Lu Siqi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lu Siqi (陆斯期)
Alias(es)	Mr. Lu 7 27
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Lu family; Lu Group; Hunter team on City Hunter 27 39 50
Occupation/Role	Lu Group CEO; entertainment investor; one of the two male leads of the in-universe novel Spring Imprisons Me 1 27
Status	Alive; stationed at the west exit during the citywide manhunt 50
First Appearance	Hospital confrontation with Jian Li 1

Background / History

Lu Siqi believes Jian Li’s mother knowingly became his father’s mistress and destroyed his family. He attributes his own mother’s severe depression and suicide to that alleged affair, then directs his revenge at Jian Li. The accusation is presented as Lu Siqi’s belief; when publicly challenged, he does not produce proof 1 28.

Jian Jingfeng, Jian Li’s debt-ridden father, handed his son over to Lu Siqi in exchange for money. Lu Siqi subsequently subjected Jian Li to prolonged abuse and forced blood donations for his adoptive younger brother, Lu Yuanhang, whose rare blood type made finding donors difficult 1 2 5.

Original Novel Storyline

In the plot recalled by the transmigrated Jian Li, Lu Siqi uses Lone Warrior to destroy the original Jian Li’s reputation. After Jian Li loses his entertainment career, Lu Siqi confines him in a villa. Despite the abuse, the original Jian Li eventually forgives him and falls in love with him 1 2 20.

The original storyline also includes a year-long corporate conflict between the Lu and Huo families, beginning in entertainment and spreading across their other industries. Lu Siqi ultimately defeats Huo Xiao in that version of events; this is remembered plot information, not an outcome established in the altered storyline 4.

Appearance

• Handsome features: Described as handsome, with a sharply defined jaw 28 29.
• Height: Lu Yuanhang stands approximately half a head shorter than him 3.
• Demeanor: Alternates between an elegant, refined smile and gloomy or threatening expressions 4 28.
• Injuries: Appears with his arm bandaged after the confrontation at the Lu residence 36.

Personality

Lu Siqi treats Jian Li’s obedience as something he is entitled to demand. He expects him to apologize, submit, and repay his mother’s supposed debt, even though Jian Li was not responsible for the alleged affair. When Jian Li resists, Lu Siqi initially interprets the change as arrogance or an attempt to attract his attention rather than a genuine rejection 4 13 36.

His protectiveness toward Lu Yuanhang repeatedly overrides his judgment. He excuses his brother as frail, spoiled, and fundamentally kind, while dismissing criticism and attempting to purchase cooperation from others. Later, he begins questioning whether Yuanhang causes his own social exclusion and becomes less willing to indulge him 7 10 27 43 46.

Lu Siqi denies caring about Jian Li while becoming increasingly unsettled by losing control over him. He considers clearing a month from his schedule but abandons the idea when told it would cost over a hundred million. His later participation in City Hunter is motivated largely by a desire to restore their former relationship—specifically, the period when Jian Li did whatever he said 16 46.

Abilities & Skills

Business and Financial Influence

Lu Siqi oversees mergers, acquisitions, research proposals, and investment projects. His reputation as a ruthless rising businessman extends beyond his own company 7 16 33.

• Lu Group invests five million in Lone Warrior, giving him leverage he expects the production to respect 27.
• He attempts to acquire Jian Li’s restrictive agency contract regardless of cost 36.
• He offers Jian Li top entertainment resources and an annual salary of ten million to change companies 47.
• His financial influence is not absolute: the director welcomes withdrawal of Lu Group’s investment, and the Huo Group later reportedly replaces him as a backer 27 39.

Public-Opinion Manipulation

Lu Siqi employs gossip accounts, paid trolls, and production-team arrangements to promote Lu Yuanhang while damaging Jian Li’s reputation 7 10.

• Tries to secure other contestants’ cooperation through their representatives 10.
• Cannot buy Luo Xiaohong’s cooperation; she refuses money and career opportunities and has protection from an unidentified backer 7.
• His paid campaigns fail to prevent viewers from increasingly supporting Jian Li 10.

Taekwondo

Lu Yuanhang describes Lu Siqi as a ninth-degree black belt in taekwondo. The claim comes from Yuanhang rather than an independent assessment 50.

• Jian Li overwhelms him during the fight at the Lu residence 29.
• Jian Li later throws him over his shoulder when Lu Siqi grabs his arm 44.
• Before the west-exit confrontation, Lu Siqi recognizes that facing Jian Li and Huo Xiao will be dangerous 50.

