Cheng Che

Biodata

Power Progression

The system tracks four attributes: strength/stamina, endurance, charm/charisma, and intelligence. Its terminology varies between panels 1 6 12.

• Next rank requirement: After Stage Two, Cheng Che identifies winning the main-draw championship as the remaining step toward becoming an Intermediate Incubus. That promotion has not occurred in the supplied chapters 47.
• Trial wording discrepancy: Stage Two’s displayed objective includes reaching the main draw and securing a victory, but its completion notification appears immediately after his qualifying match against Zhou Kaiyue 30 47.

Background / History

Cheng Che grows up in Spring City, while his grandparents live in Pond Village. His parents run a breakfast shop, rising at three or four each morning and working without days off. His grandfather’s illness drains the family’s savings, leaving Cheng Che with little spending money. Hearing his parents discuss their physical strain strengthens his determination to improve their circumstances 1 2 3 26.

Before obtaining the system, he already hopes to attend a “985” university, writing the goal on a sheet attached to his bedroom wall. The system appears roughly one hundred days before the college entrance examination and turns his routine into a sequence of study, running, sleep, and skincare tasks 1 2.

Appearance

• Early appearance: Light-brown acne marks near his left temple have lingered since his first year of high school. They visibly fade after his first point of charm 2.
• Height growth: Rises from 175 cm to 178 cm in less than a month, then reaches 180 cm, and later 182 cm 18 30 40.
• Build: Develops broad shoulders and back, a narrow waist, long legs, and an athletic frame without looking bulky 30 40 42.
• Features: Clear, fair skin; refined facial features; a straight nose; naturally flushed lips; and dark, bright eyes 30 40.
• Hair and teeth: His appearance items leave his hair black, glossy, and smooth, and his teeth white and even 23.
• Public presence: His height and bearing remain conspicuous even when he covers his face with a mask and lowers his cap 40 50.

Personality

Cheng Che is disciplined and practical about his priorities. He initially dismisses confrontations with Zhao Lei as distractions, declines entertainment-company approaches during his senior year, and continues practicing even when his attributes are capped. In the final month before the entrance examination, he redirects his time from tennis toward intensive revision 8 22 30 35.

Although initially uncomfortable with attention and describing himself as socially anxious, he gradually accepts being noticed. His growing confidence coexists with embarrassment over confessions and crowds; outside competitive settings, repeated approaches can still exhaust him 11 24 25 40.

He is affectionate toward his family, playful with Guo Xin, and protective of other people’s privacy. He keeps Yan Ruanning’s relationship to Old Xu to himself rather than turning it into gossip. After receiving his examination awards, he insists on putting half the money into his family’s account 2 26 29 39.

Abilities & Skills

Total Concentration

An active talent that sharply increases concentration while enhancing memory, comprehension, imagination, and reaction speed 3.

• Accelerates academic work: he completes three math practice papers in ninety minutes, compared with previously needing roughly that long for one 4.
• Helps him analyze and reproduce the mechanics of Federer’s one-handed backhand from a video 13.
• Allows him to overcome stiffness during music-video filming 16.
• Limit: Consumes physical strength. During his first paid hitting session, both concentration and stamina eventually fade 3 13.

Ever-Full Power Reserves

A passive talent that preserves the quality of repeated explosive exertion 7.

• Keeps his tennis swings powerful even as his stamina is depleted 10.
• Prevents repeated bursts of activity from steadily weakening his output; it does not eliminate fatigue 7 12.

Enduring Progress Without Fail

Slows fatigue accumulation and accelerates recovery during brief rests 12.

• Supports prolonged exercise and other sustained exertion.
• Combines with Ever-Full Power Reserves to maintain both endurance and effective output.
• Limit: Scales with his endurance attribute. At 60 endurance, sufficiently intense or prolonged activity can still tire him 12.

Stars Surrounding the Moon

Amplifies his presence in crowds and under the spotlight 11.

• Helps him withstand and enjoy attention.
• Converts greater pressure and attention into a more dazzling performance.
• Triggers during his speech before roughly three thousand people 20.

Sapiosexual Boy

Makes his concentration, reasoning, and thoughtful gestures radiate intellectual charm 18.

• Stronger intellectual effort produces stronger attraction.
• Activates alongside Stars Surrounding the Moon during his school speech 20.

Flash of Inspiration

Provides a chance to grasp the key to escaping a predicament or resolving an unexpected situation 18.

