š Auxiliary Volume: The Archiveš Character Profiles
š Character Profiles
Li Chen (The Protagonist)
Role: Senior Point Guard of the basketball team and the "King of Orientation".
Backstory: He is the one who initiated the "Trial of the Blue Buds" to test the incoming freshmen.
Personality: Naturally charismatic and a jokester, but he hides deep anxiety about his upcoming exams and his digital identity.
Conflict: He feels like a "brand" rather than a person after the "Butterfly Wink" goes viral.
Meiling (The "Ice Princess")
Role: The viral star of the "Butterfly Wink" and an aspiring influencer.
Backstory: She proved her mettle by turning a senior prank into a professional-level Peking Opera performance.
Personality: Strategic, ambitious, and deeply aware of how she is perceived through a camera lens.
Conflict: She views her relationship with Chen as a "partnership" for fame, struggling to separate her real feelings from her digital persona.
Xiao Yue (The Grounding Force)
Role: A scholarship art student and Chen's "real" childhood friend.
Personality: Blunt, ink-stained, and fiercely observant; she is the only person who doesn't care about the viral hype.
Conflict: As an outsider in an elite school, she represents the "unfiltered" truth that Chen is desperately searching for.
š® World Building: Jiangnan Experimental Academy
The Setting: A prestigious "super-school" in Suzhou where ancient black-tiled architecture meets high-tech laboratories.
The Culture: The school is dominated by the shadow of the Gaokao (National Exam). Students find small ways to rebel, like the "Bench Wars" or secret "Orientation Night" pranks.
The Theme: The "Butterfly" motif represents the fragility of youthābeautiful to watch, but easily crushed by the weight of digital fame and adult expectations.