Chi Yining

Biodata

Background and History

Childhood and Education

Chi Yining was abducted as a child and subjected to experiments for an entire year. News about human trafficking still provokes anger and physical distress in him as an adult. He also recognizes Demonization Pills from the laboratory where he was imprisoned in his previous life 468 502.

His grandfather arranged an extensive course of study for him, which sometimes required staying up late. The two also went wilderness-survival camping on islands, giving Chi Yining practical experience with fishing and outdoor shelter 276 309.

In Hai City, he was known for earning full marks in practically every subject. According to An Yan, he switched to the arts track because neither humanities nor sciences remained challenging. He later reunites with former teachers who taught him near his grandmother’s home 346 495.

Apparent Transmigration

Chi Yining initially believes he has entered a novel he read because its villainous supporting character shared his full name. That character obsessively pursued Film Emperor Gu Chengyuan, harmed the protagonist’s partner, and eventually went to prison. Recognizing that the worst events have not yet happened, Chi Yining resolves to avoid that fate 1.

His first practical change is to remove the body’s conspicuous styling. He bargains an inexpensive salon’s price down from 1,500 to 800 to undo the green dreadlocks and dye his hair black, then washes off the makeup 1 2.

The later explanation overturns his initial understanding: both bodies were originally his. His parents’ work required him to live in two worlds simultaneously, with the additional body serving as a backup. Another tasker forcibly occupied his body for approximately three years; after something happened to Chi Yining in the other world, he returned and displaced that tasker 505.

Joining *Love Competition*

The previous occupant signed up for the dating show because Gu Chengyuan was participating. Chi Yining asks his agent, Ma Ling, to cancel, but the five-million termination penalty is beyond his means. He reluctantly agrees after confirming that meals are included 4.

Director Feng initially values him as a source of controversy and guaranteed traffic. Chi Yining instead hopes to remain in the background, though the discovery that show points can be exchanged for money gives him a reason to compete 4 14.

His quiet behavior, changed appearance, and repeated demonstrations of skill gradually undermine his old reputation. Viewers who expected embarrassment begin praising his archery, gaming ability, and looks. Some guests misinterpret the contrast as depression rather than social anxiety 18 19 31 72 186 520.

Financial Independence

While filming, Chi Yining takes computer and art commissions and trades stocks. A payment of 4.8 million after tax from Tomorrow Hongxing enables him to clear his Huabei balance and online loans. He subsequently buys a black supercar for nearly 4.5 million, including associated costs, to make traveling easier with his social anxiety 133 162 163 191 204.

He wants enough money to stop working and “lie flat,” but also values financial equality with Yan Guiyun. When he anticipates spending more of Yan’s money, he pushes himself to earn more rather than take the support for granted 231 254.

Marriage and Later Life

Chi Yining proposes registering their marriage before becoming intimate, while insisting that they also consider engagement rings and Yan Guiyun’s parents. They leave that night to avoid the next morning’s crowds and complete the registration. Chi Yining contributes 999 million as bride price, funded by his stock-trading earnings 408 409 410.

His biological parents eventually explain his two-world existence and the treasure connected to him. Chi 008 has already converted that treasure into money deposited in the World Bank, but Chi Yining cannot access it until age forty-five—a restriction intended to keep him from becoming completely sedentary 505.

After the dating show ends, Chi Yining permanently leaves the entertainment industry. He and Yan Guiyun hold a wedding attended by their former castmates, then settle into their Empty Mountain villa, where Yan moves his office home 495 519 524 525.

Appearance

• Build and features: Tall and slender, with fair skin, a small face, a straight nose, and eyes whose outer corners become particularly sharp-looking when he fights 56 246 268.
• Hair: Replaces the previous occupant’s green dreadlocks with a jet-black wolf cut. By the later competition arc, the front has grown almost to his eyebrows 1 2 18 464.
• Expression: Usually expressionless or outwardly aloof; his smiles are initially uncommon enough for other guests to notice 13 173.
• Clothing: Prioritizes comfort, favoring slippers, loose trousers, T-shirts, and casual black clothing 56 90.
• Public recognition: Reaches the top five while voting is still open in an international “most beautiful faces” contest 440.

