Ye Xiao

Biodata

Personality

Ye Xiao cultivates the image of an effortlessly talented delinquent. He acts imperiously, sleeps in class, and appears to neglect homework, but privately studies through online lessons and extensive practice papers. He is particularly concerned with looking impressive in front of Ye Xunzhi, whose thoughts repeatedly expose the effort behind his carefully maintained image 10 11 13.

Despite initially agreeing to meet his sister only under pressure from Ye Yunhuai, he becomes fiercely protective when he discovers her classmates’ bullying. Her affectionate use of “Fifth Brother” delights him after years at the bottom of the family hierarchy. His affection soon becomes possessive enough that teachers competing for her attention—and Xi Rongrong joking about stealing her—leave him visibly aggrieved 10 20 21 22.

He mixes genuine care with teasing and sibling rivalry. He orders an elaborate breakfast because he thinks Ye Xunzhi has been poorly fed, but refuses to let her enjoy time off while he attends school. Although he lectures her about diligence, he also stays up gaming with her 15 19 21.

Abilities & Skills

Hearing Ye Xunzhi’s Thoughts

Ye Xiao can hear Ye Xunzhi’s internal monologue without her speaking. Ye Yunhuai confirms that this phenomenon extends to other members of their family and instructs him to keep it secret 9 11.

• Learns about concealed motives, future events, and private information recalled by Ye Xunzhi 11 12 16.
• Uses her unspoken warnings to discover the sabotage of his motorcycles 12 13.
• Prompts her with an apparently casual question when he wants her to recall more information 16.
• Depends on what she happens to think about; her recollections can be incomplete, including her inability to remember the saboteur’s name 12.

Academic Ability

Ye Xiao regularly places among the top three students in his grade, despite his reputation for doing little schoolwork 11.

• Secretly listens to online lessons through headphones and completes large numbers of practice papers 11.
• Keeps a wall covered with English vocabulary notes at his villa 12.
• Attends an elite class and is favored by his subject teachers 15 18.

Athletics

• Consistently receives full marks in sports, according to Yu Yuan 11.
• Reaches Mount Tai’s summit during a school trip and attends school normally the next day, though Ye Xunzhi recalls that he complained bitterly of exhaustion afterward 11.
• Vaults the school wall alongside Yu Yuan while trying to avoid the teachers waiting for Ye Xunzhi 21.

Motorcycle Riding and Maintenance

Motorcycling is Ye Xiao’s specialty and a subject he discusses enthusiastically 13 14.

• Checks his motorcycle before every ride and uses top-of-the-line components 12.
• Explains motorcycle construction, replaces tires, and inspects the removed tires himself 13.
• Races evenly with Lu Nan on a winding mountain road, but both are decisively overtaken by Ye Xunzhi 14.

History

Meeting Ye Xunzhi

Ye Yunhuai orders Ye Xiao to meet his newly returned younger sister, threatening to freeze his bank card if he refuses. Arriving at her classroom before her, Ye Xiao finds an insult written on her desk and publicly declares that she is under his protection. Unaware of who is occupying her seat, Ye Xunzhi nearly strikes him with a steel spike before recognizing him 9 10.

Once the misunderstanding is resolved, Ye Xiao supports her confrontation with Zhang Man and points out the classroom surveillance camera when Zhang Man denies vandalizing the desk. After the culprits turn on one another, Ye Xiao warns the homeroom teacher that the Ye Group will remember the incident, reports the situation to Ye Yunhuai, and obtains a day’s leave for his sister 10.

Motorcycle Sabotage and the Mountain Race

While accompanying Ye Xiao, Ye Xunzhi privately recalls a future in which the Ye family goes bankrupt and his rival Lu Nan offers to support him financially. She subsequently remembers the immediate cause of Lu Nan’s guilt: a sabotaged motorcycle race that leaves Ye Xiao with lasting damage to both legs and requires two days in intensive care. These are recalled future events, not injuries Ye Xiao suffers in the altered course of events 11 12.

The saboteur is an acquaintance of Lu Nan whose family faces bankruptcy. Having secretly organized betting on the race and wagered his family’s remaining money on Lu Nan, he replaces Ye Xiao’s motorcycle tires with ones containing miniature detonators. Ye Xiao doubts that Lu Nan himself would use such underhanded methods 12.

