The original host's grandfather who built the Shen family fortune from scratch in import-export trade. He had one treasured daughter, Shen Lanxin, born late in his life. He arranged for Liu Hongyang to marry into the family as a live-in son-in-law. He suffered from heart disease and passed away when Shen Zhaoyue was fourteen. Before dying, he gave the jade bracelet to Shen Zhaoyue as a family heirloom from his wife.