Tian Tian

Biodata

Background / History

Tian Tian attended middle school and high school with Zhou Yi and was recognized as a school beauty. Their classmates remained friends into adulthood, although Hou Xiaolei considered both her and Jian Shuyue beyond his reach as romantic prospects 9 14.

Her parents divorced and each started a new family. Tian Tian uses her mother's surname, while her full brother, Xu Heng, uses a different surname. During her return to Dongji, Xu Heng initially introduces himself as her “friend,” concealing their family relationship 14 16.

She later studied journalism at Liaodong Normal University, where Zhou Xiaofan was her roommate. Jian Shuyue attended the same university 27 30.

In Zhou Yi's previous life, his friendship with Tian Tian and Jian Shuyue gradually faded until they lost contact. His memory of that estrangement contributes to the emotional boundaries he maintains after his rebirth 4.

Appearance

• Face and complexion: Fair skin, an oval face, peach-blossom eyes, and soft pink lips 16 27.
• Hair: Long hair, deliberately dyed burgundy by her café appearance 27.
• Voice: Sweet and coquettish during her first phone conversation with Zhou Yi 4.
• Reunion outfit: A white T-shirt printed with “like,” a light-blue denim skirt, and white flat shoes, matching Jian Shuyue's clothing and closely resembling Zhou Yi's outfit 13.
• Other clothing: A short lotus-pink dress at the café and a short spaghetti-strap dress when leaving Dongji 27 34.

Personality

Tian Tian is playful, outspoken, and comfortable teasing close friends. She complains when Zhou Yi calls Jian Shuyue first, joins in jokes about their matching outfits, and embraces him despite Xu Heng's conspicuous disapproval. Her friendship with Jian Shuyue includes mock attacks, wrestling, and coordinated banter 13 14.

She is also considerate of the group: although she does not particularly want to visit Golden Years, she agrees rather than spoil everyone else's enjoyment 10.

Her teasing does not prevent her from noticing emotional distance. When Zhou Yi claims that her beauty, accomplishments, and wealthy family make him feel inferior, she rejects the explanation and correctly identifies his real fear—that their different circumstances will eventually separate them 16.

Her feelings toward Zhou Yi remain unconfirmed. She blushes when Jian Shuyue proposes her as a potential girlfriend and later reacts with complicated emotions to Zhou Xiaofan's planned date with him, but no relationship is established 16 32.

Abilities & Skills

Journalism

Tian Tian has formal journalism training and helps Zhou Xiaofan review a publicity article about Zhou Yi 27.

• Evaluates the draft's opening as conventional but serviceable.
• Notices Zhou Yi's name and position in the article, prompting her to bring Jian Shuyue over to read it.
• No professional reporting position is identified in the provided chapters.

Emotional Insight

She accurately reads Zhou Yi's guarded approach to their friendship 16.

• Distinguishes his fear of eventual estrangement from the inferiority he claims to feel.
• Recognizes his emotional boundaries despite their apparently easy familiarity.
• Does not discover that he has been reborn.

Drinking Tolerance

Zhou Yi remembers Tian Tian and Jian Shuyue as capable drinkers, though neither can match his accumulated drinking experience 15.

• Takes turns drinking with him at the reunion.
• Develops flushed cheeks and hazy eyes after two glasses.
• Pours her remaining liquor into his glass rather than continuing to drink.

Relationships

• Zhou Yi — Middle-school and high-school classmate. Their friendship mixes flirtatious teasing with his insistence on keeping boundaries. She challenges that distance directly rather than accepting his excuses 4 14 16.
• Jian Shuyue — Close friend and frequent companion. They share matching outfits, playful physical affection, and an unusually coordinated way of reacting to Zhou Yi 13 15 27.
• Xu Heng — Full brother. He accompanies her to Dongji to help protect her and reacts suspiciously to her intimacy with Zhou Yi 14 16.
• Yan Lingling — Described as Tian Tian's “only best friend” during the outing to Golden Years. Yan calls the police when Xie Zhaolong threatens their group 10.
• Zhou Xiaofan — College roommate and fellow journalism student. Xiaofan seeks her help with writing and with gaining access to Zhou Yi for an interview; her later romantic interest in him unsettles Tian Tian 27 32.
• Guo Dongmei — Former Chinese teacher and Zhou Yi's mother. Tian Tian visits her with Jian Shuyue and brings gifts before leaving Dongji 32.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Return to Dongji

• Joins Jian Shuyue's phone call to Zhou Yi and announces their planned return for a classmates' reunion 4.
• Attends the barbecue gathering at Liu Family Barbecue while Zhou Yi works overtime 9.
• Refuses Xie Zhaolong's invitation to his private room alongside Jian Shuyue. His men block their group outside Golden Years until Zhou Yi intervenes 10.
• Watches Zhou Yi defeat the attackers and compel Xie Zhaolong to handcuff himself, visibly impressed by her old classmate's changed bearing 11.

Reunion and Confrontation

• Arrives at Wang's Pork Feast Restaurant in clothing that matches Jian Shuyue's and nearly matches Zhou Yi's, prompting classmates to tease them 13.
• Joins the attempt to drink Zhou Yi under the table, then becomes concerned about the hardships she imagines behind his transformation 15.
• Suggests walking across Dongji Bridge to sober up. Outside the hotel, she confronts him about treating their friendship as something destined to end 16.

Interviews and Departure

• Recognizes Zhou Yi in Zhou Xiaofan's draft and watches footage of his rescue of a suicidal girl 27.
• Attends his interview, resenting Lin Fang's hostile questions and delighting in his replies 30 31.
• Briefly reminds Xiaofan that Zhou Yi has a girlfriend before being corrected that he and Li Qian have already broken up 32.
• Visits Zhou Yi's parents, then meets him outside the Old Third Department Store for a farewell embrace. She leaves Dongji in Bai Haoxuan's BMW, with plans to fly back to Capital City from Anping Airport 32 34.

Trivia

• Classmate Jiang Yu described her in verse: “A slender willow dancing in the breeze; a tender oriole singing free and clear.” He refused to share the complete poem 17.
• Her shouted “Dragon-Tiger Claw” is part of a playful tussle with Jian Shuyue, not a demonstrated combat technique 13.