Yexiao

Yexiao (夜宵) is a character that appears in Shining Nikki. She resides in Qingyun City of Cloud Empire.

Appearance
Yexiao is a slender woman with gold eyes and silver hair with a long wick on the right. She wears a black cheongsam collar around her neck, a transparent black and white coat, a black and white dress, and black heels with tie straps.

Personality
Yexiao is a simple and natural person. She is kind and enjoys cooking. She has also an interest for cats and drawing.

History
Yexiao first met Nikki when Nikki, A-Huan and Momo went to Qingyun City in the Could Empire and seemed to a nice and kind girl. Later, Nikki fell into Qinyi's trap. He not only stole the manuscript of Lierlide from her, but also left A-huan in a coma. To save A-huan and get the manuscript back, Nikki left for Apple Federation to join Zoe's group. She left A-huan to Yexiao to be taken care of.

When Nikki was taken from her senses by the power of the Shadow of Designer of Mercury in the auction in Lodden City, she had a vision. She witnessed the destruction of Miraland by the Sea of Memory again, only that this time it happened in Year 0, not Year 680. However, when the tsunami was about the swallow Nikki, Yexiao appeared and froze everything. She told Nikki that the Year 0 would be destroyed as this too if she didn't try to save it and get the power of Lierlide. She said that the power of the Shadow of Designer originates from awakening another self in your heart. Therefore, it can bring you strength but can also swallow you and seize the control of your body.

Qinyi
Qinyi suspected that Yexiao is the riddle solver of Lierlide's manuscript. Therefore, he disguised as a commoner and visited Yexiao, trying to get more information. However, Yexiao did not tell him much.

Trivia

 * In Chinese, Yexiao or 夜宵 is a word meaning "midnight snack".