Jiang Ci

Biodata

Background / History

Jiang Ci inherited the Jiang Group after her father, Jiang Wei, died of illness five years before her rebirth. His friend and professional manager, Lin Jiahao, managed the company until she could take over after graduation. Although raised in wealth, she was regarded by Lin as sensible, capable, and neither spoiled nor reckless 1.

Her relationship with her mother, Wen Qianyue, deteriorated under years of strict academic expectations. Jiang Wei had mediated their arguments while alive; after his death, mother and daughter became increasingly estranged. Wen Qianyue’s remarriage to Si Jianhua left Jiang Ci feeling abandoned. She refused to move into her stepfather’s home and eventually left the family’s suburban villa for a smaller apartment, where she felt safer living alone 1 3.

In her first life, Jiang Ci survived three years of natural disasters without adequate food or clothing. By the time she wanted to reconcile with her mother and stepfather, both were already gone. Shortly before her death, blood from her injuries soaked into an ancestral jade pendant and unlocked a portable space. She was subsequently sacrificed by the Church of the God of Nature, then returned to life six months before the disasters with her memories and an upgraded version of the space 1 2 4 40.

Appearance

Jiang Ci’s delicate appearance frequently causes others to underestimate her fighting ability 6 23.

• Height: 170 cm 23.
• Build: Slim, with a small frame 23.
• Complexion and features: Fair-skinned, with delicate, beautiful features 13 23.
• Combat attire: Wears black clothing, a baseball cap, and night-vision goggles when preparing to snipe from the rooftop 39.

Personality

Jiang Ci is methodical about survival. She draws up purchasing lists, checks receipts against an inventory notebook, trains regularly, and organizes supplies by category. Her previous life leaves her highly alert: even after rebirth, she cannot readily return to sleeping late or treating safety as guaranteed 1 3 14.

Her second chance changes how she treats her family. Instead of arguing with her mother or rejecting her stepfather, she makes an effort to accept their affection and protect them. Her generosity remains selective: she helps close friends, but conceals her resources from outsiders and recognizes that visible comfort can invite robbery 4 24 37 45.

Despite her gentle manner, Jiang Ci is ruthless toward people who threaten her household. She can maintain a friendly smile while intimidating enemies and kills without hesitation when she decides it is necessary. She remembers being terrified after her first killing, but explains privately that surviving required her to overcome that fear 27 34 35.

She also enjoys food, gossip, and teasing Si Beichen. Her interest in other residents’ drama sometimes draws her toward danger rather than away from it. In romance, she distinguishes physical attraction from love and prefers affection that develops steadily over time 19 26 39 42.

Abilities & Skills

Portable Space

An ancestral jade pendant unlocks Jiang Ci’s portable space shortly before her first death. After rebirth, it contains a house and a vast storage area described as extending indefinitely in one direction 1 2 15.

• Stores and retrieves supplies discreetly, often pretending to place them in or take them from ordinary bags 2 27.
• Uses the interior as a furnished refuge, shooting range, and place to shower 8 10 14 41.
• Gradually allows her family to recognize her ability without giving outsiders an explanation 23 26 42.
• Deliberately shows Si Beichen trees disappearing so he can help gather wood and understand her storage ability 42.

Previous-Life Knowledge

Jiang Ci remembers the broad sequence of disasters and the organization responsible for her death 1 40 45 46.

• Prepares six months before the initial disaster and gathers supplies for extreme heat, cold, and flooding 1 14 45.
• Anticipates the typhoon’s escalation and rejects the basement garage as shelter because torrential rain will flood it 46.
• Recognizes the Church of the God of Nature from its recruitment card 40.
• Limit: Her recollection is not a precise timetable. She remembers that the extreme heat ended around March, but not the exact day 45.

Martial Arts & Close-Quarters Combat

Jiang Ci holds a ninth-degree black belt in taekwondo, despite her outwardly gentle appearance 23.

• Uses fast footwork, flying kicks, disarming kicks, and a stun baton against a group of armed roadside attackers 41.
• Combines a smoke grenade with close-range strikes to incapacitate the remaining attackers 41.
• Continues self-defense training with Si Beichen and her parents 42 45.
• Recognizes Si Beichen’s greater professional combat experience and continues learning from him 35.

Firearms

Jiang Ci develops her shooting through regular practice at a range inside her space 14.

