Yan Jinyue

Biodata

Background / History

Yan Jinyue comes from a long-established wealthy family in City A. The Yan Group primarily operates in financial services and investment, initially giving it little business overlap with the Ji Family’s emerging technology ventures. He and Ji Hanxing had met once before their hotel encounter, but Yan Jinyue barely remembered his face 3.

He studied abroad at Country Y Royal Business School, where Jiang Yuzhuo was a schoolmate in a different year. During his time overseas, he also shared accommodation with Si Mu 7 51.

After returning to the country, Yan Jinyue became the Yan Family’s new leader and officially took over the Yan Group. Within his first month, he reorganized the company and dismissed his uncle by marriage, Li Ximing, despite his aunt’s protests. Li Ximing had embezzled company funds and used his position to solicit gifts, favors, and bribes 7 113.

Original Novel’s Fate

The fate described to Ji Hanxing belongs to the original plot, not Yan Jinyue’s eventual outcome in the altered story 29 135 136.

Appearance

• Build: Tall and strongly built, with developed chest and abdominal muscles that Ji Hanxing considers comparable to an ideally trained physique 21 56.
• Hands: Slender hands with clearly defined knuckles 10.
• Eyes: Described as deep and seemingly able to see through others 10.
• Teenage appearance: A charity photograph shows him standing straight in a white shirt, with a thinner frame than his adult self 26.

Personality

Yan Jinyue is decisive, perceptive, and difficult to intimidate. His handling of the Yan Group shows that family connections do not protect employees from dismissal. He dislikes being manipulated and takes pride in his ability to understand businesspeople, making Ji Hanxing’s contradictory behavior especially intriguing to him 4 7 22 113.

He enjoys teasing Ji Hanxing and initially treats his secrets as an enticing puzzle. His curiosity sometimes becomes intrusive: he manufactures opportunities for contact, tests Ji Hanxing’s softheartedness, and probes his concealed cooking experience. Over time, he recognizes that such questioning can frighten Ji Hanxing and resolves to wait for voluntary disclosure 22 48 73.

His affection is expressed through practical care—hospital visits, checking IV medication, warming cold hands, and treating irritated skin. He also adjusts his behavior around Ji Hanxing’s boundaries, including withholding touch when he believes Ji Hanxing wants privacy and withdrawing his hand rather than pressuring him at the hot spring 38 51 79 81 101.

Yan Jinyue ordinarily faces difficulties directly rather than retreating into regret. Nevertheless, threats to Ji Hanxing’s safety expose his fear of losing control. After realizing that a joke nearly cost Ji Hanxing life points, he becomes distraught and grips his wrist painfully before apologizing and regaining his composure 49 69 94 95.

Abilities & Skills

Mind Reading

Yan Jinyue first hears Ji Hanxing’s thoughts during a hospital visit after their drugged encounter. He later tests the ability and establishes its contact-based activation 3 10.

• Activation: Physical contact allows him to hear Ji Hanxing’s thoughts continuously 10.
• Residual duration: The effect remains active for three minutes after contact ends 10.
• Documented target: Ji Hanxing is the only person whose thoughts he is shown reading 3 10 135.
• Unknown variables: He initially does not know whether longer contact can extend the three-minute duration 10.
• Information blocking: Certain thoughts are inaccessible or muted. He cannot hear the mysterious entity’s name and does not learn Ji Hanxing’s origin through mind reading 93 135.
• Practical uses: Helps him recognize Ji Hanxing’s attraction, understand his concealed fears, and deduce that assigned tasks award the life points necessary for his survival 22 86 93.
• Unconfirmed origin: Yan Jinyue wonders whether their drugged encounter caused the ability; Ji Hanxing later suspects a connection to the system. Neither explanation is confirmed in the provided account 4 135.

Business Management and Strategic Analysis

• Reorganizes the Yan Group within a month of assuming leadership 7.
• Helps Jiang Yuzhuo obtain control of Grand Prosperity and later advises him on its management 6 33.
• Recognizes that Ye Zuixi’s proposed cooperation conceals a more complicated objective 74.
• Advises Ji Hanxing to wait for the party seeking cooperation to reveal her intentions, rather than rushing into an uncertain investigation 74.

Investigation and Information Gathering

• Directs Fu Fangxi’s investigation into the hotel drugging and the events surrounding Ji Hanxing’s injury 4 6.
• Knows details of Ye Chongyun’s childhood killing that the Ye Family concealed 60.
• Orders the source of information about Ji Hanxing’s drug incident to be dealt with without leaving traces 38.
• Has limits to his reach: he cannot determine the forces behind Yao Yue or establish her motive for approaching Ji Hanxing 49.

Practical Limitations

• Horse riding: Explicitly admits that he cannot ride. The fact is widely known in City A; he later decides to learn so that he can become closer to Ji Hanxing 56 57 69.
• Cooking: Claims that cooking is an essential survival skill for overseas students, but produces blackened food that Ji Hanxing refuses to trust. Ji Hanxing takes over the meal 82 83.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Hotel Encounter and Growing Curiosity

Yan Jinyue and Ji Hanxing sleep together after both are drugged. Yan Jinyue initially mistakes Ji Hanxing for a minor celebrity and considers whether he engineered the incident. After investigating his identity, he visits him in the hospital and unexpectedly hears his thoughts 1 3 4.

He takes charge of investigating the drugging and becomes fascinated by the contrast between Ji Hanxing’s cold executive persona and lively inner commentary. Although the evidence supplied by Fu Fangxi points toward Ji Hanxing, Yan Jinyue comes to believe he is innocent 6 14 28.

