Male lead of the novel Love as a Branch and Ruan Wan's husband. He married Ruan Wan out of spite to provoke his white moonlight Shen Zhizhi. He is cold, holds grudges, and is disgusted by Ruan Wan's scheming. He knows Ruan Wan is not genuinely pregnant but has not exposed her due to his own motives. He is waiting for Old Master Li's seventieth birthday to act as a loving couple publicly.