Lu Yichen

Biodata

Background / History

Entry into the Lu Family

Originally named Wang Chen, Lu Yichen was the child of Zhou Fenglan and her former lover, Wang Yong. Zhou concealed her position as Lu Wenshan’s wife from Wang Yong, claiming that she worked as a nanny for a wealthy family. She promised to arrange their son’s adoption into that household and send Wang Yong money every month 116 119.

Publicly, the Lu family adopted Lu Yichen to ease their grief over their missing youngest son, Lu Xingchen. In reality, Zhou Fenglan was bringing her own child into the family. Lu Yichen received the parents’ affection and the devotion of the three older brothers, while the recovered Lu Xingchen was treated worse than the household servants 1 5 116.

Lu Yichen was born one day after Lu Xingchen, despite the family repeatedly using his supposed youth to excuse or protect him 6.

Role in the Original Novel

In The Happy Life of Everyone’s Darling, Lu Jiaojiao, Lu Yichen is the favored male lead. His influence over the Lu family helps turn the original Lu Xingchen into a universally disliked, expendable character. Huo Chuyun rejects Lu Yichen’s advances, after which Lu Yichen becomes involved with Huo Junchi 1.

Huo Chuyun’s position as heir makes him an obstacle to the couple. In the original storyline, he eventually kills those who harmed him and burns himself to death. The author subsequently resurrects Lu Yichen and the others, allowing Lu Yichen and Huo Junchi a happy ending. Huo Chuyun later confirms that he witnessed their return after his own death 2 30.

Drugging Lu Xingchen

Lu Yichen arranges for the original Lu Xingchen to be drugged and delivered to President Fei. The person administering the drug independently adds rat poison because he likes Lu Yichen and hates Lu Xingchen. The poisoning kills the original owner of the body, allowing the transmigrated Lu Xingchen to take his place 1.

Lu Yichen also obstructs Lu Xingchen’s entertainment career behind the scenes. A week before the transmigration, both Lu Xingchen and Wang Pengfei are dismissed without compensation 9.

Confrontation at the Lu Residence

When Lu Xingchen returns home, he finds Lu Yichen and Lu Yihao abusing Xiao Huang and Tofu. Lu Yichen claims that the animals dirtied his room and asks Lu Yize to lock Lu Xingchen up for a month. Lu Xingchen challenges his account: the animals had been confined to his own first-floor room, while Lu Yichen lived on the third floor 4 5.

The confrontation ends with Lu Yichen vomiting after Lu Xingchen thrusts an excrement-smeared stick at his mouth. When Lu Yize later prevents Lu Xingchen from leaving, Lu Yichen challenges him to use his chainsaw. Lu Xingchen chases him and stops the blade only ten centimeters away. Lu Yichen faints, and Zhou Fenglan pays fifty million yuan to secure his safety 5 7 8.

Variety-Show Appearances

Marriage to Huo Junchi

Huo Junchi demands the Huo family engagement, and Lu Xingchen encourages Huo Chuyun to surrender it. Lu Yichen subsequently presents Huo Junchi as the Huo family’s crown prince, unaware that Huo Chuyun is the real person in charge of Huo Corporation 29 46 47.

At Nightfall Bar, Lu Yichen uses this supposed connection to support Gu Lingchuan’s demand for Lu Xingchen’s rare Lykan. He tells Lu Xingchen to hand over the car and offers to help him regain the Lu family’s favor. The confrontation collapses when Gu Lingchuan is ordered to apologize to Lu Xingchen instead 45 46 47 48.

The families set the engagement ceremony for the fifteenth of the following month. Their negotiations are driven by financial expectations: the Lu family wants access to the Country A project, while the Huo side seeks the benefits of an alliance with the Lu family. Lu Xingchen tampers with their phones and the Lu Corporation’s systems to prevent Lu Yichen and Huo Junchi from discovering the truth about each other before marrying 69 73 81.

By the time the deception is exposed, the pair have registered their marriage. Zhou Fenglan privately confronts Zhou Fenghe over allowing them to marry despite being cousins 99.

Factory Confrontation and Retaliation

At the abandoned factory, Lu Yichen blames Lu Xingchen for his failed expectations: he resents not being the Lu family’s youngest son, not receiving Grandpa Lu’s shares, and not being partnered with Huo Corporation’s actual president. He lunges at Lu Xingchen, who fires a shot that grazes his cheek 93.

