Guo Shuai
Reborn in 2000: Winning the Heart of My Campus Belle Deskmate
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Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Guo Shuai (郭帅) |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Senior Class Seven; later, an unnamed third-tier university in Yunhai; Chen Fan’s Domain Name Network promotion operation 5 35 42 |
| Occupation/Role | Student; manager of Chen Fan’s paid online posting network 35 42 |
| Family Background | Comes from a fairly well-off family 2 |
| Estimated Gaokao Score | 486, which he and Chen Fan expect to qualify him for a third-tier university 25 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 2 2 |
Background / History
Previous Life
Guo Shuai was Chen Fan’s best friend in high school. His entrance-exam results were insufficient for a bachelor’s program, and Chen Fan heard that he attended a junior college instead. During Chen Fan’s university winter break, his mother told him that Guo Shuai had permanently disabled someone in a school fight and been imprisoned. The friends subsequently lost contact 2.
After returning to high school through rebirth, Chen Fan promises to prevent Guo Shuai from repeating that mistake. Guo Shuai does not understand the reference to his previous fate 2.
Final Months of High School
Guo Shuai initially doubts that Chen Fan can win Su Ruochu’s affection. His warning that she will attend a top university prompts Chen Fan to resolve to enter the same university 3.
When Crow confronts Chen Fan on Huang Hu’s behalf, Guo Shuai dumps kitchen slops over Crow’s head and escapes with his friend. He suggests avoiding the school gate, where their pursuers might be waiting, and taking refuge at White Birch Grove internet café. The pair later retaliate against Huang Hu in the café restroom; Guo Shuai’s subsequent taunting reveals their involvement to him 6 7 10.
Meanwhile, Guo Shuai uses shared lunches with Chen Fan and Su Ruochu to approach Li Na. He compliments her dancing and proposes that the four eat together every day. Before the Gaokao, he confesses while helping her carry books, but she postpones her answer until after the exams 8 18 19.
Gaokao and Li Na’s Rejection
On the day of the Gaokao, Guo Shuai rescues Chen Fan from pursuing thugs by throwing a trash can at them and carrying him away on his bicycle. He initially wants to take the bleeding Chen Fan to hospital, then agrees to seek treatment from the ambulance outside the examination venue when Chen Fan insists on taking the exam 21.
After the exams, Li Na rejects his confession because they will study in different places and she expects a long-distance relationship to end in separation. Guo Shuai decides not to pester her. At their farewell meal, he wishes her a boyfriend who will cherish her, but later drinks so much that Chen Fan has to support him on the way back 25 27.
Supporting Chen Fan’s Website
Guo Shuai lends Chen Fan 8,000 yuan to fund Domain Name Network advertising. The money is his father’s reward for passing the third-tier university cutoff; Guo Shuai postpones buying a phone to help his friend. He also accompanies Chen Fan on visits to internet cafés and computer shops to earn money through computer-repair work 28.
When Chen Fan changes tactics against Easy Domain Network, Guo Shuai supplies another slightly over 120 yuan and accompanies him while recruiting internet café staff into a paid-comment network. Though skeptical of the plan, he agrees to follow Chen Fan’s lead 34.
Chen Fan subsequently puts him in charge of the network’s agents and payments. Posters led by Guo Shuai help drive users from Easy Domain Network to Domain Name Network during the ensuing promotion campaign 35 36.
University Departure
Guo Shuai changes his university choices to an institution near Cloudsea University so that he and Chen Fan can remain in the same city. He says that, since he is attending a third-tier university anyway, staying close to his best friend matters more than its location 28.
He refuses his parents’ offer to drive him to Yunhai and travels with Chen Fan instead, buying their tickets beforehand. He brings only a backpack and enough money to buy new supplies after arrival. At Yunhai’s station, he joins his university’s welcoming students and promises to visit Chen Fan once settled 41 42.
Personality
Guo Shuai is easygoing, generous, and strongly attached to his friends. He offers to pay for Chen Fan’s lunches until the entrance exam and volunteers access to his family’s computer, even though his father normally will not let him use it. When Chen Fan tries to exclude him from confronting Huang Hu, he insists on participating and offers to bear the disciplinary consequences 2 5 7 10.
He is a poor student who admits that classes make him sleepy, but confidently presents himself as an expert at approaching girls. Gaming frequently distracts him: when entrusted with the paid posting network, he initially imagines using its members to fight rival game guilds. He describes his ambitions as simply coasting through life and sticking with the more capable Chen Fan 8 9 28 35.
His response to Li Na’s rejection shows a limit to that bravado. Although hurt, he explicitly refuses to force the issue or keep pursuing someone who has turned him down 25 27.
Abilities & Skills
Paid-Posting Network Management
Chen Fan entrusts Guo Shuai with the administrative side of the online promotion operation 35.
- Coordinates agents and payments through internet café staff and QQ-group administrators 35.
- Receives instructions on verifying posts with IP screenshots and compensating workers through game credits 35.
- Is considered capable of settling accounts and delivering payments properly, despite Chen Fan regarding him as occasionally unreliable 35.
- The network’s continued existence depends on whether he remains interested in managing it 35.
Improvised Assistance
Guo Shuai uses nearby objects and quick decisions to help Chen Fan escape confrontations 6 21.
- Uses kitchen slops to disrupt Crow’s attack 6.
- Throws a trash can at pursuing thugs and provides a bicycle escape 21.
- Identifies the school-gate ambulance as an alternative when Chen Fan refuses to miss the Gaokao for hospital treatment 21.
Relationships
- Chen Fan — Best friend in both the previous life and the reborn timeline. Guo Shuai trusts him enough to lend substantial savings and accept responsibility for his posting network; Chen Fan intends to prevent his earlier imprisonment 2 28 35.
- Li Na — Classmate and romantic interest who rejects his confession. He accepts her decision and wishes her well at their farewell meal 25 27.
- Su Ruochu — Classmate whom he calls “sis-in-law” after she becomes Chen Fan’s girlfriend. She offers to ask Li Na about her feelings on his behalf 24.
- Huang Hu — Class monitor and antagonist whom Guo Shuai resents for throwing his weight around. Their hostility escalates through the internet café retaliation and Huang Hu’s attack on Chen Fan 7 10 22.
- Father — Rewards his exam performance with the money Guo Shuai later lends Chen Fan and drives him to the departure station 28 41.
Notable Quotes
“Brotherhood comes from the heart. Get it?” 7
“Forget it. I never force anyone.” 25
“Sis-in-law, my lifelong happiness is all up to you.” 24