Character & Name Guide
CHARACTERS
Zhang Yuwen 张宇文
The owner of No. 7 Riverbay Road. A film director who dreams of being a writer, he decides to rent out his spare rooms so that he can spend time around people in real life to make his writing more realistic.
Yan Jun 严峻
The first of Zhang Yuwen’s tenants. An office worker who takes care of his niece since his brother and sister-in-law passed away.
Yan Yuqi 严玉棋
Yan Jun’s baby niece, usually called Xiao-Qi. Calls everyone “Papa.”
Zheng Weize 郑维泽
An unsuccessful live streamer, the youngest of the tenants at twenty-two, and the only one who considers himself a bottom.
Chen Hong 陈宏
The third of Zhang Yuwen’s tenants, a twenty-nine-year-old fitness trainer struggling to find clients after having to close his gym.
Chang Jinxing 常锦星
The fourth tenant, a self-proclaimed photographer. A bit of a playboy who’s used to using his looks to get ahead.
Huo Sichen 霍斯臣
A rich, handsome friend of Chen Hong’s who starts spending time with the group after he strikes up a friendship with Zhang Yuwen.
NAME GUIDE
Diminutives, nicknames, and name tags:
A-: Friendly diminutive. Always a prefix. Usually for monosyllabic names, or one syllable out of a two-syllable name.
DOUBLING: Doubling a syllable of a person’s name can be a nickname, e.g., “Mangmang”; it has childish or cutesy connotations.
DA-: A prefix meaning big/older
XIAO-: A diminutive meaning “little.” Always a prefix.
-ER: An affectionate diminutive added to names, literally “son” or “child.” Always a suffix. Can sometimes be a fixed part of a person’s name, rather than just an affectionate suffix.
Family:
DI/DIDI: Younger brother or a younger male friend.
GE/GEGE/DAGE: Older brother or an older male friend.
JIE/JIEJIE: Older sister or an older female friend.