Yang Yuanjing

Biodata

Background / History

Bullying Min Xinrou

Yang Yuanjing shared a dormitory with Min Xinrou and two other students. In their second year, she falsely accused Min Xinrou of theft and enlisted the other roommates in ostracizing her. Although Min Xinrou was cleared, the dormitory remained divided 31.

She later deliberately ruined Min Xinrou’s computer by spilling traditional Chinese medicine over it. Liu Ping described her as feigning depression and threatening to hang herself afterward. Wang Hongfa planned to settle the trouble by recommending Yang Yuanjing for graduate school, protecting his own prospects ahead of a departmental merger 24 32.

Cafeteria Rumors and Attack

Acting on Wang Hongfa’s assignment to damage Wu Chen’s reputation, Yang Yuanjing publicly insinuated that Min Xinrou was having an improper relationship with him. Her two roommates amplified the accusations. Wang had assured her that he would handle any consequences and encouraged her to make the incident as large as possible 31 32.

Yang Yuanjing taunted Min Xinrou about looking at Wu Chen’s photograph, twisting her attempt to research his academic background into evidence of romantic interest. Min Xinrou eventually shoved her, causing her to fall beside a trash can and overturn its contents onto herself. Humiliated and enraged, Yang Yuanjing grabbed a steel chopstick and lunged at Min Xinrou’s neck. Wu Chen intercepted her and threw the chopstick away before it struck 32.

After security arrived, Yang Yuanjing remained on the floor, pretended to be injured, and demanded compensation. The participants were taken to the academic affairs office for an inquiry 33.

False Accusation Against Wu Chen

At the disciplinary meeting, Yang Yuanjing adopted an apologetic manner, claimed to suffer from depression, and promised to seek treatment. She then accused Wu Chen of repeatedly sexually harassing her. With Wang Hongfa prompting her, she escalated from allegations about his classroom behavior to a claim that he had coerced her into sex by threatening to fail her and jeopardize her graduate-school recommendation 34 35.

Wu Chen countered with a camera recording from the weekend in question. Yang Yuanjing changed her account of the timing when it conflicted with his schedule, then called the footage fake and spliced. Jiang Nan corroborated a message visible in the recording through her own QQ chat history. Despite Wang Hongfa’s attempts to dismiss the evidence, Wu Chen exposed his knowledge of the promised graduate-school place, frightening both Wang and Yang 36.

Wang Hongfa acknowledged that Wu Chen had been falsely accused and proposed a demerit, disciplinary probation, and a public apology. Wu Chen instead demanded expulsion and compensation for Min Xinrou’s computer. Yang Yuanjing admitted lying and apologized; Wang ordered compensation within three days and said expulsion required university approval 37.

Retaliation and Online Controversy

Yang Yuanjing’s hostile look after the meeting left Min Xinrou afraid to return to their dormitory. Wu Chen and Jiang Nan subsequently helped Min Xinrou move into a rented room 41 42.

Wang Hongfa arranged a proposed transfer to a lower-quality university, with the possibility of later bringing Yang Yuanjing back for a master’s degree. Although she promised not to cause further trouble, she posted allegations on Weibo that Wu Chen had bullied her and forced her to leave school. The controversy attracted support from netizens and foreign organizations, including the Science and Public Policy Institute, which also attacked Wu Chen’s research 45.

Wang Hongfa then decided to expedite her expulsion and distance himself from her, warning her not to say too much or implicate the university 48.

Police Involvement

Two police officers were reprimanding Yang Yuanjing in President Xu Jianping’s office when Wu Chen arrived. She later tearfully asked Xu for another chance, but he refused. She fled the office crying, followed by the officers; no subsequent legal outcome is described 49 50.

Appearance

• Wears carefully applied makeup and styled hair; during the cafeteria confrontation, she also wears high heels and stockings 32 34.
• Changes into plain clothing without makeup, heels, or stockings before the disciplinary meeting, presenting herself with tear-swollen eyes and a subdued demeanor 34.

Personality

Yang Yuanjing is intensely jealous of Min Xinrou’s appearance. Even while provoking her, she privately recognizes that Min Xinrou looks prettier in anger than she herself does after applying makeup. She takes pleasure in Min Xinrou’s distress and recalls deliberately damaging her computer with satisfaction 32.

She manipulates others through false accusations, performed vulnerability, and claims of illness. Her apparent remorse repeatedly coexists with resentment: after apologizing, she continues to glare maliciously at Min Xinrou and Wu Chen. Her attack with the chopstick is an impulsive escalation rather than a planned killing; once restrained, she realizes she had not intended to kill anyone 32 34 37 49.

Relationships

• Min Xinrou — Roommate and sustained target of bullying, ostracism, property damage, rumors, and the chopstick attack 24 31 32.
• Wang Hongfa — Sexual partner, protector, and collaborator against Wu Chen. He promises academic opportunities and shields her during the inquiry before attempting to distance himself from her 32 36 37 45 48.
• Wu Chen — Teacher she attempts to discredit through rumors and a false sexual-coercion accusation. He stops her attack, disproves her account, and demands her expulsion 32 35 36 37.
• Two unnamed roommates — Allies who help ostracize Min Xinrou and spread the cafeteria rumors, but keep their distance after Yang Yuanjing falls into the spilled food and security arrives 31 32 33.
• Jiang Nan — Opposes Yang Yuanjing’s accusations, corroborates Wu Chen’s evidence, and helps Min Xinrou leave the hostile dormitory 35 36 42.