Personality

Chi Yining’s aloof appearance largely conceals severe social anxiety. He struggles to initiate conversations, finds talkative people intimidating, and sometimes relies on Yan Guiyun to convey compliments he cannot comfortably say himself. His blank expression repeatedly leads others to mistake him for indifferent or depressed 25 82 173 285 520.

He is practical, comfort-loving, and strongly motivated by the prospect of financial freedom. Although he wants an idle life, he works quickly and competitively when there is a concrete reward—or when finishing a task will let him return to his own interests 14 90 204 231.

His reserve also hides a mischievous enthusiasm for gossip and matchmaking. He photographs potential couples, nudges other guests toward dates, and eventually finds the show entertaining enough that he no longer wants to leave. He avoids searching for himself online but eagerly follows other people’s relationship developments 261 270 273 296 390.

Chi Yining can be caring without being verbally expressive: he immediately cools Yan Guiyun’s scalded hand and intervenes when others are endangered. That protectiveness has a violent edge. During Chen Shiyu’s rescue, he loses control while attacking the assailant and has to be restrained by Yan 52 175.

In romance, he is attentive but inexperienced. He studies dating guides because asking others for help is difficult and he fears being boring. His attachment can become intensely possessive, including threats to confine or mutilate Yan if abandoned; the next chapter shows him embarrassed by what he said 288 289 301.

His anxiety gradually eases through supportive relationships. By Chapter 342, he can walk outside comfortably with someone familiar nearby. He later considers appearing on another program and wonders whether he is still socially anxious, although his wedding remains exhausting and stressful 321 342 502 524.

Abilities and Skills

Computing and Hacking

Chi Yining performs professional technical work under the username Swallow, handling security, software systems, and unauthorized access 133 371.

• Accepts commissions to reinforce Tomorrow Hongxing’s firewall and rebuild Zhongling Group’s employee-attendance system 133.
• Fixes a system’s bugs, reinforces its firewall, and adds further modifications within an hour 168.
• Retrieves the production team’s camping plans from Director Feng’s computer 274.
• Accesses banquet surveillance and admits placing files directly on Shao Chongsi’s laptop to identify Gu Chengyuan as his childhood friend 371.
• Is not infallible: he encounters a phone number whose associated information he cannot trace 497.

Martial Arts and Combat

His fighting combines rapid reactions, acrobatics, weapon control, and powerful close-range strikes 205 208 325.

• Uses reverse-grip knife techniques, elbow strikes, kicks, and a one-handed backflip during the arena game 205 208.
• Disarms and eliminates Bai Chongxuan within two minutes 208.
• Knocks two attackers unconscious within three seconds, then breaks another attacker’s calf 325.
• Leads a squad during the Dragon Cry Building operation and incapacitates opponents associated with Demonization Pills 468.
• Experiences improved health, speed, and strength before the all-around competition, but receives no named rank or quantified advancement 464.

Archery and Competitive Games

Academic, Artistic, and Musical Skills

• Academic ability: Known for near-universal full marks and confident that two days of revision will prepare him for an exam 342 346.
• Art: Takes paid commissions and develops ideas unusually quickly after discussing a client’s requirements 191.
• Calligraphy: Writes rapidly with neat, forceful, unrestrained brushwork 183.
• Music: Prepares to perform two piano pieces and two pipe-organ pieces at Chen Shiyu’s concert 495.

Finance and Administration

• Trades stocks while following company news and real-time developments 204 245.
• Earns enough through trading to contribute the marriage bride price 410.
• Helps Yan Guiyun process documents, offering distinctive insights and working with striking speed and proficiency 313.
• Entrusts Yan with managing shares gifted to him by Shao Chongsi 495.