Hearing Ye Xunzhi plan to drug him and replace the tires herself, Ye Xiao instead arranges an overhaul under the pretext of demonstrating motorcycle maintenance. He finds a detonator in the red motorcycle intended for the race, then checks the other bikes after another warning from her thoughts. His information about the specially manufactured tires helps police trace the culprit 13 14.

Ye Xiao nevertheless insists on settling his racing bet that night. He leaves Ye Xunzhi with Yu Yuan, but she escapes and overtakes both him and Lu Nan. When she produces a recording of the agreement that the winner may give them orders, both accept the result; afterward, Ye Xiao dutifully fans her while Lu Nan carries her shopping and milk tea 14 15.

Bringing His Sister to Class

While Ye Yunhuai handles the bullying and a possible class transfer, Ye Xiao takes Ye Xunzhi to his own second-year classroom rather than leaving her at home. There, he hears her recollections identifying Xi Cheng as the thief of Xi Rongrong’s heirloom ruby ring. He prompts her to remember its hiding place and later admires her willingness to help Xi Rongrong 15 16 17.

Ye Xunzhi’s academic ability attracts the school’s teachers, who monopolize her attention. Ye Xiao cannot retrieve her from their office until the school day ends. The following morning, his attempt to sneak her past the waiting department heads fails when the PE teacher intercepts her at the school wall 18 21.

After witnessing Ye Xunzhi give Xi Rongrong information intended to expose Xi Cheng’s abuse, Ye Xiao is impressed by her acting but becomes alarmed when Xi Rongrong remarks that she wants to steal his little sister. That evening, he reluctantly watches Ye Lan take Ye Xunzhi away ahead of their family variety-show filming 22.

Equipment & Property

• Motorcycle collection — Rows of motorcycles in different colors and styles, kept in the garage beside his villa 13.
• Red racing motorcycle — His “pride and joy” and intended vehicle for the race against Lu Nan; its tire contains a miniature detonator 13.
• White motorcycle — Attracts Ye Xunzhi’s interest; Ye Xiao offers to teach her when she is older, then offends her by commenting on her short legs 13.
• Maintenance tools and replacement parts — Uses a large toolbox and rush-ordered, top-of-the-line components to overhaul the racing motorcycle 13.

Relationships

• Ye Xunzhi — Younger sister. Their first meeting nearly ends with him being struck by her steel spike, but he quickly becomes her protector and companion. Her leaked thoughts save him from the sabotaged race 9 10 13.
• Ye Yunhuai — Eldest brother. Uses Ye Xiao’s allowance and bank card to enforce responsibility, explains the family’s ability to hear Ye Xunzhi, and handles the remaining police procedures after the sabotage 10 11 14.
• Old Master Ye — Grandfather. Directs Ye Xunzhi to seek Ye Xiao’s help at school and reinforces Ye Yunhuai’s demand that he treat her gently 9 11.
• Ye Lan — Second brother. A frequent target of Ye Xiao’s teasing, though Ye Lan readily retaliates. Ye Xiao offers him a custom motorcycle when he moves into the villa 19 20.
• Yu Yuan — Childhood friend and dormitory roommate. Praises Ye Xiao’s supposed effortless excellence and serves as Ye Xunzhi’s temporary babysitter before the mountain race 11 14.
• Lu Nan — Rival and motorcycle-racing opponent. Ye Xunzhi recalls that, in the disastrous future, Lu Nan remains loyal after the Ye family’s bankruptcy and offers financial support out of guilt over the race 11 12.
• Xi Rongrong — Class president. Her flowers and breakfast initially appear to be a confession to Ye Xiao, but are actually thank-you gifts for Ye Xunzhi 16 21 22.

Trivia

• His class is identified as Class 83 in Chapter 9, but as Class Three when his classroom is introduced in Chapter 15 9 15.
• After verbally abusing other players during a Game for Peace session, he receives a seven-day ban 15.
• He initially interprets hearing Ye Xunzhi’s thoughts as evidence that he is a “man chosen by the light,” before learning that the rest of his family shares the experience 9 11.