Lin Xiawan

Biodata

Background / History

Childhood and Adoptive Family

Lin Xiawan grew up with Ling Zhen and Song Zhuang, who favored their son, Song Fan. Her biological parents initially believed that an enemy of Lin Rusong had abandoned her outside a hospital and that the couple had subsequently found her. Lin Tingyue’s thoughts later revealed that the couple had deliberately taken Xiawan; Ling Zhen was eventually imprisoned for taking her as a baby 20 21 143.

Her adoptive household subjected her to physical abuse and discrimination. Song Zhuang once beat her with a belt for eating a meatball reserved for Song Fan. During her final year of high school, she was bullied after refusing to surrender a design to another girl; Song Zhuang and Song Fan then locked her in a storage room without food for an entire day and night 21 144.

These experiences made Xiawan independent and resilient, but left her without a sense of security. Even after returning to the Lin family, she initially kept her suffering to herself rather than relying on her biological parents 21.

Reunion with the Lin Family

After learning that the daughter they had raised was not their biological child, Lin Rusong and Bai Yaxin published missing-daughter advertisements. Several fraudulent claimants appeared before Xiawan’s DNA test confirmed her identity 20.

Xiawan was welcomed home with a grand banquet. Because she had been born a few hours before Lin Tingyue, she became the family’s eldest young lady. The original Tingyue resented her arrival, damaged her dresses, took gifts intended for her, and mocked her in front of friends 1 2.

When Tingyue’s behavior abruptly improved following a fall, Xiawan suspected another scheme. Hearing her unspoken thoughts gradually changed that judgment and allowed the sisters to build a genuine relationship 1 2 7.

Appearance

• Features: Beautiful, with a cool, aloof appearance; her unsmiling gaze is described as seeming coated in frost 2.
• Family resemblance: Her features resemble both Lin Rusong and Bai Yaxin 16.
• Engagement attire: A red velvet qipao and pearl necklace, which emphasize her cool features 2.

Personality

Xiawan is composed, observant, and meticulous. Although she initially resists believing that Cheng Xuan has betrayed her, she investigates rather than dismissing the warning outright. She discovers his additional phones and quietly arranges for his other partners to contact him during their engagement banquet 2 4.

Her guardedness comes from insecurity rather than indifference. Bai Yaxin’s insistence on treating both daughters equally moves her, while her family’s later support helps her recognize that she no longer has to face mistreatment alone. She remains determined to handle her own problems, including the plagiarism accusation against her 2 21 143.

With Tingyue, Xiawan becomes affectionate, playful, and occasionally possessive. She enjoys receiving good-night messages, competes for her sister’s attention, and teasingly acts hurt when Tingyue questions needing a ride from her. Yang Yuxing explicitly calls her a “siscon” 62 71 137 138.

Xiawan is also frugal: after rejecting Yang Hui, she considers disinfecting her phone but abandons taking it apart because she does not want to replace it. Cheng Xuan’s betrayal leaves her with little enthusiasm for marriage 29 54.

Abilities & Skills

Hearing Lin Tingyue’s Thoughts

Xiawan can hear Tingyue’s inner voice even when Tingyue is visibly silent 2.

• Information gathering: The thoughts reveal concealed motives, relationships, and past misconduct, including Cheng Xuan’s affairs and her adoptive parents’ abuse 2 21.
• Shared phenomenon: She confirms that Lin Rusong and Bai Yaxin can hear Tingyue as well 2.
• Disclosure restriction: Attempts to tell Tingyue about the phenomenon fail, including through typed messages and letters; Tingyue cannot perceive the disclosures 2.
• Censorship: Some explicit material reaches listeners in censored form 11.

Fashion Design and Exhibition Work

Xiawan pursues design professionally, working with a team before holding her first solo exhibition 36 53 143.

• Helps organize a team art exhibition, although none of her own work is displayed there 36.
• Travels abroad with her team for a competition 53 58.
• Takes Tingyue’s measurements for a collection modeled by herself, Tingyue, and Bai Yaxin 143.
• Presents detailed, personalized designs that livestream viewers favor over Gao Ren’s competing work 143.

