Li Weizhou

Biodata

Background

Li Weizhou was a hugely popular, award-winning actor before his scandals. He and Zhuang Luo fell in love two years before the opening events but initially concealed their relationship because both careers were on the rise 1 2.

The original Xu Su fell in love with Li Weizhou at first sight during a variety show a year before the opening. He repeatedly confessed his feelings, spent his savings, and borrowed another fifty million to purchase a priceless blue heart-shaped diamond for him. Li Weizhou accepted the diamond without reciprocating, requiring Xu Su to keep the acceptance secret. He subsequently announced his relationship with Zhuang Luo and publicly distanced himself from Xu Su 1 7.

Zhuang Luo had privately encouraged Xu Su’s pursuit despite already being Li Weizhou’s partner. He used the situation to act jealous and obtain reassurance from Li Weizhou, making Xu Su an unwitting participant in their relationship 2.

Personality

Li Weizhou is highly conscious of status, reputation, and professional consequences. During a game, he hesitates over a potentially unpopular move partly because Huo Yuchen is among the other contestants. He also restrains his hostility toward Yu Le, whom he privately considers incompetent, because he needs Microstar Entertainment’s support 10 37.

His treatment of Xu Su combines entitlement with self-serving interpretations of Xu Su’s behavior. He accepts expensive gifts while rejecting the feelings behind them, then initially assumes Xu Su’s hostility is the result of unrequited love. His apology after the scandal still centers on the claim that Xu Su should not destroy someone merely because he cannot have him 7 10 22 27.

His renewed interest is not presented as purely calculated. Watching Xu Su’s easy intimacy with Huo Yuchen makes him regret having ignored Xu Su’s affection. Nevertheless, mounting financial liabilities later motivate his deliberate attempt to revive Xu Su’s former devotion 32 67.

Li Weizhou is initially tender and protective toward Zhuang Luo, defending him and responding to his apparent distress. Their deteriorating relationship exposes a colder side: he dismisses Zhuang Luo’s anger over his attention to Xu Su and eventually prioritizes his own plans over comforting his injured partner 5 35 71 88. After the affair becomes public, his anger escalates into assault and, later, an armed confrontation 95 96 105.

Abilities & Skills

Acting and Public Presentation

• Award-winning acting career: Wins the Shenma Award for Best Actor and secures an international film contract before his reputation collapses 1 45.
• Variety-show experience: Delivers practiced introductions and maintains a composed onscreen manner under hostile questioning 51.
• Image rehabilitation: Publicly bows and accepts criticism during See You Beyond the Rainbow. Some viewers respond sympathetically; the narration identifies the appearance as part of a carefully crafted rehabilitation plan 51 52.

Cooking

• Zhuang Luo praises his cooking, and the two are assigned to prepare the guests’ dinner after losing a word-chain game 5 6.

Relationships

• Xu Su — Former admirer whom Li Weizhou rejected while accepting his gifts. After Xu Su stops pursuing him, Li Weizhou attempts apologies, food offerings, and reminders of their past; Xu Su consistently rejects these approaches 1 7 27 34 67.
• Zhuang Luo — Long-term boyfriend. Their concealed romance becomes a public scandal, and their relationship deteriorates over money, Li Weizhou’s renewed attention to Xu Su, and Zhuang Luo’s affair with Fang Han. Their final documented confrontation involves a knife 2 27 71 94 105.
• Huo Yuchen — Fellow guest who repeatedly blocks Li Weizhou’s attempts to approach Xu Su. Li Weizhou is wary of his influence, while Huo Yuchen openly challenges his motives 25 29 34 67.
• Yu Le — Boss and friend; Microstar Entertainment’s general manager. He attempts to manage Li Weizhou’s scandals, resists terminating his contract, secures his release on bail, and obtains Zhuang Luo’s location for him 37 104.
• Fang Han — Zhuang Luo’s affair partner. Li Weizhou becomes suspicious of their familiarity, then attacks Fang Han after learning the truth. A subsequent assault leaves Fang Han with two broken ribs and results in Li Weizhou’s arrest 61 94 95 96.
• Gu Xingfan — Fellow dating-show guest. Their mushroom-foraging attempt poisons both of them, leading to erratic behavior and a public spectacle 58 59 60.

