Also referred to as Chen Shian, he is Aunt Chen's eldest son and a tall, thin young man already working as an apprentice at Yaowan Hall under Old Sun, who is also his master and father-in-law. He resents Tan Erqian for receiving preferential treatment from Shopkeeper Bai. He initially accepts pickled vegetables as a gift but later throws them away, revealing his ungrateful and two-faced nature.