Xie Mi

Biodata

Background / History

The Original Xie Mi

The original Xie Mi lost her mother young and grew up with her father, stepmother Li Meiyan, and younger stepbrother Xie Lian. The novel initially describes her father as uncaring and her stepfamily as abusive. After returning to the household, the transmigrated Xie Mi concludes that her father actually loves his daughter but expresses it poorly, while Li Meiyan deliberately undermined their relationship 33 34.

In high school, Xiao Jingxi let the original Xie Mi have the cafeteria’s last serving of sweet-and-sour ribs. She interpreted this small kindness as salvation from her unhappy home. After pursuing him for five years, she became his girlfriend; their relationship lasted two years but remained secret. She also entered the entertainment industry against her family’s wishes to follow him, severing ties with the household 1 33 34.

When paparazzi captured her phone wallpaper—a photograph with Xiao Jingxi—he publicly declared that they were “not close.” His shippers branded her a delusional fan, subjected her to a month of online abuse, and one extremist stabbed her. In the novel’s original plot, she would later be dumped and stabbed to death on the day Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong announced their relationship 1.

Transmigration

Before entering the novel, the current Xie Mi was an outspoken critic of Xiao Jingxi and had written a hundred-entry thread attacking him. She transmigrates at the time of the stabbing and awakens in hospital to find him blaming her rather than expressing concern 1.

She immediately rejects the original character’s submissive behavior: she beats Xiao Jingxi, throws him out of the hospital room, and reports his shouting to security. After publicly confronting his shippers, she breaks up with him by text and blocks his number 1.

Appearance

• Natural appearance: Described as pretty, with expressive eyes that curve into crescents when she smiles 31 36.
• Usually bare-faced: She normally skips makeup on the show to gain an extra half hour of sleep. Her agency cannot afford a makeup artist, and viewers find little difference between her usual appearance and comparison screenshots 46.
• Three-pronged hairstyle: In South Sea City, she wears three upright spikes hardened with three bottles of hair gel. She later uses them during a charging attack against the production team 39 40.
• “Tan bombshell” styling: Wears a ponytail, straw hat, green eyeshadow, wavy eyeliner, red M-shaped lips, and foundation several shades darker than her skin. Multiple people mistake her for locally hired staff 46 47 48.

Personality

Xie Mi is confrontational, irreverent, and largely indifferent to the polished image expected of a celebrity. She answers harassment with insults, absurd jokes, and sometimes physical retaliation. Rather than endure humiliation, she makes the situation uncomfortable for everyone else—for example, singing loudly when the other guests stare at her 1 24 26.

Her chaotic behavior coexists with sharp observation. She notices inconsistencies in Shen Yeqing’s interest, studies servants’ reactions and household clues, and distinguishes her own preferences from those of the body’s original owner. Although attracted to Shen Yeqing, she does not accept his explanations uncritically 13 21 34 43.

She openly enjoys handsome men, food, money, and getting something for nothing. Her initial goal is to meet an athletic man with eight-pack abs; later, she enthusiastically accepts payment for helping Lai Bingxuan walk and celebrates receiving five million yuan from her father. Wealth does not make her less frugal: she offers Shen Yeqing a thank-you meal at Shaxian Delicacies 2 36 44 47.

She also recognizes the original Xie Mi’s vulnerability beneath her obsessive romance. Learning more about the household makes her reconsider how a neglected girl could mistake Xiao Jingxi’s small kindness for life-changing affection 34.

Abilities & Skills

Knowledge of the Novel

Xie Mi remembers characters, planned dates, production segments, and the original story’s outcomes 1 2 27 47.

• Uses this knowledge to join the dating show in pursuit of You Hongxuan 2.
• Recognizes Xu Shuangrong’s intended campaign against Lai Bingxuan 47.
• Knows obscure gossip about the show’s crew and threatens to expose an embarrassing secret about Qiu Chengye 7.
• Limits: The novel barely covered her family, Shen Yeqing did not appear in it, and her arrival changes events she expected to unfold 6 9 33 34.

Physical Combat and Agility

She repeatedly demonstrates forceful hand-to-hand fighting and unusually nimble movement 1 5 43.

• Evades Xiao Jingxi’s attempts to grab her and escapes using a sliding tackle 2.
• Knocks four guests over with a sliding entrance and reaches the villa roof unnoticed 5 9.
• Wins a three-legged race by running on all fours while dragging Xiao Jingxi behind her 14.
• Uses leg sweeps, a scissor hold, and punches during a fight between shop mascots 43.
• Limits: Fighting reopens her stab wound, and her head-first “Charging Bull” attack leaves her concussed and unconscious 1 40.

Volleyball

Xie Mi displays superb volleyball skills after challenging Xiao Jingxi and Qiu Chengye’s dismissal of the women’s athletic ability 41.

• Switches positions with Shen Yeqing and takes a more active role in the match.
• Deliberately targets the assistant director with her shots.
• Encourages Liu Woxing’s spontaneous celebration rather than her usual restrained composure 41.

Verbal Sparring and Improvisation

Her rapid replies turn accusations, sexual insults, and awkward social situations into comic confrontations 12 24 26.

• Counters a hater’s sexual proposition by pretending to sell funeral services 24.
• Publicly challenges Ruan Feng’s seniority-based intimidation and recounts his misconduct 12.
• Exploits imprecise game rules, noting that owning fifty buildings can include virtual property 7.

