Lin Jingchen

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lin Jingchen (林璟琛)
Alias(es)	President Lin, CEO Lin, Mr. Lin; addressed as “senior” by Bai Chen 13 24 116
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Lin Family; Lin Group, also called Lin Corporation 17 24 119
Occupation/Role	Head of the Lin Family and chief executive of the Lin Group 17 119
Education	G University graduate in financial management; also studied in Country S 22 43
Partner	Bai Chen; Lin later proposes to him during a trip to Yunnan 119 157
Status	Alive at his last depicted appearance, searching a burning warehouse for Bai Chen 159
First Appearance	Chapter 12, “The Canon Couple” 12

Background / History

Lin Jingchen belongs to the Lin Family, one of G City’s four major families. His grandparents, Lin Xuan and Ci Qing, strongly influenced his understanding of love. Ci Qing told him stories of their relationship while he was a toddler, teaching him that commitment and sacrifice must be mutual 41 126.

His parents’ marriage provided the opposite example. His father advocated controlling an unwilling partner, but his mother ultimately fled. Upon reaching adulthood, Jingchen broke off the childhood betrothal his father had arranged, rejecting a politically advantageous marriage in favor of freely reciprocated love 126.

While Jingchen was studying in Country S, three businessmen who owed their success to the Lin Group invested in the Gu Group and secretly undermined the struggling Lin company. His grandfather fell ill during that crisis and never recovered. Jingchen remembered their betrayal even after they began courting his favor again 43.

Despite having no experience when he assumed leadership, Jingchen reversed the Lin Group’s decline within a few months and sent its shares soaring. By the bidding event in Chapter 43, he had never lost a bid he entered. He subsequently secured the prime plot in the west of the city 43 44.

Appearance

• Build: Tall, slender, and long-limbed, with an upright posture and carefully trained manners 43.
• Face: A high, straight nose, sharply defined thin lips, and chiseled features 14 28.
• Eyes: Amber, described as peach-blossom eyes with slightly upturned corners 24 36 47.
• Typical dress: Well-fitted suits and thin-framed or gold wire-rimmed glasses; at the bidding event, he wears a beige suit over a black shirt 36 43.
• Voice and bearing: A deep, magnetic voice and a refined, mature elegance that Bai Chen finds especially attractive 21 32.

Personality

Jingchen habitually presents a gentle smile and measured courtesy. He can remain calm under deliberate provocation, making his intentions difficult to read. That polished exterior conceals a calculating executive who remembers betrayals and waits for evidence before settling old grievances 24 43.

He is ruthless toward serious threats, but violence is not his preferred method. He dislikes the smell of blood, normally leaves necessary force to subordinates, and regards personally attacking Gu Cheng as an exception to his usual behavior 47 48.

Bai Chen disrupts Jingchen’s customary restraint. Jingchen recognizes that his attraction makes him act impulsively, particularly when Bai Chen is mistreated. His trust is selective rather than indiscriminate: Bai Chen comes to understand that Jingchen believes in him specifically, not simply in everyone who appears vulnerable 38 39.

His romantic ideals emphasize consent and independence. He tells Xiaoqian that he will not pressure Bai Chen and will let go if rejected; later, he encourages Bai Chen to pursue an overseas exchange rather than sacrifice his education. Nevertheless, fear for Bai Chen sometimes makes him overbearing, prompting apologies and attempts to respect his boundaries 39 57 154 133.

Abilities & Skills

Business Management and Strategy

• Restores the failing Lin Group within months of taking control and establishes an undefeated bidding record 43.
• Uses commercial leverage against the families connected to Bai Chen’s bullies 38 47 92.
• Collaborates with Xiao Zhao on a covert plan developed over several years 71 116.
• Recognizes opportunistic alliances and withholds trust from businessmen who previously betrayed his family 43.

Family Leadership

• Controls access to the ancestral residence and openly brings Bai Chen into spaces normally reserved for family members 119 120.
• Manages disruptive branch-family relatives by setting limits, hearing competing claims, and threatening removal when necessary 123 124.
• Resolves a land dispute by examining the deed, repayment obligations, and both parties’ concealed interests 125.

Botanical and Agricultural Knowledge

• Is recognized by students as skilled in agriculture during the Shuiji Village fieldwork 55.
• Maintains Ci Qing’s flower garden using her notebook 123.
• Explains difficult passages in her botanical handbook to Bai Chen, including records of plants that have since become extinct 126.

