Meng Shuyan's adoptive father and Ruan Sixian's biological father. He was the village head who adopted young Meng Shuyan after her parents died. He became the first ten-thousand-yuan household in the village by contracting a hillside during the early reform and opening-up period. His wealth had a shady origin, derived from the Meng family's assets including a state compensation of thirty thousand yuan from Meng Shuyan's parents' deaths. He wanted to ally with the powerful Shen family.
