Fan Ruoruo is a supporting female character in the historical drama “Joy of Life” (Seasons 1 and 2), played by actress Song Yi.

Fan Ruoruo is Fan Jian’s daughter, known for her talent in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She is praised as the “Top Talented Woman in the Capital.” Her mother passed away early, and she was physically weak from a young age. After recuperating in Danzhou, she was brought back to the capital for education. When Fan Xian arrives in the capital, she actively helps him, supports his meeting with Lin Wan’er, participates in Fan Xian’s plans, learns medicine, and performs surgery for Fan Xian. She witnesses many important events in Fan Xian’s life, which makes her start thinking about marriage and lays the foundation for her later elopement.

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Fan Ruoruo is one of the supporting female characters in “Joy of Life,” played by actress Song Yi. She is Fan Jian’s daughter and Fan Xian’s sister, known for her talent in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and praised as the “Top Talented Woman in the Capital.” However, she is not arrogant and always appears approachable, like a girl next door, giving a warm and sweet feeling. As a woman who is both intelligent and beautiful, Fan Ruoruo is also known as the “President of the Fan Xian Fan Club” and “Number One Fangirl of Qing Kingdom,” creating an adorable contrast.

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Fan Ruoruo’s mother passed away shortly after her birth. She was physically weak and slender from a young age. At the age of two, she was taken back to Danzhou by Aunt Pan to recuperate. There, she often listened to Fan Xian tell ghost stories and fairy tales, and the two had a very close relationship. Fan Ruoruo lived in Danzhou until school age before her father, Fan Jian, brought her back to the capital. She is an orphan without a mother, very dependent on Fan Xian, and often receives letters from the capital. Before Fan Xian was 16, the two often corresponded.

At the age of 15, Fan Ruoruo had already become famous in the aristocratic circles of the capital, always appearing as cold and aloof as a chrysanthemum, making countless talented men in the capital sigh in regret. When Fan Xian came to the capital and wanted to meet his fiancée, Lin Wan’er, Fan Ruoruo did her best to help him. She witnessed Fan Xian and Lin Wan’er’s journey from acquaintance to love, which made her yearn for a free marriage and choose a suitable person, also laying the foundation for her later decision to elope.

When Fan Xian was about to get married, he went to visit the palace, memorized the palace map, and then told Fan Ruoruo to draw it. Fan Ruoruo helped him without hesitation. At the banquet to entertain the Northern Qi merchant Zhuang Mohan, Fan Xian recited poetry after getting drunk, embarrassing everyone. He took advantage of his drunkenness to sneak into the palace to investigate. Fan Ruoruo waited at home, ensuring that no one knew that Fan Xian had secretly entered the palace.

After Fan Xian returned from completing his mission in Northern Qi, the Qing Kingdom emperor decided on the marriage between Li Chengze (the Second Prince of Qing Kingdom) and Fan Ruoruo, but because he trusted Fan Xian, he promised to help Fan Ruoruo cancel the marriage.

Later, Fan Ruoruo decided to study medicine. Fan Xian was surprised to find that Fan Ruoruo’s hands were very steady. He began to let her practice dissection using fruits and animals such as ducks. When Fan Xian held his wedding, she received a letter from Grandmaster Ku He of Northern Qi, who wanted to take her as a disciple. After the wedding, Fan Xian and Fan Ruoruo moved to Cangshan to live.

After Wu Zhu found Fan Ruoruo and asked her to protect Fan Xian when he was not around, Fan Ruoruo felt insecure because she was just a woman, but Wu Zhu showed her a powerful weapon left by Ye Qingmei and encouraged her to practice using firearms.

During the assassination attempt at Xuan Kong Temple, when Fan Xian was seriously injured by an arrow, Fan Ruoruo performed surgery on him according to Fan Xian’s instructions. Her medical skills amazed the imperial physicians in the palace, and they asked her to teach this technique.