Wang Ci

Biodata

Appearance

• Build and features: Slightly chubby, with narrow, single-lidded eyes and somewhat thick lips 18.
• Expression: Frequently wears an insincere smile; his gaze is compared to a venomous snake when he approaches Song Yu 18.
• Ceremony attire: Wears a suit, bow tie, and makeup while preparing to replace Xie Sui as freshman representative 22.

Personality

Wang Ci treats his family's influence as an entitlement to obedience. He expects Song Yu to surrender his seat, uses family connections to take Xie Sui's speaking opportunity, and dismisses Song Yu as an insignificant, impoverished relative of the Meng Family. His contempt also extends to Ma Xiaoding's background as a chauffeur's son 18 23.

His interest in Xie Sui is coercive: he investigates his private life, threatens people close to him, and attempts to obtain sexual access through blackmail. He and his followers plan to record the encounter as leverage for further abuse 35.

He reacts to resistance with resentment and retaliation. After losing the freshman speech slot, he repeatedly calls home in anger and continues to underestimate Song Yu's connections. His classmates find his arrogance and openly vicious behavior unsettling and are relieved when he leaves their class 24 42.

Background

Wang Ci is the youngest son of Jing City's Wang Family, whose wealth and influence make other students and school staff reluctant to oppose him. His family indulges him heavily. Under the influence of his older brother, Wang Beidan, he becomes involved with both women and men at a young age 6 23 42.

His mother, Wu Xinmei, is fiercely protective of him and enables his misconduct. Wang Ci is her only biological son, whom she regards as her future support within the Wang Family 37.

Story Role

In *Gentle Control*

Song Yu remembers Wang Ci as a wealthy student who relentlessly torments Xie Sui throughout high school in the original novel 6.

In Xie Sui's Previous Life

• Wang Ci also cornered Xie Sui in the abandoned classroom during Xie Sui's previous life, making demands that Xie Sui remembers as even more outrageous. Despite an existing hand injury, Xie Sui fought back and defeated the group, but sustained substantial injuries himself 35.

Seating Dispute

• Wang Ci sends Jiang Xiu to demand that Song Yu exchange seats so he can sit beside Xie Sui. When Song Yu refuses, Wang Ci approaches personally, but withdraws after Song Yu rejects him again and Ma Xiaoding intervenes 18.
• Ou Yilian subsequently tries to move Song Yu beside the podium, opening his seat for Wang Ci. Song Yu contacts the principal and retains his place beside Xie Sui 19.

Freshman Representative Speech

• The Wang Family pressures the school into replacing Xie Sui with Wang Ci as freshman representative. Wang Ci uses the change to taunt Xie Sui and suggest that he should have been more accommodating 22 23.
• Song Yu asks Meng Guang to intervene. Through a contact at the education bureau, Meng Guang has Xie Sui restored to the program 23.
• Wang Ci is already stepping toward the stage when the host announces Xie Sui instead. Humiliated, he nearly misses a step and later calls home repeatedly without receiving the reassurance he wants 23 24.

Blackmail and Attempted Assault

• After investigating Xie Sui's background, Wang Ci uses a secretly taken photograph of Grandma Chen to compel him to attend a meeting in an abandoned classroom. Xie Sui confirms Wang Ci's involvement before going 32 34 35.
• With Jiang Xiu recording, Wang Ci threatens Grandma Chen and Song Yu, then demands a month of sexual access in exchange for their safety 35.
• When Wang Ci reaches toward his face, Xie Sui stabs his hand with a fruit knife and strikes him with a desk. Xie Sui later notes that the additional stab wounds may have permanently damaged Wang Ci's hand 35.
• Xie Sui seizes Jiang Xiu's phone, preserving the recording. Jiang Xiu has already sent Song Yu misleading photographs of the encounter, prompting Song Yu to rush to the classroom 35.

Exposure and Departure

• Wang Ci is hospitalized after his driver finds him. Wu Xinmei goes to the school demanding punishment for Xie Sui, while Ou Yilian supports her accusations 36.
• Song Yu presents Wang Ci's threatening messages, and Xie Sui plays the recorded encounter to establish that he acted in self-defense against an attempted sexual assault 36.
• The dean confirms that Wang Ci threatened and lured Xie Sui into the classroom. After reviewing the evidence, Wen Yuan vows to have Wang Ci sent to a detention center; the provided chapters do not confirm that this occurs 37.
• Teacher Cheng later announces that three absent students will not return to Class One, prompting Ma Xiaoding to ask whether Wang Ci has dropped out. His departure from the class is confirmed, but its precise administrative terms are not established 41 42.
• Later discussion among Jing City's social circles describes the Wang Family as badly damaged by its descendants' misconduct and unlikely to recover soon 49.

Relationships

• Xie Sui — Target of harassment, blackmail, and attempted sexual assault. Xie Sui defeats him and preserves evidence of his threats 6 35 36.
• Song Yu — Opponent who refuses his demands, overturns his appointment as freshman representative, and helps expose his abuse 18 23 36.
• Wang Beidan — Older brother whose behavior influences Wang Ci from an early age. His arrest for drug offenses leaves the family under pressure before Wang Ci's own misconduct is exposed 6 16 37.
• Wu Xinmei — Mother and enabler. She defends him despite the evidence, then panics when Wen Yuan threatens legal consequences 36 37.
• Jiang Xiu — Follower who delivers his seating demand and records the attempted assault. That recording becomes evidence against Wang Ci 18 35 36.
• Ou Yilian — Homeroom teacher who accommodates his wishes and attempts to excuse his threats as a joke between classmates 19 26 36.
• Wen Yuan — Song Yu's aunt, who reviews the evidence and demands that Wang Ci face consequences 37.