Song Shiwei

Biodata

Background / History

Song Shiwei is the only daughter of Song Zuomin, an executive director at CITIC Securities, and Lu Man, a professor at South China Agricultural University. Her father’s frequent business trips left her mother responsible for most of her childhood activities, including school transport, piano lessons, medical visits, and outings. As her parents’ relationship deteriorated, Lu Man increasingly concentrated her attention on her daughter 38 41 42.

Despite their wealth, the family home is lonely. Song Zuomin sometimes sleeps at his office to avoid arguments, while Lu Man closely monitors Shiwei’s schedule, clothing, meals, and bedtime. Shiwei privately refuses to leave Eastern Guangdong for university because she does not want her mother left alone. She remembers noticing a trace of relief beneath Lu Man’s objections to her decision to remain nearby 41 42.

Original Timeline

In Chen Zhu’s memories, Shiwei eventually attended SYSU. Class-reunion gossip claimed that Li Jianming pursued her through high school, university, and employment without ever securing her agreement to date him. According to that account, he threatened to jump into the Pearl River, and her father eventually paid him to disappear. These later events belong to the original timeline and are presented as information Chen Zhu heard secondhand 2.

Appearance

Song Shiwei is repeatedly described as a tall, slender beauty with a cool, reserved expression 5 10 28.

• Height: Approximately 171 cm, according to Chen Zhu’s estimate 28.
• Hair: Long, glossy black hair, usually gathered into a neat low ponytail; it reaches the small of her back 2 27.
• Face: An oval face, fair skin, long curved eyelashes, clear eyes, a straight nose, pink lips, and a rounded chin 5.
• Clothing: Usually wears the blue-and-white school uniform; during the SYSU visit, she wears a white short-sleeved shirt underneath 2 27.
• Voice: Soft and clear, with a distinctly cool tone 2 28.

Personality

Shiwei is quiet, reserved, and firm about unwanted attention. She refuses Li Jianming’s medicine despite classmates urging her to accept it, and rejects his attempt to address her intimately. When faced with questions she does not want to answer, she often remains silent rather than arguing 2 7 28 41.

Her restraint does not mean she is indifferent to others. She checks Chen Zhu’s chemistry paper for Mou Jiawen, comforts her distressed deskmate without making a speech, and calls her father when she believes Chen Zhu has been attacked. She also avoids speaking badly about Kang Liangsong behind his back, despite recognizing his arrogance 24 32 36.

She is uncomfortable with unfamiliar people becoming overly familiar, as shown when Mao Xiaoqin draws her into prolonged conversation. Her composure occasionally slips: she blushes when Chen Zhu imitates her silence, and later finds the gossip surrounding them unexpectedly interesting 28 38 42.

Abilities & Skills

Academic Ability

• Overall performance: An outstanding student whose grades, in Chen Zhu’s assessment, are sufficient for Tsinghua or Peking University 2 28.
• English: Lu Man considers her English strong enough to communicate comfortably while studying abroad 41.
• Chemistry: Scores 135 on a practice paper marked by Kang Liangsong and notices an error that Mou Jiawen missed on Chen Zhu’s paper 24.
• Study discipline: Continues working through exercises during social distractions and asks for extra time at midnight to finish a remaining question 7 41.

Relationships

• Chen Zhu — Classmate whose intervention against Li Jianming changes their previously distant acquaintance; before that, they had exchanged fewer than thirty sentences in three years. Their later interactions generate dating rumors, but no romantic relationship is established in the supplied chapters 8 32 42 45.
• Mou Jiawen — Deskmate and friend. Frequently interprets Chen Zhu’s actions as romantic advances; Shiwei tolerates her teasing and quietly supports her when she becomes upset 13 30 32.
• Song Zuomin — Father. Often absent for work, but responds immediately when she asks for help and presses the school to address Li Jianming’s harassment. Shiwei ordinarily avoids displaying her family’s status 38 42.
• Lu Man — Mother. Her devoted but controlling care strains their communication; Shiwei nevertheless chooses a nearby university for her mother’s sake 41 42.
• Li Jianming — Persistent unwanted pursuer. Shiwei rejects his advances and never agreed to date him in the original-timeline account 2 7.
• Kang Liangsong — Academic representative with a crush on her. Seeks opportunities to tutor her and becomes jealous of Chen Zhu, eventually reporting an alleged relationship to their teacher 23 24 32.
• Mao Xiaoqin — Chen Zhu’s mother. Welcomes Shiwei warmly at the police station and invites her to visit for dinner 38 39.
• Grandfather — Chose her name 38.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notable Quotes

“Don't call me Weiwei!”
— Rejecting Li Jianming’s unwanted familiarity 7

“You're always saying you don't understand what there is in Yuecheng that I'm so attached to. Have you ever considered that it's you?”
— Privately reflecting on her decision to stay near her mother 41