The second son of the clan head Shen Dingchuan, who held the position of County School Instructor and had passed the Juren examination. He returned home to Tong'an County for the New Year. He was pragmatic about his own limited prospects and believed his son Jue Ge'er had excellent fortune as a candidate for the Marquis's heir. He secretly pushed Jue Ge'er to practice martial arts despite the boy's academic strengths. He was furious about the thirty-eighth branch's publicity stunts and threw his brush to the ground in anger.
