Namgong Ye is a male character who suddenly comes to Zheng Qingning's mind during the stormy night. The text explicitly states that she did not know why he suddenly came to her thoughts, suggesting he is someone significant to her whose presence haunts her mind unexpectedly. He is mentioned alongside Duan Jiayang and Bai Yueguang as one of the important men in Zheng Qingning's emotional world, though his exact relationship to her and his role in the story are not fully revealed in these chapters.