Outdoor and Domestic Skills

• Pitches and corrects a tent in ten minutes, positions it against the wind, and lays out bedding and repellent 274.
• Fishes confidently using experience from island camping with his grandfather 276.
• Brews tea praised by Luo Ye and Lin Ya 179.

Equipment and Possessions

• Laptop and tablet — Used for technical commissions, online work, research, and games 82 133 371.
• Black supercar — Purchased for nearly 4.5 million with associated costs; remains unused for some time after purchase 163 342.
• FOX “Rattling Fox” karambit replica — A black-wax reproduction used in the show’s arena game, not a live combat blade 205.
• Yan Guiyun’s handkerchief — Given to him after he washes his feet; Chi Yining decides to keep it 23.
• Company shares — Gifts from Shao Chongsi, subsequently placed under Yan Guiyun’s management 495.
• System-space weapons — In the historical extra, his father supplies a space filled with weapons 534.

Relationships

• Yan Guiyun — Husband and principal emotional support. Chi Yining feels unusually comfortable speaking around him, initially mistakes romantic gestures for friendly care, and eventually takes the initiative in dating and marriage 25 56 261 408 410.
• Chi Jingyi / Chi 008 — Father. Explains Chi Yining’s two-world existence and imposes the age restriction on his inherited treasure money 505 524.
• Zhong Feifei — Mother. Stays beside him during the wedding to intervene if the social pressure becomes overwhelming 524.
• Grandfather — Arranged his studies and taught him outdoor skills through island camping trips 276 309.
• Gu Chengyuan — Target of the previous occupant’s obsessive pursuit. The current Chi Yining keeps his distance and refuses his offers of food, while Gu develops an interest in him and misunderstands his behavior as illness 1 52 74 145.
• Wang Xinyang — Fellow guest and persistent admirer. Chi Yining struggles to reject him, later using his cohabitation with Yan Guiyun to discourage further pursuit 236 261.
• Chen Shiyu — Friend whom Chi Yining rescues. His gratitude develops into romantic feelings, while Chi Yining ultimately encourages his pairing with Li Qingmi 175 179 225 273.
• Li Qingmi and Li Qinghui — Siblings grateful to him for helping Qinghui. She impulsively declares that she wants to marry him; Qingmi also considers pursuing him 118 145.
• Shao Chongsi — Initially distrustful of him, later grateful for the hacked files that reveal Gu Chengyuan’s identity as Little Orange. Gives Chi Yining shares in several companies 21 371 495.
• Bai Chongxuan — Fellow guest, combat-game opponent, and someone Chi Yining ships with Wang Xinyang 208 261.
• Hu Bing — Fellow guest whose quietness and respect for boundaries Chi Yining appreciates 197.
• Mo Li — Seeks his advice about repairing a relationship with a childhood friend; Chi Yining encourages resolving misunderstandings and considering each other’s perspective 500.
• Ma Ling — Agent who enforces his dating-show contract and later sends him clothes, shoes, and bags 4 56.

Historical Extra

In the romance-conquest instance, Chi Yining becomes the substitute consort of Yan Lingyun, Prince of Annan. System 8845 explains that his task is to win over the prince rather than follow the protagonists’ plot. His assigned identity is a powerless, concubine-born son of Prime Minister Chi’s household, used in a marriage intended to humiliate the injured prince and pressure him into surrendering his military tally 533.

His candid acceptance of the situation and desire to eat lower Yan Lingyun’s blackening value from 97% to 95%. He helps the prince undress, carries him to bed, and refuses the customary return visit to his own family the next morning 533.

He retains some anxiety around strangers but is confident in his combat strength. He openly demonstrates that strength, possesses a system space stocked with weapons from his father, and surprises Yan Lingyun with his combination of formidable ability and unambitious behavior 533 534.

Notable Quotes

“Once I’ve earned enough money, I can just lie flat.” 231

“I suppose what matters most is that the two of us feel relaxed and happy together.” 61

“Who would’ve known I just had social anxiety? After all, the brother who occupied my body before was a social butterfly.” 520