Guo Mingyuan is the male lead from the original story, a new educated youth who arrives with five others. He is described as having striking features, a cultured scholar's aura, and being tall and good-looking. He shows interest in Shu Xin's beauty and profession, but reacts with panic and alarm upon learning she is a police officer. He secretly digs up a glass bottle containing a map with Japanese and English annotations near Linjia Village, suggesting hidden motives.
