Bai Rong
Names: Bai RongRong
First appears in Book 2: The Dark Forest, chapter 2 (Year 3, Crisis Era)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
What you know
Book 2: The Dark Forest
- Ch 2Bai Rong is a young-adult novelist who earns more from royalties than her salary; Luo Ji considered marrying her.
- Ch 2Bai Rong asked Luo Ji to write a novel for her birthday featuring an angel of feminine perfection as protagonist.
- Ch 2Bai Rong tells Luo Ji the highest literary creation is when characters live in the writer's mind beyond his control, and says she has achieved it just once.
- Ch 2Bai Rong realizes Luo Ji's imagined woman is alive to him, asks him to return to normal life, and leaves, saying it was too late.
- Ch 2Bai Rong is Luo Ji's real-life girlfriend who calls during the trip; the call ends their relationship, and she says she has a lover of her own.
Connections
- partner ofLuo JiCasual relationship; he considered marrying her
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 2Luo Ji's imagined woman comes alive
Luo Ji, creating a character for Bai Rong's birthday gift, imagines her life so thoroughly that she appears real to him. Bai Rong notices on New Year's Eve, leaves, and he sets off on a trip with the imagined woman.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Taihang trip and breakup call
Luo Ji drives into the Taihang Mountains with his imagined love; their car breaks down, and by their fire Bai Rong calls and they end their relationship.