Yan Yi

Biodata

Background / History

Yan Yi comes from a wealthy family with connections to both entertainment and business. His mother, Ji Wan, won Best Actress three consecutive times before retiring to focus on her family. His father heads Yan Corporation Technology. His mother signed him up for the dating show and later actively helped him find opportunities to stay with Shen Ting 17 99.

The Yan family lives next door to the Shen family. Yan Yi reveals this to Shen Ting after their go-kart outing. His father knows Shen Ting’s father, Shen Chi, although the two had a competitive relationship over their grades as children 42 99.

Appearance

• Build: Broad shoulders, a narrow waist, long legs, and a muscular chest and abdomen 6 29 41.
• Face: Youthful-looking, with long, slender eyelashes 6 52.
• Hands: Well-defined, with long fingers 63.
• Voice: Described as magnetic 6.
• Notable clothing: A white shirt during an early appearance, matching floral shirts with Shen Ting, evil-dragon pajamas, and a sky-blue forehead band paired with Shen Ting’s 6 67 88 95.

Personality

Yan Yi shares Shen Ting’s taste for irreverent humor and coordinated mischief. He readily supplies the finishing insult when Shen Ting confronts someone, whether mocking Su Yu’s exaggerated injury or trading barbs with Pei Ming. Their compatibility extends to games: they rob horror-theater NPCs of their props, frighten other contestants, and deceive opponents together 6 11 13 50 51.

His aloofness toward unwanted attention contrasts sharply with his affectionate behavior around Shen Ting. He ignores Su Yu’s romantic message, rejects his request for gaming help, and dismisses Ye Qi’s flirtation. With Shen Ting, he smiles openly, seeks praise, offers physical affection, and enjoys teasing him 18 29 31 64 84 116.

Yan Yi is also a calculated charmer. He adopts a pitiful or especially polite manner to secure invitations into the Shen household, praises Mother Shen’s cooking, and wins over Father Shen with carefully timed modesty. Shen Ting recognizes this behavior and calls him “Yan Cha-Cha,” while Shen Rui regards him as a “scheming nice guy” 74 75 101 104 110.

Abilities & Skills

Physical Strength and Agility

Yan Yi repeatedly demonstrates the strength to lift and carry other adults.

• Carries Shen Ting through the horror theater and later catches him during a chase through the third floor 12 113.
• Seats Shen Ting on his shoulder and restrains his legs while carrying him away 76 113.
• Supports an adult with one arm, vaults a railing, and climbs stairs during the vampire game 51.
• Launches Shen Ting upward from his hands for an aerial volleyball strike 64.

Gaming

Yan Yi is substantially more skilled at the mobile game than Shen Ting.

• Shows a match history supporting his claim that he has not lost in a week, then helps Shen Ting win 18.
• Plays on Shen Ting’s behalf during the camping trip and records ten consecutive victories 84.

Sports and Vehicle Handling

• Go-karting: Avoids Si Chen’s attempted collision by slowing at the final turn, causing Si Chen to crash while Yan Yi wins 42.
• Horse riding: Controls a black horse described as difficult-looking but docile under his handling 85.
• Skiing: Overtakes a professional while performing tricks, despite identifying himself as a nonprofessional 116.
• Skiing with a passenger: Carries Shen Ting downhill and later overtakes Shen Rui and Su Weiwang with Shen Ting clinging to him 116 118.

Observation and Game Strategy

• Recognizes Shen Ting’s hide-and-seek disguise by his shoes, deliberately leaves him undiscovered, and redirects fellow seeker Meng Yun away from him 34.
• Allows himself to be captured in the vampire game after learning the NPCs will take him to Shen Ting 49.
• Helps Shen Ting stage a frightening vampire shadow and later tricks Bai Yuanyuan about their alliance 50 54.
• Identifies Shen Ting among identically dressed men during the final-day challenge 121.

Verbal Sparring and Persuasion

• Matches Shen Ting’s insults and frequently delivers a concise follow-up at their opponents’ expense 35 51 71 76.
• Uses flattery and feigned helplessness to overcome Shen Rui’s attempts to keep him apart from Shen Ting 75 101.
• Works with Father Shen on plans for retaliation; Father Shen praises his ideas and potential 110.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Watch and cash-lined belt — Conceals 500 yuan in his watchband and additional banknotes inside his belt. He insists the money is ordinary spending money rather than a partner’s “secret stash” 56.
• Pink diamond — Wins it through Shen Ting’s online giveaway, reminds him to bring it to filming, and receives it during their beach outing 42 57.
• Solid-gold Pixiu — Keeps a large gold Pixiu in his room and uses a photograph of it to invite the gold-loving Shen Ting over 75.
• Matching accessories — Buys matching conch shells with Shen Ting and later wears one of their paired sky-blue forehead bands 57 95.
• Request Cards — Wins a card with Shen Ting early in filming; later uses cards to secure permanent pairing with him and participate in planning his proposal 17 78 119.

Relationships

• Shen Ting — Banter partner, teammate, boyfriend, and eventual fiancé. Yan Yi confesses directly, publicly acknowledges their relationship, and proposes during the show’s finale 6 77 121.
• Ji Wan / Mrs. Yan — His mother. She teases him about his concern for Shen Ting, signs him up for the show, and clears the household staff out so he can plausibly accept an invitation next door 46 99.
• Mr. Yan — His father and the head of Yan Corporation Technology. Initially assumes his son is pursuing someone employed by the Shen family rather than one of its sons 17 99.
• Shen Rui — Shen Ting’s protective older brother and Yan Yi’s recurring comic rival. Yan Yi calls him “Big Brother” and repeatedly finds ways around his interference 68 71 75 101.
• Mother Shen — Welcomes him into the household and appreciates his care for Shen Ting. Yan Yi cultivates her goodwill through attentive behavior and praise for her cooking 73 75 101 120.
• Father Shen — Won over by Yan Yi’s praise and later impressed by his ideas during their joint planning 75 110.
• Su Yu — An unwanted pursuer. After learning about Yan Yi’s family, Su Yu plans to promote a pairing with him, but Yan Yi rejects or ignores his approaches 17 18 23 31.
• Si Chen — Antagonistic fellow contestant. After Si Chen stakes Yan Yi’s continued participation on a go-kart race, Yan Yi wins and makes him call him “Second Dad” 41 42.
• Wen Nuannuan — An early rival for Shen Ting’s attention. Yan Yi physically blocks her advances and moves her aside when she sits between them 33 39 55.
• Pei Ming and Xia Qing — Meets them at the airport with Shen Ting to discuss shared concerns, describing them as potential allies because “the enemy of our enemy is our friend” 108.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Partnership

Courtship and Official Relationship

Family Integration and Finale

Notable Quotes

“He clearly pooped himself too. You’re not being precise.” 6

“This isn’t defecting. I’m returning to where I belong.” 49

“Last time, I went as your friend. This time, I’m going as your boyfriend.” 99