Male, the Xie family patriarch in his seventies. He is sickly and thin, sits in a wheelchair, but has sharp eyes and was trained in martial arts in his youth. He is the father of Xie Qingsong and the late Xie Qingbai. He initially looked down on Xie Qingsong and favored his eldest son. After learning about Xie Li's suffering, he feels guilty and wants her to divorce Pei Shuchen and come home. He physically beat Xie Qingsong with a broom when defending Xie Li.
