Father of Duan Shiyan, head of the Duan family, known as the 'Ice Buddha', the most difficult to conquer on the Beijing social scene. He is handsome and elegant, wears gold-rimmed glasses, and has a string of black prayer beads around his wrist with a fox bead in the middle carved with Yu Jiu's name. He was easily won over by Yu Jiu because he was already in love with her.
