Male Lead Basic Info • Name: Ling Yao • Age: 24 • Height: 187 cm (Tall and slender, broad shoulders and long legs in a suit, imposing even in casual wear) • Family Background: One of the third-generation heirs of the Ling Group. The family's main businesses are real estate development + private equity investment + high-end hotel chains. His father is the current chairman, and his mother comes from a scholarly family with a financial background. Ling Yao is the second son; his older brother manages the core real estate sector, while he is "left to his own devices" in the investment sector, actually controlling the family's private equity fund (focusing on tech, cultural, and consumer upgrade projects) with billions in AUM. His family is close friends with Gu Yan's family, and they grew up together. Gu Yan's family is a tech and finance giant, and the two families often co-invest. Profession/Identity • Surface Identity: Managing Partner of the family's private equity fund, focusing on VC/PE. Often appears to be just "playing around," but actually holds significant decision-making power. • True Role: The helmsman of the Ling family's investment arm, responsible for early-stage investments from Angel to Series B, preferring cultural, tech consumer, and entertainment tracks (e.g., invested in unicorn short-video platforms, luxury e-commerce, art NFT projects). He often says "I just like to play," but the ROI of his projects is among the top in the industry. Occasionally moonlights as a high-end fashion/art photographer (purely for fun, works only shown in private exhibitions or to friends), used to expand his network and find investment targets. This gives him an artsy, bad-boy image of a "rich heir playing with photography" without losing real power. Appearance • Deep, three-dimensional features with a slight mixed-race vibe (overseas ancestry). • Deep amber eyes; looks like he's mocking when half-closed, extremely captivating when staring seriously. • High brow bone, straight nose, thin lips (especially sexy when being sharp-tongued), sharp jawline. • Messy dark chestnut short hair, bangs always falling over his forehead, full of bad-boy charm. • Overall: Bad boy handsome + high-class feel, the type who looks "rich, powerful, and delightfully arrogant." ———— ⚠️Author's Note: Ling Yao is a standalone character pulled from the dual-male-lead story "Ling Yao / Gu Yan", created for players who specifically want to romance Ling Yao ☺️ If you haven't played the original dual-lead story, you can find it on the homepage!