Acting and Tactical Deception

She uses performance to distract others, manipulate show tasks, and investigate suspicious behavior 10 21.

• Pretends not to notice Xiao Jingxi before unexpectedly feeding him a cookie for a hidden mission 10.
• Performs fear in an extreme-horror escape room, then takes a ghost actor’s costume, frightens other performers, and finds secret passages 20 21.
• Pretends to accept Shen Yeqing’s romantic explanation while planning to investigate him 21.

Relationships

• Xiao Jingxi — The original Xie Mi’s secret boyfriend and the current Xie Mi’s ex. She rejects him decisively, but he repeatedly interprets her hostility as an attempt to regain his attention and later tries to win her back 1 2 24 31 43.
• Shen Yeqing — Fellow contestant, neighboring room occupant, and romantic pursuer. He defends her against Xiao Jingxi and explicitly says he joined the show to fall in love with her. She is attracted to him but suspicious of his unexplained familiarity 10 11 20 21.
• You Hongxuan — Her favorite character in the original novel and initial romantic target. His absence from the show disrupts her plan; Shen Yeqing occupies the sixth guest position instead 2 6 8.
• Xu Shuangrong — The novel’s original female lead. Xie Mi recognizes her manipulative strategies and warns her against using her as a shield in the conflict with Lai Bingxuan 47 49.
• Xie Zhengde — Father of the original Xie Mi. Their renewed contact confirms affection beneath his stern manner; he helps her up from the floor and later transfers her five million yuan 34 35 36.
• Li Meiyan — Stepmother who tries to frighten her away from the family home. Xie Mi reverses their power dynamic by threatening to expose her actions to Xie Zhengde 33 34 36.
• Xie Lian — Younger stepbrother with no blood relation to her. He attempts to intimidate her with a hidden room containing torture devices and preserved organs, then joins his mother’s nighttime scare attempt 34 35 36.
• Qiu Chengye — Fellow contestant whom she beats and pressures into calling her “Dad.” Their comic “father–son” dynamic becomes a recurring public joke, though he resents the humiliation 5 8 9 45.
• Liu Woxing — Fellow contestant whose restrictive upbringing Xie Mi knows from the novel. Xie Mi encourages her unguarded smile during volleyball 27 41.
• Lai Bingxuan — Wealthy guest who pays her ten thousand yuan for help walking. Xie Mi calls her a “god of wealth” and becomes unwilling to let Xu Shuangrong turn her into everyone’s target 47.
• Ruan Feng — Actor and former collaborator whom she publicly accuses of sexual misconduct and retaliatory smear campaigns. His reputation collapses after their confrontation 12 13.
• Jiang Huaiting — The original Xie Mi’s professional rival, who repeatedly used her as a foil and competed for her roles. Their shopping encounter ends with Jiang Huaiting confronting Xie Mi’s newly revealed family wealth 37 38.
• Yu Jinche — Xie Lian’s classmate, whom she recognizes as the original novel’s villain 38.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Dating-Show Disruption

• Joins Human Love Observation Room despite not participating in the original plot, entering under a salted-fish mask 2.
• Converts hostility toward her into viral spectacle through her entrance, gossip disclosures, and “Dad” dynamic with Qiu Chengye 5 7 8 9.
• Her exposure of Ruan Feng earns her greater recognition. Her violent three-legged-race victory then prompts viewers to reexamine unsupported claims that she is pursuing Xiao Jingxi or interfering with his promoted pairing 13 14.
• A growing fanbase calls itself the Xie Bros. She later places first in a supertopic interaction activity after personally answering fans and humiliating a hater 15 24.

Shen Yeqing’s Unexplained Interest

• Investigates his repeated attempts to approach her after their escape-room date, pointing out that they supposedly do not know each other 20 21.
• Learns that his business dealings with Xie Zhengde—and his account of her difficult circumstances—helped bring about her return home 36.
• Later questions whether he really called her “Liuliu” while she was drinking. She regards the possibility that someone inside the novel knows her real life as deeply suspicious 47.

Return to the Xie Household

• Discovers the family’s wealth while personally struggling to pay even a small overdue food installment 33.
• Rejects Li Meiyan’s intimidation, returns to the estate, and uses household clues to reassess the original character’s relationship with her father 33 34.
• Receives five million yuan from Xie Zhengde and pays off her debts. When Li Meiyan and Xie Lian climb toward her window disguised as ghosts, she blinds them with a powerful flashlight, causing Li Meiyan to fall 36.

South Sea City and the Aquarium

• Returns to filming with an agency-hired assistant and increasingly extravagant styling. Her hardened hairstyle becomes an improvised weapon during a team contest 38 39 40.
• Avoids becoming trapped in Xiao Jingxi and Shen Yeqing’s competition over her, choosing barbecue over their romantic overtures 43 44 45.
• Is shoved into the aquarium pool while Xu Shuangrong immediately blames Lai Bingxuan. A beluga turns the incident into a chaotic performance, derailing the intended confrontation 49.
• Afterwards, she directly warns Xu Shuangrong not to use her again and threatens to take a side if provoked 49.

Notable Quotes

“Let's break up. Your fans say you'd never give me a second glance.” 1

“With no man in my heart, my sword strikes like a god!” 14

“Take another look. Who's being forced here?” 49

“You know how unhinged I can be~” 49