Xu Zhuoyue

Biodata

Background / History

Childhood and School Life

Xu Zhuoyue and Song Yunshen have been in the same class since elementary school. By their first year at Ningjiang Middle School, they sit together in the fourth row by the window in Class Five. Their daily routine includes copying homework, eating together, playing basketball, and exchanging insults 1 3 38.

They regularly bet on the cafeteria’s meat dishes, with the loser paying for the meal. Song Yunshen uses information from the Future Diary to win throughout the week, leaving Xu Zhuoyue suspicious that he has bribed a cafeteria worker. Xu finally wins when Orleans chicken drumsticks appear on a day Song lacks a relevant diary entry 1 5.

Song Yunshen’s Changing Priorities

As Song Yunshen spends more time with Xia Yunuo, Xu repeatedly complains about abandoned lunches and basketball plans. He interprets Song’s decision to borrow her English homework and treat her to a meal as romantic interest, dismissing his explanations that he is merely thanking her 4 18 25.

His familiarity with Song also helps Xia Kening conceal herself while inhabiting Song’s body. Repeatedly calling Xu “Dumbass” passes for their normal banter; he later attributes the unusual repetition to Song supposedly feeling unwell 25 35.

When Song asks him to exchange seats with Xia Yunuo for evening study, Xu initially refuses. Xia Yunuo’s own request leaves him flustered, and he immediately offers to switch for all three periods rather than just one 69.

Encounters with the Xia Sisters

Xu witnesses Xia Kening pretend to be Song’s girlfriend to discourage his cousin, Xu Lingcheng. Believing her to be Song’s younger cousin, he demands an explanation and accuses Song of pursuing multiple girls. Song explains that the performance was intended to stop Xu Lingcheng’s unwanted attention, and Xu reluctantly accepts it 137.

Later, Xu visits Song’s home to invite him to basketball and meets Xia Jinshu. Introduced to her as Song’s tutor, he assumes she is a college student. Only after he and Zhong Long spot her riding on Song’s scooter does Zhong identify her as their school’s high-achieving Xia Jinshu 190 235.

Despite his curiosity, Xu does not disclose her tutoring arrangement to Zhong Long without Song’s permission. He nevertheless becomes increasingly suspicious of Song’s relationships with Xia Jinshu, Xia Yunuo, and the supposed younger cousin who plays games with them 235.

Second-Year Class Five

After the seating change, Xu sits behind Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo, with Zhong Long as his deskmate. He returns to school with unfinished summer homework and frantically copies it while Song teases him 249.

Xu appeals to Xia Yunuo as “sister-in-law,” and she leaves his name off the list of students with missing homework. He offers to buy her lunch in thanks, but she agrees with Song that he should treat Song instead. Song subsequently uses Xu’s meal card at the cafeteria 250 251.

Her help changes his attitude toward Song’s apparent romantic entanglements: Xu explicitly takes Xia Yunuo’s side and resents the possibility that Song is secretly involved with other girls. His suspicions about Xia Jinshu remain speculation, not confirmed knowledge 251.

Future Diary Account

In a future wedding entry read by Song Yunshen, Xia Jinshu describes Xu as one of the few attendees who knows she previously dated the groom. She notices his strange looks because Song is marrying her younger sister. This is a diary-described future, rather than an event Xu has experienced in the present storyline 139.

Appearance

• Hair: Has a freshly cut buzz cut when first introduced 1.

Personality

Xu Zhuoyue is outspoken, profane, and theatrical. He and Song routinely insult each other, tussle, and use headlocks or playful punches to express annoyance. Their classroom antics can draw laughter from classmates and reprimands from Jiang Wenpei 3 4 69.

His complaints about being abandoned for romance conceal genuine loyalty. Song describes him as the most loyal of his friends and says Xu would be the first to help if something serious happened. Xu also protects information about Song’s tutor even while privately criticizing his apparent behavior 196 235.

Although confident and loud with his male friends, Xu becomes awkward around girls he finds attractive. He stammers when Xia Yunuo requests his seat or says goodbye, and he is too embarrassed to question Xia Kening directly about her performance at Song’s home 69 75 137.

He envies his friends’ romantic success while insisting that a girlfriend would interfere with basketball and gaming. His attraction to Jiang Wenpei also produces exaggerated declarations about her beauty, though he quickly retreats behind claims of ordinary student–teacher gratitude when challenged 35 132 189.

Abilities & Skills

Academic Performance

Xu performs better in the sciences than in English, allowing him to remain comfortably above the middle of his grade despite inconsistent study habits 81.

Basketball

• Regularly organizes games and recruits classmates, including Song Yunshen, Zhong Long, and Deng Shitao 189 235.
• Plays directly against Song and takes responsibility for defending him when he starts scoring heavily 91 191.
• Recognizes that Song plays unusually well when Xia Yunuo watches, complaining that he becomes nearly unbeatable 251.

Video Games and Gomoku

• PUBG: Organizes squad sessions with Song Yunshen and Zhong Long; Song assigns him the close-combat role 168.
• Playing with beginners: Joins a match in a remote area to help Xia Kening learn the controls, only for her to fire at him while experimenting 168.
• Gomoku: Plays competitively with Song during study periods. He wins one session by a single game and earns a meal, although both repeatedly erase and retract moves 72.

Relationships

• Song Yunshen — Childhood friend, longtime classmate, basketball rival, and gaming partner. Their constant mockery coexists with trust; Song explicitly praises Xu’s loyalty 38 124 196.
• Xia Yunuo — Classmate whose growing closeness with Song displaces some of their time together. After she covers for his unfinished homework, he becomes protective of her interests 69 250 251.
• Zhong Long — Gaming companion and later deskmate. They investigate Song’s encounters with Xia Jinshu together, though Zhong also tries to charge Xu for homework photocopies 168 235 249.
• Xia Kening — Gaming teammate whom he knows as Song’s younger cousin. He does not realize that some of his school-day exchanges with “Song” were actually with her during a body swap 25 137 168.
• Xia Jinshu — Initially mistaken for a college-age tutor. Learning her identity as a prominent student deepens his suspicions about Song’s romantic life 190 235.
• Jiang Wenpei — English teacher. She reprimands his classroom chatter and threatens to withhold office snacks if he fails again; he especially values her lollipops 35.
• Kang Ping — Reliable source of homework to copy, addressed as “Sister Ping.” He once buys her milk in return for borrowing her work 4 18 249.
• Xu Lingcheng — Cousin whose pursuit of Xia Kening prompts her staged claim to be Song’s girlfriend 137.

Notable Quotes

“Got a woman and forgot your bro, huh?” 18

“If you don’t know the answer, pick C.” 72

“Does she know you’re just good friends?” 178