Li Chen

Biodata

Appearance

• Glasses: Li Chen pushes them up while anticipating Chen Han’s next move and removes them while struggling to understand the hidden story of “Happy Family” 7 11.

Personality

Li Chen enjoys crime novels and is cautious, sensitive, and attentive to small movements. He approaches Chen Han’s livestream like a mystery, examining gestures, environmental details, and rule wording to explain events to other viewers 6 16 46.

His admiration for Chen Han strongly biases his conclusions. He treats apparent accidents as calculated strategies and interprets Chen Han’s fearful trembling as preparation for an impressive move. When an action seems meaningless, he assumes he has overlooked part of Chen Han’s plan rather than questioning whether a plan exists 7 8.

His enthusiasm also has a competitive side. After noticing Huixiazhi’s explanations, Li Chen regards him as a rival and wants to see which of them can decipher more of Chen Han’s supposed plays 47.

Abilities & Skills

Observation and Reconstruction

Li Chen closely watches the livestream and mentally retraces earlier events to connect actions with later outcomes 6 29.

• Notices brief glances, changes in posture, hand movements, and reflected objects 6 22 46.
• Reviews earlier conversations when trying to identify the source of Fang Lei’s decisions 29.
• Can identify a plausible mechanism without correctly identifying Chen Han’s actual intentions, as demonstrated by his half-mirror explanation 46 47.

Rule Analysis

Li Chen compares rules with observed behavior to identify exceptions, hidden requirements, and distinctions between apparently similar characters 16 22 34.

• Predicts that swimming tickets will be required to leave the pool, not merely enter it 16 35.
• Explains how raising the right hand attracts the lifeguard’s attention 22.
• Recognizes that the lifeguard’s reliability changes during a power outage 25.
• Distinguishes references to Kid Bro from references to the revived child 34.
• Does not solve every clue: he cannot initially explain the choice of the beaten child or how Chen Han supposedly recognized Wang Xihu as an anomaly 29 50.

Livestream Commentary

Li Chen posts step-by-step explanations that influence the audience’s understanding of Chen Han 6 22.

• His request for viewers to stop spamming briefly quiets the chat before Chen Han’s next action 8.
• Viewers eventually stop interrupting his explanation of the swimming-race escape 22.
• By the pool’s exit sequence, viewers recognize his ID and accept his reassurance about the ticket stubs 35.

Relationships

• Chen Han — The player Li Chen follows and ardently defends. He calls him “Boss” or “Big Shot” and credits him with exceptional deduction and acting. His wish to become Chen Han’s underling appears in a dream, not an actual alliance 6 14 46.
• Huixiazhi — A fellow livestream analyst whom Li Chen considers a rival. Li Chen acknowledges that increasingly difficult instances contain details he cannot decipher alone 47 50.
• Livestream viewers — The audience for his explanations. His analyses repeatedly turn confusion into admiration for Chen Han, and his established reputation later reassures viewers during the pool escape 6 22 35.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Happy Family

• Raw-meat incident: Li Chen interprets Chen Han’s spilled lunch as a deliberate way to feed the golden shaded cat while avoiding the meat himself. He identifies the cat as Xiaomi by comparing Mom’s treatment of it with her treatment of the player. Chen Han actually spills the basin accidentally 6.
• White pills: He regards Chen Han’s trembling as a “windup” and interprets the golden shaded cat swallowing the dropped pills as an intentional move against a threat 7 8.
• Silver shaded cat’s intervention: He predicts that the silver shaded cat can protect Chen Han and tells viewers that this explains his refusal to flee. Chen Han is actually too frightened to move 10.
• Hidden ending: After the head and silver shaded cat reunite, Li Chen explains that they represent the original father and mother. His explanation fuels the audience’s excitement over Chen Han’s hidden ending 11 12.

Happy Kids Swimming Pool

I Am a Good Student

• Return to the stream: After sleeping for just over six hours, Li Chen discovers that Chen Han has already entered a third instance and resumes watching 46.
• Half-mirror theory: He spots the broken mirror on Li Zhan’s desk and argues that Chen Han adjusted it to monitor Wang Xihu’s pencil case. Chen Han’s own perspective instead reveals that he mistook Wang Xihu’s voice for Li Zhan’s and stopped talking to avoid mistakes in his student persona 46 47.
• Analyst rivalry: He identifies Huixiazhi as a competing interpreter of Chen Han’s actions 47.
• Wang Xihu’s identity: Li Chen realizes Wang Xihu is an anomaly but cannot determine how Chen Han supposedly knew beforehand. Huixiazhi supplies the explanation while the stream’s concurrent audience exceeds 30,000 50.

Trivia

• Li Chen stays awake for twenty-two hours, from the beginning of Chen Han’s first instance until the swimming-pool clear, before finally sleeping 46.
• When Chen Han unexpectedly begins the pool instance, Li Chen pours coffee powder directly into his mouth rather than going to bed 14.
• He dreams of clearing an instance alongside Chen Han and being praised as the underling most like him 46.