Jiang Yanli

Jiang yanli

the basics

full name • Jiang Yanli

nicknames • A-li by family sometimes

age • twenty-five

birthday • May 2, 1995 (currently 2020, WWX & LWJ born in 2000)

occupation • chef at The Sea by Alexander's Steakhouse

in a relationship • yes - engaged and uncertain of it

gender • female she/her

sexuality • straight

has memories • no

the appearance

face claim • Xuan Lu (Lulu Xuan)

height and weight • 165 cm (almost 5'5) & 50kg (110 lbs)

identifying features • pale skin

overall appearance • Yanli is pale and petite.  She keeps her hair past her shoulders and somewhere between medium brown and black.  She had large almond-shaped eyes and two dimples right below her mouth when she smiles.  She loves to wear dresses, especially flowy ones but also embraces the yoga pants and sweater lifestyle.  She has stolen her brother's clothes in the past and will likely do the same to her fiancé.  She almost always looks calm and collected and holds herself well.

the personality

likes • children, cooking/feeding people, caring for others, family, possibly Zixuan (she doesn't know her own feelings)

dislikes • when others fight, people coming after her family (beware, she will cut you), seeing her brothers forced to do things they don't want to do, rude people

strengths • patience, loyalty, kindness, loving/caring

weaknesses • passive (she let's others take the lead or dictate things for her), lack of confidence in herself as a person (not as a professional, she's a boss in the kitchen), cries easily

dreams • open her own restaurant, have a family and settle down

fears • being hurt, hurting others, never becoming a mother

overall personality • Yanli is very loving and kind.  She has infinite patience, developed courtesy of her two little brothers.  She is rather insecure about her looks, because she's always been called plain, so she's in need of validation from romantic partners (of the disaster human variety).  She is often seen a passive, and is most times, but she often steers from the back, offering advice and guidance that helps people (read: brothers) go in the right direction.  When it comes to her family, she is fiercely loyal and brave.  Her loud and argumentative side only seems to come out with her mother.

the history

father • Jiang Fengmian, 50, President of a textile company

mother • Jiang Yu Ziyuan, 48, House wife

younger brother • Wei Wuxian, 20, Student

younger brother • Jiang Cheng, 20, Student*
((ooc note: things with an asterisk I am willing to change as we get more characters.))

fiancée • Jin Zixuan, 22, accountant

hometown • Mountain View, CA

overall history • Yanli was born and immediately had all her parents hopes and wishes thrust onto her, luckily when she was five, they had a son and he became the center of their father's wishes at least.  She's always been close to her mother and though they're so close they often bump heads with one another.  Her mother was often so immersed in teaching her to be a good housewife and mother in the future that she ofter neglected Jiang Cheng, so Yanli made sure to give him motherly and sisterly love.

When she was 14, the family adopted 9 year old Wei Wuxian and Yanli immediately welcomed him.  She saw someone else to love and care for and she made sure he knew he was loved.  This made for a little bit of strain between her and Jiang Cheng, but they sorted it out quickly.

Because she's close with her mother, she's know Jin Meinuan since she was born and has been told her whole life that she'd marry Zixuan.  She has mixed feeling about the situation because she doesn't feel they've spent enough time together and she feels he doesn't actually like her.  It doesn't help that her brothers, Wei Wuxian in particular, can't stand him.

In high school she started taking cooking more seriously and she and her mother began to fight more.  Yanli wanted a career and her mother wanted her to settle down and start a family.  Yanli took it upon herself to apply for the Culinary Arts Academy in Switzerland and was accepted despite the fact that they are highly selective and only take 300 students total.  Her mother was furious and refused to let her go, but her father paid her way. She didn't talk to her mother much at all while she was there and only fairly recently came back.  She started working as a chef in a high end restaurant and her mother as "recompense" for attending school and working has demanded she move in and live with Zixuan.

the role player

alias • Velexa
age • 30
pronouns • she/her
code • chenqing
which version did you see • novel and drama
other characters • Meng Yao, A-Yuan