Chen Chengcheng

**Chen Chengcheng** is a character in the television series The Lost Tomb. She was an original character for the series and does not appear in any other adaptation besides The Lost Tomb.

Chen Chengcheng claimed to be the granddaughter of Chen Pi Ah Si and the niece of Chen Wenjin. However, as the series goes on, she is not as she seems.

## History

Chen Chengcheng first appears to offer Wu Xie a rubbing of the other half of the Silk Manuscript. It was the missing piece Wu Xie needed to understand the one he just found. She claimed to have found it amongst her paternal aunt's materials. Her aunt was an archeologist and went missing on an exploration. This led Chen Chengcheng to major in archeology. Wu Xie started to involve her more in trying to decrypt the manuscript.

While High Shao and Chen Chengcheng were at Wu Xie's home without him, men in black showed up and gagged both High Shao and Chen Chengcheng. The men stole the physical versions of the Silk Manuscript and left High Shao and Chen Chengcheng unharmed. However, later when Wu Xie and High Shao were gone, Wu Xie's place was ransacked and Chen Chengcheng went missing.

When Wu Xie, High Shao, Wu Sanxing, Pan Zi, and Zhang Qiling went to explore the tomb described on the Silk Manuscript, Chen Chengcheng was in a nearby village pretending to be a villager. She told them about the legend from the mountain, but Wu Xie could see through her act and confronted her. She played off the fact that she went missing and apologized for not telling them where she was. She also explained that she ruined Wu Xie's place because of her "childish temper." She was able to find the village by following another grave robber team who had already entered the forest. She joined them on their journey to the Seven Star Palace tomb but did not go down and stayed up top to surveil with High Shao.

One of Ning's men found High Shao and Chen Chengcheng and held them at gunpoint. High Shao purposely broke the equipment they used to contact Wu Xie so Ning's team could not use it. Ning's men negotiated with Chen Chengcheng and High Shao. He wanted to save Ning and needed their help. In exchange, he promised he would not steal cultural relics.

Eventually, Wu Xie was able to reunite with High Shao and Chen Chengcheng. They returned to Wu Xie's place and Wu Xie showed High Shao and Chen Chengcheng the Snake Brow Copper Fish. She recognized it because it was detailed in her aunt's materials. Her aunt researched quite a bit about the copper fish and knew it was an incredibly valuable item. Chen Chengcheng thought it was strange that Wu Sanxing didn't know about the copper fish. They decided to go over to have dinner with him to get him to talk about it. While there, Chen Chengcheng spoke of the Chen Clan. They did not find the answers they were looking for but knew they needed to go talk to Huo Xiangu in Beijing.

Wu Xie, Chen Chengcheng, High Shao, and Pang Zi went to the Xin Yue Restaurant to discuss the copper fish with Huo Xiangu. While there, they made a commotion and eventually were chased by the restaurant's employees. They first became separated from Pang Zi and then when Chen Chengcheng was alone with High Shao and Wu Xie she drugged them while they were distracted and the two passed out.

Wu Xie and High Shao woke up in an abandoned building tied up. Chen Chengcheng revealed that she was not the real Chen Chengcheng who was Chen Wenjin's niece. She worked for Hendry Cox. She took a picture of Wu Xie and sent it to Wu Sanxing to exchange him for the copper fish. While they were talking, employees from the restaurant caught up with them. Chen Chengcheng created a distraction, but Wu Xie and High Shao were able to escape in the meantime. Chen Chengcheng is never heard from again.

## Divergence from the Novel

* Chen Chengcheng is not a character in the novel.
* It's unknown if Chen Wenjin has a niece or even any siblings in the novels.

## Appearances

### The Lost Tomb

* Episode 1
* Episode 3
* Episode 4
* Episode 5
* Episode 6
* Episode 7
* Episode 8
* Episode 9
* Episode 10

## References

1. ↑ The Lost Tomb, Episodes 8, 10
2. ↑ The Lost Tomb, Episode 10, Timestamp ~24:09 (Chen Cheng Cheng: "I'm not Chen Cheng Cheng at all. Chen Wenjin does have a niece, but it's not me." // 陈丞澄: "我根本不是什么陈丞澄。陈文锦确实是有个侄女但不是我。“）