Gu Xiao

Biodata

Background

Life Before Transmigration

Gu Xiao came from an apocalypse in which he spent thirty years surviving amid slaughter and plunder. High-speed driving, combat, and vigilance were necessities rather than hobbies. He recalls killing both people who deserved death and people who did not, as well as enduring coercion and humiliation himself 2 8 25 39.

He transmigrates into a novel character with the same name and an identical face. He initially treats the wealthy, comparatively peaceful world as a vacation, although he does not know why he was brought there 2 37.

The Original Gu Xiao

The original Gu Xiao was the Gu Family’s sole heir and Aisili Noble Academy’s undisputed “uncrowned king.” His position exposed him to repeated assassination attempts and kidnappings from childhood. Gu Yun, an orphan one year younger than him, was raised as his body double to suffer danger in his place 7 22.

In the novel’s original storyline, Gu Xiao began as a major villain targeting the universally adored protagonist before becoming one of that protagonist’s love interests. The transmigrated Gu Xiao rejects this future, particularly the prospect of sharing a romantic partner with others 2 14.

Despite their decade-long friendship with the original owner, Fu Huai, Feng Ji, and Ji Chuan do not recognize that Gu Xiao has been replaced. Gu Xiao finds this failure revealing about the nature of F4’s bonds 18.

Appearance

• Hair: Black during the main events; previously silver before he dyed it back to black 7 21.
• Eyes: Naturally pale gray. He wears blue colored contacts, which Fu Huai initially uses as the basis for choosing his birthday gemstone 8.
• Build: Slender waist and defined, athletic arms. Despite others’ admiration, Gu Xiao considers his nineteen-year-old body weak compared with what survival in the apocalypse demanded 5 10.
• Skin: Very fair, becoming noticeably cooler and paler after spending the winter indoors 6.
• Distinguishing mark: A red mole beneath his collarbone, usually hidden by tightly buttoned clothing 21 23.
• Clothing: Frequently wears expensive shirts, tailored trousers, suits, and ties 5 10 15 21.

Personality

Gu Xiao is imperious, easily bored, and drawn to confrontation as entertainment. Lu Keyan interests him because a scholarship student with apparently little beyond good grades dares provoke F4. He likewise allows He Shuyu near him despite knowing his hostile intentions, then expresses disappointment when the encounter produces no real attack 7 17.

Control over his own body and circumstances is particularly important to him. His first rut leaves him deeply unsettled because his desires and physical reactions no longer feel fully under his command. He dislikes being crowded or touched without permission and reacts harshly to unwanted advances 10 25 31.

His survival instincts coexist with a conscious effort not to live by apocalyptic rules. Although he experiences murderous impulses, he reminds himself that this world is not suited to killing. He opposes killing people whose offenses do not warrant death, catches an omega whom Feng Ji nearly injures, and apologizes to Lin Qi after concluding that the student suffered because of him 16 19 25 26.

This restraint does not make him gentle: he humiliates red-card targets, breaks Lu Keyan’s fingers, and uses overwhelming force against persistent pursuers. He is also suspicious of affection and loyalty, questioning whether the other three families will remain subordinate to the Gu Family once their heirs enter business 26 41 42.

Gu Xiao refuses to accept the original novel’s romantic destiny. He states that he likes neither omegas nor alphas and does not expect to fall in love with anyone. His earlier preference for women has also faded after years of apocalyptic survival 14 25 48.

Abilities & Skills

SS-Rank Mental Power

Gu Xiao possesses SS-rank mental power, giving him an overwhelming advantage over many other alphas 16 44.

• Forces He Shuyu to his knees and renders him unconscious; the suppression also affects nearby Fu Huai and Feng Ji despite not targeting them 15 16.
• Immobilizes Gu Yun and later inflicts injuries severe enough to make him cough blood 29 30.
• Forces Hill to kneel before making him lose consciousness 41.
• Can agitate other alphas’ mental power simply by leaving his own power active 17.
• Usually has little need to use direct mental suppression because his influence already makes others obey him 16.

Pheromone Control

His iris-scented pheromones can exert powerful, precisely directed pressure 2 5.

• Suppresses Lin An while leaving people within twenty centimeters of him unaffected, demonstrating exceptional control 2.
• Can suppress his scent sufficiently that Fu Huai cannot use it to gauge his emotions 11.
• During rut, his scent becomes strong enough for Fu Huai to warn that it will disrupt the academy 8.
• His first experienced rut overwhelms his usual control; suppressant treatment provides inadequate relief, and he resorts to cold water 10.

