Ji Hanxing

Biodata

Power Progression

Ji Hanxing’s system tracks remaining lifespan through Life Points, rather than cultivation realms or combat levels 2.

Background / History

Original Life

Ji Hanxing was abandoned in the snow immediately after birth, in temperatures more than ten degrees below freezing. The orphanage director found him barely breathing, with his body turned purple from the cold. He survived and called the director “Mom” 2.

He left university because he could not afford to continue, not because he disliked studying. Before transmigrating, he ran a stall and worked to cover daily necessities while caring about the younger siblings waiting for him at home. Despite those hardships, he regarded his former life with optimism rather than resentment 1 2 30.

The Original Ji Hanxing

The body he inherits belongs to a same-named businessman raised by his grandfather, Ji Qingyuan. Its parents, Ji Changhe and Luo Feiluo, had entered a business marriage. Ji Changhe repeatedly cheated and eventually went abroad with his mistress after being expelled from the family home 6 7.

The original Ji Hanxing was reserved, academically outstanding, and determined to support his grandfather without relying on his parents. He studied finance at University A, joined the Ji Group while still at university, and made successful investments that multiplied its market value. His business reputation predates the transmigrator 26 37 38.

Ji Hanxing inherits the original owner’s memories and experiences some of their associated pain. Although he considers their personalities opposites—one cold and quiet, the other warm and lively—he recognizes their shared determination to rely on themselves 38.

Appearance

• Height: 184 cm, which he privately insists makes him just as tall as Yan Jinyue 10.
• Face: Identical to his face in his previous life, with narrow phoenix eyes 15 24.
• Build: Tall and slender, with long legs and fingers. His attempts at abdominal training initially leave him with a flat, soft stomach rather than visible abs 24 39 55.
• Public presentation: Usually maintains a stern, aloof expression to satisfy the system’s CEO requirements. Xue Hui nevertheless finds him more approachable than the original owner 8 25.
• Temporary muscular appearance: Uses a silicone muscle suit to imitate broad shoulders, developed pectorals, and an eight-pack; these are not his natural physique 67.

Personality

Ji Hanxing has a tenacious will to live and responds to unfamiliar circumstances with practical improvisation. He accepts the system’s mission after it promises to cure his younger siblings and arrange loving families for them. He then looks for ways to meet its requirements without surrendering every personal preference 2 48.

His outward restraint conceals a lively, sarcastic inner voice. He mocks the system’s demands, enjoys food and gossip, and openly admires Yan Jinyue’s looks. The contrast between what he says and what he thinks becomes especially conspicuous to Yan Jinyue, who can hear those thoughts 10 21 48.

He rejects the idea that a heroine should be responsible for healing a man’s family trauma. He is also unwilling to deceive a woman into a romantic relationship: his concern over misleading Ye Zuixi and his objection to a sham marriage both reflect this boundary 7 72 105.

Although he treasures his life, he has a rebellious and adventurous streak. He wants genuine freedom from the plot, not merely enough compliance to survive, and eventually agrees to take a calculated risk against Ye Chongyun 119 132.

Abilities & Skills

System-Assisted Training

System 004 supplies lessons, assessments, and information through Ji Hanxing’s consciousness 2 23.

• Subjects include CEO expressions, imposing presence, negotiation, clothing and accessories, fitness, combat, and equestrian skills 2 10 23 24 38 54.
• Lessons are not automatic mastery. Ji Hanxing must study and practice; he struggles with jewelry knowledge but learns tie-tying quickly when he pays attention 23 24.
• The system can temporarily alter his physical condition, including restoring him after a painful warning 15.
• Characterization requirements constrain ordinary behavior, including smiling, eating, and expressing affection toward family 8 21 63.

Negotiation and Loophole-Finding

Ji Hanxing learns to use other people’s assumptions and the system’s wording to his advantage 12 14 92.

