The second young master of the Xie family and Shen Shiqing's husband. He has neglected his wife for seven years, taking concubine after concubine under the pretext of needing heirs. He has five or six children from other women. He is a childhood sweetheart of Miss Feng, his maternal cousin, and has been staying in Jinyang for months. He refuses to even enter Reed Catkin Courtyard where Shen Shiqing lives.
