Also referred to as Xia Fu, he is the father of the original host and the second son in the Xia family. He was never favored by his parents since childhood due to a difficult childbirth that nearly killed his mother. He endured decades of oppression and bias from his parents, who gave all compensation money to his elder brother Xia Xiyang after their death while demanding he bear all funeral expenses. He is described as honest and inarticulate.
