Male, a high-ranking cadre and the man who raised Jiang Zhizhi for nineteen years. He is the biological father of Sun Xiaoyue. He recently encountered troubles — he was reported and faced being sent down to the countryside for labor reform. He appears despondent, aged, and exhausted, with little energy for family affairs. He agrees to let Jiang Zhizhi marry Zhou Xiye and go to the countryside.
