Xianming Lin Husbando

Xianming is a trained assassin formerly hired by the Kakyuu Association. After the events of the Mayor Harada Scandal arc, he turns to freelancing and freeloads off of Zenji Banba. He is a member of the Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens baseball team. Lin has long, light-brown hair that reaches his lower back and is noted to have neat, androgynous facial features. He is most commonly shown wearing a brown jacket over a white chiffon blouse with a red ribbon, a red skirt, and long black socks. He initially wears women's clothing to feel closer to his sister Qiaomei, from whom he has been separated for nine years. Women's attire also makes him feel more comfortable about his current circumstances, compared to growing up poor and unclean in the slums of China. At the end of the third light novel, he has his hair cut into a short bob and attempts to wear men's clothes, at which point he realizes he wears women's clothes and maintains long hair simply because he enjoys it. Lin is impartial to social norms such as gender stereotypes, as he has been quoted saying he never understood what was wrong with men wearing skirts if women could wear pants. He generally enjoys wearing makeup and women's attire. He is quite vain and often acknowledges to himself how beautiful he is. He shows a great interest in fashion and romance stories. At the beginning of the series, he lives frugally in order repay his debt to Zhang, but later Lin begins shopping and spending money more frequently. While he is not an outrageous spender, he has a tendency to go shopping to relieve stress. Because he grew up poor, he is very conscious of how much money he has and has developed a principle to never waste food, even if he does not like it. After his twentieth birthday, he discovers a fondness for beer.