Investigation and Composure

• Discreet investigation: Obtains contact information for Cheng Xuan’s other partners and messages them before the banquet, exposing him without warning him in advance 4.
• Public confrontation: Maintains her composure when Gao Ren accuses her of plagiarism before livestream cameras 143.
• Firm boundaries: Rejects Yang Hui’s confession and later refuses to forgive those involved in the attack on her exhibition 28 144.

Relationships

• Lin Tingyue — Younger sister in the Lin household, though not biologically related. Their initial antagonism becomes mutual trust and affection. Xiawan openly identifies Tingyue as her sister when Shang Gaofei mocks their relationship, arranges surprises for her, and brings her on a team outing 1 7 67 68 71.
• Bai Yaxin — Biological mother. Her patience, equal treatment of both daughters, and unconditional support gradually give Xiawan the maternal security she lacked growing up 2 21 56 60 143.
• Lin Rusong — Biological father. Helps reunite the family, reports the circumstances of Xiawan’s disappearance to the police, and mobilizes legal action against rumors surrounding her exhibition 20 21 143.
• Lin Yuhuan — Eldest brother. Initially unsure how to interact with his newly reunited sister; later helps organize the legal and public-relations response to the plagiarism allegations 7 143.
• Lin Shengyan — Second brother. Becomes a frequent target of Xiawan’s dry teasing, but fiercely supports her during the exhibition dispute 6 23 143.
• Cheng Xuan — University classmate and former fiancé. Xiawan once valued his support when others looked down on her, but ends their engagement after uncovering his multiple relationships 2 3.
• Ling Zhen, Song Zhuang, and Song Fan — Abusive adoptive family. Their claims of loving Xiawan conceal favoritism and exploitation; Song Zhuang and Song Fan later participate in the plagiarism confrontation 20 21 143 144.
• Fan Qing — Tingyue’s best friend. Initially targets Xiawan out of loyalty to Tingyue, then becomes friendlier as the sisters reconcile 35.
• Yang Yuxing — Friend who knows much of Xiawan’s past and teases her about her devotion to Tingyue 62.
• Ying An — Tingyue’s acquaintance. Xiawan reacts jealously to his attention toward her sister, even challenging him for initially greeting only Tingyue 54 59.
• Gao Ren / Ling Jie — Designer who accuses Xiawan of plagiarism; also Ling Zhen’s younger brother. His confrontation disrupts her first solo exhibition 143 144.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Breaking Off the Engagement

Tingyue’s thoughts alert Xiawan that Cheng Xuan is pursuing her wealth while maintaining other relationships. Despite initially defending him in her own mind, Xiawan investigates his phones and arranges the calls that expose him at their engagement banquet 2 4.

When Cheng Xuan blames Tingyue for staging the scandal, Xiawan declares that she believes her sister and publicly cancels the engagement. She later tells Tingyue that Cheng Xuan is suspected of large-scale fraud and may face prison 3 12.

Exposure of Her Adoptive Parents

After the sisters’ graduation ceremony, Ling Zhen requests three million from the Lin family to buy Song Fan’s household a larger home. Tingyue’s thoughts expose both the couple’s abuse and their role in taking Xiawan, prompting the Lin family to report the matter to the police 20 21.

The aftermath brings Xiawan’s emotional distance into the open. Bai Yaxin asks why she concealed her suffering, while Tingyue’s thoughts explain that Xiawan lacks security rather than a desire to belong 21.

Career and First Solo Exhibition

Xiawan’s professional work develops through a team exhibition and an overseas competition. Her family attends the exhibition and follows the competition’s livestreams despite the time difference 36 53 58.

Before her first solo exhibition, Bai Yaxin gives her a sewing machine. The family also participates directly in the collection, with Bai Yaxin, Tingyue, and Xiawan herself serving as models 143.

Gao Ren then accuses Xiawan of plagiarism, arriving with Song Zhuang and models to challenge her before livestream viewers. Xiawan refuses to retreat, challenges his claim to dated design records, and confronts Song Zhuang and Song Fan over the related abuse she endured in high school 143 144.

She proceeds with the exhibition and later tells the police that she will not forgive Chi Yan, Song Zhuang, or Song Fan, choosing instead to pursue legal action to the end 144.

Notable Quotes

“My sister, of course. Who else? A man like you with one foot on n boats?” 3

“For family, no amount of effort is too much.” 68

“I won't forgive them. On the contrary, I'll pursue legal action to the end.” 144