• His outward silence makes Jiang Yuzhuo believe he is preparing a decisive negotiating move, even while he is privately unsure what to do 11 12.
• Obtains the master surveillance recording by inducing Jiang Yuzhuo to admit a backup exists, then allowing him to save face 14.
• Identifies patterns in mission generation and deliberately triggers a land-auction mission 92.
• At the final plot point, persuades the system to protect him by emphasizing their shared interest in completing the mission 134.

Horseback Riding

Ji Hanxing develops a genuine enthusiasm for riding after initially taking it up for a system assessment 54 55.

• Studies theory before undertaking six days of instruction arranged by Xue Hui 55.
• Progresses from leading a horse and supervised walking to posting and independent trotting 55.
• His instructor praises his coordination and ability to understand instruction 55.
• Smoothly mounts Cloud Ink, regains his balance after a sudden movement, and guides the horse into a trot 69.
• Dismounting initially frightens him, but he later performs it naturally enough to surprise himself 71.

Cooking

Ji Hanxing’s signature dish is egg fried rice 136.

• Jiang Qianling addresses him as “Master” after recognizing the voice of his previously concealed identity 124.
• Opens an egg fried rice shop with Qian Ling inside his amusement park and personally cooks for Yan Jinyue there 136.

Inherited Memories and Plot Knowledge

Ji Hanxing draws on the original owner’s memories to understand family relationships and City A’s business circles 6 7.

• Receives the novel’s full original plot from the system at the charity gala 29.
• Uses that knowledge to question the prescribed behavior and endings of Yan Jinyue and Ye Zuixi 29 119.
• Recognizes that the people he meets differ from their scripted roles; his knowledge is of the original storyline, not an independently demonstrated ability to predict the future 29 119.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Paper “domineering CEO gaze pie charts” — Homemade eye coverings used for his first expression assessment; Yan Jinyue removes them during the hospital visit 2 3.
• Silicone muscle suit — Bought through a bargain shopping app to simulate the physique demanded by the system. Sweat makes it cling tightly enough that Yan Jinyue must help remove it 67 69 78 79.
• Suite 5108 — The Grand Prosperity Hotel presidential suite he obtains during compensation negotiations 12 14.
• Unfinished purple jadeite — Wins it with a five-hundred-million bid at the charity auction; the Tomorrow Charitable Foundation subsequently delivers it to him 34 39.
• Northern city plot — Acquires the auctioned land and develops his amusement park project 106 111 136.
• Star lamp and matching star-and-moon rings — Uses the lamp to present a ring when proposing to Yan Jinyue 136.

Relationships

• Yan Jinyue — Initially the novel’s main villain and someone Ji Hanxing tries to avoid; becomes his friend, lover, and eventual fiancé. Yan’s care allows Ji Hanxing, previously accustomed to supporting others, to experience being looked after 3 10 38 85 136.
• System 004 — His mission-giver and source of survival rewards. Their relationship combines coercion, argument, reluctant cooperation, and Ji Hanxing’s persistent attempts to exploit loopholes 2 24 48 134.
• Ji Qingyuan / Old Master Ji — The original owner’s grandfather, toward whom Ji Hanxing develops genuine affection. Accepts his relationship with Yan Jinyue and insists that Ji Hanxing is his only grandson 7 120 129.
• Xue Hui — His highly capable special assistant. Handles company affairs during his absences and arranges practical support, including riding lessons; Ji Hanxing strongly trusts his loyalty 7 23 55 92.
• Ji Changhe — The original owner’s estranged father. Ji Hanxing rejects his attempt to condemn his sexuality or replace him as heir with an illegitimate son 126.
• Luo Feiluo — The original owner’s mother, whose marriage to Ji Changhe was a business alliance 6.
• Luo Qing and Luo Bing — The original owner’s older cousins. Ji Hanxing repairs their estranged relationship through a carefully staged display of hurt and attachment 62 63 64.
• Ye Zuixi — His intended fiancée in the original plot, but an ally rather than a romantic interest in the changed story. He respects her intelligence and sees her as another person resisting a prescribed fate 29 72 119.
• Ye Chongyun — An adversary seeking to use a marriage alliance to gain control of the Ji Group. Ji Hanxing resolves to fight back against him 119.
• Yao Yue — Luo Feiluo’s childhood friend and owner of the restaurant and riding grounds Ji Hanxing visits. He later realizes that her approach to him was coordinated with Ye Zuixi 47 56 129.
• Jiang Yuzhuo — Hotel compensation counterpart who becomes friendly with him and enthusiastically believes his fake muscles are the product of a secret training method 12 14 69.
• Ruan Xin — The novel’s original heroine. Ji Hanxing is relieved that the changed plot leaves her alive as an ordinary NPC and later trusts her technical work as a hacker 106 132.
• Orphanage director and younger siblings — His family from his original world. Their welfare is central to his decision to accept the system’s mission 1 2.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Transmigration and the Hotel Incident

