taiwan

username : ariettaship
password : this is all we know (??)

name : cheng xiao (xiao)

nicknames : xiaoxiao (often called by chan, when he calls her from afar), engxou (said quickly, because it's how her friends think she sounds when she says her full name)

age : 17

birthdate : 12.01.99 (ddmmyy)

birth place : taipei

hometown : taipei

height : 167 cm

weight : 50 kg

nationality : taiwan

ethnicity : 100% taiwanese/chinese

slot : taiwan

backup : ireland

face claim : mei qi of wjsn

languages : mandarin (100%), english (about 30%) and korean (70%)


personality : she might be shy at first, but at soon as you get to know her, she'll be very open. she is always kind to every living thing and will always take care of her friends, even if she's the youngest. she is innocent and if anyone makes a dirty joke around her or if anyone jokes with her, blaming her for stealing something, she will get chocked and surprised, not knowing how to act. she gets flustered pretty easy and blushes after any kind of compliment, no matter how small it is. she is very hardworking and as soon as she's set up a goal, she will do anything she can to get to it. she also always stands up for herself and her friends, no matter if it's though or if she's scared, because she knows it's the right thing to do.

background : she was born in the city taipei in taiwan and she was the only child. she was always very loved by both her parents and she was close to her parents families aswell. when she was young, she was bullied at school and through that, she was taught how to fight back. not physically but mentally. she was taught that no matter if she was the "shortie" or just not their size, she could still win if she just used her mind instead.
at the age of three, she started practicing gymnastics and yoga, which soon lead to her starting to practice figure skating (at around age 5). since then, she's been one of the best in the country and has gone overseas for competitions.

family : mother/cheng dacia/45/musician
father/cheng qian/48/journalist

likes : figure skating, food, sleeping, drawing, making friends, talking, reading, math

dislikes : studying, being waked up early, people who complain about food ("eww my school has so gross food"), when people speak another language than herself, being sick

habits : cracking her chuckles and neck, biting her nails, sniffles, chuckles a lot, stays up too late.

trivia : + breaks out in chinese when she's mad.
+ holds onto her Chinese speaking friends dearly and often asks them when she doesn't understand.
+ practices her figure skating (at least) 5 times/week.
+ weirdly enough great at juggling.
+ very creative, paints and draws in her free time.
+ has never had a boyfriend before.
+ she has owned a total of 6 cats.
+ she's great at origami.


speech topic : how we should teach children to stand up for themselves

why did you want to come to korea? : it had always been a dream for me. korea seemed like a great country with good education and especially great food! and also because i've studied Korean for a while!

some problems you're facing? : home sick!! misses her parents a lot. and she has some problems with the language barrier aswell, and she finds it very hard to understand at times.

mentor : chan (Dino)

first impressions : (you) he seems very nice and sweet, he probably won't ever talk to me though. (him) what is that language she's speaking? too bad i can barely understand a single thing, because she's pretty and she seems to be nice.

relationship through the story : (beginning) they get to know each other and become friends. (middle) they are very close and spend most of their time together, maybe starts to develop feelings for each other? (end) they share their first kiss and go on dates and such.

how you act around each other : he's mainly pretty shy when there's other people around, but when they are alone, he talks a lot and they are very comfortable together. he is always nice and treats her like a princess. she is very nice to him aswell (mostly) but she's good at starting arguments and blaming him for being "completely stupid", or just bickering about anything else.

scene suggestions : when he confesses, him visiting her while she's practicing her ice scating (sitting and watching, talking while she's on the ice and he's on the other side of the fence and so on), the two of them sneaking out in the middle of the night and just watching the night sky.


message to you : hi author-nim!! thank you so so much for making this Af, it's great! great story and i really hope you let my character be a part of it. also, i'm sorry for being in on the last day.... but i hope my form makes up for it! <33