Sheng Mo

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Sheng Mo (盛墨)
Alias(es)	None; “Sheng Mo 2.0” is a comparison applied to Lu Zhengrong because of her possessive behavior, rather than an alias for Sheng Mo. 384
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Sheng Family; Sheng Corporation
Occupation/Role	CEO of Sheng Corporation; eldest daughter of the Sheng Family
First Appearance	Chapter 40

Background / History

Sheng Mo is the daughter of Sheng Zigui, whose own childhood was shaped by ostracism after his mother, Xia Yinghong, was abandoned by Sheng Shizhao. Sheng Zigui returned to the Sheng family determined to claim his inheritance, then imposed the same pursuit of recognition and power upon Sheng Mo. 125 126

As a child, Sheng Mo endured severe academic pressure, physical punishment, and emotional neglect. She learned to suppress her emotions, compete relentlessly, and seek recognition through achievement. 126

After Sheng Xia was born, the family favored Sheng Xia with affection, celebrations, and attention while continuing to treat Sheng Mo as the heir expected to excel. Their unequal treatment fostered resentment between the sisters. During a camping trip, Sheng Mo was left behind when wolves appeared, an experience that reinforced her independence and resilience. 127

By adulthood, Sheng Mo had become the CEO of Sheng Corporation and cultivated a public image as a cold, business-focused woman with no interest in men. 42

Personality

Sheng Mo is composed, calculating, and highly competitive. She is capable of using wealth, leverage, deception, and intimidation to secure what she wants, whether in corporate affairs, family negotiations, or her pursuit of Shen Qingling. 55 90 105

Her attachment to Shen Qingling exposes a possessive and jealous side that contrasts sharply with her detached public persona. She reacts intensely to perceived rivals, including Sheng Xia, Nan Zhen, Lin Xingmian, Lu Zhengrong, and Shen Qi. 72 89 122 198 239 299

Despite her ruthless methods, Sheng Mo is deeply affected by her childhood neglect and ultimately becomes willing to confront her trauma and seek professional help. Shen Qingling’s gestures of care allow her to become more vulnerable and to value love over the pursuit of money and inheritance. 132 138 139 140

Although she becomes more capable of empathy and protection, Sheng Mo remains dangerous when jealous or threatened. She pursues Lu Zhengrong with Nan Zhen after learning of Shen Qingling’s abduction and reacts with fury when Shen Qingling admits that he saved and likes Lu Zhengrong. 449 457 629

Abilities & Skills

Corporate and Financial Expertise

Sheng Mo leads Sheng Corporation and possesses substantial business influence.

• Uses the Sheng Family’s resources in negotiations involving marriage alliances and the development-zone project. 85 90
• Secures the development zone despite competition from the Nan Family. 147
• Demonstrates financial expertise while leading preparations for a competition. 300
• Commands enough influence to publicly defend Lin Xingmian at a Gu Family banquet. 359
• Arranges access to Nanxia Island through official trade channels and her business connections during the rescue operation for Shen Qingling. 449

Strategic Manipulation

Sheng Mo frequently engineers situations to gain information, provoke rivals, or force confrontations.

• Plants a listening device in her lipstick and leaves it in Ruan Mingyi’s bag to draw her to a coffee shop. 55
• Withholds information about the person behind the Sheng Family incident while assessing Shen Qingling. 55
• Uses pressure tactics against the Nan Family, including ordering a warehouse at Xinyuan Port burned to compel a meeting with Shen Qingling. 105
• Imprisons Shen Qingling in the Sheng Family basement, frames Nan Zhen for his disappearance, and threatens Nan Zhen to compel his compliance. 112
• Probes Lu Zhengrong’s possible ties to the Gu Family and deliberately raises suspicions around her identity. 300
• Forms a temporary alliance with Nan Zhen against Shen Qi. 278
• Cooperates with Nan Zhen and Shen Qi to organize Shen Qingling’s rescue from Nanxia Island, dividing the rescue force between official and illegal routes. 449
• Helps lead the sea pursuit of Lu Zhengrong and Lu Yunrou’s escape vessel after Shen Qingling’s rescue. 457

Resilience

Sheng Mo survived a childhood marked by neglect, harsh discipline, favoritism, and abandonment.

