Male protagonist, 35 years old, the newly appointed Secretary of Jiangcheng (the city's second-in-command). He was parachuted from the provincial city after his predecessor was taken away by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He has a son named Shi Xuzhi whose mother left shortly after the boy's birth. He spent very little time with his son due to work, and the child was mostly raised by his cousin Shi Yan. He requested a younger female homeroom teacher for his son to indirectly fulfill the boy's need for maternal care. He is politically astute and made a careful first impression when choosing Zhou Nuan from four candidate profiles.