Mental-Power Soothing

• Gently soothes Lin Qi’s destabilized mental power during a hospital visit after the student nearly suffers a mental collapse 19.

Close-Quarters Combat

Gu Xiao retains practical fighting skills from his former life, including precise, potentially lethal strikes 25 37.

• Knocks Gu Yun unconscious with a single kick 31.
• Incapacitates Hill with a carefully controlled kick to the temple; a slight error in force could have killed him 37.
• Physically overpowers and pins Fu Huai while questioning his intentions 23.

Heightened Perception

• Detects that someone is watching him in his bathroom without initially knowing what surveillance method is being used 7.
• Recognizes renewed observation later, but perception alone does not identify the watcher or locate the cameras 40 44.

High-Speed Driving

• Uses driving techniques developed while surviving in the apocalypse, where speed, fitness, and vehicle handling were essential 39.
• His racing speed and maneuvers leave Feng Ji weak-legged and Fu Huai visibly shocked 39.
• Considers the racing car slower than the modified armored vehicles of his former world 39.

Influence and Resources

• Leads F4 and can issue or revoke the academy’s red cards 4 35.
• Commands attendants, Lin An, security personnel, and extensive family resources 7 11 29.
• Occupies a dormitory suite exceeding three hundred square meters; F4 also controls the library’s entire tenth floor 7 44.

Equipment & Possessions

• Heart of the Ocean: A deep-blue gemstone given by Fu Huai for his nineteenth birthday. Only three exist worldwide; Fu Huai chooses it to match Gu Xiao’s blue contacts 8.
• Gray diamond brooch: Found attached to a fitted black shirt after Gu Xiao’s drugging. Its color matches his natural eyes. He tears it off and later asks Fu Huai to investigate its origin 11 17.
• Iris estate: A birthday gift from Feng Ji, valued at one or two billion. Its garden is expected to bloom by Gu Xiao’s twentieth birthday 17.
• Suppressants: Used to control his rut and pheromones, though their effectiveness proves insufficient during his first rut after transmigration 8 10.
• Iris-scented handkerchief: Entrusted to Murong Xuan with orders to guard it; Murong becomes captivated by its fragrance 4.
• Maserati: Ordered destroyed after Gu Yun’s abduction; Gu Yun attributes the decision to its contamination with his pheromones 29 30.

Relationships

• Fu Huai — F4’s second-ranked member and an attentive companion whose behavior conceals possessiveness. Gu Xiao is intrigued by his apparent resistance to the original protagonist’s appeal. Unknown to Gu Xiao, Fu Huai tampers with his evening injection and stays beside him while he sleeps 7 31 32.
• Feng Ji — F4 companion who openly seeks his attention, objects to rivals approaching him, and gives him an iris-filled estate. Gu Xiao alternates between indulging him and silencing his noisy complaints 17 21 34.
• Ji Chuan — F4 companion who was infatuated with Gu Xiao before learning he was an alpha. He secretly watches Gu Xiao through a bathroom camera, while Gu Xiao remains unable to confirm the watcher’s identity. His belated birthday gift is a hug, which Gu Xiao calls useless 6 24 40.
• Lu Keyan — Scholarship student and red-card target. He initially blames Gu Xiao for his brother’s death, but his revenge becomes a fixation on possessing and pleasing him. Gu Xiao finds his submission and enjoyment of pain increasingly incomprehensible 5 8 42.
• Murong Xuan — Another red-card target whom Gu Xiao frightens and orders to serve Lu Keyan. His red card is eventually revoked alongside Lu Keyan’s 4 6 8 35.
• Lin An — Gu Xiao’s devoted subordinate, trusted with transport, confinement, and cleanup after the Gu Yun incident. Gu Xiao forbids him from troubling Lu Keyan without permission 2 10 29.
• Gu Yun — His inherited body double and the Gu Family butler’s adopted son, not a biological brother. Gu Yun abducts him, bites him, and begs to become his “sharpest blade”; Gu Xiao rejects the offer and orders his return to the sanatorium 22 28 30 31.
• He Shuyu — Singer and academy alumnus whose family was bankrupted by Gu Xiao’s side. He openly pursues Gu Xiao despite their history and is violently rejected 14 15.
• Hill Aisili — Aisili Family heir who challenges F4 and proposes dating Gu Xiao, even offering Shelley as another boyfriend. Gu Xiao knocks him unconscious and later subjects him to mental suppression 37 41.
• Shelley Aisili — Hill’s older brother and a racing challenger who defeats Feng Ji before challenging Gu Xiao 37 41.
• Fu Sinian — Fu Huai’s beta cousin, whom Gu Xiao addresses as “Brother Nian” and recruits to investigate the bathroom cameras. His unusually courteous treatment provokes Fu Huai’s and Feng Ji’s jealousy 44 45.
• Fu Rong — Former fiancé chosen by Gu Xiao’s mother. After undergoing a second differentiation from omega to alpha, he continues insisting on marriage, while Gu Xiao maintains that the engagement is invalid 41 48 49.
• Lin Qi — Student injured after winning the gray gemstone. Gu Xiao considers himself responsible for the resulting calamity, visits with a gift, apologizes, and soothes his mental power 19.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Red-Card Targets

