Shen Luolun

Biodata

Background / History

In his previous life, Shen Luolun was a Genshin Impact player who died after trying to save a giant snake from a dump truck. He reincarnated into Teyvat, although his memories of his former life did not awaken immediately. Before that awakening, he believed his mother's stories about swallows bringing good fortune and caught them with his childhood friends 1 17.

He grew up alongside Yelan, Xiangling, and Lan Yan. His familiarity with the Ye family extended to calling Yelan's parents his godmother and godfather, while he and Lan Yan used her animated paper figures to exchange secret messages when skipping class 2 6 10 15.

Drawing on literature from his previous world, Shen Luolun became a celebrated author and an honored guest across the Seven Nations. His annual earnings reach hundreds of millions of Mora, and he has been recognized as one of Liyue's outstanding major taxpayers for several consecutive years 1 4 8.

Despite his comfortable circumstances, he describes growing up with substantial household responsibilities. According to his own complaints, he had to support the family, manage his mother's daily needs, and comfort her, leaving him feeling more like the parent than the child 42.

Appearance

• Face: Described as exceptionally handsome, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes 3 11.
• Exercise clothing: Wears a skintight tank top during his morning calisthenics 45.

Personality

Shen Luolun prioritizes comfort, financial freedom, and leisure over adventure. He declined Lumine's invitation to travel with her because he lacked the strength to survive comfortably, and repeatedly rejected arduous training under Lan Zhanye. He sees little value in sacrificing decades of ordinary enjoyment for arts that cannot grant immortality 4 37.

He is a habitual prankster whose jokes frequently earn retaliation. His targets range from Guoba and neighborhood animals to his closest friends. He also enjoys provoking defeated villains: his treatment of Yinyue includes insults, kicking, and whipping, which he regards as an outlet for darker impulses rather than romantic interest 2 17 25 27 29.

Although openly attracted to women, he insists that desire must not override his moral boundaries. His romantic understanding is notably uneven: he writes emotionally intricate stories and enthusiastically interprets Lumine and Paimon's bond as romantic, yet repeatedly mistakes Yelan and Lan Yan's affection for ordinary friendship 8 15 37 38.

His care for friends is often practical rather than openly sentimental. He avoids asking about Yelan's confidential work, provides her with a place to rest, and helps her unwind through travel and chess. When genuinely outmatched, he readily apologizes and abandons his bravado 7 9.

Abilities & Skills

Writing and Comic Creation

His principal talent and source of wealth is adapting literary material remembered from his former life 1.

• Produces novels and draws the comic Will of Fire for Lan Yan 17.
• Maintains a large reserve of comic material, privately admitting to having three hundred chapters available after claiming that three volumes would exhaust his supply 17.
• Uses Before Sun and Moon as a source of inspiration when his own ideas run dry 41.
• Writes ten thousand words during an evening after preparing Xiangling's ingredients; his usual workload also prompts him to maintain a regular exercise routine 41 45.
• His tragic endings are well known to Madam Xiao and Yelan, with the latter correctly suspecting that he enjoys making readers cry 12.

Knowledge of Teyvat

His previous experience with Genshin Impact gives him knowledge of characters, locations, and game mechanics, but not complete knowledge of current events 3 4.

• Stopped playing in version 4.8 and does not know the later developments corresponding to Lumine's journey in Snezhnaya 3.
• Relies on letters, newspapers, rumors, and Zhongli for recent information because he does not accompany the Traveler 3 4.
• Frequently explains real encounters through game terminology, including jokes about Constellations and C6; these remarks do not establish actual upgrades 8 24.

Domestic Skills

His experience caring for his mother left him practiced at everyday household tasks 42.

• Helps Xiangling soak dried ingredients for Adeptus' Temptation and performs other food preparation 39 41.
• Assists with Xiangling's grooming, including fixing her hair and collar before the Cuisine Machine Test 46.
• His chopping is slow enough that he refuses to serve as her onstage assistant, believing he would hold her back 39 41.

Combat Limitations

Shen Luolun has no awakened Vision, supernatural cheat, or demonstrated martial training. His fighting ability is jokingly described as “combat power five” 4.

• Even two ordinary Hydro Slimes would pose a serious problem for him 4.
• Yelan restrains him in a single move and explains that their earlier apparently even matches were merely her playing along 8.
• Depends on Lan Yan's shield during Yinyue's attack; his taunting makes the encounter more troublesome by provoking her into a frenzy 24.
• Possesses considerable perceived potential: both Zhongli and Lan Zhanye regard him as worth cultivating, but he resists training 5 37.
• His imagined “Daily Calisthenics System” is explicitly a fantasy, not an awakened ability or documented power advancement 45.