• Endured being left behind during a wolf incident as a child. 127
• Remained trapped during the Sheng Family residence fire after believing Shen Qingling had escaped safely. 139
• Decides to seek professional help for her mental health after confronting the effects of her past. 139
• Survives the Sheng Family fire after Shen Qingling carries her out, while Sheng Xia also attempts to rescue her. 140 141

Equipment / Items

• Lipstick with listening device — planted in Ruan Mingyi’s bag as part of Sheng Mo’s scheme. 55
• Butterfly brooch — a broken keepsake tied to Sheng Mo’s past; Shen Qingling repairs and returns it to her. 138

Relationships

• Shen Qingling — Her primary love interest and former intimate partner. Sheng Mo’s initially possessive pursuit gradually develops into a deeply complicated attachment after he acknowledges her trauma and cares for her during the Sheng Family fire. When questioned about Lu Zhengrong’s survival, Shen Qingling ultimately admits that he likes Sheng Mo and implies that his willingness to let her approach him was meaningful. 72 85 138 299 308 629
• Sheng Xia — Younger sister and longstanding rival. Their relationship is shaped by childhood favoritism, mutual jealousy, and competition over Shen Qingling, though Sheng Xia later attempts to rescue Sheng Mo from the family-residence fire. 89 122 127 140 141
• Sheng Zigui — Father. He raised Sheng Mo under harsh expectations, grooming her as an heir while remaining emotionally distant. 126 127
• Nan Zhen — Corporate and romantic rival. They clash over Shen Qingling and the development zone, but later cooperate against Shen Qi and jointly organize Shen Qingling’s rescue from Nanxia Island. Their rivalry persists even as they develop a degree of mutual respect. 122 278 359 449 457 462 629
• Lin Xingmian — A perceived rival for Shen Qingling’s affection whom Sheng Mo nevertheless protects from Ning Keyan at a Gu Family banquet. Lin Xingmian comes to admire Sheng Mo’s strength and dependability, seeing her as an elder-sister and maternal figure. 198 359 621
• Lu Zhengrong — Rival for Shen Qingling. Sheng Mo deliberately provokes and investigates her, while Lu Zhengrong resents Sheng Mo’s past intimacy with Shen Qingling. After Lu Zhengrong abducts Shen Qingling, Sheng Mo joins Nan Zhen in pursuing and confronting her; Sheng Mo is enraged when Shen Qingling later reveals that he saved Lu Zhengrong and has feelings for her. 299 300 301 449 457 629
• Shen Qi — Initially regarded by Sheng Mo as a formidable marriage and romantic rival due to Shen Qi’s status as a daughter of the Jinghai Shen Family. The two later cooperate in the operation to retrieve Shen Qingling from Nanxia Island. 239 240 449
• Sang Yin — Sheng Mo recognizes that Sang Yin’s skills during the sea pursuit exceed those expected of an ordinary bodyguard and suspects she may be a professional assassin. 457 472
• Wen Sulan — Discusses Sheng Mo’s proposed marriage alliance with Shen Qingling and worries whether Shen Qingling would be happy with her. 85
• Ruan Mingyi — Another rival for Shen Qingling. Sheng Mo manipulates her jealousy during the coffee-shop incident. 55

Story Role / Major Arcs

Pursuit of Shen Qingling

Sheng Mo first encounters Shen Qingling after he is drugged at the Sheng Family banquet and seeks refuge in her room. Although she initially does not know his identity, she kisses him, obtains his contact information, and orders an investigation into his background and relationships with women. 40 41

She draws public attention after being photographed passionately kissing an unidentified man, later revealed to be Shen Qingling. Although she initially claims not to know his identity, she becomes increasingly interested in him and begins testing both him and Ruan Mingyi. 42 55 89

Her pursuit becomes overtly possessive: she warns Shen Qingling away from other women, opposes Sheng Xia’s proposal that they share him, and seeks a marriage alliance with him rather than allowing Sheng Xia to be considered. 72 85 86 89