Relationships

• Jian Li — His revenge target and intended romantic counterpart in the original novel. The transmigrated Jian Li rejects his control, blocks his number, and repeatedly defeats him physically. Lu Siqi later tries to regain access through Jian Li’s career contract 1 4 29 36 47.
• Lu Yuanhang — Adoptive younger brother whom he protects and financially supports. Yuanhang wants to become his spouse, but Lu Siqi later rejects his attempted massage and grows impatient with his interference 5 27 43 48.
• Huo Xiao — Business rival whose family has commercial ties with the Lu family. Huo refuses to stop protecting Jian Li, offers to end the partnership, and outbids Lu Siqi’s recruitment offer 36 47.
• Jian Jingfeng — Jian Li’s father, who previously exchanged his son for money and again offers him as debt repayment at the Lu residence. Lu Siqi responds to the latter offer by kicking him away 2 29.
• Secretary Chen — His secretary, who helps search for a compatible blood donor for Lu Yuanhang and responds to workplace pressure with dry defiance, including a remark about accepting dismissal for sufficient severance 31.
• Luo Xiaohong — An outspoken opponent of his treatment of Jian Li. She rejects his attempts to influence her and publicly challenges both his accusation against Jian Li’s mother and his use of inherited blame 7 28.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Hospital Escape and Fitness Tests

Lu Siqi first appears enforcing continued blood extraction from Jian Li for Lu Yuanhang. After transmigrating, Jian Li removes the needle, strikes him, and escapes. Jian Jingfeng later reports that Lu Siqi is suing for intentional assault and demanding one million in compensation 1 2.

At the Lone Warrior qualifiers, Lu Siqi confronts Jian Li over the assault and demands an apology to Yuanhang. Huo Xiao interrupts the dispute, and Jian Li completes the tests successfully before leaving without obeying Lu Siqi. Jian Li then places him on his phone’s blocklist 3 4.

Failed Control of *Lone Warrior*

Watching remotely, Lu Siqi attempts to steer the show and its audience against Jian Li. Those efforts falter as Jian Li demonstrates competence and other guests criticize Yuanhang. When Yuan Feng dislocates Yuanhang’s arm, Lu Siqi uses his secretary’s phone to accuse Jian Li of abandoning his brother 7 10 15.

Yuanhang’s scandals eventually threaten Lu Group’s image. Lu Siqi initially dismisses online criticism, but reports that violent debt collection allegedly drove a debtor to suicide force him to intervene personally 27.

Confrontation at the Lu Residence

Lu Siqi publicly accuses Jian Li’s deceased mother of being a mistress and demands that Jian Li accompany him. Luo Xiaohong and the other guests shield Jian Li and challenge the accusation. Jian Li nevertheless goes with him, having been threatened with his father’s situation 28.

At the villa, Jian Li secretly livestreams Yuanhang admitting to illegal debt collection. After ending the broadcast, Jian Li beats Yuanhang, Lu Siqi, and the hired thugs. Viewers summon the police, but the broadcast does not contain the subsequent beating; Lu Siqi is later mocked by Huo Xiao for being unable to prove Jian Li caused his injuries 29 30 36.

*City Hunter* and Recruitment Offer

After Lu Group reportedly loses its funding position on Lone Warrior, Lu Siqi arranges a City Hunter guest appearance for Yuanhang and joins him on the Hunter team. Audience hostility toward the brothers immediately threatens their screen time 39 40.

During the competition, Lu Siqi is struck by Jian Li’s confidence in the staged bank robbery and begins questioning Yuanhang’s habit of blaming others. Nevertheless, he still demands an apology when Jian Li knocks Yuanhang down, only to be thrown himself 43 44.

Lu Siqi later approaches Jian Li at a late-night meal and shifts from threats to a recruitment offer. Huo Xiao counters his ten-million annual salary with fifty million upfront, leaving Lu Siqi frustrated and dismissed. Back in his room, he presents the visit as a business decision and rebuffs Yuanhang’s unwanted attention 46 47 48.

West-Exit Manhunt

Lu Siqi and Yuanhang are assigned to guard the west exit as Jian Li and Huo Xiao approach. Although Yuanhang boasts about his brother’s taekwondo rank, Lu Siqi recalls Jian Li’s strength at the family villa and questions who will handle Huo Xiao. The provided account ends with the confrontation beginning; no result is established 50.

Notable Quotes

“Jian Li’s mother is dead. I can only come to him!” 28

“People shut you out everywhere you go. Are you really not at fault at all?” 43

“Your contract’s coming up for renewal, right? I can offer better terms and even make you a rising A-lister.” 47

Trivia

• Saves Jian Li’s phone number under “That bitch’s son,” reflecting the family grievance through which he initially views him 7.
• Drives a Maybach, in which he takes Jian Li back to the Lu family villa 28.