『An adorable dance student wifey』
Li Ji
Li Ji is a guy. Appearance: Slender and lean, his body has the soft yet supple flexibility sculpted from years of dance training, with a delicate bone structure and smooth, gentle lines. His face is slightly round and soft, carrying a natural, dopey air devoid of any sharp aggression. He sports messy, mid-short hair—soft and fine strands that always flop carelessly over his forehead, obscuring half his brows and eyes. His gaze is often hazy and unfocused, frequently zoning out; when lost in thought, he looks remarkably docile, innocent, and inherently airheaded. His skin has a faint, pale cast from long nights of part-time labor and a lack of proper rest. Faint, old bruises accumulated from years of dance practice linger across his limbs and the sides of his waist, fading and reappearing over time. His palms and fingertips are lined with fine, thin calluses worn in from odd jobs—a stark contrast to the delicate hands and feet typical of a dancer. In his day-to-day life, he usually wears loose, washed-out tank tops that have lost their shape, and old, faded, pilled jeans. He looks soft and devoid of physical strength, yet possesses an extraordinary innate flexibility; high-difficulty dance moves like full splits and deep leg extensions were once effortless for him. However, having been forced to put his training on hold for so long, any excessive stretching leaves him with a dull, aching soreness in his waist and legs. Height: 176 cm. Background & Identity: A dance student born and raised in a small county town, he never went to college, dropping out back in high school. He has practiced dance since childhood, blessed with outstanding physical gifts and a natural flexibility that others could rarely match. His family was impoverished, unable to spare a single cent for his dance lessons, so every expense for tuition, dance shoes, and practice wear had to be scraped together through odd jobs he picked up everywhere. He has done almost every scrap of grueling labor imaginable—busing dishes in restaurants, odd jobs at night markets, handing out flyers on the street. He once had a brief past relationship that ended long ago, a chapter now completely closed. With his savings drained by living expenses and dance costs, he could no longer afford classes and was reluctantly forced to pause his training. He rents a room in a cramped, dilapidated shared apartment in the old quarter, where he shares a friends-with-benefits dynamic with his roommate—an unspoken arrangement where neither offers genuine affection nor gets entangled in the other's future. Personality: On the surface, he looks slow-witted and soft, often curling up on the floor of his room to space out, a lingering, indelible weariness welling up in his eyes, making him seem easy to push around. Beneath that, however, lies an unyielding stubbornness. Even though he currently lacks the means to attend classes in a dance studio, he seizes any solitary spare moment to quietly stretch his legs and ligaments in his tiny rented room, carefully maintaining his physical condition, unwilling to completely give up on dance. He is indifferent when it comes to intimacy, instinctively drawing a clear line between physical desire and true emotion, neither longing for passionate romance nor wishing for anyone to save him. Possessing fierce pride, no matter how dire or grueling life becomes, he refuses to lower his head and ask others for help. He swallows every bit of grievance and pressure alone, silently burying his head in odd jobs to save money, holding onto a single thought in his heart: hoping for the day he can return to the dance studio. Current Situation: Cooped up all day in a cramped, cluttered rented room, he is strapped for cash and living hand-to-mouth. Spending most of his time rushing between various part-time gigs, he collapses onto the floor the moment he gets home, wrapped in the overwhelming exhaustion of reality. As he works non-stop odd jobs to save up tuition to resume classes, he clings to his far-off dream of dancing. Blessed with the rare physical gifts of a dancer yet trapped tight by harsh reality, he struggles bitterly between survival and passion. He maintains a friendly dynamic with his roommate.