Song Yunshen

Biodata

Background / History

Song Yunshen’s family originally came from Tangning Village in Ningjiang, an area later incorporated into Linhang City. His grandparents were farmers, while his father and uncle attended university. During elementary school, he lived with his family in a small rented home in the county center. His father frequently traveled for work, leaving his mother primarily responsible for raising him; Yunshen nevertheless remembers his childhood as happy 64.

His family later became financially comfortable. His father, Song Mingyuan, invested in a relative’s foreign-trade company and became its effective second-in-command. The company’s business expanded rapidly after 2022. The family also owns rental properties, and Yunshen occasionally handles tenant matters on his father’s behalf 6 8 231.

His parents divorced, and his mother subsequently died. Her absence remains emotionally significant: watching Xia Jinshu cook in his kitchen reminds him of the warmth his home once had. He later prepares to visit his mother on her birthday, bringing food made with Xia Yunuo’s help 2 118 201 203.

Yunshen has no particular ambition to establish himself independently of his family. His stated plan is to attend university and eventually inherit his father’s company and properties 251.

Appearance

• Build: Tall, broad-shouldered, and well-proportioned, with a straight back and considerable stamina 221.
• Face: Thick, naturally arched eyebrows, a straight nose, and a clean, well-defined jawline 214.
• Expression: His smile softens his features and makes him appear approachable and trustworthy 214.
• Attractiveness: His looks are repeatedly noticed by classmates and the Xia sisters. A girl confessed to him in middle school, although he declined 2 11 30.

Personality

Yunshen is sociable, self-confident, and fond of teasing. He trades insults with Xu Zhuoyue, jokes with his uncle as though they are friends, and regularly provokes Xia Kening with deliberately embarrassing remarks. Xia Yunuo describes him as earnest when explaining schoolwork, playful with the boys, and somewhat narcissistic 14 85 117 122.

His relaxed attitude toward school conceals strong learning ability. He dislikes unnecessary effort and initially neglects English, but becomes absorbed in lessons when Xia Jinshu gives him structured guidance. His teachers initially regard him as an ordinary, middling student rather than either an academic star or a serious troublemaker 2 113 130.

He is observant and composed under pressure. He approaches his supernatural experiences by making written plans, comparing evidence, and testing explanations. Xia Kening later admires his ability to adapt to unexpected situations and calm an upset elder without panicking 2 23 229.

Yunshen’s kindness often takes practical forms: arranging tutoring work, seeking better pay for Xia Yunuo, entertaining Yingying, and encouraging Yunuo to make more friends. He also openly recognizes Xu Zhuoyue’s loyalty despite their constant bickering 52 74 93 175 196.

His attraction to the Xia sisters complicates that generosity. He frequently notices their appearance and privately compares them, while continuing to describe his relationships as friendship. Beneath his confident joking, he remains uncertain about romance and the future he actually wants 145 190 193 196.

Abilities & Skills

Future Diary

Yunshen possesses a supernatural diary that displays entries written by Xia Jinshu in the future. Its early predictions, including the cafeteria menu, convince him that it is genuine 1 76 110.

• Future information: Entries reveal possible developments in his relationships, education, and family connections 97 139 212 231.
• Unpredictable dates: Updates can concern events only days away or jump more than a decade ahead, making useful information difficult to obtain consistently 97.
• Date-selection experiments: He experiments with writing a specific future date in the diary rather than relying entirely on random updates 97 110.
• Incomplete evidence: Unnamed people, omitted details, and entries read out of sequence repeatedly lead him to revise his conclusions 2 140 164 231.

The diary does not present an unavoidable future. The author distinguishes two timelines 209:

Mutual Mind Reading

Yunshen and Xia Yunuo can hear one another’s inner thoughts. He initially mistakes her voice for a possible auditory hallucination before connecting it to her unspoken reactions 1 2 3.

• Everyday use: He hears her concerns, embarrassment, affection, and reactions to his behavior, sometimes answering or teasing her without revealing what he knows 11 16 72.
• Reciprocal exposure: Yunuo also hears his private thoughts, including his attraction to her and his involvement with her sisters 3 35 74.
• Limited range: Yunuo’s tests indicate that she can no longer hear him after traveling roughly from their classroom to the athletic field 104.
• Body-swap interruptions: She notices periods when his thoughts become inaudible while he is attending school in Kening’s body 82.
• No fixed activation rule: The author explicitly states that whether thoughts are heard is handled subjectively rather than through a rigid mechanical system 209.

