Zhao Yan

Biodata

Background / History

Early Life and Business Career

Zhao Yan grew up in a wealthy family and excelled academically. Through high school, she was known as a gentle, well-behaved beauty. Her college boyfriend’s infidelity left her distrustful and emotionally withdrawn; after graduating, she concentrated on building her cosmetics business. In the year before her introduction, Beauty Like Jade Cosmetics Company reached its largest size to date, and she earned 3.35 million yuan 3.

A Fortune-Turning Talisman helped her business prosper. Xiao Yu later credited it with more than half of her smooth career progress, although its power was nearly exhausted by the time he examined it 11.

Meeting Xiao Yu

Zhao Yan entered Xiao Yu’s livestream among the fans brought over by Tang Xiaoxiao, whose broadcasts she supported as a wealthy top donor. Initially determined to expose him as a fraud, she dismissed his knowledge of her finances and background as information available online. She changed her mind when he correctly revealed her private feelings for Tang Xiaoxiao, rewarding him with a Rocket 3.

Her first requested reading concerned when the boyfriend who betrayed her would suffer misfortune. Xiao Yu arranged for her to witness his exposure through Tang Xiaoxiao’s camera and explained that he would face detention, a fine, public disgrace, and the collapse of his other relationships 3 5 6. Zhao Yan quickly became an outspoken defender of Xiao Yu against skeptical viewers 4.

Pursuing Xiao Yu

Zhao Yan wanted a younger partner who was attractive, genuinely capable, and earned at least as much as she did without relying on family wealth. After Xiao Yu assured her that such a match would appear naturally, she sent ten Super Rockets and declared that his top-donor position belonged to her 12.

She subsequently realized that Xiao Yu met her requirements and openly asked how she could make him her husband. He declined to divine his own future, but she continued pursuing him through livestream confessions and personal visits 20 27 349.

Xiao Yu was attracted to her but worried about the difference between his lifespan as a cultivator and hers. When he described his reasons for refusing her as difficult to discuss, Zhao Yan mistakenly concluded that he was impotent. She insisted that this would not change her feelings and suggested adoption as an alternative to having children 74 349.

Liu Shan’s eventual relationship with Xiao Yu hurt Zhao Yan deeply. During a game of Voyage of Slaughter, she angrily accused Liu Shan of stealing him and retaliated against the pair in-game with Tang Xiaoxiao’s help 492 581. Later, she and Tang Xiaoxiao discussed remaining unmarried and keeping each other company for life 677 678.

Company Crises

After Xiao Yu exposed sales manager Liu Xing’s sordid past, Zhao Yan told him to resign. At Xiao Yu’s recommendation, she offered Tang Xiaoxiao the vacant sales manager position, including salary, commission, and accommodation 12.

Liu Xing later retaliated against the company. A warehouse fire destroyed Zhao Yan’s new products while a competitor released apparently identical skincare products. Zhao Yan and Tang Xiaoxiao sought Xiao Yu’s help, and he identified Liu Xing as the culprit 222.

Zhao Yan also reconsidered a proposed partnership with Kang Jian after Xiao Yu warned that Kang’s financial problems could drag her company down. She refused to sign the contract until his company survived the predicted crisis 347. By the later fan-gathering arc, she had entrusted management of Beauty Like Jade to Tang Xiaoxiao 889.

Joining Xiao Yu’s Household

A private conversation with Liu Shan transformed Zhao Yan’s dejection into renewed hope. Liu Shan gave her house keys, and Zhao Yan began visiting regularly to cook, clean, play games, and care for Qi Yunlin 678.

With Liu Shan’s assistance, Zhao Yan arranged an intimate encounter in which Xiao Yu initially mistook her for Liu Shan. Xiao Yu subsequently withdrew to the Netherworld, unsure how to address the situation 680.

When he returned, Zhao Yan insisted that she wanted to stay with him and accepted Liu Shan’s position as the first wife. Xiao Yu admitted that he liked her but raised the legal obstacle to marrying both women. With Liu Shan’s encouragement, he accepted Zhao Yan as his second wife 689 690.

She remained sensitive about the relationship’s public limitations. At the masquerade ball, she wanted to openly embrace Xiao Yu and be acknowledged as his partner, but he avoided appearing in public with a woman on each arm. Virtual-reality games later gave her a setting where she could show that affection without the same concerns 714 830.

Later Activities

• Livestream assistance: Xiao Yu assigned Zhao Yan to thank viewers for gifts while Liu Shan handled fortune-telling in his place 703.
• Tang Xiaoxiao’s matchmaking: She attended the Li Family’s masquerade ball to find a suitable husband for her friend and establish that Tang Xiaoxiao had Xiao Yu’s backing 714.
• Illusion-array trial: She experienced trials involving the seven emotions and six desires and emerged before Liu Shan, although Xiao Yu had eased the trials to spare them further suffering 731.
• Capturing offenders: She physically carried Lanny and Beryl away to be locked up after Xiao Yu confronted them over hiring assassins 744.
• Public scandal: Leaked intimate photographs of Xiao Yu with both wives fueled accusations against him. Zhao Yan and Liu Shan worried that the backlash could lead to an internet-wide ban 854.
• Travel and fan events: She joined Xiao Yu and Liu Shan on an African wilderness trip and later arranged the venue and offered to pay for a female fan gathering 861 887.

