Han Dong

Biodata

Appearance

• Face: Described by Lin Xu as handsome while he treats Han Dong’s injuries 26.
• Hands: Has long fingers, described as icy when he touches a male escort 12.
• Injuries: After his father beats him, he has a bruised, swollen face and one hand in a cast and bandages 26.

Personality

Han Dong combines possessiveness with sexual cruelty. Although he describes his feelings for Shang Shujue as love, he disregards Shang’s rejection and threatens him with sexual violence when humiliated. His treatment of a frightened male escort likewise shows that another person’s unwillingness does not restrain him 12.

His loyalty to Su Youchuan is opportunistic. He privately considers Su an idiot he can use, covets his business connections, and imagines taking those resources to raise the Han Family to the top of Shangjing’s great families. He suppresses these ambitions when confronted with stronger backing, particularly Song Yanqing and Ren Daiqi 26 89 101.

Han Dong also rationalizes his pursuit of Shang as something he deserves. He adopts Su Youchuan’s attitude that whoever seizes someone gets to keep him, while portraying himself as a man who would know how to cherish Shang 102.

History

Banquet Involvement and the Nine Colors Incident

Han Dong’s name appears alongside Lin Xu and Yang Shaoying on the guest list for a banquet Ren Xiaoxue intends to take Yu Zeqi to. Shang Shujue confronts her with the list and later reports the group’s involvement to Yun Qishan while explaining the danger to Yu Zeqi 9 17.

At Nine Colors Astonishing Bar, Han Dong joins Su Youchuan’s friends in discussing Shang Shujue. After Su leaves, Han takes the male escort who had been attending him and forces him to kneel on a floor strewn with broken glass. He abandons the encounter after spotting Shang through the private-room doorway 11 12.

Han follows Shang into an elevator, where Shang rejects his approach and displays surveillance footage of his abuse of the escort. After leaving the elevator, Shang draws a line on the floor and threatens to publish the recording if Han crosses it. Han backs down but threatens Shang; Shang then sends the footage to Han’s father 12 13.

His father summons him home and beats him severely. Despite blaming Shang for his injuries, Han remains attracted to him and finds his newly forceful personality even more compelling. Afraid to act directly because of Song Yanqing, he turns to Su Youchuan instead and encourages him to win Shang back 26.

Exposure and Ren Family Intervention

While watching the survival show with Su’s circle, Han attributes the contestants’ respect for Shang to Song Yanqing’s protection. Yang Shaoying warns him and Li Yun’ao not to cause further trouble, stressing that Song could easily destroy their reputations 49.

Han’s private ambitions extend beyond Shang: he wants Su’s valuable business connections for himself. Nevertheless, he continues accompanying the group, including when they return with Lin Yuyan after Su attacks the Lin brothers 89.

Nuomi later distributes evidence exposing Han Dong, Lin Xu, Li Yun’ao, and Yang Shaoying’s sexual assaults. The footage leaves the perpetrators identifiable while thoroughly concealing the victims’ identities. The scandal brings police intervention, but Su obtains the arrested men’s release through the newly established Ren Family 96.

When Su introduces the group to Ren Daiqi, Han recognizes the danger of opposing such a powerful supporter. He temporarily sets aside his disloyal ambitions 101.

Break with Su Youchuan

Han and Li Yun’ao fetch Shang for a meeting in booth 215. Han’s openly indulgent manner toward Shang prompts Li to warn him that Su can see his interest. During the meeting, Han attempts to mediate between Shang and Su, only for Shang to dismiss his interference 102 103.

Outside the restaurant, Su attacks Han over his attraction to Shang. Han retaliates verbally, declaring that he has liked Shang since their first meeting and condemning Su for rejecting Shang’s love only to become possessive afterward. Their argument becomes a physical fight. Lin Xu is knocked unconscious while trying to intervene, and the police take the group to the station 105.

Afterward, Han uses backup evidence of the other three associates’ crimes as leverage to demand a project worth nearly ten million from Su. Su regards this as a betrayal and vows revenge 109.

Family Collapse and Departure

Once Su publicly declares his opposition to Han, the share prices of companies under the Han Corporation continue falling. Han tries unsuccessfully to attract investors and poach Su-Style Group’s business partners. His father is hospitalized in anger over his actions, while his mother reportedly dies of a heart attack 120.

After Su loses his luck to Shang, the people formerly protected by it face exposure and ruin. By this point, both of Han’s parents are dead. He keeps the company operating through relentless work and ruthless measures, but it is described as a spent force, with the Han Family effectively finished. His fixation on Shang shifts from attempted possession to looking up at someone increasingly beyond his reach 124.

Han eventually takes money and flees abroad. Without Su to unite them, his former circle falls apart 129.

Foreseen Fates

These events are revealed through Shang Shujue’s knowledge of other characters’ predetermined futures, rather than established as completed events in the altered timeline.

Relationships

• Shang Shujue — Object of a longstanding, unreciprocated fixation. Han claims he has liked Shang since their first meeting; Shang openly rejects and distrusts him 12 102 105.
• Su Youchuan — Associate of almost fifteen years who becomes a romantic and business rival. Their relationship ends in violence, blackmail, and open opposition 105 109 120.
• Song Yanqing — A powerful deterrent to Han’s pursuit of Shang. Song becomes visibly angry after hearing Shang’s thoughts about Han’s conduct 26 48.
• Lin Xu, Li Yun’ao, and Yang Shaoying — Members of the same social circle and fellow subjects of Nuomi’s exposé. Their alliance disintegrates after Su’s downfall 96 129.
• His father — Head of the Han Family and an authority Han fears. He severely beats Han after receiving Shang’s recording and later dies during the family’s collapse 12 26 124.

Notable Quotes

“I like him. What can you do about it? I've fucking liked him since the very first time we met.” 105

“When he loved you, you were blind to it, eyes and heart alike. Now that he doesn't love you anymore, you turn around and say you love him, and you won't even let anyone else pursue him?” 105