Cooking and Practical Care

• Initially produces poor-tasting porridge and has no experience slaughtering or plucking a chicken 100 101.
• Learns to cook after becoming Bai Chen’s boyfriend and prepares dinner with Uncle Chen’s guidance 120 122.
• Supports Bai Chen through therapy, medication, insomnia, and severe depressive episodes over the following three years 157.

Possessions & Residences

• Ancestral home: Inherited from his grandfather; periodically renovated while retaining its original structure 48.
• Downtown apartment: Becomes Bai Chen’s residence after his return from the dangerous overseas expedition 156.
• Seaside home: Bought and designed years earlier; Jingchen later shares its personal significance with Bai Chen 128.
• Bai Chen’s pottery: Secretly purchases and collects Bai Chen’s teahouse pieces, including imperfect works 120.
• West Lake Longjing: Drinks the tea Bai Chen gave him every day, valuing it despite having finer tea at home 47.
• Ci Qing’s botanical notebook: Preserves her research, planting methods, developed flower varieties, and family photographs 123 125 126.
• Secured botanical collection: Contains rare medicinal herbs and original research, including the late Professor Askoda’s notebook. Jingchen gives Bai Chen a key as a “token of love” 129.
• Valentine’s gifts from Bai Chen: Handmade pottery and a glass vessel containing dark red roses and pale blue baby blue eyes 137.

Relationships

• Bai Chen — University junior, then boyfriend. Their connection begins at Morning Breeze Teahouse and develops through protective interventions, shared outings, and domestic life. Bai Chen makes the confession; Jingchen later proposes and supports his mental-health treatment 13 22 122 157.
• Lin Xiaoqian — Married older sister and Bai Chen’s professor. She encourages her overworked brother to take a break, questions him about his attraction to Bai Chen, and insists that he treat Bai Chen responsibly 29 48 57 139.
• Ci Qing — Late grandmother. Her botanical work and belief in mutual love remain central to his gardening and romantic ideals 120 123 126.
• Lin Xuan — Late grandfather. Jingchen inherits his old residence and remembers the business betrayals that contributed to his final illness 43 48 126.
• His father — Their views of romance conflict. Jingchen rejects both his father’s coercive advice and the betrothal he arranged 126.
• Su Chenche — Younger half-brother who seeks help and claims entitlement to company shares through his mother’s investment. Jingchen refuses to recognize him as family and threatens him if he helps his mother return 24.
• Assistant Wang — Assistant entrusted with company matters, security reports, and monitoring Bai Chen’s safety. He tries to stop Jingchen from entering the burning warehouse 24 92 159.
• Uncle Chen — Household caretaker who welcomes Bai Chen, helps Jingchen learn to cook, and recognizes the seriousness of placing Bai Chen in the main residence 119 120 122.
• Xiao Zhao / President Xiao — Long-term covert collaborator. Jingchen knows about his concealed identity and years of wearing women’s clothes; he also warns him against treating Milne merely as a useful partner 71 116 135.
• Gu Cheng — Business rival and violent enemy. Jingchen punishes him for threatening Bai Chen, but Gu Cheng later abducts Bai Chen to extort Jingchen’s assets and life 38 47 157.
• A Lingyi — High Priest who reveals Bai Chen’s otherworldly past through the Golden Cicada Gu. Jingchen initially condemns her memory erasure, then agrees to conceal the truth if forgetting allows Bai Chen to live happily 98 99.
• Bai Liang and Yao Ting — Bai Chen’s parents. His courteous conduct and evident affection win their approval; Yao Ting explicitly encourages Bai Chen to consider him as a partner 68 70 71.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Teahouse Meeting and Growing Attachment

• Jingchen first appears at Morning Breeze Teahouse for a business meeting with Chen Gang. His attention shifts to Bai Chen working in the pottery room, unnoticed by Bai Chen 12 13.
• Their first direct conversations establish their shared G University connection. Bai Chen jokingly calls him an “overbearing CEO,” prompting Jingchen’s teasing response 21 22.
• After driving Bai Chen to his dorm, Jingchen points out the Geminid meteor shower. Bai Chen’s unusually genuine happiness captivates him, leaving him wishing that Bai Chen would smile at him that way 29.
• He also appears as an invited distinguished alumnus at G University, where his appearance and poised speech draw an enthusiastic response 36.

