Qian Jin

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**Qian Jin** (Chinese: 钱进 *Qián Jìn*) is the main antagonist of the *Link Click* donghua series. He is a former policeman and the lawyer of Liu Jing.

## Appearance

Qian Jin wears a white button up shirt under a navy blue suit and black tie. He has grey green hair which is slicked back on one side and comes forward on the other. He has round glasses and naturally golden eyes. He wears black gloves.

## History

### Past

While Qian Jin was still a police officer, he incorrectly assumed that his wife was having an affair with her colleague Zhuang Shuai and murdered her. However, this act remained unknown to the police force. After the incident, Qian Jin was shown to traumatized and drinking his sorrows away. Later, he was told by Xiao Li that his wife had been pregnant when she was murdered, causing him to break down even more.

Some time later, Qian Jin was assigned to another case involving a domestic dispute leading to the death of Liu Lan and Li Fan. Shortly after his involvement in this case, Qian Jin left the police force. He took with him the records of the pair's children Li Tianchen and Li Tianxi, and proceeded to raise the twins as his own. At some point, he discovered the twins supernatural abilities, which when used in tandem, granted Li Tianchen the power to possess others through photos. Taking advantage of this power, Qian Jin manipulated Li Tianchen commit various murders on his behalf, including that of Zhuang Shuai.

Qian Jin later became a private lawyer for Liu Jing's family. At some point, Liu Jing's son, Liu Min, approached Qian Jin with a request to "permanently silence" Internet trolls who attacked him. While Qian Jin was unable to carry out the task himself, he once again used the siblings as his tools, starting a series of homicides on behalf of Liu Min.

### Season 2

After Liu Min's death, Qian Jin was tasked by Liu Jing to retrieve his son's phone, which was in the hands of the police officer Chen Bin at the time. Qian Jin, along with Xiao Ma, visited Chen Bin's wife at her home and stole a photo of Chen Bin. Handing the photo to Li Tianchen, he coordinated Xiao Ma to retrieve Liu Min's phone from a possessed Chen Bin. However, this would cause him to lose a vital part of his operations, as Li Tianxi, who her brother was controlling Chen Bin through, was overwhelmed by Chen Bin's emotions and ran away from them. He would also later learn that Xiao Ma had handed the phone to Li Tianchen that night, who had kept the phone for himself. Despite knowing his betrayal, he decided to not rush to confront Li Tianchen, as this partnership still held its values to him.

As part of a plan to change his own past, Qian Jin would continue working with Li Tianchen to capture Cheng Xiaoshi. Li Tianchen proposed a bold plan to Qian Jin: To disguise himself as his sister and enter the police station posing as a witness, in order to lure out Cheng Xiaoshi and kidnap him using his ability to control by touch. Although his plan had initially gone smoothly, with him successfully shaking off the the police's pursuit and taking Cheng Xiaoshi to a boat, Lu Guang had also anticipated their plot: He took a photo on his phone before Cheng Xiaoshi was taken, allowing Cheng Xiaoshi to return to the past as Lu Guang and save himself. While Cheng Xiaoshi was able to enter the photo and intercept his past self, in an attempt to stop who he thought was Li Tianxi from escaping, he made physical contact with Li Tianchen, allowing Lu Guang to be controlled and taken away in his place..

Having failed to secure Cheng Xiaoshi, Qian Jin and Li Tianchen soon devised another plan: They demanded a hostage exchange to be made in the next 35 minutes, trading Lu Guang for Cheng Xiaoshi. While Cheng Xiaoshi was able to escape the exchange with creative use of his ability, this was anticipated by Qian Jin. Cheng Xiaoshi, along with Li Tianxi, who was brought along for her telepathic ability, were captured by Xiao Ma who was stationed nearby on Qian Jin's orders.

