Xia Yunuo

Biodata

Background / History

Xia Yunuo is the middle daughter of Yan Zhenxia. As a child, she confronted her father when he beat her mother and was beaten herself. Although originally lively, she became quiet and withdrawn after entering middle school. Her mother later regretted not divorcing earlier, believing that the delay had prolonged her daughters’ suffering 179 181.

Her family’s limited finances shape her daily choices. She avoids expensive meat dishes at school, rarely buys new clothes, and worries about burdening others financially. When imagining a better future, her first wish is to earn enough money to give her mother and sisters a comfortable life 1 18 123 135 208.

Before growing close to Song Yunshen, Yunuo describes herself as having never had a friend. She feels excluded by others and believes she is less likable than either sister. Hearing Song’s private thoughts reassures her about his intentions, allowing her to lower defenses she normally maintains around other people 21 44 51.

Appearance

Yunuo has fair skin, delicate features, a heart-shaped face, and clear eyes that contribute to her outwardly cool appearance 1 70.

• Beauty mark: A faint mole at the outer corner of her right eye is one of the features Song Yunshen finds most striking 1 15.
• Build: Slender, weighing approximately 95 jin at 165 cm tall 128.
• Hair: Long enough for Song to run his hand down it when comforting her 172.
• Clothing: Usually wears her school uniform or long pants. Her light-blue sailor-collar top and calf-length printed skirt mark a departure from her usual practical wardrobe 145 214.
• Changing style: Her desire to look prettier for Song leads her to take more interest in clothes and eventually wear a much shorter dress despite feeling self-conscious 208 214.

Personality

Yunuo’s aloof reputation conceals a lively inner voice. She is quiet in conversation, easily embarrassed by physical closeness, and unsure how to make casual conversation. Her thoughts, however, reveal curiosity, affection, irritation, and a sense of humor that rarely appear on her face 17 18.

She is conscientious about studying and paid work. She memorizes vocabulary while waiting for lunch, prepares lessons carefully, and resists interrupting Yingying’s tutoring session for entertainment because she has accepted payment for teaching 17 110 235.

Her reserve does not mean she lacks courage. She defends Song before a teacher despite being visibly nervous, and her childhood resistance to her father shows a longstanding unwillingness to tolerate harm to people she loves 81 179.

Yunuo struggles with an inferiority complex centered on Xia Jinshu. She compares their grades, cooking, social abilities, and contributions to the family, seeing herself as an imperfect copy of her older sister. Song’s generosity also makes her uneasy when she feels unable to reciprocate. Paying for a meal with her first wages becomes an important way of asserting that she can contribute to their relationship 196 207.

As her attachment to Song grows, she becomes jealous of his closeness with both sisters. She often reasons through small details to reassure herself, but can recognize when suspicion is unfair: after discovering Jinshu’s rooftop call was for vocabulary supervision, she feels guilty for doubting her 177 180. According to Kening, Yunuo becomes more talkative—not quieter—when genuinely angry 193.

Abilities & Skills

Mind Reading

Yunuo can intermittently hear Song Yunshen’s inner voice. By Chapter 3, she has been experiencing the phenomenon for nearly half a month and has begun testing its limitations 3.

• Target restriction: The ability works on Song rather than people generally 27.
• Distance dependence: Greater proximity makes his thoughts clearer and more frequent. At roughly two meters, she catches only occasional sentences; greater distances reduce reception further 3.
• Limited control: She cannot choose to hear him whenever she wants, and initially does not know what caused the ability 3.
• Reciprocity: Song can hear her thoughts as well, including reactions she conceals behind a calm expression 4 11.
• Emotional consequences: The ability helps her trust him but also exposes comparisons and thoughts about her sisters that intensify her jealousy 44 195 252.
• Connection to body swapping: When Kening occupies Song’s body, Yunuo notices the absence of his usual thoughts. These interruptions become clues that the person in front of her is not always Song 27 159 160.

Academic Ability

Yunuo is a diligent student whose strongest subjects are Chinese and English 15.

• Overall performance: Her reported year ranking generally falls between 110th and 130th 15.
• English: She places first in her class in English while ranking 128th overall in the year 96.
• Areas for improvement: She regularly asks Song for mathematics help and considers additional mathematics and physics tutoring 11 17.
• Study habits: She reviews vocabulary in cafeteria queues and science material before examinations 17 27.

Preschool Teaching

Yunuo develops structured lessons for Yingying, Song’s three-and-a-half-year-old cousin 114.

• Combines short lessons with educational games suited to a young child 114.
• Prepares written lesson plans in advance 110 114.
• Reinforces classroom material during outings by asking Yingying questions about familiar things 176.
• Earns Ruan Zheng’s approval for her attentiveness, responsibility, and teaching results 167.

