Jiang Wan'er

Biodata

Background / History

Jiang Wan'er was nine when her older brother, Jiang Tian, disappeared. Their parents spent their savings searching for him. During that search, their father, Jiang Chenglin, suffered a traffic accident that permanently disabled his leg, while their mother, Wu Xiuli, became ill and nearly lost her sight from prolonged crying. Both eventually worked in the city, leaving Wan'er at the family home while she attended school in town 2.

Having started school later than other children, Wan'er entered high school at seventeen. At nineteen, she was in her final year, with half a semester remaining before the college entrance examination. Her parents scrimped to fund her university education, hoping she would not feel inferior to other students 2 39.

Jiang Tian returned after ten years away and interrupted Lame Yang's attempted sexual assault on her. Wan'er had fainted; Jiang Tian killed her attacker and used spiritual energy to revive her. She initially struggled to recognize her brother, then embraced him while laughing and crying. He concealed Lame Yang's death by claiming to have beaten him and chased him away 1 2.

That night, Wan'er cooked noodles for Jiang Tian and explained their parents' hardships. When he blamed himself and struck his own face, she stopped him. Although she wanted to know where he had been, she interpreted his account of Daoist cultivation as mental illness and promised to obtain medical treatment for him 2 3.

Appearance

Wan'er is described as a beautiful young woman with fair skin, lovely features, and a tall, slender figure 2.

• Eyes: Large eyes, specifically described as almond-shaped during her confrontation with the jewelry-store fraudster 28 43.
• Notable outfit: A cream-colored down jacket and fitted light-blue jeans bought by Jiang Tian; the narration compares her appearance in them to a delicate porcelain doll 28.
• School reputation: Han Ying considers her a widely admired “goddess” at school, with many boys interested in her 30.

Personality

Wan'er is attentive to her family's needs. Immediately after reuniting with Jiang Tian, she cooks for him, arranges bedding, and offers to buy everyday necessities. She later reminds him to use a thick blanket when he sleeps in the living room 2 3 12.

Her family's financial difficulties have made her careful with money. When Han Ying identifies her new clothes as expensive Versace pieces, Wan'er wants to return them because their cost could cover more than a month's household expenses. Even after learning that Jiang Tian has millions, she hesitates over a small pendant costing more than six thousand yuan 38 42.

She is playful and quick to tease. At the bus stop, she deliberately encourages Han Ying to mistake Jiang Tian for her boyfriend before revealing that he is her biological brother. When the joke genuinely upsets Han Ying, Wan'er apologizes and seeks Jiang Tian's help 30 31.

Wan'er also has a strong sense of justice. After hearing that a jewelry transaction is fraudulent, she refuses to leave without warning the store. She challenges Jiang Tian's reluctance by recalling how he once defended an elderly scrap collector from thugs. Her intervention shows courage, but also exposes her to danger she has not fully considered 42 43 46.

Abilities & Skills

Cooking and Household Work

• Prepares dried noodles with vegetables and two poached eggs for Jiang Tian 2.
• Selects groceries at the local market and remembers her father's preferred liquor 9.
• Helps Wu Xiuli prepare the family celebration meal and clear the dishes afterward 10.

Smartphone Use

• Recognizes Jiang Tian's new Huawei Mate 1000 and offers to teach him how to use it 28.
• Explains downloading apps, making calls, and sending texts; he learns the basic functions in less than half an hour 29.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Redmi smartphone — Bought by her parents so they could stay in contact while working in the city. It cost a little over one thousand yuan and had become badly laggy after three years of use 28.
• Two new outfits — Gifts from Jiang Tian. Han Ying recognizes the clothes as Versace and estimates a price of three or four thousand yuan 28 38.
• Rabbit-shaped jade pendant — An exquisitely carved ornament made from ordinary-quality jade, costing more than six thousand yuan. Jiang Tian buys it despite her hesitation 42.
• Promised phone and computer — Jiang Tian promises to buy both when she enters university. She declines to keep his new phone because her studies must come first 28.

Relationships

• Jiang Tian — Biological older brother. Their reunion restores a close, affectionate sibling relationship; she relies on his protection but also challenges his reluctance to help strangers 2 9 42 43.
• Jiang Chenglin — Father. Wan'er is distressed by his longstanding leg pain and overjoyed when Jiang Tian heals it 9.
• Wu Xiuli — Mother. Wan'er helps her with household work, while Wu Xiuli saves money for her future university education 10 39.
• Han Ying — Close friend and classmate. They help each other, visit the Municipal Library together, and accompany Jiang Tian on a shopping trip 29 31 38 39.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Family Recovery

• Returns home to find both parents present and learns that Jiang Tian has healed her father's disabled leg 9.
• Accompanies Jiang Tian to buy groceries for a celebration, then helps prepare the family meal 9 10.
• Helps Wu Xiuli and Jiang Tian cover a drafty wall in their deteriorating home 12.

Library Visit and Financial Revelations

• Teaches Jiang Tian smartphone basics before arranging a library trip with Han Ying 28 29.
• Travels downtown with her brother and friend; Jiang Tian covers the sleeping girls with his jacket during the bus ride 30 31.
• Chooses an openwork gold necklace with a rotating heart for Wu Xiuli, but balks at its quoted discounted price of 13,800 yuan 39.
• Learns that Jiang Tian received six million yuan for treating an illness. Her initial shock turns to excitement at the prospect that their parents will no longer need to work so hard 40.

Bloodstone Fraud

• Acts on Jiang Tian's warning that the supposed bloodstone is fake, shouting for the manager not to sign the contract 42.
• Retreats behind Jiang Tian when the seller tries to grab her. The manager initially rejects their warning and sides with the seller 43.
• Watches Jiang Tian expose the stone's veneer and subdue the knife-wielding fraudster, preventing a thirty-million-yuan scam 43 44.
• Is astonished when store owner Zhou Dafa rewards Jiang Tian with ten million yuan 45 46.
• Apologizes after Jiang Tian explains that righteous intentions alone cannot protect her from retaliation. He nevertheless praises her willingness to stand against injustice 46.

Notable Quotes

“Mom, Dad, what are you saying? As long as we're all safe and together, I'm happy.” 28

“If we didn't know, that would be one thing. But now that we do, how can we just stand by and do nothing?” 42