Protection from Gu Cheng and His Associates

• Seeing Bai Chen publicly humiliated at the teahouse, Jingchen intervenes immediately, threatens the Gu Group’s bidding prospects, and takes the feverish Bai Chen to hospital 38.
• He supports Bai Chen’s decision to accept compensation for damaged clothes, while condemning the humiliating manner in which it was offered 39.
• Jingchen assigns a bodyguard to watch Bai Chen and applies business pressure to the three other students’ families. When Gu Cheng threatens to assault Bai Chen, he has Gu Cheng’s legs broken and stabs his palm 47.
• After an attempted kidnapping, he rushes to Bai Chen’s dorm, embraces him, and apologizes. He subsequently admits that he had people following Bai Chen in secret 81 82.

Shuiji Village and Longquan Ancient Town

• Jingchen initially refuses Xiaoqian’s invitation to travel, then changes his mind when he learns that Bai Chen is joining the fieldwork. He deliberately arranges to sit beside him on the plane 48 51.
• At Shuiji Village, he gives chocolates to local children, shares a room with Bai Chen, and catches him when he slips while collecting water samples 52 55.
• He admits to Xiaoqian that he loves Bai Chen and intends to pursue him without coercion 57.
• During the Face-Covering Festival, he queues for almond candy specifically for Bai Chen and eats a piece directly from his palm 58.
• When Bai Chen tries to dismiss him after the Veiled Dance, Jingchen follows at a distance without entering his home uninvited. He is subsequently welcomed by Bai Chen’s family 66 68 70.

Miaojiang and the Sealed Memories

• Jingchen tends to Bai Chen after his collapse, fever, and apparent memory loss, then investigates the High Priest’s involvement 97 98.
• He accepts a bite from A Lingyi’s Golden Cicada Gu and witnesses Bai Chen’s life in another world, including his grief and death in a fire 98.
• Although he initially challenges A Lingyi’s right to erase Bai Chen’s memories, Jingchen ultimately chooses to keep the secret, believing that forgetting may spare Bai Chen further suffering 98 99 109.
• Bai Chen becomes more receptive to romance, while Jingchen encourages him to give the person he likes a definite answer 102 105.

Official Relationship and Domestic Life

• An escape-room outing marks growing physical trust when Bai Chen returns Jingchen’s handhold. Their amusement-park conversation is followed by Jingchen openly introducing him as his boyfriend at the ancestral home 116 118 119.
• Jingchen places Bai Chen in the main residence despite family custom, learns to cook, and replaces their formal forms of address with “Little Chen” and “Jingchen” 120 122.
• He encourages Bai Chen to resist branch-family intimidation and shares his grandmother’s garden and research with him 123 126.
• When Bai Chen receives an overseas exchange offer, Jingchen supports the opportunity and proposes visiting B Country together to assess the environment 132 133.

Overseas Rescue and Long-Term Support

• When Bai Chen goes missing during an overseas expedition, Jingchen interrupts crucial business dealings and spends days searching. He finds Bai Chen gravely wounded after the fight with Jem and insists on carrying him himself 153.
• His fear makes him reluctant to leave Bai Chen alone and insistent that he return home. Jingchen later apologizes for being overbearing 154.
• Bai Chen moves into his downtown apartment. Over the next three years, Jingchen accompanies him through treatment and recovery, takes him traveling, and proposes in Yunnan 156 157.

Gu Cheng’s Final Trap

• Gu Cheng abducts Bai Chen and demands Jingchen’s life and liquidated assets. Jingchen agrees to the demands in exchange for Bai Chen’s release 157.
• Jingchen reaches the site too late to prevent the explosion. Despite Assistant Wang’s attempts to restrain him, he enters the burning warehouse and finds Bai Chen motionless beside a collapsed storage rack 159.
• The finale depicts Bai Chen back in his original world, wondering whether Jingchen’s world was real and what became of him. The supplied account does not establish Jingchen’s subsequent fate 158 159.

Notable Quotes

“This is my boyfriend.” 119

“Don't let them bully you, and don't worry about causing trouble for me. If anything happens, come to me. I'll take care of everything.” 123

“Get away!! Get away!! The man I love is in there!” 159

Trivia

• After Bai Chen calls him an “overbearing CEO,” Jingchen reads novels featuring that character type to understand the joke 22 128.
• His childhood amusement-park visits involved carrying the toys Xiaoqian and her friends won—and winning replacements when they failed 118.
• He generally prefers light food, but later eats spicy dishes alongside Bai Chen despite his usual dislike of heat 101 135.