Li Cu/Relationships

## Li Cu

### Skills

Inventive thinking, Fast thinking, reading in-bedded memories off of black-haired snakes

## Family

Li Cu has a strained relationship with his father, Li Yiming. His father continues pressuring him to do well in school. When Li Cu does not deliver, he even locks his son in a dark room in their apartment. Whether Li Cu's claustrophobia, which is later shown in the underground buildings while exploring, stems from this punishment or has been present before that even, is unknown. Even though his father treats him this way, Li Cu shows concern for his father when Wu Xie takes him to the desert and subtly threatens him with doing something to his father.

His mother, Cheng Lu, is still alive but not living with Li Cu and his father anymore. She was beaten while being with Li Cu's father and ran away, according to Li Cu. He still keeps in contact with her though. At the beginning of Tomb of the Sea it is mentioned that she offered to get Li Cu a job, should he decide to stay with her, which he wishes to do.

## Wu Xie

Originally thinking of Wu Xie only as his kidnapper and a crazy person, Li Cu soon starts looking up to him and relying on Wu Xie to get him out of trouble. Li Cu continues saying he will leave Wu Xie in the desert and save himself only, but when faced with having to really leave Wu Xie and Hei Yanjing behind in Gutong Jing, he hesitates. When he returns to his hometown he even starts back on his adventure to find Wu Xie and save him. Li Cu starts seeing him as a mentor and learns from his experiences with Wu Xie. Wu Xie, on the other hand, also starts caring for Li Cu, sometimes even doubting his original plan of getting an outsider to resolve the dangerous situation with the Wang Clan. In the end, though they are separated, Li Cu trusts in his mentor's information and Wu Xie trusts Li Cu to stick to the plan. While Li Cu is knocked out from the explosion at the Wang Clan headquarters, Wu Xie desperately searches for him and is finally the one bringing Li Cu with him to safety.

## Su Wan

Su Wan and Li Cu have been friends for some time when Tomb of the Sea starts, although it is not explicitly stated how long they have been friends. Su Wan comes from a rich family but compared to Yang Hao, Li Cu never uses him for his money. Su Wan is the most worried when Li Cu suddenly disappears and Li Cu also searches for comfort with Su Wan and Yang Hao when he finally returns from the desert and at the end of Tomb of the Sea. Even when Su Wan catches Li Cu with Shen Qiong, Su Wan's secret crush, he is not really angry at his friend. Despite having concerns and being worried, Su Wan supports his friend and even follows him to the desert. For Su Wan, Li Cu is the leader of their group (Li Cu, Su Wan and Yang Hao).

## Yang Hao

Yang Hao is originally not shown as Li Cu's friend until Su Wan turns to him when Li Cu has gone missing. Despite talking Su Wan down when Li Cu is gone, he is shown being worried too and also comforts his friend when Li Cu returns at the end of Tomb of the Sea.

## Shen Qiong

Li Cu is originally not interested romantically in Shen Qiong but they get closer at the beginning of Tomb of the Sea. When he later realizes who she really is, he feels betrayed but starts trusting her again over time. They train together for the Wang Clan and Shen Qiong tries to protect him in the headquarters. She later dies trying to protect Li Cu from the Wang Clan.