Third Uncle, a live-in son-in-law who married into another family and runs an inn in Qingping County with his wife's parents. He was humiliated as a youth when eight-year-old Lin Xiaoman beat him up, which drove him to leave the village. After his parents died, he returned to manipulate Old Lady Lin and scheme against the siblings. He came to steal the hot pot chicken recipe but was defeated by Lin Xiaoman and publicly shamed by the villagers and clan elder Lin Youwang.
