Lin Fengzhi

Biodata

Background

Born Yan Mingsong, Lin Fengzhi lived at Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home with his older twin, Yan Heqing. Mother Lin initially intended to adopt Yan Heqing, but he hid so that his younger brother could take his place. After joining the Lin family, Fengzhi became seriously ill and lost his memories of his earlier life, including his biological brother 6 23 47 107 231.

Fengzhi grew up surrounded by wealth and affection. Lin Fengyi initially ignored him, but became fiercely protective after rescuing him from bullies. By Fengzhi’s eighteenth birthday, gifts from friends and relatives filled an entire room; his parents gave him a seaside villa because he enjoyed diving 3 39 108.

Appearance

Lin Fengzhi has soft black hair, fair skin, delicate pink lips, and light-brown eyes. At his coming-of-age celebration, his creamy-white sweater and flushed cheeks give him the appearance of a fairy-tale prince 3 23.

• Resemblance to Yan Heqing: Their faces are strikingly similar, although Fengzhi’s face is fleshier and his eyes are slightly darker 23.
• Hands: His fingers are soft, somewhat fleshy, and shorter than Yan Heqing’s 26.
• Handwriting: Rounder and more stylized than Yan Heqing’s neat regular script 58.

Personality

Fengzhi is accustomed to being cherished and treated as the youngest child, but strongly resents being called too young after reaching adulthood. He is openly affectionate toward Mother Lin, rushing to check on her when Lin Fengyi falsely suggests that she has not eaten. He also likes cats and considers feeding strays a way to clear his head 10 30 169.

His sheltered upbringing limits his understanding of other people’s circumstances. He initially condemns Yan Heqing for severing ties with his adoptive parents without learning why, insisting that raising a child entitles them to consideration. Even after being assaulted by the same couple, he hesitates over whether he would give Yan Heqing money if asked 30 31 37.

Fengzhi’s insecurity intensifies when Yan Heqing earns his family’s admiration. He compares their appearance, education, and even eyesight, while fearing that Lu Lin might also prefer his brother. His attachment to Lu Lin eventually becomes possessive: he rejects Lu Lin’s refusal, denies Yan Heqing’s love for him, and threatens suicide to prevent their marriage 39 107 113 114 202 219 225.

Abilities & Interests

Photography

• Studies photography at T University 26 37.
• Wants to photograph the aurora and proposes a northern-lights trip after Lu Muchi promises help restoring his sight 304.

Knitting

• Knits a red scarf as a gift for Lu Lin, later admitting to Lu Muchi that it is intended for someone he likes 20.

Recreation

• Enjoys diving; his parents give him a seaside vacation villa for that reason 39.
• Receives ice hockey equipment from Lin Fengxian for his eighteenth birthday 39.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Reunion with Yan Heqing

• Learning his identity: Yan Heqing approaches Fengzhi and tells him that his original name was Yan Mingsong. Fengzhi angrily rejects the claim before fever dreams and Lin Fengyi’s reaction confirm that he was adopted 23 24 25.
• Tentative acceptance: With Mother Lin’s encouragement, he invites Yan Heqing to dinner. He remains uncomfortable with their unfamiliar relationship and becomes upset when his family praises Yan Heqing’s academic achievements 25 26.
• Encounter with the Yan couple: Yan Shengbing and Zhao Huilin mistake him for Yan Heqing. Yan Shengbing beats him while demanding 4.9 million yuan, leaving him hospitalized 31 32.
• Keeping their connection private: Fengzhi asks Yan Heqing to conceal their brotherhood because of the Lin family’s public profile. He also avoids telling Lu Muchi about his adoption 32 38.
• Growing familiarity: He stays overnight at Yan Heqing’s apartment and later receives an Ultraman figurine recalling one he broke as a child 38 47.

Pursuit of Lu Lin

• Birthday wishes: All three wishes at his eighteenth-birthday celebration concern Lu Lin: health, happiness, and reciprocated affection 3.
• Repeated rejection: Lu Lin repeatedly fails to recognize him. After one such encounter, Fengzhi drinks alone and is subjected to an unwanted advance before Lu Muchi intervenes 19 20 68 126.
• Wedding incident: Fengzhi gets into Lu Lin’s bed undressed, but Lu Muchi discovers him there. Lu Lin sees them and leaves, while Lu Muchi realizes that Fengzhi’s love interest is his uncle 7 62.
• Persistent approaches: Following Lin Fengyi’s advice to keep pursuing his crush, Fengzhi questions Lu Lin at a university event, seeks a ride with him, and forces his way into his workplace to deliver gifts 41 72 73 98.
• Using Yan Heqing as an intermediary: After Lu Muchi refuses an arranged marriage and is confined by his grandfather, Fengzhi asks Yan Heqing to deliver the message that he loves only Lu Lin 135 142.

Jealousy and Conflict with His Brother

• Fear of replacement: Fengzhi overhears that Mother Lin originally wanted to adopt Yan Heqing. Feeling that he has taken his brother’s place, he watches the family together for forty-eight minutes before leaving, hurt that they have not looked for him 107 108 109.
• False accusation: He accuses Yan Heqing of revealing their brotherhood to Gu Xingye. Gu later explains that he had only guessed, leaving Fengzhi to recognize that his accusation was mistaken 158 168.
• Discovery of the relationship: When Lu Lin comes to Beijing University for Yan Heqing, Fengzhi initially believes he has come for him. Yan Heqing explicitly identifies Lu Lin as his boyfriend and introduces Fengzhi as his younger twin 179 180.
• Direct confession: Despite knowing about the relationship, Fengzhi confesses to Lu Lin and emphasizes that he loved him first. Lu Lin dismisses the confession and tells him to remember his place 202.
• Confrontation: Mother Lin apologizes after reading Fengzhi’s diaries. Yan Heqing confronts him for knowingly pursuing his boyfriend, but Fengzhi insists that he has done nothing wrong 204.

