A well-known lazy man in the village from the He family at the east end of the village. He has never married but has hooked up with many young wives and widows. He was instigated by Widow Zhou to attack Shen Qingli and pretended to be injured in the woods to lure her. He had a black soul, which Shen Qingli sensed with her mental power. He was killed by Shen Qingli using a vine around his neck and buried in a deep pit he dug with supernatural power.