• Enters the romance novel as its same-named CEO protagonist, despite being gay and having never read the book 2 4.
• Sleeps with Yan Jinyue after both fall victim to drugging at a reception. He initially misunderstands Yan’s involvement; Yan likewise initially suspects him before investigating his identity 1 3.
• Learns that refusing the system’s mission would destroy his soul and that he cannot return alive to his former world 2.
• Discovers that Yan Jinyue is the principal villain he is supposedly meant to oppose, making their first encounter a dangerous secret in his eyes 3 4.

Charity Gala and Reconnecting with Family

• Attends Yan Jinyue’s charity gala after learning it benefits orphanages. Yan brings him onto the stage as his invited guest, exposing him to attention he had hoped to avoid 22 30.
• Escapes Sun Yushan’s strangling attack by striking him, breaking free, and running for help. The subsequent settlement gives Ji Hanxing a street of shops, while Sun Yushan is sent to South Africa 34 39.
• Begins riding and repairs his relationship with the Luo siblings while navigating the system’s insistence that he remain aloof and calculating 55 62 63 64.

Romance and the Changed Plot

• Acknowledges his attraction to Yan Jinyue but fears that abandoning the assigned romance could cost him his life. Yan hears that fear through mind-reading and promises to remain beside him 52 85.
• Grows closer to Yan while justifying their time together to the system as practical CEO training 87.
• Learns that their relationship has already fulfilled much of an adjusted romance plot: Yan has become the male lead, and Ji Hanxing has taken Ruan Xin’s female-lead role 105 106.
• Receives Old Master Ji’s acceptance, then defends his relationship when Ji Changhe returns and attacks him over it 120 126.

Ye Chongyun’s Scheme and the Final Plot Point

• Cooperates with Ye Zuixi against Ye Chongyun, while remaining alert to the possibility that he is being manipulated 118 119.
• Passes Luo Fei’s identification of Butler Wang as the family mole to Old Master Ji, who takes responsibility for handling the betrayal 129.
• Agrees to play along with Ye Chongyun’s scheme and is abducted after entering an alley with Ye Zuixi 132 133.
• Secures a promise of protection from the system during the final plot point. In the finale, after Yan reveals his mind-reading, Ji Hanxing explains his original life, transmigration, system binding, and mission 134 135.

Star-Moon Amusement Park

• Completes the amusement park he had dreamed of owning and surprises Yan Jinyue with a private visit after obtaining his driver’s license 136.
• Shares memories of his difficult past, cooks his signature egg fried rice, and proposes with a ring hidden inside a star lamp 136.
• Yan accepts, and Ji Hanxing reveals the name Star-Moon Amusement Park and their matching star-and-moon rings 136.

Notable Quotes

“Forcing me to be with the female lead would mean entering a sham marriage, deceiving her into becoming a gay man’s wife. People would condemn that!” 105

“I’ll like whoever I want. It’s none of your damn business.” 126

“When a venomous snake has its eye on me, I’ll fight back.” 119