Su Chenghua

A scholar from a poor family; eventually worked his way up to the Imperial College. Delicate temperament with an extreme need to save face.

• Birdlike
• Thin and a bit frail
• Perfect posture
• Average height but long-limbed
• Very long, thick hair
• Big eyes
• Beaky nose
• Always seems a bit worried
• Favors light and neutral colors

• Refined, reserved, and wound very, very tightly
• Likes to have everything in its place and a place for everything
• Very image conscious; cares very much about being a Proper Scholar, the most yao lian
• Finds the idea of committing a social faux pas horrifying
• Extremely easily embarrassed; it's hard to hide since he's also a heavy blusher
• Aware of the disadvantages of his background and works very hard to overcome them, while balancing his fear of being accused of putting on airs
• Sends money back to his parents regularly
• Very frugal, though will splurge occasionally on tea or calligraphy brushes
• Generally anxious but tries hard to make connections with others
• Very prim, hand brushing is scandalous to him
• Stubborn about propriety
• Patient

• Competent in the four noble arts, with particularly excellent calligraphy
• Makes a great cup of tea
• Writes well-received poetry and essays
• Well read
• Top notch memory retention
• Absolutely zero physical ability or gongfu

• From a poor commoner family who scraped and saved so he could attend school
• Showed an early aptitude and garnered a local teacher's interest
• Eventually worked his way up to a scholarship at the Imperial College
• While studying hard for the Imperial Exams (Gao Kao) met Wei Wanyue at a teahouse and they bonded over their shared interest in tea
• Mistakenly interpreted Wanyue's earnest interest as romantic and tentatively flirted back in a poetic, scholarly manner that went completely over Wanyue's head
• Accidentally found out Wanyue's status when they attended a poetry salon together and someone recognized Wanyue
• Flew into deep existential panic because he was harboring inappropriate thoughts about a wangye

Wei Wanyue: Source of many heart palpitations for a variety of reasons

Contemporary: Librarian

Idol Camp: Clasically trained trad-fusion singer/songwriter and guqin player who somehow ended up on Idol Camp as a vocal instructor