Neither initially realizes that the ability is mutual 3.

Soul Swapping

Yunshen and Xia Kening periodically exchange bodies. They must continue each other’s routines while coordinating through messages and calls 23 29 30.

• Sleep-associated transitions: They have swapped or returned to their own bodies after sleeping, but cannot initially identify the exact trigger 33 77 88.
• Control experiments: They agree to test whether falling asleep and waking at the same time can induce a swap 103.
• Physical limitations: Each uses the other’s body and its physical capabilities. Yunshen loses his usual height and strength in Kening’s body, while she gains his reach and stamina 157 158 219 221.
• Academic consequences: His science knowledge lets him handle Kening’s middle-school work easily, whereas her difficulty with his high-school mathematics damages his exam performance 29 82 223.
• Impersonation: He becomes convincing enough at copying Kening’s speech and mannerisms that Yunuo thinks she might not have noticed the substitution without prior knowledge 224.
• Hidden exposure: Yunuo eventually knows about the swaps, while Yunshen remains unaware that she has recognized him 224.

Academics and Tutoring

Yunshen’s strongest subjects are mathematics and physics. Chemistry and biology are also strong, while English is the main obstacle to a higher overall ranking 21 223.

Gaming and Video Production

• Gaming videos: Produces and edits exploration videos for Bilibili and Douyin. His first video exceeds 100,000 Bilibili views and reaches 20,000 Douyin likes, enabling him to activate both platforms’ incentive programs 139.
• Editing: Becomes faster with his editing software and learns to manage footage from two games at once 170.
• Genshin Impact: An experienced player who collects every new character without pursuing constellations or signature weapons. He enjoys exploration, full collection, and unusual team compositions 143 153.
• Other games: Wins an Honor of Kings match for Song Jiayao and carries Yunuo close to the end of a PUBG duo match 201 245.

Other Skills

• Basketball: Uses spins and layups effectively; hearing Yunuo’s enthusiastic thoughts motivates him to play especially hard 91 191.
• Cooking: Initially cannot cook. Jinshu teaches him knife handling and ingredient preparation, and Yunuo later refines his cutting technique 107 185 195.
• Gardening: Demonstrates how to loosen soil with a hoe at his grandparents’ fishpond 183.
• Simple magic tricks: Performs coin and ball tricks, although occasional mistakes reveal the method 185.

Equipment / Items

• Future Diary — His source of future entries from Xia Jinshu; he normally keeps it locked in a drawer 39 97.
• Personal diary — A separate, ordinary diary recording his daily activities and private thoughts. Jinshu can read its newly written entries through her own supernatural ability, without his knowledge 2 165 200 209.
• Smartphone — Used for WeChat coordination, body-swap discussions, social media, and checking his door-lock camera 33 93 104.
• Bicycle and electric scooter — His everyday transport; he later regularly gives the Xia sisters rides 6 116 194.
• Computer — Used for gaming and video editing. Early in the story, he hopes to save enough money to replace it 2 139 170.

Relationships

The Xia Sisters

• Xia Yunuo — Classmate, eventual deskmate, and mutual mind-reading partner. Their friendship develops through mathematics help, shared meals, tutoring arrangements, and increasingly intimate outings. He calls her “Nuonuo,” reassures her when she feels inferior to Jinshu, and receives comfort from her before visiting his late mother. Despite their classmates treating them as a couple, he continues to call her a good friend 74 165 194 201 232 242.
• Xia Jinshu — English pen pal, senior schoolmate, tutor, and close friend. She begins cooking for him, supervises his vocabulary practice, and comforts him over his mother’s death and father’s hospitalization. Her future diary establishes a romantic relationship with him in Timeline A; in the present, she secretly reads his personal diary 18 107 170 192 200 204.
• Xia Kening — Soul-swapping partner and gaming companion. Their relationship is marked by arguments, teasing, practical cooperation, and increasingly habitual late-night conversations. Future entries lead him to suspect she may have been his first girlfriend, but he recognizes that the evidence remains inconclusive 30 93 143 188 231.

