Han Yi

Biodata

Background

Han Yi was raised by his mother alone from childhood. She describes him as a consistently good student who wins scholarships every year. He relies on scholarship money to help cover his living expenses and fears losing eligibility for awards through disciplinary action 46 47.

At University A, Han Yi repeatedly ranks behind Su Cimu in chemistry. Although they belong to the same department, they attend different classes and rarely interact outside the academic rankings. Fellow students recall that Han Yi won a third prize in a first-year chemistry competition, while Su Cimu took the grand prize 43 45.

The 10,000-yuan difference between first- and second-tier scholarships fuels his resentment. He believes Su Cimu’s wealth should disqualify him from competing for scholarship money, despite scholarships being awarded for academic achievement rather than financial need 43.

Personality

Han Yi is intensely competitive and resentful of Su Cimu’s combination of wealth and academic success. He interprets losing first place as being deliberately deprived of money he needs, and assumes that students defending Su Cimu are motivated by his wealth. His hostility is largely one-sided: when he first confronts Su Cimu, Su Cimu does not recognize him 43.

He persists in accusations without evidence, even after classmates defend Su Cimu’s ability and a teacher challenges his reasoning. After the university clears Su Cimu, Han Yi privately insists that Shen Yannian must have manipulated the investigation. His outward confidence collapses when his scholarship eligibility and ability to remain at university are threatened 43 46 47 49.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Cafeteria confrontation

• Han Yi approaches Su Cimu in the cafeteria, mocks his engagement, and suggests that his fiancé is too ugly to appear in public 43.
• When Jing Yiheng intervenes, Han Yi insults him as someone who follows Su Cimu for free food and drinks. He then accuses Su Cimu of paying teachers to leak examination questions 43.
• Chemistry students defend Su Cimu’s classroom performance and competition record. Su Cimu rejects Han Yi’s demand that he surrender his scholarship and directs him toward financial aid if he needs assistance 43.
• Unable to win support from the crowd, Han Yi leaves after threatening Su Cimu 43.

Examination dispute and fight

• After Su Cimu earns full marks in every subject on the start-of-term examinations, Han Yi again places directly below him. He visits Su Cimu’s classroom and repeats his allegation that teachers supplied the papers in advance 45.
• Han Yi grabs Su Cimu’s arm and refuses to release him. Su Cimu breaks his wrist; Han Yi then charges at him, and the two grapple until a teacher intervenes 45.
• Han Yi leaves visible injuries on Su Cimu’s face. His own face initially appears uninjured, although Su Cimu later says he deliberately struck places where injuries would not show 45 48.
• In the teacher’s office, Han Yi maintains that Su Cimu struck first and hopes to have his examination results canceled. His mother demands punishment and compensation on his behalf 45 46.
• Su Cimu threatens legal action for provocation, intentional injury, and defamation. Han Yi becomes alarmed at the prospect of disciplinary action costing him his scholarship, while Shen Yannian offers Su Cimu the Shen Group’s legal team 47.

Official warning and retaliation

• Su Cimu later decides not to pursue the fight itself, while still demanding an answer to the cheating allegations 49.
• After reviewing surveillance footage and questioning examination setters, the college confirms that Su Cimu’s results are genuine. It issues Han Yi a warning for baselessly challenging those results and impugning the teachers’ impartiality 49.
• Shen Yannian has Han Yi brought before him and threatens his future in the capital and at university. He orders Han Yi to repay Su Cimu’s facial injuries twofold; under threat of further violence from Shen’s men, Han Yi strikes his own face 49.
• Jing Yiheng subsequently sees Han Yi with a badly swollen face. Following Shen Yannian’s warning, Han Yi stops appearing before Su Cimu to provoke him 49 50.

Relationships

• Su Cimu — Academic rival and target of Han Yi’s scholarship resentment and unfounded cheating accusations 43 45.
• Han Yi’s mother — Raised him alone and fiercely defends him. She seeks a private settlement once disciplinary consequences become a possibility 46 47.
• Jing Yiheng — Opposes Han Yi’s accusations, witnesses the classroom confrontation, and urges the teacher to discipline him 43 45 47.
• Shen Yannian — Su Cimu’s fiancé. His legal backing alarms Han Yi, and his later threats force Han Yi to injure himself 47 49.