The director of the neighborhood committee, a cunning and calculating man whose brother serves as deputy chief of the police bureau. He intervened in the conflict between the Zhang and Song families, secretly negotiating with both sides. He was the main figure who had previously pushed Song Lili into trouble in the original story. Song Fanghua discovered his scheme to sell Zhang Yong's job to his youngest son and negotiated a deal where she would transfer the job to him in exchange for help with her household registration and allowing her to go to the countryside.