Also known as Li Shi, a man in his twenties of medium height with a slightly tanned complexion and well-defined features. He is Shen Zi'an's close friend who grew up with him though they aren't blood brothers. He lives alone by the riverside in the east. His father mistreated him and sold him off during a year of hardship in the village. He returned a year ago and hasn't married yet. He is straightforward and amiable. He had also been labeled as someone with a mother-killing fate.
