Influenced by the girl groups at the time and other artists such as Lu Han and Victoria Song,[1] Xu auditioned for SM Entertainment in 2014[2] and was revealed as the newest member of the trainee group SM Rookies, alongside Aespa's Ningning on September 19, 2016.
[5] Xu debuted in January, 2019, as a member of the project group Legal High (Chinese: 嗨战队; pinyin: Hāi Zhànduì), formed from the final survivors of the girls' team on The Next Top Bang.
[7][8] On May 2, 2020, Xu participated in the Chinese girl group reality competition show Produce Camp 2020 where she was eliminated in the final episode on July 4, finishing in eighth place.
[2] Following the completion of the show, Xu made her solo debut on July 16 with the single "聆听 (Listen)".
On December 18, she made her acting debut as the female lead in the web series Timeless Love which was released the following year.