Cooking and Drink Preparation

Yunuo can cook independently and later learns café drink preparation 179 240.

• Makes egg fried rice and offers to prepare soy sauce fried rice on another occasion 179 180.
• Prepares braised pork with bamboo shoots, which Song praises 201 206.
• Can crack an egg one-handed and advise Song on applying force while cutting vegetables 179 195.
• Practices making café drinks and guides Song’s hands when helping him learn 240.

Relationships

• Song Yunshen — Classmate, first close friend, study partner, and romantic interest. Their mutual mind reading accelerates their intimacy, though both still describe themselves as friends when questioned. They later become deskmates 51 178 191 233.
• Yan Zhenxia — Mother. Yunuo defended her during childhood domestic violence and hopes to earn enough to improve the family’s life 135 179.
• Xia Jinshu — Older sister whom Yunuo admires but constantly measures herself against. Jinshu’s tutoring and cooking for Song intensify Yunuo’s insecurity, although Yunuo also recognizes her sacrifices for the family 180 196.
• Xia Kening — Younger sister and frequent source of teasing. Their rivalry over time with Song includes concealed visits, provocative messages, and eventually an explicit agreement about when each may see him 180 193 236.
• Yingying — Preschool pupil who calls her “pretty big sister.” Yunuo is affectionate toward her while remaining serious about her teaching responsibilities 145 175 235.
• Ruan Zheng and Zhao Zeheng — Yingying’s parents and Song’s aunt and uncle. They employ Yunuo as a tutor and welcome her into their household; Ruan Zheng comes to feel as though she has gained another daughter 114 123 167.
• Song Jiaxuan — Cat café employer. She offers Yunuo part-time work and confirms that her training hours will be paid 208 240.
• Kang Ping — Quiet study companion during supplementary classes. They generally work independently, with Kang explaining problems when Yunuo asks 166.
• Cao Shuhan — Former classmate whose love letter Yunuo returned unopened. He later notices how much more expressive she has become around Song 250.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Friendship and the Future Diary

• Song first hears Yunuo’s thoughts while she considers choosing vegetables instead of an expensive meat dish 1.
• He borrows her English homework to compare its handwriting with the Future Diary, then concludes she is probably not its writer. She hears his wish that she might be his future girlfriend and blushes 4.
• Mathematics explanations and shared lunches bring them closer. Yunuo begins reciprocating his kindness with small gestures, including secretly buying him iced black tea 11 17 37.
• After misunderstandings involving his meals with other girls, she asks whether they are friends. His assurance that he is closer to her than to his other female friends restores her confidence 67.

Tutoring Work and Growing Intimacy

• Yunuo asks Song Minggui to help her find summer tutoring work. She later learns through Song Yunshen’s thoughts that he also helped arrange the opportunity through his uncle 42 94.
• After signing the contract, she promises to treat Song to a meal when she receives her wages and begins teaching Yingying 105 114.
• Breakfasts, scooter rides, meals with his relatives, and visits to his apartment become regular parts of their routine. Their closeness prompts gossip within Song’s family 123 127 193.
• The Future Diary identifies her as Song’s wife in 2035 in the original future. Song explicitly recognizes that the timeline has already changed, so this is not a guaranteed outcome or their present relationship status 145 146.
• Yunuo hears him think of her as his “future wife,” but reacts with surprise rather than demonstrating knowledge of the diary’s prediction 146.

Discovering the Body Swaps

• Yunuo notices that “Song” sometimes produces no audible thoughts despite standing close to her 27 159.
• She begins organizing clues in writing, including matching cat drawings in Song’s mathematics paper and Kening’s exercise book 160.
• By a later swap, she recognizes Kening’s impersonation and quietly enjoys making her younger sister entertain Yingying while maintaining the disguise 221.
• When Song is staying with her family in Kening’s body, Yunuo arranges to sleep beside him by persuading her mother to exchange sleeping places 226.

Independence and Becoming Deskmates

• Song comforts Yunuo over her comparisons with Jinshu, encouraging her to recognize her own strengths 194 196.
• Treating him to barbecue with her first wages eases her discomfort about always receiving his help 207.
• She accepts work at Jiaxuan’s cat café and plans to save most of her earnings for college tuition while gradually buying clothes 208 240.
• After requesting a deskmate who is strong in mathematics, she is assigned to sit beside Song, who welcomes her by holding her hand 233.
• Their new proximity also makes his thoughts harder to escape. During a lunch break, she hears fragments of the letter he is writing to Jinshu and feels unable to prevent his attention from turning toward her sister 252.