Story Role / Major Arcs

*Return to a Simple Life*

Li Weizhou joins the lifestyle show as its fifth guest. He immediately encounters a Xu Su who no longer flatters him: when he challenges Xu Su’s answers during the opening game, Xu Su retaliates with insults, leaving him visibly unsettled 3 4.

• Protecting Zhuang Luo: Chooses a cave so Zhuang Luo can take the thatched hut, only for Lu Jing to claim it first. His later defense of Zhuang Luo draws him into a trending argument with Xu Su 5.
• Experience game: Opens with his Best Actor award. His later choice of riding a train is intended as an easy shared experience, but everyone except Xu Su has never done it, leaving only the two of them eligible for breakfast 7 10.
• Quiz dispute: Scores two points against Xu Su and Huo Yuchen’s eleven each, then alleges cheating without providing evidence 16.
• Fear of exposure: Warns Xu Su to mind the cameras when Xu Su begins hinting at his secret acceptance of the diamond 21 22.

Relationship Scandal and Financial Fallout

Xu Su reveals that Li Weizhou and Zhuang Luo had been together for two years while benefiting from false single personas. When Xu Su claims to possess recordings and footage, Li Weizhou grabs and smashes his phone. Their agency intervenes to suspend filming as the scandal spreads 24 25.

Xu Su demands the diamond’s return and ten million in compensation. The couple argues over both the alleged recording and the diamond before complying. Their managers subsequently find no recording or video on the phone Xu Su hands over 26.

Li Weizhou blames Zhuang Luo’s encouragement of Xu Su for the crisis. He then apologizes to Xu Su, tries to arrange a team pairing with him, and offers him chicken wings; none of these attempts repairs their relationship 27 29 34.

Following an anti-fan brawl, Yu Le asks Xu Su to take responsibility so Li Weizhou can avoid the consequences. Xu Su refuses, leaving Li Weizhou dependent on the agency’s crisis management 37.

*See You Beyond the Rainbow*

Li Weizhou enters the dating show with a public apology that briefly wins sympathy from some viewers. Zhuang Luo follows his example, attaching himself to Li Weizhou’s rehabilitation effort 51 52.

During the survival activities, Li Weizhou and Gu Xingfan collect poisonous mushrooms and are poisoned after getting spores on their hands and inhaling some. Li Weizhou hallucinates conversations with trees; their behavior later escalates into obscene arguments and attempts to run into a tree, requiring intervention from other participants and staff 58 59 60.

His efforts to recover Xu Su’s affection continue:

• Insists Xu Su should receive a sleeping bag because of his poor health 66.
• Recalls Xu Su waiting outside his set all night during the winter solstice until he developed a high fever. The reminder instead enrages Xu Su and his fans 67.
• Is challenged by Huo Yuchen over whether he wants Xu Su to resume fawning over him. The narration confirms that his financial crisis underlies this attempt 67.
• Openly praises Xu Su’s intelligence, prompting Zhuang Luo to confront him over his neglect 71.
• Tries unsuccessfully to persuade Xu Su to remain in Y City after filming 85.

Affair Exposure and Arrest

Li Weizhou initially tries to mediate the final conflict between Xu Su and Zhuang Luo. As evidence exposes Zhuang Luo’s actions, he becomes horrified and privately prepares to announce their breakup 89 90 92 93.

A slideshow then reveals Zhuang Luo’s affair with Fang Han. Li Weizhou attacks Fang Han after processing the evidence. Later, Fang Han provokes him by embracing Zhuang Luo, and Li Weizhou breaks two of his ribs. Fang Han’s family calls the police, and Li Weizhou is arrested 94 95 96.

Release on Bail and Knife Confrontation

After several days in custody, Li Weizhou returns to his Y City apartment on bail. Lawsuits, public condemnation, and the affair leave him close to breaking. He persuades Yu Le to locate Zhuang Luo and visits the following day 104.

Zhuang Luo initially mistakes the visit for an attempt at reconciliation. When Li Weizhou asks whether their ruined situation is what he wanted, Zhuang Luo blames Xu Su and accuses Li Weizhou of weakness and insufficient love. Li Weizhou laughs in despair, then pulls out a small knife and presses it against Zhuang Luo’s neck. Xu Su and other viewers witness the confrontation through a hacked livestream; its outcome is not established in the provided chapters 105.