Literary Works

Equipment / Items

• Storage device — A gift from his mother's mischievous friend, whom he calls his younger aunt despite their lack of blood relation. He uses it to carry items including popcorn and a golden hair dryer 29 41.
• Golden hair dryer — Lends it to Xiangling after she bathes and offers to dry her hair himself 41.
• Thermos — Carries freshly brewed flower tea during his morning walk through Yilong Wharf 45.

Relationships

• Yelan — Childhood friend and trusted companion whom he habitually calls his “bro.” She stays at his home between assignments, protects him after the mysterious woman's disappearance, and is repeatedly frustrated by his teasing and romantic obliviousness 6 7 9 13 37.
• Lan Yan — Childhood friend and devoted Will of Fire reader. She helps him leave the Ye residence, accompanies him to Chenyu Vale, and protects him in combat; he interprets her affectionate behavior as friendship 15 17 24 37.
• Xiangling — Longtime friend whose cooking he enthusiastically supports. He travels to attend her competition and helps prepare ingredients and ready her appearance 2 15 41 46.
• Madam Xiao — Yelan's mother and his godmother. She treats him affectionately, discusses his writing, and permits his trip with Lan Yan despite Yelan's restrictions 10 12 16.
• Zhongli — Older acquaintance whom he consults about dangerous events. Zhongli considers him talented but lazy, and leaves him to pay a 1,730,000-Mora tea bill 4 5.
• Lumine — Friend whose invitation to travel he declined. He trusts her to handle world-threatening dangers, admires her selflessness, and considers giving her additional travel funds 4 30.
• Paimon — Friend whom he helps restrain after she eats the suspicious noodles. He later enjoys watching her closeness with Lumine rather than intervening in their exchange 19 38.
• Lan Zhanye — Lan Yan's uncle, who repeatedly seeks to make Shen Luolun his final disciple. Shen refuses and eventually avoids visiting when the uncle might be present 37.
• Mysterious white-haired woman — Injured stranger he carries home. Her ability to evade Yelan's search leads to his house being sealed and his temporary relocation 1 9 13.
• Yinyue — Captured Treasure Hoarder whom he distrusts and abuses. He later appeals to her concern for her daughter to obtain information about the mastermind 25 27 29 35.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rescue and Protective Confinement

• After receiving ten million Mora in royalties, Shen Luolun trips over an unconscious woman on his way home. Despite recognizing the situation as a likely source of trouble, he carries her to his bed and covers her with a blanket 1.
• Yelan discovers that he has brought someone home, but the bedroom appears empty. She deduces that the woman has hidden nearby and takes him to the Ye residence for safety 7 9 10.
• Yelan seals his house and postpones her Chasm investigation to investigate the stranger. Shen reluctantly accepts the restrictions, although he believes she is being excessively suspicious 13.
• Lan Yan helps him climb over the residence wall. Before departing for Xiangling's competition, they obtain Madam Xiao's permission 15 16.

Yilong Wharf and the Noodle Incident

• Shen Luolun and Lan Yan travel by tea merchant ship to Chenyu Vale, then reach Yilong Wharf, where the residents are behaving strangely after eating the suspicious beef noodles 17 19.
• They help Lumine restrain Paimon and learn that Xiangling remains inside the restaurant 19.
• During the related Treasure Hoarder encounter, Lan Yan defeats Yinyue while protecting Shen and Su Qing. Shen warns against trusting the captive's proposed surrender arrangements 24 25.
• He later learns that Xiangling's Century Soup, prepared with help from Zhongli and the White Horse Adeptus, has counteracted the noodles' effects 29 30.
• By emphasizing the danger to Yinyue's daughter, he prompts her indirect disclosure of the mastermind's location, trapped approach, and route map. He also learns the password, “chicken stewed with mushrooms” 35.

Cuisine Machine Test Preparations

• Shen leaves the pursuit of the mastermind to the stronger members of the group and stays behind to help Xiangling prepare for the competition 37 38 41.
• During a morning walk, he unknowingly steps on the fleeing One-Eye, mistakes him for chewing gum, and scrapes him against the ground. Alice subsequently finds the creature 45.
• He helps Xiangling finish getting ready and accompanies her and Guoba to the Cuisine Machine Test 46.