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Yelü Qi is a descendant of the royal family of the Liao Kingdom, the son of the Mongolian Prime Minister Yelü Chucai. Originally a Mongolian nobleman, his father was executed and family expelled - Yelü Qi travelled with his mother and sister to Xiangyang. Later, he became the leader of the Beggar Clan and the second Khitan leader.He is steady and resourceful with good leadership skills. At twenty years old, he was already one of the top martial arts masters among his peers, with great archery skills. Handsome, polite, with noble demeanour. Loyal, courageous and righteous.Important people:

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A palace guard in the Ming Dynasty, Li Liang is in love with a girl names Cai Yue. With the Emperor looking for a concubine, Cai Yue wants to attend a banquet he's holding but she doesn't have good clothing and shoes - so Li Liang decides to help her get extra money (by letting people vent their anger and beat him up in the streets).When the money isn't enough, he enters a lucky draw where the prize includes clothing, shoes, and a hair ornament. He loses, but then gets other people to enter the draw on his behalf. Cai Yue ends up getting chosen as the concubine and Li Liang supports her, wanting her to be happy.Just then, Cai Yue realises she actually loves Li Liang, but the Emperor threatens to kill Li Liang if she leaves. In the end, they manage to escape together.

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He's a student of Nanfang University's Department of Forensic Science (forensics isn't only about corpses, he also knows how to identify injuries). He's 19-23 years old throughout the series. His birthday is March 20th.He is very smart and dedicated to his studies, works at the university library, helps Professor Hu at the lab, and is the chairman of the Student Union (because Prof Hu said Fanzhou needs to be more social).Fanzhou is quiet, reserved, observant, and doesn't smile/laugh often. Some people think he's cold and mean. He always rides his bike but also has a driver's license. He can't hold his liquor. He can cook but lives in the student dorm at the university.His father always works and rarely comes home. His mother has bipolar disorder, and Fanzhou takes a break from studying to accompany her to a special hospital for months until she recovers.When he was a child, his parents got into a fight, and a knife accidentally hit Fanzhou's right shoulder, leaving a scar. He often did his homework on a playground to escape from home. He has the tendency to keep problems to himself cause he doesn't want other people to worry about him.Likes: forensics, studying
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A shrewd businessman, he knows how to analyze a business to ensure investments are sound. He prioritizes profit and efficiency, and he would never miss out on an opportunity to make money. His public image is carefully curated to appear respectful and pleasant, but on the inside he's far more calculating.He speaks Chinese, Japanese, and English, and can tell you what designers someone is wearing with one look, but dresses like Mr. Bean in spite of his fashion knowledge.Likes: money, profit, efficiency
Dislikes: small talk, crying women, indiscreet peopleImportant people:

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Huang Weiping is a police officer. During an undercover mission in the 90s, he got into an accident and fell into a coma. He wakes up 20 years later, looking not a day older.But although it seems like no time has passed for him at all, Huang Weiping quickly realizes that the world has changed a lot in the past 20 years. Returning to the police force, he often feels out of touch with his colleagues and technology which sometimes causes him to embarrass himself in front of them. Together with his "old" partner Li Mingfeng, he starts to investigate a mysterious case of the past.Likes: karaoke, boba
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Lin Shen is a psychological counselor. Together with his business partner and best friend Shao Ning, he owns Shaolin Psychological Counseling Center while teaching psychology at a university on the side. To treat his patients, he often uses hypnosis.By way of his job, Lin Shen gets to know his patients and their struggles very well, leading him to sometimes investigate their problems on his own in ways that go beyond professional interest. More than once, this makes him a target for the people he is investigating. He also occasionally assists the police.When he was a child, he and his mother were in a car crash for which he partially blames himself. His mother, whom he visits regularly, has been in a coma ever since. As a result of the accident, Lin Shen is traumatized and developed a car phobia. (Spoilers) After his mother wakes up from her coma, he manages to overcome this trauma with the help of his friends and gets his driver's license.While he is generally calm and collected even in stressful situations and prefers to use his wits, he does not shy away from using physical strength to protect his loved ones.Likes: quality time with his loved ones, a problem or mystery to solve, sugar figures
Dislikes: people's erroneous perceptions of psychology and hypnosis, insincerity, injusticeImportant people:

