Fang Jiaxue
Clash of Geniuses
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Fang Jiaxue (方嘉雪) |
| Gender | Female |
| Affiliation | Fang family; Sichuan University 19 |
| Occupation/Role | First-year literature student; primary disciplinarian and caregiver for her younger brother, Fang Jiaze 19 21 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 19 |
Background / History
Fang Jiaxue comes from a wealthy family living in a villa. Her father, Fang Guoping, works in quantitative investing, using mathematical models and computer programs to conduct financial trades 19 21.
Her mother died years before she met Qi Hao. Afterward, her father immersed himself in work, frequently traveling and sometimes missing New Year celebrations. Although a nanny helps at home, Jiaxue handles most of her younger brother’s discipline while also attending university. She admits that balancing both responsibilities can be more than she can manage 21.
Appearance
- Hair: Long, worn loose over her shoulders at her first appearance and in a simple ponytail during Qi Hao’s second visit 19 22.
- Clothing: Initially wears a gray short-sleeved knit top; later appears in a light blue sweater 19 22.
- Impression: Qi Hao considers her beautiful and describes her as having the air of someone from a scholarly family 19.
Personality
Jiaxue is responsible but frequently exasperated by her brother. She initially treats his resistance to mathematics as willfulness requiring stricter discipline, threatening to hit him when he dismisses her explanations. Fang Jiaze also recalls her once locking him in a room and refusing him food until he finished his work. Qi Hao’s success with game-based teaching surprises her because it challenges her assumption that her brother simply needs to be forced to study 19 20.
Her concern for Jiaze makes her cautious about his tutor’s qualifications, but she is uncomfortable with appearing unfair. When presenting Qi Hao with competition problems, she repeatedly reassures him that he need not solve them. After he succeeds, she feels embarrassed about asking for extra work and invites him to lunch as thanks 21 22 23.
She is reluctant to admit shortcomings in front of her brother. Despite her disastrous cooking attempt, she initially claims credit for Qi Hao’s meal, then quietly serves herself a second bowl of rice after tasting it 23 24.
Skills and Limitations
Academic Background
- Studies literature at Sichuan University; the narration also describes her field as Chinese 19 23.
- Attempts to teach Jiaze elementary mathematical concepts, including number lines and absolute values, but fails to engage him 19.
- Cannot assess the advanced competition problems or understand Qi Hao’s written solutions herself, relying on Chen Xiang’s judgment instead 21 23 24.
Cooking
- Claims she can cook, but demonstrates unsafe knife handling, uneven cutting, poor heat control, and confusion between sugar and salt 23.
- Hands the kitchen over to Qi Hao after realizing he knows what he is doing, promising to treat him to a meal out another time 23.
- Jiaze describes a previous attempt at shredded pork with green peppers as resembling charcoal 24.
Relationships
- Fang Guoping — Her father. She attributes his constant work to grief over her mother’s death and keeps him informed about Jiaze’s tutoring progress 21.
- Fang Jiaze — Her younger brother, whom she calls Xiao Ze. Their relationship combines strict discipline, frequent arguments, and teasing; she declines a shopping invitation to supervise his homework 19 21 24.
- Qi Hao — Jiaze’s mathematics tutor. Initially doubtful because he is her own age, she becomes grateful for his ability to motivate her brother and later discovers his cooking skills 20 21 23.
- Chen Xiang — Her best friend and a mathematics student at Sichuan University. Chen supplies the problems used to assess Qi Hao and later relays Professor Xu Zhengping’s praise of his solutions 21 24 25.
Story Role / Major Arcs
Hiring and Assessing Qi Hao
- Meets Qi Hao while arguing with Jiaze over mathematics. She withdraws her raised hand when the new tutor enters the study 19.
- Watches Qi Hao turn CrossFire scenarios into mathematics exercises, prompting Jiaze to complete twelve problems and ask for further explanations 20.
- Reports the successful lesson to her father. Fang Guoping subsequently raises Qi Hao’s hourly rate from 300 to 500 yuan and requests two-hour sessions 21.
- Explains her father’s quantitative-investing work to Qi Hao, prompting his interest in using mathematics to earn money and fund research 21.
Competition Problems and Lunch
- Gives Qi Hao three provincial mathematics competition problems supplied by Chen Xiang, presenting them as a request for help rather than openly calling them a test 21 22.
- Is astonished when he solves all three in under twenty minutes. Her attempt to thank him with lunch ends with Qi Hao taking over the cooking 23.
- Becomes embarrassed when Jiaze declares that Qi Hao’s cooking should be the standard for his future brother-in-law 24.
- Sends photographs of the solutions to Chen Xiang. After Professor Xu praises their originality, Jiaxue agrees to relay his offer of academic advice and the message about his business card to Qi Hao 24 25.