Lu Ran

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lu Ran (鹿苒)
Alias(es)	Little Lu Ran 64
Gender	Female 4 7
Secondary Gender	Omega 7 64
Occupation/Role	Solo idol; guest on True or False Lovers 4
Affiliation	True or False Lovers cast, paired with Gu Nianzhi 4
Partner	Gu Nianzhi, VE’s chief designer 4 13 75
Pheromone Scent	Sweet toffee 7
Career Experience	Eight years in entertainment when the show’s cast is announced 4
First Appearance	Chapter 4, in the cast announcement 4

Background / History

Lu Ran debuted through an early national talent competition and established herself as a solo female idol. By the announcement of True or False Lovers, she had spent eight years in entertainment. Many fans regarded her affectionately as a daughter and supported her exploring romance now that her career was established 4 7.

Her pairing with Gu Nianzhi surprised fans because there had been virtually no rumors linking them. During filming, however, Lu Ran privately refers to herself and Gu as a couple going public, and later explicitly thinks of having a girlfriend 4 13 75.

She met Song Yunxing after his return from overseas and performed with him before the show. Their straightforward personalities suited each other, and the slightly older Song generally indulged her whims 7.

Appearance

• Build and complexion: Small-framed, with fair cheeks that visibly flush when Gu Nianzhi embarrasses her 50.
• Hair: Long enough to sweep up during a pose; worn in a bun for the island water activities 40 92.
• Idol styling: Associated with a sweet, cute image. Her pale-pink chiffon swimsuit resembles a tiered dress 40.
• Temple outfit: Flowing pale-pink Hanfu, described as making her resemble a peach-blossom sprite 108.
• Sleepwear: Rabbit pajamas during the production team’s early-morning safety check 106.

Personality

Lu Ran is straightforward, affectionate, and physically demonstrative. She greets Song Yunxing with a bear hug and refuses to release him while recounting her recent work. Gu Nianzhi apologizes for her limited sense of personal space, while Song treats the behavior as familiar 7.

Her dramatic complaints often accompany genuine discomfort. She abandons concern for her image when exhausted by orchard work or bartending, and crouches down in despair after drawing the worst room. Nevertheless, she becomes fiercely competitive when a challenge offers a chance to improve her circumstances 9 53 77 80.

She is curious about other people’s romances but not always perceptive. She persistently questions Song about Shen Yanci, mistakes an accidental fall for a romantic encounter, and assumes Shen has unfairly made Song drive their kart. Shen’s later racing performance makes her acknowledge that she underestimated him 14 39 85 89.

Her playfulness is matched by concern for others. She challenges the decision to withhold Song and Shen’s meal, worries about injuries during the racing dispute, and asks the production team to investigate prospective guests more carefully after Qiu Hao’s behavior 49 88 90.

Abilities & Skills

Singing and Performance

Lu Ran’s professional background is as a solo idol, and she has previously shared performances with Song Yunxing 4 7.

• Sings at the hotel bar after the group’s shared filming wraps up 113.
• Her performance briefly attracts Shen Yanci’s attention, prompting the drunken Song to seek his gaze for himself 113.

Salesmanship and Competitive Strategy

Lu Ran can turn available resources into practical advantages, particularly when points or prizes are at stake 19 80.

• Fruit promotion: Offers Gu Nianzhi’s origami animals as unique gifts with orange purchases, attracting children and drawing customers away from another stall 19.
• Following strong competitors: Recruits Gu to follow Song and Shen around the amusement park, planning to keep pace before finding an opportunity to overtake them 80.
• Bonus-point pursuit: Claims the roller coaster’s front row for an extra ten points, despite becoming frightened by the height 80 81.
• Navigation limitation: Has a poor sense of direction and purchases map photographs and a planned route to locate Gu during the ancient-town game 75.

Relationship and Omega Advice

Song consults Lu Ran about his reactions to Shen while disguising his situation as an Omega friend’s problem 64.

• Asks him to identify the triggers and recognizes that the reactions involve the same Alpha 64.
• Explains that temporary marking can cause pheromone dependence, while also suggesting that racing heartbeats might reflect romantic feelings rather than marking alone 64.
• Discusses ordinary physical desire and reminds him to use protection 65.
• Her comments leave Song weighing desire against affection; they are presented as friendly advice, not a professional diagnosis 64 71.

