Lin Jiasi

Biodata

Background / History

Upbringing and Independence

Lin Jiasi is the only daughter of Lin Hong’s third wife, Xu Yinan. Her father demanded that she excel at school and criticized her when she later asked questions while working at the family company. His insistence on arranging her marriage further strained their relationship 16 24.

Committed to freely chosen love, Jiasi refused his matchmaking efforts and spent much of her time traveling. Her longest absences from home lasted three to five years. When she returned, she preferred staying with her eldest brother, Lin Rusong, and his wife, Bai Yaxin, who kept a room ready for her 16 97.

Fu Jingtian’s Matchmaking Dinner

After returning from abroad, Jiasi brought gifts for Bai Yaxin and the younger generation, meeting her niece Lin Xiawan for the first time. She reluctantly accepted her father’s dinner invitation after learning that Rusong and Yaxin would also attend. The supposed reunion proved to be a matchmaking dinner with Fu Jingtian 16.

Jiasi heard Lin Tingyue’s thoughts warning that Fu had drugged her wine and immediately dropped the glass. She then feigned an apology and cooperated with Yaxin, who switched the glasses while other family members distracted her father. Jiasi toasted Fu, leaving him to drink the drugged wine 16.

Under the drug’s effects, Fu mistook Lin Hong for Jiasi and tried to kiss him in the hotel lobby. Jiasi slapped Fu after security restrained him, and her father demanded that the police be called. The incident made the news; afterward, Lin Hong claimed he had known nothing about the drugging and cut ties with the Fu family 17.

To thank Tingyue for preventing the assault, Jiasi offered her a villa in eastern City A. Tingyue accepted enthusiastically 17.

Her Father’s Retirement Troubles

Jiasi delighted in the decision to send Lin Hong to a university for seniors, recalling how often he had criticized her education. She had previously imagined sending him there and turning his own criticisms back on him 24.

The hotel incident continued to affect her father: even seeing Jiasi’s name on his phone could remind him of Fu and make him nauseated. Jiasi openly gloated over this lasting consequence 86.

While traveling in a seaside city abroad, she told the family about Sang Jie’s failed blind date and Mo Li’s attempt to use the match to secure her brother’s promotion. Sang Jie planned to join Jiasi abroad to escape further matchmaking 87.

Supporting Xu Yinan’s Divorce

When Lin Hong announced that he wanted to divorce Xu Yinan after she mentioned visiting the senior dance center, Jiasi booked the earliest flight home. She arrived after three in the morning and waited in the living room until dawn. She told Yaxin that she had wanted her mother to leave him for years and had repeatedly offered to support her 93.

Jiasi initially framed her mother’s choices bluntly: divorce and live independently, or reconcile and continue enduring Lin Hong’s criticism. After Yaxin urged patience, Jiasi acknowledged that she had been too forceful. She promised to respect her mother’s decision, including reconciliation, while asking her to value herself 93 94.

She encouraged Xu Yinan to enter a dance competition, offered to become her partner if necessary, and took her shopping. Recognizing that her own long absences had left her mother without companionship, Jiasi felt guilty and began spending more time with her 96 97.

At Old Master Du’s birthday banquet, Jiasi advised younger heirs on resisting marriage pressure. Afterward, she taunted her father that marriage was not necessarily beneficial and joked that she might become “Xu Jiasi” following her parents’ divorce. Lin Hong became so angry that he was hospitalized 96 97.

When Xu Yinan finally obtained her divorce certificate, Jiasi took her on a trip that same day. Lin Hong later blamed Jiasi for his former wife’s refusal to reunite with him 101 123.

Appearance

• Described as having a gorgeous face and a captivating smile 16.
• Wears a white tailored skirt to the matchmaking dinner with Fu Jingtian 16.

Personality

Jiasi is lively, free-spirited, and openly resistant to parental control. Financial independence allows her to ignore threats to freeze her family-provided cards. When other wealthy heirs seek her advice, she identifies independent finances and firmness against emotional pressure as essential to resisting unwanted marriages 16 96.

She has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Her impatience with Xu Yinan comes from distress at seeing her mistreated, and she apologetically adjusts her approach when she realizes that her mother needs time rather than an ultimatum 93 94.

Her affection is practical and generous: she brings gifts home, rewards Tingyue with valuable property, and offers to fund her mother’s retirement and travels. She also enjoys gossip and makes little effort to hide her amusement when her father’s schemes backfire 16 17 24 93.

Abilities & Skills

Hearing Lin Tingyue’s Thoughts

Jiasi can hear Tingyue’s unspoken thoughts, a phenomenon Bai Yaxin explains to her before the matchmaking dinner 16.

• Uses Tingyue’s warning to avoid drinking Fu Jingtian’s drugged wine 16.
• Learns private gossip through Tingyue’s thoughts, including revelations at the Du family banquet 96 97.
• Does not reveal the ability to Tingyue, who remains puzzled by the family’s well-timed reactions 16.

Improvisation and Deception

• Swiftly turns dropping her wineglass into a feigned apology, creating an opportunity to cooperate with Yaxin 16.
• Plays along with the supposed stain on her skirt while Yaxin switches the wineglasses 16.
• Stops her father’s raised cane before he can strike Lin Rusong 16.

Property & Resources

• Independent finances — Has achieved financial freedom and does not depend solely on cards supplied by her family 17 96.
• Eastern City A villa — Offers it to Tingyue as thanks for saving her from Fu’s trap; the area is described as the city’s most expensive residential district 17.
• Two courtyard houses — Owns both and considers giving Tingyue one after hearing her enthusiasm for courtyard homes 17.
• Additional real estate — Owns numerous properties 17.

Relationships

• Xu Yinan — Mother. Jiasi supports her financially and emotionally, encourages her dancing, and accompanies her on a trip immediately after her divorce 93 94 96 101.
• Lin Hong / Old Master Lin — Father. His criticism and persistent matchmaking drive their estrangement; he later blames her for Xu Yinan’s refusal to return 16 24 123.
• Lin Rusong — Eldest half-brother. They are close, and she stays at his home rather than the old residence during visits 16.
• Bai Yaxin — Eldest sister-in-law and trusted ally. Helps protect her from Fu Jingtian and supports her efforts to help Xu Yinan 16 93 94.
• Lin Tingyue — Niece. Her thoughts save Jiasi from the drugging attempt; Jiasi rewards her with a villa and affectionately calls her a “little money-grubber” 16 17.
• Lin Xiawan — Niece. Jiasi warmly welcomes her into the family and continues sending gifts to both her and Tingyue 16 93.
• Sang Jie — Shares Jiasi’s resistance to marriage pressure and plans to take refuge with her abroad 87.
• Fu Jingtian — Unwanted matchmaking partner who attempts to drug her. He has harbored a crush on her since middle school 16 17.

Notable Quotes

“First, you have to be financially independent.” 96

“Even if you choose to go back to Dad, I'll respect your decision. But Mom, please respect yourself too, all right?” 94

“Mom, you're a person, not one of his possessions...” 97