Yu Xia

* Adult
* Young Adult
* College

**Yu Xia** (Chinese: 予夏 *Yǔ Xià*) is a minor character in Link Click. She was the second client of the Photo Studio who commissions the shop to discover the ingredient of a secret recipe.

## Appearance

Yu Xia is a woman currently in her middle years. She has green eyes, and slightly wavy brown hair that is just long enough to reach her shoulders. She wears a plum-colored business suit with a darker violet blouse underneath, and adorns herself with large golden earrings and a blue pearl necklace.

As a young adult, her hair used to be a little longer. She wore a white calf-length dress, and a light turquoise cardigan. She sported circular golden earrings and a necklace with a golden triangle-shaped ornament to match.

In college, her hair was straigth instead of wavy, and she would oftentimes wear it on a ponytail or put on a red headband to keep it out of her face. Her usual outfit was a pair of pink pants, and a green t-shirt with a floral pattern.

## History

Yu Xia and Lin Zhen were roommates in college and have had a close relationship since then. After college, they opened Xialin Noodle House (Chinese: 夏林面馆) together, with their signature "Bowl of the Girls' Dorm" (Chinese: 女寝那一碗) becoming a hit with the public overnight. The dish contained a unique ingredient that made it stand out, which Lin Zhen had kept a secret even to Yu Xia.

The pair continued to run the restaurant for many years. However, their visions for the restaurant turned out to be different. Yu Xia wanted to align the restaurant with contemporary commercial trends, implementing the latest technologies, continuously expanding the business, and rebranding the restaurant to XGM (小干妈). Lin Zhen however, disagreed with her visions, cherishing the the restaurant's humble and down-to-earth roots. She eventually decided to leave the restaurant, and returned to her rural hometown to open a new Xialin Noodle House, more akin to its original form.

Left in charge of the business alone, Yu Xia approached Time Photo Studio with a request to enter photos taken in their past. After a few failed attempts, Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang discovered that Lin Zhen had frequently traveled to Xiang Zhuang, a place known for a plant known as fragrant flowers (Chinese: 香花草), which the locals would dry and grind into a powder to use as a spice. They arrived at the conclusion that this had been the secret ingredient of Lin Zhen's signature dish.

The discovery however, carried a much greater significance to Yu Xia: Xiang Zhuang is her hometown, and she was the one who introduced Lin Zhen to the spice back when they first had the idea of opening a noodle restaurant in college. Touched by the revelation, Yu Xia traveled to find Lin Zhen at the new Xialin Noodle House, finally reconciling with Lin Zhen.

## Personality

Yu Xia is strong-willed and stubborn, not easily swayed in her stances. She is very ambitious and sometimes her ambition blinds her to things that are more important. She is not afraid to defend herself or to tell what she really thinks, but never comes off as needlessly cruel. She is also willing to admit to mistakes and make amends, as seen in her emotional arc and relationship with Lin Zhen.

## Relationships

### Lin Zhen

Lin Zhen and Yu Xia were close friends, as well as – in the beginning – also good business partners. In fact, their relationship was not at all unlike that of Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang. However, as years passed, their opinions on how their business should be managed began to severely differ, driving up a wedge between them. While Lin Zhen wished to keep the business simple, Yu Xia wanted to expand and keep up with the latest trends. Since neither would budge in their respective views, Lin Zhen concluded that it was better if they went their separate ways.

Yu Xia then became restless that Lin Zhen would exploit the secret recipe that had made their noodle shop successful to kick-start her own business. She sought out help from Time Photo Studio, and upon hearing that the secret ingredient was the fragnant flower powder, realized that it was essentially her who came up with the recipe in the first place. This would trigger a change of heart in Yu Xia, causing her to immediately hop on a train back to her hometown Xiang Zhuang, and reconcile with Lin Zhen.

## Quotes

* (To Lin Zhen) *"We said that we would take one photo each year, but the second one is after more than ten years. Don't let it be the last one, okay?"*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Link Click* Donghua: Episode 2 — Secret Recipe