xunli corrects his behavior, enforces studying, and warns him against reckless business involvement. When Yubai disappears, he prioritizes finding him safely over punishment 10 182 242 426.
• Lu Shiyan — Second brother. Yubai cites Shiyan’s entertainment career as a precedent for choosing esports. Shiyan sympathizes with his desire for recognition, remembering the opposition to his own career choice 426.
• Lu Bochen — Third brother. Yubai’s careless remark that Bochen would hinder the search for Xiaoxiao deeply hurts him. Yubai later feels responsible for Bochen’s suicide attempt and sincerely apologizes 116 124 179.
• Fan Chiran — Classmate, later close friend and tutor. Yubai apologizes for his treatment of Fan, promises to stop associating with his bullies, and subsequently challenges attempts to conceal Fan’s injuries 43 57 156 303.
• Ye Ziqi — Unrequited crush and Fan Chiran’s maternal half-sister. Fan’s interference with Yubai’s confession originally contributes to their conflict 18 41.
• Jiang Haoxin and his clique — Former companions who bully classmates in Yubai’s name. After Xiaoxiao’s warnings, Yubai promises to stop spending time with them 18 41 43.
• He Mingchuan — Quickly becomes his friend through their shared interest in games; offers Yubai access to his account 421.
• Lightning — Pet Tibetan mastiff. Yubai uses him in a prank against Xiaoxiao, but remains attached to him and misses him during esports camp 9 427.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Conflict with Xiaoxiao

• Orders Xiaoxiao to leave her room for the returning Jiaoyue, only to be startled by her resistance and his new ability to hear her thoughts 1.
• Attacks her adopted status at dinner. Lu Yuan rebukes him and explicitly affirms that Xiaoxiao belongs to the family 2 3.
• Sets Lightning on Xiaoxiao as supposed retaliation for her treatment of Jiaoyue. Both Jiaoyue and Xunli condemn the prank, and Xunli makes him apologize 9 10.
• Becomes the target of Xiaoxiao’s system-assisted snake scare. After learning she arranged it, he briefly suspects she is a witch 10 19.
• Begins questioning his own behavior when he learns that Xiaoxiao prepared a birthday gift despite his mistreatment of her 35.

School Incident and Friendship with Fan Chiran

• Calls Xiaoxiao rather than their parents when the school requests a guardian. She agrees to help after making him call her “sis” 36 37.
• Faces accusations after Fan Chiran is locked in a sports equipment room for more than four hours and suffers severe gastric bleeding. Yubai denies locking him inside; two classmates claim they acted at his request 37.
• Xiaoxiao helps him through the dispute without assuming his guilt. During the investigation, a witness reports that Jiang Haoxin stole Yubai’s belongings 40 43.
• Visits Fan in hospital, apologizes, and gives him a scratch-off ticket. Xiaoxiao corrects his promise to make classmates afraid of bullying Fan, insisting that he treat everyone kindly 42 43.
• Becomes close friends with Fan and later studies under his tutoring 57 303.

Growing Concern for His Siblings

• Insists on joining Song Zhilan’s search when Xiaoxiao disappears into a deep cave during variety-show filming 116.
• Tells Bochen he would only get in the way, then blames himself after Bochen attempts suicide. Xiaoxiao and Jiaoyue suspect a deeper cause rather than accepting Yubai’s remark as the sole explanation 116 124.
• Offers Xiaoxiao his secret savings after mistakenly believing she has become someone’s sugar baby 135.
• Apologizes to Bochen before their grandfather’s birthday banquet; Xiaoxiao interprets Bochen’s gentle response as forgiveness 179.
• Warns Song Chaoyue to stop provoking Xiaoxiao and insists that his former dislike has become respect 181.

Mind-Reading Secret and Reconciliation

• Is dismayed to discover that he is not the family’s sole mind-reader. Nevertheless, he swears to keep the ability secret 253.
• Suggests avoiding Xiaoxiao to protect her privacy, but the others reject the idea because exclusion would hurt her 254.
• Finally admits that his childhood hostility came from blaming her for Jiaoyue’s disappearance and sincerely apologizes 262.
• Xiaoxiao declines to forgive on behalf of her former self, but agrees they can start anew if he treats her better 263.
• Later helps lighten the family’s emotional reconciliation through his exaggerated prayers for an easier school schedule and indignant reactions to teasing 390.

Esports Trial and Self-Discovery

Yubai’s two-part side story centers on his attempt to turn gaming into a career and his struggle to measure his worth against his siblings 426 427.

Event	Development
Conflict over esports	Wants to quit school after defeating Gale. Lu Yuan rejects the plan, confiscates his devices, and cuts his allowance 426.
Running away	Uses secret savings to rent a shabby downtown studio, where independent living amounts to gaming, instant noodles, and anxiety about rent 426.
Conditional trial	Xiaoxiao finds him with Ji Yunhuai and offers an esports academy trial: he must follow club rules, endure training, and return to education if unsuccessful 426.
Two months of training	Works seriously and advances through successive eliminations, but fails the final professional selection after a costly mistake 427.
Accepting the result	Recognizes that the selected players performed better rather than claiming the decision was unfair 427.
New outlook	Confides his fear of being useless and ordinary. Xiaoxiao reassures him that he need not be exceptional to matter, encourages continued education while exploring his future, and asks him to reconcile with their parents 427.
Return home	Leaves with Xiaoxiao feeling lighter, accepting that he can direct his own life without becoming an esports star 427.

Notable Quotes

“I promise I won't do it again! I won't hang out with Jiang Haoxin and the others anymore, either.” 43

“I'm serious! It feels like no one else in our family is as useless as me.” 427

“But Sis, what if... I never find the answer? What if I never know what kind of person I want to become?” 427

Trivia

• Has loved anime since childhood and hoped his life would resemble the rise of a hot-blooded protagonist 427.
• Describes Want Want Milk and Wahaha AD Calcium Milk as his “red and white” drinks while trying to defend his runaway lifestyle 426.
• His promise of “filial devotion” accidentally places Xiaoxiao in a parental generation; she immediately corrects him 263.