Gu Xiao continues F4’s persecution of Lu Keyan and Murong Xuan, but approaches their reactions as entertainment rather than following the original novel’s romantic trajectory. He offers to revoke Lu Keyan’s red card if Lu seduces an unnamed person and orders Murong Xuan to serve him. Both targets instead become increasingly preoccupied with Gu Xiao 2 4 5 6.

At his birthday gathering, Gu Xiao makes Lu Keyan drink on his behalf. When Ji Chuan requests permission to take Lu away, Gu Xiao sets a price of ten glasses. Lu drinks them hoping to remain beside Gu Xiao, only for Gu Xiao to let Ji Chuan take him anyway 12.

Nineteenth Birthday and the Hidden Intruder

Gu Xiao’s birthday coincides with his first rut since transmigration. While he attempts to manage it in his bathtub, an unseen person drugs him and speaks through an electronic device, calling him “wifey” and making possessive death threats. Gu Xiao interprets the encounter as a threat to his life and resolves to find the culprit 8 10.

He wakes in unfamiliar clothing with a valuable gray brooch attached. After ordering a thorough search, he later investigates the gemstone’s origin. Lin Qi, who wins the gemstone at the banquet, subsequently suffers a dormitory fire and near-collapse of his mental power; the gemstone disappears 11 17 19.

He Shuyu’s birthday performance creates a separate confrontation. The singer arranges a blackout and artificial iris-petal display before confessing his interest. Gu Xiao suppresses him into unconsciousness, then restrains his own impulse to have him killed 14 15 16.

Gu Yun’s Abduction

After an outing to T-C, Gu Xiao is abducted by Gu Yun, who confronts him over years of neglect and his existence as a disposable body double. Drugged and weakened, Gu Xiao initially cannot freely resist; Gu Yun later reveals that Gu Xiao used his pheromones as an antidote 27 28 30.

Gu Xiao regains control, subdues Gu Yun, and has him confined in his basement. He fails to obtain a satisfactory explanation of outside involvement, rejects Gu Yun’s offer of service, and orders medical treatment and a return to the sanatorium. Gu Yun escapes again that night 29 30 31 33.

The Aisili Twins

When Hill and Shelley Aisili transfer into the academy and declare war on F4, Gu Xiao chooses to meet their challenge rather than remove them. He revokes Lu Keyan’s and Murong Xuan’s red cards as this new conflict begins 35.

He incapacitates Hill after repeated provocation and accepts Shelley’s racing challenge following Feng Ji’s loss. The race reveals that Gu Xiao’s apparently reckless driving is a survival skill inherited from his former life 37 39.

Surveillance Investigation

The narrative reveals Ji Chuan watching Gu Xiao through a hidden bathroom camera, but Gu Xiao himself does not confirm the culprit. He recruits Fu Sinian for his network expertise and assigns him to stay in the bathroom overnight 40 44 45.

Fu Sinian cannot identify who destroyed the cameras. Gu Xiao ends the investigation and replaces everything in the bathroom 46.

Disputed Engagement

After Fu Rong publicly declares his love, Gu Xiao agrees to meet the fiancé he has never personally encountered since transmigrating. At dinner, Fu Rong arrives in a red dress and makeup, insisting that a kindergarten Cinderella performance included a promise of marriage 48 49.

Gu Xiao rejects the claim and states that Fu Rong’s differentiation into an alpha invalidated their engagement. Fu Rong leaves drunk but vows to make him agree to marry him 49.

Notable Quotes

“What they've done doesn't warrant death. I don't want to see anyone die in front of me, either.” 25

“I'm not playing any game. I didn't expect He Shuyu to do nothing at all. How disappointing.” 17

“If you overestimate yourself, you need to bear the consequences.” 41