Appearance

• Beauty: Described as beautiful from her school years and later as a mature, commanding beauty 3 126.
• Complexion and figure: Livestream viewers praise her fair skin and attractive figure 27.
• Hair: Wears bangs, which she brushes aside while teasing Xiao Yu during their first in-person meeting 10.

Personality

Zhao Yan’s guarded manner after her first heartbreak contrasts with her playful behavior around Xiao Yu. Once convinced of his abilities, she becomes openly flirtatious, generous with gifts, and quick to challenge people who belittle him 3 4 20 347.

Her pursuit of Xiao Yu is persistent but not free of insecurity. She considers abandoning her company to open a nearby restaurant so she can see him more often, yet fears losing both her years of work and her chance at love. After joining his household, she carefully avoids situations that might make him jealous or create misunderstandings 349 714.

She is devoted to Tang Xiaoxiao and eager to repay her companionship. Although jealousy initially strains her relationship with Liu Shan, the two later become affectionate allies 581 678 714 831.

Despite enjoying competitive games, Zhao Yan dislikes inflicting pain. In immersive virtual reality, she refuses to attack even stylized avatars because real players would feel the injuries. She nevertheless tells Xiao Yu that, in genuine danger, she would fight beside him even at the cost of her life 830 834.

Abilities & Skills

Business Management

Zhao Yan built and expanded Beauty Like Jade Cosmetics Company before gradually handing its management to Tang Xiaoxiao 3 889.

• Offers employment packages combining salary, commission, and accommodation 12.
• Acts on Xiao Yu’s financial warning by withholding a risky partnership contract 347.

Cooking and Household Care

She volunteers to cook, clean, and look after Qi Yunlin during her increasingly frequent visits to Xiao Yu’s home 678.

• Describes herself as a capable cook when inviting Xiao Yu to stay for a meal 11.
• Becomes close enough to Qi Yunlin that the girl protests when Xiao Yu tries to limit her visits 678.

Cultivation

Zhao Yan learns about cultivation through Liu Shan, but her aptitude is poor. Xiao Yu considers longevity through cultivation alone extremely difficult for her and views Lifespan Pills as a potential answer to her eventual aging 690 710.

• Limitation: No specific cultivation realm is identified for her in these appearances 710.
• Illusion resistance: Emerges from Xiao Yu’s emotional illusion trials before Liu Shan, after he modifies the formation 731.

Protective Field — Virtual-Reality Skill

In a virtual-reality battle royale, Zhao Yan receives Protective Field, a defensive ability belonging to the game rather than her real-world cultivation 830.

• Can be activated three times 830.
• Makes her entire team invincible for five minutes per use 830.
• Prevents movement while active 830.
• Cannot protect a player belonging to another team 831.

Equipment / Items

• Fortune-Turning Talisman — Supports her luck and career, but is nearly depleted when Xiao Yu examines it 11.
• Kodiaq — The vehicle she drives when collecting Xiao Yu for his first visit to her home 10.
• House keys — Given to her by Liu Shan, allowing her regular access to Xiao Yu’s home 678.
• Gaming Helmet — Used for immersive virtual-reality gaming with Xiao Yu and Liu Shan 830 834.

Relationships

• Xiao Yu — Fortune-teller, former object of her persistent courtship, and eventual husband within their household. He accepts her as his second wife while acknowledging the legal complication 20 349 690.
• Liu Shan — Initially her romantic rival, later her confidante and fellow wife. Liu Shan helps bring her into the household, and the two develop an openly affectionate bond 581 678 680 831.
• Tang Xiaoxiao — Initially a streamer she supports and has feelings for; later her employee, closest friend, and trusted company manager. They promise to remain together if neither marries 3 12 678 889.
• Quan Min — Her mother. Quan Min brings Liu Xing to Zhao Yan’s home and initially mistakes Xiao Yu for a scammer 11 12.
• Qi Yunlin — A child she regularly entertains and cares for at Xiao Yu’s home 678.
• Liu Xing — Former sales manager and unwanted suitor; later identified as the person behind retaliation against her company 11 12 222.
• Kang Jian — Prospective business partner whose romantic interest in her leads to jealousy of Xiao Yu. She suspends their contract after Xiao Yu’s warning 347.

Notable Quotes

“I only want a man with real ability!” 12

“Honey, you were being considerate of me. But if this happened in real life, I wouldn't just watch, even if it meant dying. I'd fight side by side with you!” 834