Afterward, Lu Yichen arranges the public exposure of Lu Xingchen and Huo Chuyun’s relationship. The accompanying alleged chat logs accuse Lu Xingchen of cheating, prompting online abuse from paid trolls. At home, Lu Yichen also rejects Huo Junchi and Huo Zhiyuan when they seek shelter with the Lu family 99.

Parentage Exposed

At a later Lu family banquet, Lu Yichen and Lu Yihao demand that Lu Xingchen persuade Huo Chuyun to help Lu Corporation. When Lu Xingchen raises the possibility that Lu Yichen is Zhou Fenglan’s biological son, Lu Yichen becomes visibly uneasy. He then attempts to push Lu Xingchen from a balcony, but Lu Xingchen dodges and sends him into the swimming pool instead 115.

Wang Yong appears beside the pool, identifies Lu Yichen as his son, and exposes Zhou Fenglan’s deception. Lu Yichen refuses to acknowledge him, insisting that years of calling Lu Wenshan “Dad” matter more than blood. Wang Yong instead demands money for his gambling debts 116.

Lu Wenshan’s remaining affection disappears once Lu Yichen becomes visible proof of Zhou Fenglan’s affair. When Wang Yong grabs Lu Yichen, neither Zhou Fenglan nor the older brothers intervenes successfully: Lu Yihao starts forward but stops at Lu Wenshan’s order. Lu Yize eventually has Wang Yong paid to leave 117.

Appearance

• Face: Fair and delicate, with round, almond-shaped eyes; his tearful expressions are also described as rabbitlike 4 5 7.
• Makeup: Wears blush and carefully applied makeup, including during the family’s engagement discussions 4 69.
• Family resemblance: Closely resembles Zhou Fenglan, a similarity Lu Xingchen points out shortly before the parentage revelation 115.
• Injury: Receives a bullet graze to his cheek at the factory and later wears a bandage over it 93 99.

Personality

Lu Yichen cultivates a sweet, obedient, easily hurt image around his family. He uses tears and accusations to secure their support: after Lu Yize briefly doubts his account of the pets, Lu Yichen questions whether their years together mean anything, receives an apology, and immediately brightens at the promise of a limited-edition bag 5 7.

His behavior toward Lu Xingchen is controlling and vindictive. He expects Lu Xingchen to obey him, absorb danger on his behalf, and accept punishment from the family. When his own ambitions fail, he blames Lu Xingchen rather than the relatives who deceived him 14 15 93.

Lu Yichen places considerable importance on family status, inheritance, and his anticipated marriage to the Huo heir. His confidence repeatedly gives way to panic when those protections fail, most notably during the chainsaw confrontation and the exposure of his biological father 7 8 46 116 117.

Relationships

• Lu Xingchen — Adoptive brother and principal rival. Lu Yichen resents his return, sabotages his career, and arranges the drugging that precedes the original Lu Xingchen’s death 1 9.
• Zhou Fenglan — Biological mother, initially presented as his adoptive mother. She engineers his entry into the Lu family but does not protect him from Wang Yong once exposure threatens her own position 116 117.
• Wang Yong — Biological father. Lu Yichen denies their relationship when Wang Yong publicly identifies him and demands money for gambling debts 116.
• Lu Wenshan — Adoptive father. Initially indulges him, but withdraws his affection after learning he is Zhou Fenglan’s child by another man 69 117.
• Lu Yize — Eldest maternal half-brother. Gives him gifts, accepts his complaints, and protects his favored position; ultimately prioritizes Lu Wenshan’s authority over helping him 7 117.
• Lu Yixuan — Second maternal half-brother. Sends him weekly gifts from Country A and attempts to thank Lu Xingchen after their rescue in the gender-reversed town 54 58 116.
• Lu Yihao — Third maternal half-brother and frequent defender. Helps him target Lu Xingchen’s pets and shields him during later disputes, but obeys Lu Wenshan when ordered not to intervene at the banquet 4 115 117.
• Huo Junchi — Husband and biological cousin. Their marriage proceeds under false assumptions about the wealth and influence each family can provide 93 99.
• Huo Chuyun — Original romantic target, who rejects his advances in the source novel. In the altered storyline, Huo Chuyun arranges for Wang Yong to be found, enabling the public exposure of Lu Yichen’s parentage 1 117.
• Jiang Haoran — Admirer who follows him onto Run Faster and defends him during the Nightfall Bar confrontation 45 46.