Eyesight Deterioration

• Loss of vision: During the confrontation with Yan Heqing, Fengzhi suddenly cannot see and panics as his brother leaves. Lin Fengyi later reveals that Yan Heqing called the doctor 205 220.
• Refusal of treatment: Fengzhi refuses to go to the hospital, saying that blindness would spare him from seeing Lu Lin with Yan Heqing. Lin Fengyi throws him into the family pool while confronting him about his refusal 210.
• Worsening condition: His vision becomes particularly poor in darkness and continues deteriorating until he is nearly blind 219 227 255 270 279.

Estrangement from the Lin Family

• Confrontation at their mother’s grave: Fengzhi invokes Yan Qiushuang to pressure Yan Heqing into leaving Lu Lin. Yan Heqing strikes him and declares that he loves Lu Lin; Fengzhi responds by threatening suicide if they become engaged 219.
• Threatened jump: After secretly following the couple while they shop for their home, Fengzhi calls Yan Heqing and gives him one hour to arrive before he jumps from a building 224 225.
• Mother Lin’s collapse: Mother Lin hears that Fengzhi would surrender his family for Lu Lin and collapses. After successful surgery, she rejects Fengzhi’s attempt to take her hand 227.
• Withdrawal of support: Mother Lin tells him to go abroad or move out, offering only tuition and basic living expenses until graduation. When he runs away, she forbids the family from giving in again 231.
• Continued pursuit: Fengzhi later leaves the compound and attends a Lu family banquet hoping to see Lu Lin. There, he learns that Lu Lin and Yan Heqing plan to marry the following month 255 257.

Fire Confession and Refusal of Forgiveness

• At Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home, Lu Lin finds Fengzhi in the abandoned storage room where Yan Heqing once hid. Asked about the Yan family house fire thirteen years earlier, Fengzhi admits that he deliberately set it 270.
• Fengzhi later waits outside Yan Heqing’s former apartment and begs forgiveness on their parents’ behalf. Yan Heqing tells him that he will never forgive him and leaves 279.

Cornea-Transplant Scheme

• Lu Muchi plans to obtain Yan Heqing’s corneas for Fengzhi. Lu Lin recognizes that the proposed “most suitable” donor is Yan Heqing and understands the plan as harvesting organs from a living person 304.
• During their phone conversation, Fengzhi responds happily to the prospect of restored sight and suggests taking Lu Muchi on a trip to photograph the northern lights 304.

Relationships

• Yan Heqing — Older biological twin. Fengzhi moves from denying their connection to seeking his care, then treating him as a romantic rival. Their relationship ends in estrangement and an explicit refusal of forgiveness 23 25 69 219 279.
• Lu Lin — Long-standing, unrequited love interest. Fengzhi calls him “Uncle Lu,” idolizes him, and continues pursuing him after learning that he is Yan Heqing’s boyfriend 3 180 202.
• Lu Muchi — Friend and former admirer who rescues Fengzhi and gives him extravagant gifts. Fengzhi becomes angry with him and resolves to return his presents after the wedding incident; Lu Muchi later loses his romantic feelings for him 20 39 62 91 175.
• Mother Lin — Adoptive mother and principal source of reassurance. Her devotion turns to disillusionment after hearing that Fengzhi would give her up for Lu Lin 25 227 231.
• Father Lin — Adoptive father. He participates in comforting Fengzhi during his identity crisis and initially tries to intervene when Mother Lin tells him to move out 24 231.
• Lin Fengxian — Eldest adoptive brother. Despite growing exhausted by Fengzhi’s behavior, he continues visiting him and searches for him when he disappears 24 255.
• Lin Fengyi — Second adoptive brother, formerly intensely protective. His perception of Fengzhi as an innocent child collapses as he learns how Fengzhi has treated Yan Heqing 108 220 223.
• Gu Xingye — High school classmate who shelters him and urges him to apologize to Yan Heqing. He refuses to help Fengzhi stop Yan Heqing and Lu Lin from marrying 109 168 224.
• Yan Qiushuang — Biological mother. Fengzhi visits her grave with Yan Heqing but uses the visit to pressure his brother over Lu Lin 219.

Equipment / Items

• Richard Mille watch: A gift from Lu Muchi, described as a white ceramic watch worth one million yuan. Fengzhi later refuses to wear it 38 39 91.
• Seaside villa: Eighteenth-birthday gift from his adoptive parents 39.
• Car: Gift from Lin Fengyi, costing just over 900,000 yuan 39.
• Ultraman figurine: Gift from Yan Heqing tied to a childhood memory 47.
• Diaries: Records of his love for Lu Lin. Mother Lin reads them after becoming concerned about his behavior 204.

Original-Novel Role

• Fengzhi’s five love diaries expose his feelings for Lu Lin. Lu Muchi’s discovery of them leads him to nearly strangle Yan Heqing 7.
• After Yan Heqing’s death, Fengzhi returns to Rainbow Bridge Welfare Home to recover childhood memories and encounters Lu Muchi’s mother, an art teacher there 47.
• Lu Changcheng’s opposition creates prolonged conflict for Fengzhi and Lu Muchi 117.
• He threatens suicide three times: once over giving up Lu Lin and twice during breakups with Lu Muchi. None of those attempts succeeds 219.
• Yan Heqing remembers that Fengzhi was abandoned after losing his sight in the original story 279.