Family

• Song Mingyuan — Father. Funds his tutoring and offers spending-money incentives for studying. Yunshen worries about him and is upset to learn that an apparent trip was actually concealed medical treatment 2 8 204 210 213.
• His mother — Deceased. Raised him while his father traveled for work; memories of her strongly influence his response to domestic warmth and emotional comfort 64 118 201 204.
• Song Minggui — Uncle and Class 5 mathematics teacher. Prefers that Yunshen not advertise their family relationship at school and helps connect Yunuo with tutoring work 18 74.
• Zhao Zeheng — Maternal uncle. Shares a teasing, friend-like relationship with Yunshen and helps arrange Yingying’s tutoring 93 122 188.
• Ruan Zheng — Zhao Zeheng’s wife and Yunshen’s aunt. Formerly Yunshen’s middle-school homeroom teacher and later Kening’s homeroom teacher; regularly welcomes him for meals 34 143 222.
• Yingying — Young cousin. He plays with her, gives her pony rides, and helps look after her during Yunuo’s lessons 52 114.
• Song Wantang — Aunt who owns the braised-chicken restaurant. Teases him about the girls he brings there and helps arrange Jinshu’s visit to an optician 109 147.
• Zhao Lisong — Grandfather and vegetable vendor. His unexpected encounters with Yunshen and the Xia sisters prompt awkward introductions 116 194.
• Song Qingen — Grandfather. Yunshen skillfully talks him out of an angry mood, impressing Kening with his tact 229.
• Wei Zhile and Song Yu’an — Cousins who transfer into Class 5. Yunshen introduces them to his classmates and invites them to eat with him and Yunuo 249 250 251.

Friends and Classmates

• Xu Zhuoyue — Close friend since middle school. Their friendship involves basketball, betting, insults, and teasing about Yunuo. Yunshen trusts his loyalty because Xu once accepted punishment without identifying him as an accomplice 18 196 242.
• Zhong Long — Classmate who supplies information and offers various student services. Agrees to keep Jinshu’s tutoring arrangement private 11 242.
• Kang Ping — High-achieving classmate and one of his mathematics peers. His friend group commonly borrows her homework 4 75.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Discovering the Supernatural Connections

Yunshen’s ordinary school life changes when he hears Yunuo’s thoughts and discovers that a mysterious diary can predict events. Its references to his future divorce turn his attention toward identifying the writer. He compares handwriting, investigates the English Club, and begins corresponding with Jinshu 1 2 5 6 12.

The later body swaps with Kening give him a third supernatural connection. His relative composure contrasts with her initial panic, but the swaps soon create practical problems involving exams, school routines, and explaining each other’s behavior 23 29 30 33.

Summer Tutoring and Growing Closeness

Yunshen arranges for Yunuo to tutor Yingying while hiring Jinshu to teach him English. He deliberately separates the lesson schedules to avoid an encounter, not realizing that the sisters already have information he lacks 74 77 93.

Summer brings regular meals, gaming sessions, studying, and outings with all three sisters. He takes Jinshu to his grandparents’ fishpond, learns to cook, and surprises her with glasses. At the same time, his closeness with Yunuo grows through movies, shopping, and emotional reassurance 167 178 183 185 194 196.

Reconstructing His Possible Love Life

The Future Diary repeatedly overturns Yunshen’s assumptions. He initially imagines a straightforward relationship with Jinshu, followed by an unhappy marriage to someone else. A wedding entry revealing that the bride is Jinshu’s younger sister forces him to reconsider that explanation 2 139 140.

These entries concern Timeline A, not a guaranteed outcome for the main story. Yunshen’s theories about which sister he dates or marries remain provisional 209 231 242.

Family Illness and Emotional Support

His mother’s birthday and the discovery of his father’s hospitalization expose feelings he normally conceals behind jokes. Yunuo supports him before his memorial visit, while Jinshu later encourages him to speak openly about his grief and worry. Jinshu also helps prepare meals for his hospitalized father 201 204 205 210.

Returning to School

Before the new term, Yunshen and Yunuo agree to become deskmates, offering their complementary strengths in mathematics and English as the reason for the change. Their classmates increasingly take a romantic relationship for granted. Wei Zhile and Song Yu’an’s arrival further brings his family connections into his school life 232 242 249.

His English continues improving under Jinshu’s guidance, but the supplied chapters do not establish a final examination score 178 258.

Notable Quotes

“There are a lot of outstanding people in this world. If you’re always thinking about how to catch up to them, life would be far too hard.” 194

“I, Song Yunshen, have always made friends only with outstanding people. Since we’re already good friends, that means you’re just as outstanding as I am.” 196