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Ming Xia comes from the richest family in Shanghai, but he was raised by his widowed mother whom he he calls Princess (she was only around 16 when she had him). He is often affectionately referred to as a himbo, however when he is interested/invested, he learns things quite quickly.The main story of Demon Girl is set in 1915 Shanghai, and Ming Xia starts out as a Chief Superintendent at Jian An station before leaving the police to become a demon hunter. He briefly works as a lawyer in season 2 as a cover. He speaks English, plays the piano, and can do martial arts, use a pistol, and ride a motorcycle. He's extremely bad with money, and wants to have a lot of children. In total, he gets engaged 3 times and has 2 failed weddings. Also has a scar on his left shoulder from getting shot.Loyal (to the point of confronting his own ma) with a strong sense of justice (which gets sort of twisted in season 2, details below). He's extremely efficient and very calm (almost too calm) in the face of danger. In his own words, he calls himself "controlling, tough, and intolerant." He believes in fate and likes to "tell the heavens your problems" i.e. yell at the sky. He can also be very cunning (e.g. (spoilers) he won a cooking competition with hotpot because he knew that oily warm food would satisfy the judges, and if they ate that before the rest of the contestants' food, then the oil of the hotpot would affect their tastebuds). After the initial shock, he is willing to face his own biases and learn.After FL showed him some basic dance moves, he dedicated time to learning to dance so that he could dance with her properly. Ming Xia learns how to make her favorite perfume when he finds out the maker intends to stop. At one point, he threatens to kill and burn a man who's harmed the FL.(Spoilers) He is wounded at his wedding which results in amnesia. In season 2, he also gets fired from his position in the police force and gets recruited to a demon hunting school. He goes blind, is healed, and abandons that wedding, getting hit by a car in the process.Likes: children, books
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Technically, this is a code-name; he is referred to as "Supreme Commander Lie Yan." Also goes by "Red Phoenix" and "Mr Hsaio."
His cover job is a postman, and he is shown delivering mail to people on a bicycle.In the narrative (set in 1930's Shanghai), he is a key part of Operation Nirvana, which is the second attempt to protect 'top-secret documents'. The last attempt at this mission failed, and lives were lost. Lie Yan reveals to a secure agent during the narrative that the two surviving agents from the previous failed mission are in fact moles, as all the agents from the last mission were killed; there is also a third mole.(Spoilers) While all three moles are identified and killed in the end, but during the climax of the mission Lie Yan is killed by the third mole. The mission succeeds, and the 'top-secret documents' turn out to be a young girl, who the surviving three agents escort to safety.Important people:

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Ling Rui grew up in a rural town. His father died from pancreatic cancer, and his family was very poor. He wore his classmates' old clothes and got bread from his teachers.Today, he is a surgeon at the hospital of a large city. He takes his job very seriously and is liked by all his colleagues. He lives with his mother and two aunts and enjoys cooking and cleaning. He often donates his money to charity.He marries Lu Fangning —the CEO of a home furniture corporation— to pay off his aunt's debt. Every year, he returns to his hometown and offers free health check-ups to everyone. He is very patient and kind but gets very protective when someone he knows gets bothered/threatened.One day, (spoilers) Fangning leaves him without a word, and Ling Rui is heartbroken.
During a time-skip, he goes to Germany to research pancreatic cancer and gives lectures about it at university after returning to China. He used to have a low alcohol tolerance but got used to drinking after (spoilers) Fangning left him.
After the time-skip, (spoilers) he meets his son Lu Youyou, and they get along very well.Likes: cooking, cleaning, family, throwing big surprise parties
Dislikes: when someone threatens his family, when someone looks down on his co-workers, when someone wastes (medical) resourcesImportant people:

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Wang Yue is a poor delivery driver, and his girlfriend Meilin works in the restaurant's kitchen. His parents died in a car crash twenty years ago. His big brother Wang Chao has been mentally disabled since then.Wang Yue has taken care of his brother ever since and shares a bedroom/living room with him. He's very filial and always puts his brother first (he only wears Wang Chao's old clothes and only eats after Wang Chao has finished eating). He gets leftovers from the restaurant.
When he's really, really stressed, his temper snaps.Likes: familyImportant people:

