Yun Xi

Biodata

Background / History

Yun Xi grew up in a relatively poor household. As a child, he helped his parents with chores and looked after his younger sister, gaining practical experience with tasks such as cleaning fish 86.

He placed third in a talent competition and debuted under Fenghua Entertainment. The company secured the reality show’s sole tour-guide position and assigned it to him, hoping a promising newcomer would deliver a substantial return on a small investment. Yun Xi had a separate ambition: marrying into a wealthy family 13.

His original target was Leng Yifan, but Pei Yanchuan’s arrival changed his plans. Yun Xi considered Pei the better prospect because he possessed wealth and actual decision-making power, unlike a young master still answerable to his father 16.

Personality

Yun Xi is ambitious, image-conscious, and fond of money, but his attempts to appear polished frequently become comedy. Early in filming, he tries to display his best angle while unknowingly grinning and drooling on camera. His conspicuously sweet manner earns him the affectionate but mocking nickname “little fake-sweetheart baby” 16 29.

His concern for money extends beyond wanting a wealthy partner. He struggles to surrender payment for an overpriced soda, welcomes an exhausting work schedule because his earnings increase, and becomes immediately enthusiastic when a treasure hunt offers real gold. During fruit sales, receiving his first payment transforms his nervousness into energetic salesmanship 20 58 139 146.

Although outgoing, Yun Xi becomes genuinely shy around Jiang Xiubai, whose appearance is exactly his type. Their teasing also brings out his temper: after chasing Jiang with a broom, he instantly returns to a sweet camera-facing persona and insists it was only acting 48 117.

He recovers quickly from discouragement. During archery practice, repeated failures leave him crouching miserably on the grass, but he springs up to try again before Jiang Xiubai can finish comforting him 229.

Abilities & Skills

Dance and Performance Training

Yun Xi has years of dance training and continues taking performance classes after his career gains momentum 16 58.

• Uses his balance to avoid falling when Xu Wang abruptly moves away from him 16.
• Takes rotating vocal, dance, acting, and fitness classes once his agency begins investing more heavily in him 58.
• Can switch rapidly between open irritation and a sweet on-camera delivery 117.

Household Skills and Quick Reactions

His childhood responsibilities give him practical skills that contrast with his frequent mishaps during show games 86 136.

• Cleans fish confidently while Jiang Xiubai watches 86.
• Extinguishes a pan fire by turning off the gas and covering the pan with a lid 136.
• Warns the others not to uncover the pan immediately because the oil could reignite 136.

Bargaining and Sales

Yun Xi is comfortable negotiating prices and becomes an effective seller once he overcomes his initial hesitation 114 137 139.

• Bargains bell peppers down from ten yuan to seven yuan per jin 114.
• Handles customers and payments so quickly at the fruit stall that Jiang Xiubai struggles to keep up with weighing 139.
• Sells out their fruit after initially being nervous enough to nearly quote the wrong price 139.

Gaming

Yun Xi enthusiastically plays mobile games, but his confidence exceeds his demonstrated skill 42.

• Offers to carry Xu Wang, only to be repeatedly eliminated while Xu Wang records ten kills 42.
• Previously sought help from a skilled online player through his Grumpy Kitty Head account 144.
• Enjoys winning streaks with Xu Wang and posts a screenshot of his victories to Moments 110.

Other Activities

• Art: Won second prize in a school art competition, but struggles with both cooking syrup and making recognizable sugar paintings 189 190 192.
• Archery: Repeatedly drops arrows or shoots them into the ground during practice; no successful target hit is documented in that session 229.

Relationships

• Jiang Xiubai — On-show partner and developing romantic interest. Yun Xi is genuinely attracted to him, though their interactions alternate between shyness, teasing, and arguments. Their earlier gaming connection resurfaces during filming, and Jiang later catches Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan’s wedding bouquet for him 48 89 144 258.
• Xu Wang — Initially a romantic rival, later a gaming companion and confidant. Yun Xi shares sensitive information and gossip with him, asks for advice about Jiang Xiubai, and privately objects when he thinks Xu Wang has been treated unfairly in a performance contest 13 39 103 143 144.
• Pei Yanchuan — An early wealthy-marriage target whom Yun Xi soon decides he should never have pursued. He seeks Pei’s protection from Zheng Weiguang and Qu Rou but remains wary of his possessiveness toward Xu Wang 16 39 40 143.
• Zheng Weiguang and Qu Rou — Industry seniors who each privately proposed keeping him as a lover. Yun Xi rejected them; when they later offered hush money, he disclosed their conduct to Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan 37 39.
• Zhong Ran — Fellow guest and a source of information Yun Xi passes to Xu Wang. Yun Xi reports that Zhong Ran spread the rumor that Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan were forced to marry 103.
• Dian Dian — Child participant alongside Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai in the parenting-show extras. Dian Dian calls him “Uncle Yun” and asks to be picked up; Yun Xi also admires the caterpillar Dian Dian brings back 272 282.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Filming and Public Recognition

