Jiang Ting's father who was absent from her life. As a young man, he was a scrawny yellow-haired punk with a thuggish swagger. As a middle-aged man, he appeared completely unremarkable. He is described as irresponsible and a jobless street loafer. His wife kept him on a very tight leash financially. He showed up at Jiang Ting's school with an envelope of money as a delayed college admission reward, but Jiang Ting refused it. He had a son who couldn't get into high school, which is why he remembered his college-student daughter.