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Zhong Wumei is extremely temperamental and moody. His mother killed herself when he was only 10, during a stormy night, leading to a fear of thunderstorms.An already lonely child, this event changed him and he felt completely abandoned. For years, it’s been only him and his brother, Emperor Zhong Shili, who always set impossibly high standards for him. Wumei has been dismissed and ridiculed by many people, hence he built a wall around his heart. But he is very tender once the wall crumbles and turns into a complete simp. He’s the king of jealousy, flaring at the smallest provocation, and doesn’t think of himself as a good person.In the last episode (spoilers), the FL travels back to the modern day where Wumei is the CEO of a videogame company.Likes: sushi, cooking (with mixed results), showing off (also with mixed results), smashing, role-playing
Dislikes: loneliness, thunderstorms, being underestimated, Liu Xuwen, smashing banImportant people:

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Xu Jin, the 4th prince of Dayu, was raised on the border since age 12, where he got entrusted the role of Deputy General.He's calm and often seen as cold, introverted. However, he can be very playful with those he trusts. Despite being raised in a harsh environment, he kept his empathy. He sometimes struggles to voice his feelings. He's an extremely skilled fighter and strategist, demanding but equally just.In the modern day spin-off (spoilers), XJ is a grumpy rich immortal waiting for his love to reincarnate. He owns an auction house and wears a lot of monochrome suits.Likes: writing poetry, astrology, investigations, justice
Dislikes: sweet things, ginger and garlic, Xu Ping, family meetingsImportant people:

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Yuan Che is one of the youngest Da Wei princes. He lost his mother at a young age. He’s loyal to a fault but also very approachable and jovial.He runs all the errands for his elder brothers, without ever complaining. Since young age, he’s been inspired by his 4th brother, Yuan Ling, and eager to follow his footsteps and become a general. He’s known for always following Ling around, as he started going into battles with him ever since he was 14 years old.Yuan Che has achieved a lot of merit on the battlefield. It's said that if there was no Yuan Ling, Yuan Che would be a household name. He suffers from asthma.Likes: romantic gestures, strategy, being a general, training
Dislikes: roasted goose, being underestimated or treated as a childImportant people:

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A former general and descendant of the famous military general Wei Qing. Wei Ying was stripped from his title after trying to elope with his wife-to-be, Princess of Fuyuan, Liu Xuan. Their plans went south and he had to watch her burn on stake.He suffered a knee injury on the battlefield and since then he struggles with prolonged horse riding or fighting. He was allowed to stay in the palace as a teacher. He knows how to play the flute.He's a strict and just person, cold and distant, having a hard time changing his beliefs. For 2 years, he hasn't let himself move on after A-Xuan's death. But, eventually, he allows himself the space to grow.Likes: tending to Tiger Lilies (planted in the name of his dead fiancé), flowers in general, books, teaching, horse riding
Dislikes: disobedience, improper behavior, foreignersImportant people:

