Qiao Ling

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* Season 1
* Season 2
* High School

**Qiao Ling** (Chinese: 乔苓 *Qiáo Líng*) is the tritagonist of the *Link Click* donghua series. She is the landlady of the Time Photo Studio and a close friends to its owners Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang, watching over the two as they pay off their debt to her.

While not playing a very active role in the show's events until later in Season 2 where the story shifts its focus to things happening outside of the resident studio, she is still a core part of the show's centerpiece photo studio and a very present figure in the series.

## Appearance

Qiao Ling has a short, thin build, light skin and dark-colored eyes. She has black shoulder-length hair and front bangs that reach just above her eyes.

In Season 1, Qiao Ling's outfit consists of a tucked-in black undershirt, with a white short-sleeved dress-shirt worn over the top. The dress shirt is cut off to expose the black undershirt over her midriff, and has red and black stripes on the sleeves. She wears a red knee-length skirt with a full-length black skirt on top. The black skirt is half-circle, only covering her right side and revealing the red skirt on the left side, and is white at the bottom. In the main series, she wears sandals and no socks.

In Season 2, Qiao Ling sports a white cuffed full-sleeved sweatshirt. The shirt has a cut around the middle to reveal red fabric underneath, and has a red stripe running along the length of its sleeves. She wears this with a black button-wrap pencil skirt. This skirt reaches to her knees and is asymmetrical, with one side of its length reaching down further than the other. In the main series. she pairs this outfit with white shoes and socks.

When possessed by Li Tianchen, her eyes turn red and she is no longer in control of her body.

## Personality

According to rumours on the internet, Time Photo Studio is said to have a sorceress, something she is seen expressesing her distaste about. As the front face of the photo studio, she tries her best to keep a professional appearence to the clients who reach out to solve their problems.

Qiao Ling is an outspoken individual who doesn't hesitate to express her emotions to her close friends. She trusts her friends very much and is very protective of them, even though she oftens bickers with them, like she does with Cheng Xiaoshi. She deeply cares about her close friends, comforting Cheng Xiaoshi when he came up to her crying about his parents. She does not lose faith in them and has trust in Lu Guang. Likewise, Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi trust her very much. She is also quite close with Xu Shanshan, the pair being seen together many times throughout the series.

Cheng Xiaoshi and herself, even though they often bicker on-screen, are shown to deeply care about each other. Even though not shown much, Lu Guang and Qiao Ling trust each other and deeply care about Cheng Xiaoshi.

## Etymology

Her surname 乔 (*Qiáo*) is a common Chinese surname. Her given name 苓 (*Líng*), a character used in the Chinese names of various types of herbs, plants, and mushrooms.

In promotional media released before the Season 1 premiere, Qiao Ling's English name is revealed to be "Jo".

## Trivia

* Qiao Ling's character color ranges between pink and red, and the animal associated with her is a bunny.
* As of Season 2, Qiao Ling, Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang have matching charms on their phones, with Qiao Ling having a white bunny, Cheng Xiaoshi a black dog and Lu Guang a white cat.
* While never stated outright, it is hinted during the time she spent talking with Li Tianxi in Season 2 that she may be foster siblings with Cheng Xiaoshi.

## References

1. ↑ *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 19 — Hostage