Male antagonist, Ruan Tang's fiancé, works in the propaganda department of the cotton mill. He is having an affair with Cai Xiaolan and despises Ruan Tang, calling her a stiff and boring block of wood who won't even let him hold her hand. His mother Wu Mengzhi is extremely controlling, leaving him with almost no autonomy, which makes him resent the arranged marriage. His father is in the Ge Weihui (Revolutionary Committee).
