The Tibetan couple who raised Shi Ye for 8 years (from age 5 to 13) after finding her in Tibet. They cherished her like their own daughter with boundless kindness. Their own son died saving a Tibetan girl during surveying work, and they accompanied Shi Ye to retrieve his ashes. Despite their unbearable sorrow, they selflessly let Shi Ye return to her birth family, refusing any repayment. They aged overnight from grief, now white-haired.