Captivity of Shen Qingling

As Sheng Mo’s obsession intensifies, she kidnaps Shen Qingling and confines him in the Sheng Family basement, intending to force him into a marriage with her. She frames Nan Zhen for his disappearance and uses threats against Nan Zhen to maintain control over him. 112

During his captivity, Sheng Mo repeatedly uses coercion and jealousy to pressure Shen Qingling, especially by exploiting his concern for Nan Zhen. Her actions establish the destructive extent of her possessiveness before she begins confronting the trauma underlying it. 118 119 120

Development-Zone Conflict

Sheng Mo leverages her corporate power to compete for the development zone and offers to secure the land for Gu Chenwang in exchange for a marriage opportunity with Shen Qingling. 90

Her involvement puts her in direct conflict with Nan Zhen. Despite their hostility, the two later establish a temporary alliance against Shen Qi. 122 278

Healing from the Sheng Family

After agreeing to recount her family history, Sheng Mo reveals the inherited trauma behind her obsession with achievement and recognition. 125 126 127

Shen Qingling helps her reclaim what was denied to her: he prepares fireworks for the eighteenth birthday she never properly celebrated and returns her repaired butterfly brooch. Their “Breaking Cocoon into Butterfly” evening marks Sheng Mo’s acceptance of his love and a new beginning beyond her family’s neglect. 138

Sheng Family Fire

Following a romantic evening with Shen Qingling, Sheng Mo resolves to seek professional help for her mental health. Soon afterward, the Sheng Family residence catches fire with her trapped inside. Believing Shen Qingling safe, she accepts the danger rather than worry for herself. 139

Shen Qingling risks his life to save her, while Sheng Xia also attempts a rescue despite their troubled history. Sheng Mo later discovers Shen Qingling’s observation diary, which records his care for her and strengthens her resolve to prioritize his happiness. 140 141

Return as Shen Qingling’s Former Partner

Later, Sheng Mo openly invokes her past relationship with Shen Qingling to challenge Lu Zhengrong’s claim on him. She combines jealousy with calculated protection, exposing Lu Zhengrong’s suspicious connection to the Gu Family while helping Shen Qingling prepare for a competition. 299 300

Her relationship with Shen Qingling remains emotionally charged; she manipulates circumstances to draw his concern, while he recognizes both her desperation and her enduring attachment to him. 301 308

Nanxia Island Rescue and Pursuit

When Shen Qingling is reported missing and trapped on Nanxia Island, Sheng Mo takes a leadership role in planning his recovery. She secures an official trade route through her corporate connections while Nan Zhen and Nan Yan take the more dangerous illegal route, allowing the rescue effort to proceed on multiple fronts. 449

After Lu Zhengrong escapes the island with Lu Yunrou and Lu Xiao, Sheng Mo and Nan Zhen pursue their ship with superior vessels and tracking technology. Sheng Mo orders the fleeing ship rammed, then confronts the captured Lu Zhengrong and strikes her for abducting Shen Qingling. 457

Confrontation over Lu Zhengrong

After learning that Lu Zhengrong survived, Sheng Mo and Nan Zhen restrain and interrogate Shen Qingling together. Sheng Mo is particularly angered by his decision to save a woman who had imprisoned and abused him, as well as by his admission that he likes Lu Zhengrong. 629

Shen Qingling’s subsequent admission that he also likes Sheng Mo leaves her shocked and emotionally disarmed. His words confirm that, despite their violent and painful history, her feelings for him are not entirely unreciprocated. 629

Trivia

• Sheng Mo’s public reputation before her relationship with Shen Qingling was that she cared only about business and had no interest in men. 42
• Her repaired butterfly brooch and Shen Qingling’s fireworks display both symbolize her movement beyond childhood pain. 138
• Despite considering Lin Xingmian a rival for Shen Qingling’s affection, Sheng Mo protects her from public bullying. 359
• Lu Zhengrong is compared to “Sheng Mo 2.0” because her possessive approach to Shen Qingling resembles Sheng Mo’s earlier behavior. 384