Xiao Ma brought them down to some underground tunnels to meet Qian Jin and Li Tianchen. While Li Tianchen was shocked to see his sister there, Qian Jin, who was greatly displeased by her betrayal, aimed his pistol intending to harm Li Tianxi, but was stopped by Li Tianchen and Cheng Xiaoshi. Cheng Xiaoshi then proceeded to question the group who it was that delivered the photo to Lu Guang's ward that night. Despite his attempts, Li Tianchen was unable to conceal the fact that he was the one to take Liu Min's phone any longer. Xiao Ma, initially puzzled why Qian Jin had not exposed him sooner, then deduced that Qian Jin had known all along. This prompted Qian Jin to shoot Xiao Ma in the chest, as he had known too much to be kept around. An infuriated Qian Jin demanded an explanation from Li Tianchen for his betrayal, to which Tianchen calmly responded that their relationship had always been rooted in mutual use, devoid of any trust. According to him, there couldn't be betrayal without trust in the first place. Qian Jin then argued that he had indeed placed trust in Li Tianchen, having raised the siblings as his own children. Cheng Xiaoshi interjected, claiming that Qian Jin had merely treated them as tools and emotional substitutes.

Growing increasingly agitated, Qian Jin argued that he was not the one in the wrong. Reminded of his original reason for capturing Cheng Xiaoshi, he handed Cheng Xiaoshi a photo of his wife, blaming her for his misfortunes and demanding that Cheng Xiaoshi alter his past using the photo, leading Cheng Xiaoshi to deduced that Qian Jin had been one responsible for the death of his wife. Well aware of Qian Jin's past, Li Tianchen followed by stating that Zhuang Shuai, whom Qian Jin thought his wife was having an affair with, was actually innocent. He then reveals that he was sure of this because he can access the memories of those he controls, and that Zhuang Shuai was the first person that Qian Jin ordered him to kill after discovering his special ability. Qian Jin, still unable to admit that he was wrong, continues to condemn his victims, claiming that they deserved to die.

Unbeknownst to Qian Jin, the shot he previously landed on Xiao Ma was not fatal. The enraged Xiao Ma got up from the ground and tackled Qian Jin, disarming him and chasing him further down the tunnels, while also alerting Lu Guang, Qiao Ling and Xiao Li to their location with his gunshots. Hiding in the darkness, Qian Jin would once again subdue Xiao Ma and take back his pistol. In an act of revenge, Qian Jin shoots Li Tianxi and attempts to shoot Qiao Ling, but was stopped by Cheng Xiaoshi who jumped in front of her and shielded her from the bullet with his own body. Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang, both injured, would then engage Qian Jin until officer Xiao's eventual arrival. Xiao Li would defeat Qian Jin, bringing him to long-overdue justice.

## Abilities

### Physical Strength

As a former police officer, Qian Jin has excellent physical abilities. He was seen quickly catching Cheng Xiaoshi's incoming punch and was a formidable opponent in close-quarter battles.

## Relationships

### Li Tianchen

Qian Jin was the police officer who oversaw the case of Li Tianchen and Li Tianxi's parents deaths. After the case, Qian Jin took the twins away and raised them, later using their special abilities for his own goals. As the twins grew up, Li Tianchen became aware of the details of Qian Jin's past. Li Tianchen disapproved of Qian Jin, but their relationship remained as one of mutual use. Li Tianchen would later "betray" Qian Jin to fulfill a request made by his childhood friend Liu Xiao, which eventually led to their relationship falling apart.

### Chen Bin

Qian Jin appears to have been a mentor figure to Chen Bin while the latter was training to be a police officer. Chen Bin saw Qian Jin as an older brother.

### Xiao Li

Qian Jin trained and worked along side Xiao Li as a police officer.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 22 — Confrontation
2. ↑ *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 23 — Can't Live Without a Good Brother
3. ↑ *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 20 — Three Stories
4. ↑ *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 13 — Night Raid
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 23 — Can't Live Without a Good Brother
6. ↑ *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 18 — Urban Warfare
7. ↑ *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 19 — Hostage
8. ↑ *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 21 — Improvise
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 14 — Two Funerals
10. ↑ *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 20 — Three Stories
11. ↑ *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 22 — Confrontation
12. ↑ *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 23 — Can't Live Without a Good Brother
13. ↑ *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 13 — Night Raid