Yan Fei

Yan Fei is a once-promising student driven into near-total withdrawal by sustained bullying and the adults who minimized it. His story makes him one of the clearest examples of the despair on which the School of the Afterlife feeds. (Chapters 837–850)

Biography

Silenced by abuse

According to his former deskmate Lee Bing, Yan Fei's classmates destroyed his belongings, mocked him, isolated him, and recast his attempts to resist as wrongdoing. After a violent retaliation brought punishment upon Yan Fei rather than meaningful protection, he stopped fighting back and began harming himself. By the time Chen Ge finds him in the infirmary, he lies bandaged and almost entirely unresponsive. (Chapters 837–842)

A first response to solidarity

Chen Ge punishes the bullies and brings Lee Bing to Yan Fei's bedside with a recording of what happened. The stranger's promises initially produce no response, but Lee Bing's apology and pledge to stand beside his old friend reach him: Yan Fei moves his fingers, follows Lee Bing with his eyes, resists when his wounds are exposed, and finally lets the two boys support him away from the infirmary. (Chapters 846–850)

Appearance and personality

Yan Fei is pale, severely weakened, and wrapped in bandages beneath long sleeves that conceal his injuries. Earlier accounts describe a proud, solitary, above-average student who disliked being humiliated; prolonged abuse reduces that resistance to fearful silence, although his reaction to Lee Bing shows that trust and self-protection have not vanished completely. (Chapters 837–847)

Skills and supernatural abilities

Yan Fei is identified as one of the deeply despairing students with the potential to push the school's door, but potential is not an achieved supernatural rank. He demonstrates no combat ability or named spectral power, and he remains physically dependent on others when he leaves the infirmary. (Chapters 838–850)

Relationships

Lee Bing was Yan Fei's deskmate and friend, but fear kept him silent while the abuse escalated; his eventual apology becomes the first message Yan Fei visibly accepts. Chen Ge refuses the school's culture of passivity, confronts the bullies, and offers both boys protection. Teachers, parents, and the school doctor instead minimize the abuse or punish Yan Fei's resistance. (Chapters 837–847)

Items

Yan Fei's damaged chair, vandalized desk, school bag, and discarded textbooks document the sustained bullying. A pencil-sharpener blade is tied to his self-injury, while the infirmary's bandages and sparse medical record show that his physical wounds were treated without meaningful attention to their cause. (Chapters 837–847)