• Potentially useful for difficult examination questions and tactical problems.
• Limit: Its breakthrough effect is probabilistic, not guaranteed 18.

Boy of Many Styles

An active talent that lets him present different temperaments according to his wishes 21.

• Initially available types: sunny boy, cool and aloof boy, and well-behaved boy.
• Additional types unlock as charisma increases 21.

Tolerance Makes Greatness

Converts hostility into increased public favorability 22.

• Every 10,000 people who dislike or harbor malice toward him grant a 1% increase in general public favorability.
• By the tournament qualifiers, the counter exceeds 30,000, producing a 3% bonus 45.

Bard Incubus Voice

A passive vocal talent that improves with his charm 30.

• Adds natural clarity and resonance to speech.
• Enhances singing pitch, tone, and breath control.
• His karaoke performance of “Midsummer Reply” astonishes his classmates and circulates through a video posted by Su Qingyue 36.

Star of the Court

Improves his in-the-moment performance in a competitive setting when most spectators are watching him 30.

• Enhances judgment speed, tactical instinct, and handling of crucial points.
• Complements Stars Surrounding the Moon: one draws attention, while the other rewards competing under that attention 30.

Comprehension by Analogy

Transfers the underlying logic of mastered knowledge or skills into other fields 31.

• Cheng Che recognizes applications from mathematical reasoning to physics, chemistry, and tennis tactical analysis.
• Condition: Requires genuine mastery of the original skill or body of knowledge 31.

The Art of the Brain

Allows the conception of ideas beyond his brain’s current limits 39.

• Status: Obtained, but its activation conditions are unmet 39.

Form Moves as the Mind Wills

Greatly enhances coordination, movement control, and the speed at which muscle memory forms 47.

• A single observation can often let him reproduce 70–80% of a movement’s essence.
• Applies to sports, dance, and everyday gestures, making movement fluid and natural 47.

Titles

Tennis and Practical Skills

• Natural aptitude: Old Chen identifies exceptional dynamic vision and reaction speed during Cheng Che’s first tennis lesson 10.
• Playing strengths: Powerful serves, precise one-handed backhands, rapid court coverage, and effective changes of direction and pace 17 33 43.
• Competitive composure: Observers praise his ability to remain steady after both winning and losing points, though some note that technical details still need refinement 45.
• Kitchen preparation: Years helping at his parents’ breakfast shop make him proficient at washing and chopping vegetables and peeling garlic 28.

Equipment / Items

Tennis Equipment and Training Resources

• Old Sturdy Tennis Racket — Fits his grip, balance, and swing exceptionally well despite its worn appearance. The system describes it as sufficient for training to professional level 15.
• Never-Wearing Tennis Ball — An ordinary-looking yellow-green ball supplied for repeated training without wearing out 15.
• Training Recovery Card — Automatically repairs training-related physical strain, minor muscle strains, and joint wear after each session. It does not treat injuries from unrelated causes such as fights or traffic accidents 15.
• Specialized training packs — Provide technique-specific experience and attribute rewards after completing their requirements 15:
  • Backhand Hell Training Pack: 5,000 backhands.
  • Serve Hell Training Pack: 10,000 serves.
  • Forehand Heavy Hammer Training Pack: 10,000 forehands.
  • Lingbo Weibu Training Pack: 100 hours of footwork.
• Training completion — Clears all four packs before receiving confirmation that his tennis technique has reached professional level 30.

Appearance and Care Items

• Perfect Teeth Toothpaste — Awarded alongside Boy of Many Styles; subsequent use accompanies visibly white, even teeth 21 23.
• Perfect Hair Quality Shampoo — Gradually improves hair quality toward perfection. Host-only, affects hair alone, and explicitly does not prevent hair loss 22.
• Perfect Hand Cream — Raises hand-skin healing above its rate of wear, preserving the hands’ optimal appearance 30.
• Perfect Eye Drops — Prevent visual deterioration and eliminate aching, dryness, and blurred vision while improving the appearance of his eyes. Before receiving them, his right eye has one diopter of nearsightedness 31.
• Perfect Skin Quality Body Wash — Gradually improves skin texture, feel, and luster with regular use 47.

