Female, the matriarch of the Ning family. She is advanced in age and sleeps lightly. She heard about the incident early that morning and insisted on being brought to the city hospital by her son-in-law. She slapped her eldest son Ning Chengyou twice upon learning what happened. She deeply loved her deceased second son who had raised Ning Xin. She refused to plead for Ning Ling, believing that unpunished mistakes would lead to worse consequences. She is firm, wise, and understands the crux of the matter.