• Uses a suppressed handgun to kill Tian Jiakai and Yuan Jiaojiao 27.
• Arms Si Beichen and coordinates their response to nine armed intruders 34.
• Makes rooftop sniper shots during a violent confrontation outside the residential complex; Si Beichen explicitly praises her shooting 39.

Education & Practical Skills

• Academic training: Studies business administration and computer science 4.
• Arts: Continues practicing dance and calligraphy 4.
• Planning and procurement: Coordinates restaurant contracts, warehouse deliveries, vehicle modifications, and wholesale purchases across several provinces 2 5 10 14.
• Bluffing: Becomes skilled at the card game Bluff through frequent games with Wu Ya and Jiang Chengrong 17.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

Shelter & Transport

• Ancestral jade pendant — The item that originally unlocks her portable space 1.
• Fortified apartment — Fitted with bulletproof glass and a heavy-duty security door; becomes the family’s shared refuge 6 19 20.
• Modified vehicles — An RV with dual slide-outs, a Hummer, a helicopter, and a small yacht, commissioned for RMB 100 million 5 6 14.
• BMW Mini — Her personal car; later stored in the space alongside Si Beichen’s Land Rover Defender before the floods 1 45.
• Survival capsule — A RMB 200 million capsule described as waterproof, fireproof, earthquake-resistant, and pressure-resistant 15.

Weapons & Protective Gear

• Firearms and explosives — Handguns, M200 and Barrett M82A1 sniper rifles, AK-47s, M249 and M134 machine guns, rocket launchers, grenades, and extensive ammunition 13.
• Close-combat equipment — Military bayonets, tactical knives, Nepalese military knives, and a stun baton 13 41.
• Support equipment — Suppressors, smoke grenades, and night-vision goggles 27 34 39.
• Protective clothing — Bulletproof vests, stab-resistant clothing, gas masks, radiation-protection suits, and temperature-regulating and cold-weather clothing 13.

Survival Stockpiles

• Food and water — Bulk grains, meat, seafood, produce, bottled water, restaurant meals, and 400,000 self-heating hot pots 2 7 10 14.
• Medicine — Large quantities of common medicines, vaccines, insulin, disinfectants, and medical dressings 6 7 10.
• Power and climate control — Fuel, generators, batteries, cooling equipment, heaters, charcoal, and firewood 13 14 15 40.
• Information and communications — Walkie-talkies, radios, electronics, offline maps, wilderness survival guides, and downloaded entertainment 14.
• Seeds — Purchases many varieties with the intention of donating them anonymously if civilization recovers 6.

Relationships

• Jiang Wei — Father, deceased. Left her the Jiang Group and arranged for Lin Jiahao to manage it until she could assume control 1.
• Wen Qianyue — Mother. Their formerly hostile relationship improves after Jiang Ci’s rebirth; Jiang Ci comes to recognize the affection behind her stern behavior 3 4 26.
• Si Jianhua — Stepfather, whom she calls “Dad Si.” Treats her as his own daughter, gives her spending money, and supports her right to defend herself 4 7 23.
• Si Beichen — Stepbrother, combat partner, and later boyfriend; they are not blood-related. Gives her RMB 200 million for preparations, protects her secret, and becomes her first romantic partner. Both parents approve of their relationship 8 14 24 42 49 50.
• Lin Jiahao — Her father’s longtime friend and the Jiang Group’s professional manager. Trusts her decision to sell the company and helps arrange the transaction 1.
• Wu Ya — Her only close friend, a former high-school deskmate and university classmate. Jiang Ci supports her through a pregnancy decision and brings recovery supplies after her abortion 5 31 37.
• Jiang Chengrong — Class monitor and Wu Ya’s boyfriend. Jiang Ci supports the couple without making their pregnancy decision for them and helps escort them home safely 31 33.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notable Quotes

“My guess is that they don’t regret it at all. Of course, it takes a villain to deal with villains.”
“A villain like me, for instance.”
— Confronting Tian Jiakai and Yuan Jiaojiao 27

Trivia

• Jiang Ci and Si Beichen both use C as their username: hers comes from “Ci,” while his comes from “Chen” 7.
• Si Beichen privately considers calling her “Jiang Doraemon Ci” after discovering that her equipment includes sniper rifles 39.
• She and Si Beichen deliberately wear repeatedly used, dirty clothes outside to conceal how comfortably their household lives and how much water they possess 45.