Relationships

• Gu Nianzhi — Girlfriend and dating-show partner. Their relationship combines caretaking with teasing: Gu reins in Lu Ran’s clinginess, while Lu laughs at Gu’s maid costume before becoming flustered by a reminder that they will sleep together. Even when their souvenir choices fail the compatibility task, both happily accept the gifts 7 50 75 111.
• Song Yunxing — Close friend and former performance collaborator. She hugs him enthusiastically, presses him about his romantic history, and later becomes his confidante about attraction and Omega physiology 7 14 64 65.
• Shen Yanci — Fellow guest whose relationship with Song fascinates her. She initially misreads both his intentions and abilities, but later recognizes his impressive racing skill 39 85 89.
• Yu Wan — Friendly senior and fellow guest. Yu comforts her after the room lottery and offers to share the luxury suite’s bathroom. Their curiosity about each other’s romantic histories produces playful friction during the King’s Game 77 93.
• Director Guo — Show director and frequent target of her complaints about money confiscation, exhausting tasks, inadequate meals, and difficult compatibility rules 7 22 53 91 109.
• Lu Yiyi — Fellow guest whom she instinctively dislikes. Lu Ran discreetly glares at her during the dispute over renting Song and Shen’s villa rooms 11.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Village Filming

• Initial compatibility interview: Lu Ran and Gu Nianzhi score 60 out of 120. She dramatically questions whether their love deserves only sixty points; Gu attributes the result to her dozing in the car 7.
• Orchard and accommodation: Exhausted by mandarin picking, she eagerly takes up Song’s offer of a villa room rather than gamble on the production team’s housing 9 10 11.
• Market and dinner: Uses Gu’s origami to improve fruit sales. Later, their contrasting cooking styles—her improvisation and Gu’s exact measurements—lead to comic frustration 19 24.
• Truth or dare: Completes a mouth-to-mouth tissue-passing challenge with Gu. Their elevated heart rates and her flushed reaction draw Song’s attention to their relationship 29.

Island Getaway

• Mistaken intimacy: Opens Song and Shen’s door while delivering a task card, sees them tangled together after an accidental fall, and flees so hastily that she forgets her errand 39.
• Water activities: Chooses tandem kayaking with Gu. They find a paddling rhythm before a wave capsizes the boat; afterward, they complete their promotional couple pose easily 42 47.
• Dinner dispute and bartending: Protests the decision to deny Song and Shen a meal. During the evening costume task, she photographs Gu’s maid outfit while laughing uncontrollably, then finishes the bartending shift exhausted 49 50 53.

Ancient Town and Amusement Park

• Tail-catching game: Escapes an attack by the new male guest and pays Song 100 Pretty Coins for map photographs, Gu’s approximate location, and a route. She is eliminated early and subsequently draws the cramped bunk-bed room 75 77.
• Amusement-park comeback: Pursues high-value attractions with Gu and reaches 1,350 points before the final kart race, placing second in the announced standings. Song later overtakes their kart 80 84 86.
• Racing dispute: Supports the challenge to Qiu Hao’s boasting but worries about safety. During the professional race, she nervously watches Gu’s car and later admits she underestimated Shen 87 88 89.
• King’s Game: Attempts a seductive pose for Gu, only for the performance to collapse when Gu laughs. Yu Wan subsequently probes their romantic history without managing to trip them up 92 93.

Final Shared Filming

• Souvenir challenge: Their gifts—a sketchbook and a pale-pink Hanfu hair accessory—do not match, making them the first pair eliminated from the task. They remain pleased with each other’s choices 111.
• Delayed relationship reveal: Lu Ran nervously holds Gu’s hand as they begin their announcement, but the crew cuts the scene to save the reveal for a later studio installment. Their relationship is publicly announced before the final couple’s reveal 112 127.
• Wrap-up gathering: Welcomes Song and Shen to the hotel bar, encourages Song to enjoy the free dinner, and performs onstage 113.

Notable Quotes

“Does our love only deserve sixty points?” 7

“We have oranges over there, too! If you buy some, you'll also get a one-of-a-kind origami animal created by a world-class designer. There's only one of each!” 19