Xie Jinhua

Biodata

Background / History

Rejected engagement and fatherhood

Xie Jinhua was the Xie family’s only son. His family intended to find him a wife who would marry into their household, hoping for a girl to inherit the business and someone to care for him after his parents’ deaths. They selected a distinguished-looking distant relative, but he did not like her 25.

Unable to persuade his family, he secretly fled to Country M on the night before the engagement. At a hospital where he had already made an appointment, he selected reproductive cells from a frozen cell bank and had them combined with his own, resulting in Xie Ning. His parents abandoned the engagement after seeing his determination not to marry. Xie Ning was later brought home and raised as the family’s heir 25.

Hiring Jiang Xuefu as a tutor

After returning from an overseas business trip, Xie Jinhua summoned Jiang Xuefu to his office. He asked her to tutor Xie Ning, whose advanced mathematics results had not improved despite makeup examinations and retaking the course. He offered one million per month for one lesson each week, which she accepted 23 24.

Although the tutoring addressed a genuine academic problem, Xie Jinhua privately welcomed it as an opportunity to see Jiang Xuefu alone every week. He nevertheless felt unworthy of her because he was ten years older. His jealousy surfaced even before the first lesson: he was disappointed that the cake she brought was for Xie Ning, and that she addressed his son affectionately while continuing to call him “President Xie” 24.

His son’s growing attraction

Xie Ning initially encouraged his father to pursue Jiang Xuefu, assuring him that he supported the idea. However, Xie Jinhua later recognized his son’s attraction when he found Jiang Xuefu teasing him at close range during a lesson. He maintained his composure in front of her but privately regretted overlooking the possibility that Xie Ning would fall for her 25 30.

After Jiang Xuefu returned from a trip abroad, Xie Jinhua was particularly eager to keep Rong Chao’s remarriage from her. He was delighted when she brought him a gift alongside Xie Ning’s birthday present, interpreting it as evidence that she cared about him. She still declined his invitation to eat together, regarding him primarily as her boss 34.

Impersonating Xie Ning

Two months into Jiang Xuefu and Xie Ning’s sexual relationship, Xie Jinhua discovered them together. He remained outside the room in tears, then arranged for Xie Ning to leave for Switzerland the following morning, saying that Old Madam Xie wanted to see him. The departure was so abrupt that Xie Ning left without his phone 36.

Using that phone, Xie Jinhua imitated his son’s messages and arranged for Jiang Xuefu to visit. He requested matcha cake—his own preference rather than Xie Ning’s usual strawberry—and waited beneath the quilt in his son’s darkened bedroom. Jiang Xuefu began an intimate encounter believing he was Xie Ning and discovered the deception only after turning on the light 36 37.

Xie Jinhua pleaded for a chance to remain by her side, but she rejected him because she disliked being manipulated. She later reconsidered, attracted both to his vulnerable appearance and his wealth, provided he would stop scheming against her 37.

Hospital pairing and acceptance

After the rejection, Xie Jinhua avoided Jiang Xuefu and took Xie Ning to Switzerland during the university winter break. When Xu Zhu framed Jiang Xuefu for stealing trade secrets, he returned that same night by private jet and secured her release from the police station 38.

He then revealed that he had collected material left on the bed after their encounter and arranged a hospital reproductive-cell pairing without consulting her. The procedure had succeeded, creating a life that could not be terminated midway under the setting’s reproductive rules. He hoped that having a child together would persuade her to accept him 38.

Jiang Xuefu ultimately allowed both father and son to remain in her life without marrying either. Xie Jinhua handed all company affairs over to her, stayed home to care for her, and periodically returned to the hospital for checkups. He later tolerated her acquisition of two additional young lovers, ignoring them so long as they did not cause trouble in front of him 39 40.

Appearance

• Eyes: Pale gray, phoenix-shaped eyes 24.
• Build: Slender figure and a handsome face 24 36.
• Hair: Short hair, casually styled at home 24.
• Bearing: Usually gentle, warm, mature, and composed 24 34.
• Casual clothing: Wears a thin, light-blue sweatshirt during Jiang Xuefu’s first tutoring visit 24.

Personality

Xie Jinhua’s professional confidence contrasts sharply with his romantic insecurity. He can command a business but becomes anxious about his age and desirability around Jiang Xuefu. Small signs of affection have a powerful effect on him: receiving a gift makes him visibly delighted, while hearing her affectionate voice messages leaves him blushing and trembling 24 34 36.

His affection is also possessive. He envies his own son’s familiarity with Jiang Xuefu and eventually resorts to impersonation and an undisclosed reproductive procedure to secure a place beside her. Rejection leads him to question whether she considers him too old rather than immediately recognizing her objection to his manipulation 24 36 37 38.

Despite his conduct in their personal relationship, he keeps business and private grievances separate. Jiang Xuefu considers him nearly an ideal employer apart from his habit of summoning her to his office simply to prolong their time together, and she does not expect workplace retaliation after rejecting him 37.

Abilities & Skills

Business Management

• Directs the family company after Old Madam Xie relinquishes its management 36.
• Is described as capable of strategizing and commanding in his career 24.
• Eventually entrusts the company’s entire workload to Jiang Xuefu 39.

Household Care

• Personally prepares fruit and drinks for Jiang Xuefu and Xie Ning during their lessons 30 36.
• Helps dry Xie Ning’s hair and monitors his academic progress 30.
• Restricts Xie Ning’s sweets after childhood dental damage 25.

Relationships

• Jiang Xuefu — Initially his employee and the object of his unspoken affection; later his lover and the mother of their child. She accepts him without agreeing to marriage 24 38 39.
• Xie Ning — His son and the Xie family’s heir. Their shared attraction to Jiang Xuefu creates a romantic rivalry, but Xie Ning ultimately accepts his father’s relationship with her 25 36 39.
• Old Madam Xie — His mother, who originally arranged his engagement. After handing him the company, she settles in Switzerland 25 36.
• Xiao Peng — His assistant, who summons Jiang Xuefu to meet him at the office 23.

Trivia

• Likes cake, particularly matcha flavor; this preference nearly exposes his impersonation when Jiang Xuefu questions why “Xie Ning” no longer wants strawberry 24 36.
• His family has more than a century of wealth behind it. Its City A estate occupies over one hundred mu, with a grand exterior and a comparatively simple, cozy interior 24.