Charity Auction and Friendship

Yan Jinyue deliberately invites Ji Hanxing to the Yan Group’s charity auction, using its support for orphanages to test his compassion. Ji Hanxing purchases Yan Jinyue’s purple jadeite for five hundred million 22 33.

Following Sun Yushan’s insults at the banquet, Yan Jinyue worries about Ji Hanxing’s emotional state, takes him to the hospital, and gives him cake. Ji Hanxing agrees to become his friend 38.

Courtship and the Threat to Ji Hanxing’s Life

Shared meals, hospital care, and the riding gathering deepen their attachment. Yan Jinyue warns Ji Hanxing about Ye Chongyun and helps him assess Ye Zuixi’s proposed alliance 48 51 60 74.

When Ji Hanxing indicates that being together could endanger his life, Yan Jinyue promises to stay beside him and wait. He considers admitting his mind-reading ability but postpones the confession until Ji Hanxing is safe 85 86.

After reading domineering CEO romances, Yan Jinyue better understands Ji Hanxing’s strange performances. He then deduces that an unknown force makes Ji Hanxing complete tasks for life points and resolves to help him succeed 93.

Family Acceptance

Yan Jinyue asks for the opportunity to court Ji Hanxing properly before becoming his official boyfriend. Their visit to the Yan home brings a warm welcome from Madam Xie and support from Old Master Yan. Ji Hanxing later openly introduces himself to Yan Mingshan as Yan Jinyue’s boyfriend 108 111 112.

During his own visit to the Ji household, Yan Jinyue wins over Old Master Ji with a commissioned portrait of him and his late wife. When Ji Changhe attempts to strike Ji Hanxing, Yan Jinyue intervenes, while Old Master Ji explicitly approves of their relationship 125 126.

Final Operation and Mutual Disclosure

Yan Jinyue participates in the plan involving Ye Zuixi and Ruan Xin’s tracking and listening equipment. He questions its resistance to signal jamming and asks Ruan Xin to notify him immediately of any problem, emphasizing Ji Hanxing’s importance to him 132 133.

After Ji Hanxing is rescued, Yan Jinyue finally explains his mind reading. Ji Hanxing, initially mortified by the exposure of his private thoughts, then tells him about his previous life, transmigration, System 004, and his mission 135.

Star-Moon Amusement Park

Ji Hanxing surprises Yan Jinyue with a private visit to the amusement park he built, shares his past and childhood dream, and cooks his signature egg fried rice. He proposes using a star lamp containing a ring, and Yan Jinyue accepts. The park is named Star-Moon Amusement Park, accompanied by their matching star-and-moon rings 136.

Relationships

• Ji Hanxing — Fiancé. Their relationship develops from a drugged encounter and mutual suspicion into friendship, courtship, and engagement 1 3 38 108 136.
• Fu Fangxi — Special assistant. Handles investigations and obtains the romance novels Yan Jinyue reads to understand Ji Hanxing’s behavior 4 38 93.
• Jiang Yuzhuo — Junior schoolmate and business associate who calls him “Brother Yan.” Depends heavily on his support in managing Grand Prosperity and opposing Jiang Yujing 6 7 14 33.
• Si Mu — Former overseas housemate and doctor. Treats Ji Hanxing’s gastroenteritis and teases Yan Jinyue about his unusually devoted care 51.
• Madam Xie — Mother. Warmly welcomes Ji Hanxing and rebukes Yan Mingshan for attacking their relationship 107 111 113.
• Old Master Yan — Grandfather. Supports Ji Hanxing and does not reverse Yan Jinyue’s dismissal of Li Ximing despite family complaints 7 111.
• Yan Mingshan and Li Ximing — Paternal aunt and uncle by marriage. Their relationship with Yan Jinyue deteriorates after he fires Li Ximing for corruption; Yan Mingshan also objects to his male partner 112 113.
• Xie Baotan — Younger cousin. Calls on Yan Jinyue to act as his guardian after a fight over Jiang Qianling 48.
• Ye Zuixi — Ally whose motives he scrutinizes before cooperating in the final operation 74 132.
• Ye Chongyun — Dangerous opponent. Yan Jinyue warns Ji Hanxing about his concealed violent history and opposes his proposed Ye–Ji marriage alliance 60 117.
• Ruan Xin — Technician and former beneficiary of the Yan Group’s charity. Her equipment contributes to Ji Hanxing’s rescue; Yan Jinyue thanks her and offers her an open door at the Yan Group 133 135.
• Old Master Ji — Ji Hanxing’s grandfather. Initially receives him coolly but becomes approving after his thoughtful portrait gift 125 126.

Equipment / Items

• Purple jadeite — His contribution to the charity auction, purchased by Ji Hanxing for five hundred million 33.
• Domineering CEO romance novels — Obtained through Fu Fangxi and read overnight to understand Ji Hanxing’s persona; later inspire Butler He’s staged welcome 93 111.
• Matching star-and-moon rings — Revealed during Ji Hanxing’s proposal at Star-Moon Amusement Park 136.

Notable Quotes

“Don't worry. I'll stay with you, always by your side.” 85

“I know there are things you can't talk about.”
“I'll wait for you.” 86

“No. It's your own business, so you make the decisions.”
“Whatever you want to do, just go ahead.” 133

Trivia

• Ji Hanxing initially assumes they are both 184 cm tall; Yan Jinyue later corrects him to 186 cm 10 58.
• He dislikes greasy fumes and strong spicy smells, but takes Ji Hanxing to hot pot despite not normally choosing it for himself 51.
• He has a private hot spring prepared with the scent of a cologne Ji Hanxing likes 102.
• The Yan Group supports more than a dozen orphanages. Yan Jinyue initially regards its extensive charitable work as reputation-building, but becomes personally grateful for it when Ruan Xin helps save Ji Hanxing 135.