Also called Brother Chen, a member of the Jiqing Troupe. He survived by hiding in the ancestral hall of a grand mansion, discovering it was safe from the monster. He had suspected the troupe when they offered him mutton stew upon arrival, recognizing the cannibalistic intent in their eyes from his famine-stricken hometown. He harbored feelings for Senior Sister Chu and carried a powder compact he had bought her as a birthday gift. He dug up bone burial mounds and found the Troupe Leader's head was not among them.
