Jiang Yanli is Jiang Cheng's older sister and Wei Wuxian's sworn sister. She's best known for her gentle, graceful demeanor and exceptional cooking—though she'd probably laugh if you called her conventionally beautiful. From childhood, she was engaged to Jin Zixuan, heir of the Lanling Jin clan, a match she genuinely wanted despite how it might've looked.
What people tend to overlook is how fiercely protective she was beneath that polite exterior. She wouldn't stand for anyone disrespecting Wei Wuxian, and more importantly, she was the only person who could actually reach him when he spiraled into grief and madness. In the end, she didn't hesitate to give her life for him.
During her late teens, things got complicated when Wei Wuxian punched Jin Zixuan over his dismissive comments about the engagement. Jiang Fengmian managed to convince Jin Guangshan to call off the whole contract to spare them both an unhappy marriage. Jiang Yanli never said anything to Wei Wuxian about it, but he eventually figured out how much the cancelation hurt her—turns out she'd actually fallen for Jin Zixuan.
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