• Awkward introduction: Pei Yanchuan ignores Yun Xi’s offered handshake. Xu Wang takes his hand instead and deliberately applies a painful grip after recognizing his veiled provocations 13.
• Tour-guide troubles: Despite being hired as part of the show’s staff, Yun Xi is carried away during a missing-partners challenge. He protests that, unlike the couples, he has nobody to rescue him 25.
• Unexpected fan response: After the first filming period, spectators greet him with teasing chants rather than the indifference he expects as a newcomer 29.
• Green-hair incident: A glitter mishap gives his hair a glowing green appearance. “Yun Xi went green” becomes a trending topic and produces his first meme 36.

Hush-Money Disclosure

• Zheng Weiguang and Qu Rou’s arrival makes Yun Xi visibly nervous, and he asks his manager whether he can stop filming the episode 37 39.
• Hoping the Pei Corporation’s influence will protect him, he tells Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan about the couple’s propositions and hush money 39.
• He refuses to reclaim the two bank cards, calling them illicit funds and evidence. Pei Yanchuan subsequently plans to gather evidence and remove the pair 40.

Career Breakthrough

• By the yacht filming trip, Yun Xi has gained several endorsements. His agency fills his schedule with lessons, leaving him only a few hours of sleep a night and causing him to lose nearly fifteen jin in a month 58.
• Xu Wang later observes that Yun Xi has risen from obscurity to third-tier celebrity status. This differs from the original novel, where he was less popular and exited midway as minor cannon fodder 103.
• Yun Xi says his work is finally improving and that he has earned more that year than in the previous three years combined 144.

Castle Murder-Mystery Game

• Yun Xi initially plays a subordinate to Jiang Xiubai’s regimental commander 78.
• Photographs reveal that his game character is the old duke’s biological son. A cross over “Father” on one photograph raises suspicions of an abandonment-and-revenge motive 79.
• A lawyer’s call confirms that the duke intended Yun Xi to be his final heir. The scenario also establishes that the duke planned to disinherit Xu Wang and arrange a marriage alliance between Yun Xi and Pei Yanchuan 81.

Developing Romance with Jiang Xiubai

• Yun Xi initially says he has never dated because he has not met the right person, despite his practiced flirtatious manner 50.
• He discovers that Jiang Xiubai’s gaming account is already on his friend list. He then admits to Xu Wang that he had left an old gaming connection unresolved: after two years had passed, answering felt too awkward, so he pretended not to have seen the messages 143 144.
• Their mutual nervousness becomes increasingly visible through a private-cinema outing, a masked reunion, and grass sledding. During the sled ride, Jiang’s reassurance helps Yun Xi relax; afterward, both blush 171 209 241.
• Jiang discreetly asks about Yun Xi’s expectations for a future proposal. Yun Xi answers that anyone who reaches that stage with him must be a good person whom he truly likes 254.
• At Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan’s wedding, Jiang catches the bouquet and gives it to a blushing Yun Xi 258.

Parenting-Show Extras

• Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai continue their familiar bickering while participating alongside Dian Dian 281 282.
• At an ice-cream truck, Yun Xi becomes visibly excited by rumors of treasure containing Fairytale Coins and gold bars. Jiang mistakes his flushed expression for admiration 291.

Trivia

• Yun Xi has feared dogs since being bitten three times in childhood, each time by a very small dog 148.
• During a composure challenge, his affectionate “Brother,” combined with hugging and shaking Jiang Xiubai’s arm, raises Jiang’s heart rate to 125—above the challenge’s threshold 200.
• He and Jiang Xiubai earn 1,000 yuan in travel funds when fans specifically request ten sugar paintings that look like nothing recognizable 192.

Notable Quotes

“I'm the tour guide you hired! I'm on your team! Why should we turn on our own?” 25

“With other people, I'm just faking it and playing along. With him, I'm genuinely shy.” 48

“That was all acting just now. That's not what I'm really like.” 117