Jin Hong

Biodata

Background / History

Jin Hong began practicing martial arts because girls bullied him during childhood. At thirteen, he suffered a crushing first-round defeat in a national youth martial arts competition. He entered again at fourteen and finished second, after which martial arts became the center of his life and he accumulated numerous medals 14.

His childhood neighbor, Jiang Qing, regularly chased and beat him, but she was also his closest childhood friend and the girl he liked throughout his youth. They lost contact after her family moved because of financial difficulties. Jin Hong later attended Yanjing University without knowing that she was studying at the university next door 14 19.

Six years before his first reading, Jiang Qing found him and decided to surprise him on his birthday. She waited outside his campus until after ten at night, unaware that he had no plans to go out. A security guard at Jin Hong’s university murdered her as she returned to her own dormitory; she was twenty-two 19.

Appearance

Viewers describe Jin Hong as handsome, muscular, and well-built during his first video call 14.

• Muscular physique: His muscles visibly tense and bulge when he learns that Jiang Qing was murdered 15.
• Signs of sleeplessness: At his subsequent reading, he has sunken eyes, disheveled hair, and a hoarse voice 19.
• Shy mannerisms: When preparing to ask about his childhood crush, he blushes, avoids direct eye contact, and lowers his head 14.

Personality

Jin Hong is initially skeptical of Xiao Yu and requests a reading of his past before asking his real question. Once Xiao Yu accurately recounts his martial arts history, that skepticism becomes complete trust. His embarrassment over discussing Jiang Qing contrasts sharply with his rage and desperation upon learning of her murder 14 15 19.

After a sleepless night, he distinguishes his longstanding romantic hopes from his enduring friendship with Jiang Qing: he could have accepted her dating or marrying someone else, but not her being murdered. He becomes determined to bring her killer to justice, although his anger repeatedly pushes him toward impulsive action and eventually a severe beating of the captured fugitive 19 46.

He is generous toward Xiao Yu, offering the money he had saved for a wedding and later giving twenty thousand yuan in thanks. Even after obtaining revenge, he remains visibly grief-stricken and hesitates to pursue another relationship before coming to terms with his loss 26 50.

Abilities & Skills

Martial Arts

Jin Hong is a professional instructor with a competitive background dating to his early teens 14.

• Earned second place in a national youth martial arts competition at fourteen and won many subsequent medals 14.
• Ambushed Chang Ningming, knocked him down, and tied him up at his second hideout 46.
• Broke the fugitive’s front teeth with a single punch 46.
• Claimed he could subdue Chang even with ten bodyguards; this is his own assessment, not a demonstrated feat 26.
• Recognized that he could not kick through the apartment’s outer iron gate quickly enough to prevent an escape 45.

Disguise and Ambush

Jin Hong combines ordinary disguises with Xiao Yu’s remote guidance to approach the fugitive without immediately alarming him 26 45 46.

• Proposes posing as a tourist, carrying shopping bags and filming his surroundings 26.
• Uses a borrowed delivery uniform, helmet, and food order to lure Chang toward his apartment entrance 45.
• Abandons a direct pursuit when Xiao Yu supplies the fugitive’s destination, arriving early enough to prepare an ambush 46.
• Relies on Xiao Yu’s divination to locate the fugitive and anticipate his movements; the delivery disguise fails when its owner calls out to him 45 46.

Equipment / Items

• Phone and earpiece — Used to livestream the operation and receive Xiao Yu’s instructions 45.
• Borrowed delivery uniform, helmet, and food order — Obtained from a delivery rider for two hundred yuan as part of the apartment ruse 45.
• Rope — Used to bind Chang Ningming after the ambush 46.
• Car — Used to reach Yanjing University for his love-life reading 50.

Relationships

• Jiang Qing — Childhood neighbor, closest childhood friend, and longtime crush. He later calls her his girlfriend, although the account shows that they had not reunited before her death 19 26 46.
• Xiao Yu — Fortune-teller whom he comes to trust completely. Xiao Yu restrains his initial impulsiveness, guides the capture, and encourages him to keep his wedding savings and continue living 15 19 26.
• Chang Ningming — Jiang Qing’s murderer and the target of Jin Hong’s revenge. Formerly a university gate guard, he uses false identities and undergoes plastic surgery before Jin captures him 19 26 46.
• Yi Shuihan — Police officer who offers assistance but objects to sending a civilian after a dangerous fugitive. Jin argues that protecting the innocent is everyone’s responsibility 26.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Discovering Jiang Qing’s Death

• Wins a gift-entry fortune-telling slot and asks Xiao Yu to find the girl who used to chase and beat him as a child; he wants to tell her that he can now protect her 14.
• Collapses when told she is dead, then begs to know her killer’s identity. Xiao Yu refuses a second reading that day, warning of heavenly punishment and a rash mistake 15.
• Returns after trying to calm down. Learning that Jiang Qing died after waiting for him on his birthday leaves him blaming himself 19.
• Promises to obtain the former gate guard’s photograph so Xiao Yu can continue tracing him 19.

Hunting and Capturing Chang Ningming

• Supplies the photograph, allowing Xiao Yu to identify Chang Ningming, currently using the name Lei Hua, near the border city of Lirui 26.
• Sets out to locate him while posing as a tourist. During the journey, witnessing Cao Xiaoya’s reunion with her father rekindles Jin Hong’s hope and love for life 26 36 38.
• Attempts the delivery disguise at Chang’s apartment, but the returning delivery rider exposes him just as the door opens 45.
• Follows Xiao Yu’s directions to the second hideout rather than chasing Chang. He waits there for half an hour before ambushing and binding him 46.
• Punches Chang at viewers’ urging. The bloody footage triggers a seven-day livestream suspension; Jin later confirms that he beat Chang and delivered him to the police 46 50.
• Reports that Chang died by suicide two days after being handed over, fulfilling Xiao Yu’s prediction of suicide in detention 26 50.

Love-Life Reading

• Returns to thank Xiao Yu with ten Super Rockets worth twenty thousand yuan and a deep bow 50.
• Initially declines a love reading because he is still grieving, but agrees after Xiao Yu warns that the opportunity will pass 50.
• Drives to Yanjing University’s main gate and exits his car at exactly 17:52:35, as instructed. He freezes at what he sees; the provided account does not reveal the sight or identify a new partner 50.

Notable Quotes

“Stopping violence and protecting the innocent is everyone’s responsibility. So what if I’m a civilian?” 26

“What would it matter, even if she looked exactly like her? She’d still be a different person.” 50

Trivia

• While waiting at Chang Ningming’s second hideout, Jin Hong plays two Honor of Kings AI matches and earns MVP in both. He shows the timestamps to the captured fugitive to prove that he arrived half an hour earlier 46.