Male lead, head of the Ning Family, in his twenties, over six feet tall with striking slender phoenix eyes and pale sickly skin. Rumored to be cruel, cold-blooded, brutal, and terminally ill. He has a condition that causes him severe headaches and violent episodes at night, during which he bites people. He unexpectedly defended Tang Qianluo at the wedding and asked her to read to him, finding her voice soothing. He has a personal physician named Zuo Ye.