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"Bye, Ryo!"
―Xiaomei saying goodbye to Ryo.[src]

Xiaomei Ding (Hànzì: 丁小梅, Pinyin: Dīng Xiǎoméi, On'yomi: Tei Shaomei) is the daughter of Jiangyu Ding. She is traveling with her mother to open up a shop called the First Class Tailor, in the Lucky Charm Quarter.

Shenmue Side Story[]

Chai captures Xiaomei

Xiaomei captured by Chai in one of the Shenmue Side Story comics.

Ryo Hazuki meets Xiaomei and her mother Jiangyu on his boat trip to Hong Kong. Xiaomei is captured by Chai and Ryo rescues her after knocking him into the sea once again.

Shenmue II[]

Ryo meets Xiaomei and Jiangyu again on the ship arrival dock, after a photographer Zhouji Lin takes his photo without his consent. Jiangyu gives Ryo some advice and even tells him about a place he can sleep for free called the Free Stay Lodge. Xiaomei and her mother then leave with her telling and waving him goodbye.

Ryo can meet Xiaomei and Jiangyu again by entering their shop First Class Tailor in the Lucky Charm Quarter. He will be welcomed there any time he wants to ask for help. Later, Xiaomei tells Ryo that her father is on his way to come join them and asks if he will come and meet him, but every time Ryo will politely decline.

Etymology[]

  • Xiaomei means "small, little, tiny, young, few, tabloid, bitty" (小) (xiao) and "plum/plum flower, apricot" (梅) (mei).
  • Ding means "fourth/fourth heavenly stem" (丁).

Trivia[]

  • Xiaomei was most likely going to appear and maybe be a prominent character in the cut second chapter of the series called the "Boat chapter". In one of the unlockable side story comics in the 2002 Xbox version of Shenmue II and it's re-release Shenmue I & II, it shows Chai capturing her and Ryo knocking him into the sea once again and rescuing her. At the end it shows Jiangyu hugging Xiaomei so grateful that she's safe.
  • Xiaomei's zodiac sign is Leo and she has a A blood type.
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