Relationships

• Cheng Jianguo and Jiang Xue — His parents and breakfast-shop owners. They support his studies and exercise; he later contributes 150,000 yuan of his examination awards to the family account 2 39.
• Cheng Qingshan and Zhou Lan — His paternal grandparents in Pond Village, where he regularly stays and later brings Guo Xin for a visit 26 37.
• Cheng Yulan, Xu Chengjun, and Xu Qian — His aunt, uncle, and cousin. Xu Qian recognizes him from Yan Ruanning’s music video and asks him to obtain her autograph 26.
• Guo Xin — His deskmate and close friend. Helps him find part-time work, celebrates his academic gains, and urges him to return from Hang City with the championship 6 7 39.
• Old Xu — His homeroom teacher and Yan Ruanning’s father. Takes pride in his progress, selects him to deliver a school speech, and invites him to a family meal 19 27 29.
• Yan Ruanning — Singer, tennis partner, and music-video employer. Encourages his professional tennis ambitions while emphasizing the entrance examination; their contact develops into personal exchanges, meals, and visits 17 29 30 44 49.
• Xiao Zhou — Yan Ruanning’s assistant. Handles his initial filming payment, warns him about entertainment contracts, and helps him arrange a surprise set visit 17 22 47.
• Old Chen — His first tennis instructor and part-time employer. Recognizes his aptitude, introduces hitting-partner work, and arranges his meeting with Qin Lie 10 32.
• Qin Lie — Former professional player and tennis scout. Tests Cheng Che in a showcase match, then arranges his tournament travel and accompanies him in Hang City 32 33 39 41.
• Lin Xiao — Supportive classmate who notices his early physical changes and later discusses examination answers with him 3 31.
• Su Qingyue — Class monitor who becomes increasingly attentive to him and posts the karaoke video that draws requests for his contact information 7 24 36.
• Zhao Lei — Classmate and academic rival. Initially mocks his efforts, then repeatedly falls behind him in examinations 3 7 19.
• Zhou Kaiyue — Tournament rival who publicly challenges him for attention. Their qualifier ends with Zhou retiring because of a right-leg muscle strain 41 47.
• Wang Xiumei — His mother’s rival. Initially criticizes his decision to exercise, but later avoids engaging him after learning of his success 1 24.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Academic Rise

His post-examination claim that Tsinghua or Peking University is within reach attracts online criticism. The official announcement of his provincial top score vindicates him, prompting hostile commenters to delete their posts 35 37 39.

Tennis Discovery and Music-Video Debut

Seeking daily-paid work, Cheng Che takes a 100-yuan shift at Spring City Sports Center. His rapid improvement during Old Chen’s introductory lesson leads to a hitting-partner opportunity. His first paid session demonstrates how Total Concentration can accelerate physical learning, and the woman he plays offers him another job 10 11 13.

He subsequently appears in Yan Ruanning’s “Midsummer Reply” music video, overcoming awkward classroom takes and dominating their filmed tennis match. He earns 3,000 yuan for the shoot. His school-speech video goes viral first, prompting an early music-video release and interest from entertainment companies, which he declines to prioritize school 16 17 22 24 26.

Pond Village and the Xu Family

During a visit home for Grandpa Xu’s birthday celebration, Cheng Che reunites with his grandparents and becomes a subject of interest among Xu Qian’s classmates. An encounter with Old Xu leads to an invitation to a family meal, where he discovers that Yan Ruanning is his teacher’s daughter. She gives him an additional filming bonus before he returns to Spring City 26 27 29.

National Youth Competition

After his examinations, Cheng Che defeats former professional Qin Lie in a showcase and travels to Hang City for the National Youth Games qualifiers. He registers with shirt number 91, while his academic fame draws attention to his sporting ambitions and Zhou Kaiyue’s public challenge 33 39 41.

He overwhelms Zhang Hao in his opening qualifier and later advances to the main draw when Zhou Kaiyue retires injured. With five days before the main draw begins, he arranges an unannounced visit to Yan Ruanning’s filming location 43 47.

*Life Slowed Down* Guest Appearance

Cheng Che’s set visit becomes another paid entertainment opportunity when the director invites him to join the evening livestream for 150,000 yuan after tax. He accepts and accompanies Yan Ruanning on a shopping trip for the broadcast 49 50.

Notable Quotes

“I’ll change your fate.”
— His silent promise after hearing his parents discuss the strain of their work 2

“I will.”
— His answer when Yan Ruanning tells him it would be a waste not to pursue professional tennis 17

“See you in the main draw.”
— To reporters after defeating Zhang Hao 43