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He is the unloved younger brother of the emperor of Tian Ning, though his real identity is the crown prince of Western Qin and he is secretly plotting to bring down the current emperor to get revenge for his family and his country.As a young boy he was part of a group of children who were subjected to medical experiments with gu poison in order to create human fighting machines until he was rescued by Han Yunxi's mother. He still suffered the effects of these experiments as an adult and was in danger of transforming into a poison puppet when the poison he still carried in his body was triggered. He would eventually have died from this, but was cured by a medicine that contained Han Yunxi's blood.He is intelligent and an excellent strategist. Though he often appears cold on the outside, he is actually a warm person and also has a sense of humour.Likes: hot baths and hot spring baths, martial arts, reading
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Zhang Min is a super hot, boobalicious, uptight GENERAL MANAGER (as he likes to remind everyone) of the Four Seas (Sihai) Hotel Group. He is a workaholic and also depends heavily on his Secretary, Secretary Xiao to help him manage the day to day of the five-star hotel group. He also frequently has migraines.He meets Luo Xi, some girl who is part of a local B&B that sharply contrasts his luxurious five-star hotel. They cross paths because she is willed some location in France that ZM's hotel group wants to acquire. Luo Xi loves plants and gets a job in Si Hai's greenhouse. Although ZM initially finds her annoying, he quickly becomes into her because somehow when he comes near her, his migraines go away (yeah). Also I guess he finds her refreshing because she's quaint and poor and is outside his rich people circle. Meanwhile he is forced into an engagement with Nana in a corporate business deal because of course he is.Oh yeah, did I mention identity porn? Zhang Min is struggling with not just his discomfort in his role as a rich heir, as it goes deeper than this. (Spoilers) Yeah, so it turns out Zhang Min is not the biological son of the current Mrs Zhang, but a product of an affair between Zhang Jin Zhong his dad, and his biological mom Shen Xiu Zhi. His mom had a breakdown when Zhang Jin Zhong wanted to leave them all those years ago, so she took the real son of Zhang Jin Zhong and his wife and tried to abandon him somewhere, but then regretted it, but then by then, the kid was gone. And then Mrs Zhang, aka Wu Tian Hua, had a breakdown from losing her son, thinking he was dead. So Zhang Jin Zhong and Mrs Zhang 'adopted' Zhang Min (given name Zhang Chi) to ease her pain from losing her original son.Zhang Jin Zhong, his dad, treats Zhang Min like DOGSHIT, manipulating him to do everything according to his wants and blaming him for everything. He doesn't shy back from getting physical. If he can't get ZM to do what he wants, he uses his mother against him (spoilers) (both moms. Also Zhang Min has a very toxic codependent relationship with his biological mom who pushed him to be the heir of Sihai).For Zhang Min, Luo Xi is the only respite in his oppressive life. However, Luo Xi has a childhood friend Tao Lun, who clearly is into her, and if you know anything about tv dramas, of course he's involved in the bigger plot (spoilers) it is revealed eventually that he is the long lost biological son of Mrs Zhang and therefore the original heir of the Sihai Group and therefore becomes a rival to Zhang Min for not only Luo Xi, but also Sihai.Likes: swimming, spicy noodles, freedom from his father, Ferris wheels
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Imperial physician to the empress. His mother died of a treatable disease because the previous imperial physician (He Lan Jun) decided her disease made her too ugly so he wouldn't treat her. Pei Yuntian vowed to get revenge on He Lan Jun (which he does at the start of the show).PYT is devious and cunning and has no problems with hiring assassins or poisoning people to achieve his goals. He will also seduce people to get an advantage!!!!Likes: wealth, fame, power
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Member of Special Brigade Squadron One. A bit of a clown, so his chief is strict on him. Zheng Zhi didn't want to be a firefighter; his mother forced him to join the military and he wanted to be in the special forces, but got put in fire brigade. He's three months left before discharge. Despite being seen as not taking things seriously, he is determined to prove himself.(Spoilers) Ultimately he dies saving his squadron from a fire, after being trapped under falling debris and surrounded by flames, as they cannot reach him in time. He throws his helmet to his captain and asks for it be given to his mother.Likes: chicken drumsticks (literally it's just the only thing we see him eat)
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Huo Yan becomes deputy chief of Dongshan Fire Station (transferred from Jiangning District Fire & Rescue Brigade) at the beginning of the series. After some initial resistance due to his transfer to the station and some romantic rivalry, he is soon accepted into the team and cherished for his empathetic and supportive nature.He stepped into his father's footsteps who was also a firefighter and died in a chemical plant explosion in 2000, when Huo Yan was still a child. Confronted with his mother's grief from a young age, Huo Yan is very aware of the dangers of his work and shies away from building meaningful relationships for fear of leaving his loved ones behind to grieve like his mother.A playful child, he was jealous of the affection his parents had for the neighbours' daughter, who (spoilers) later turns out to have been the FL. His mother wanted to have a daughter so she put him in dresses when Huo Yan was little to make her dreams come true. He grinds his teeth loudly when he sleeps due to stress.Despite his young age, he already gained lots of merits and honors before joining Dongshan Station. He is later promoted to rank of Lieutenant and given his father's old badge number. His girlfriend Yan Lan (spoilers) is the girl his father died to rescue.Likes: quality time with loved ones, pork rib soub
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Sharpshooter for the newly formed government, a feral wild child. He witnesses his mother's death at the age of 5ish, at the hands of rival political forces, and is dragged away by his father and future instructor/commander.Quick thinking, determined, if a bit stand-offish at first, his most prized possession is a bright green harmonica from his parents.His one goal is to get revenge for his ma, (spoilers) which he does succeed in doing.Dislikes: traitorsImportant people:

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Xia Yao is the only child of a wealthy family. His father holds some important and well paid position that requires him to live apart from his family, while Xia Yao lives with his mom. He's spoiled but still needs to work and isn't allowed to waste any money.He's skilled at kickboxing (won a championship) and regularly takes his pet bird out for walks. He's rather immature and gets annoyed easily, but also has a lot of childlike wonder about things and can always find a way to amuse himself.He's a mischievous brat. Rather vain about his appearance and thinks very highly of himself.Likes: snacking and eating in general (lotus root especially), pet birds, playing games, dancing, biting ears while drunk, screaming
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Ren Yixia is a university student (major: ?) who lives in an absurdly spacious dormitory room with his friend and fellow basketball team member as a roommate. Yixia is the basketball team captain despite being too busy to attend practice 90% of the time.His hobby is playing computer games, and he is highly ranked in Fantasy Westward Journey (where he plays the "swordsman" character). His character dies a lot, though, so he was nicknamed "king of in-game deaths". Yixia is very dramatic in his reactions and expressions. He's also (spoilers) definitely a masochist. His superpower is a blue glowing hand that produces some sort of an energy blast.Likes: computer games, basketball, movies, zumba (?)Important people:

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Lu Weixun is the youngest member of WSA ever and he's seen as a professional sommelier in China. He uses a fancy mind palace to classify all the tastes and information. He's known for his bad temper, obsessive-compulsive disorder and mysophobia. He's often ruthless and rude to others, and overly honest. He leads a very strict lifestyle, drinks only bitter gourd soda, eats bland food and sleeps early.Despite his reputation he has a big amount of fans. The industry considers him a tyrant due to his strict expectations and ability to ruin business with one sentence. Can tell the percentage of ingredients of anything he drinks or eats. He also understands that without his tasting ability he has nothing.He leads a lonely and orderly life. His mother died young, and LWX left home at age 20, unable to communicate with his father. He built his position from zero, not using his family wealth or name. His father doesn't support his choices while LWX wants to prove his worth. He struggles with guessing mixed wines. His unresolved issues take a physical form - (spoilers) his younger self which speaks to him and judges him.Likes: order, learns to love kissing, telling lame jokes (only to close ones)
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The short is based on the TV drama/film Roots and Branches. It tells the story of four siblings who grew up in a northeastern town in the 1970s, Qi Yiku being the eldest. Unexpectedly, the children become orphans (their father gets into a car accident, mother has already been suffering from lung disease and the hearbreak worsens her condition) and they get adopted by their uncle.Qi Yiku is proud and dislikes being dependent on others. When disagreements arise with his uncle's family, he leaves and takes his siblings with him, trying to support them. At the end of his rope, he arranges for the younger siblings to get adopted, while he starts travelling and doing odd jobs to make ends meet.Twenty years later, he's shown to be a gangster who's hit rock bottom, but at the end of the story, he gets reunited with his siblings.Important people:

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An aspiring actor that spends more time doing background administrative work than honing his craft, fortune really smiles on him as he scores a role in a TV series with an A-list celebrity as a first year college student at Southern University of the Arts (SUA).He is stubborn, a rule-breaker, and has quite a temper, getting into multiple fights, but he is also creative and influential enough to pull together flash mobs on a moment's notice.As a student, his performances are stiff and lacking in emotion, (spoilers) but it gets resolved and he somehow becomes a top actor in his teacher's eyes.Likes: supporting the growth of other performers
Dislikes: anything related to his dad, criticism of his own acting skills, difficult conversationsImportant people:

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