The father-in-law of Jiang Li, actually only 40 years old but appears much older due to years of hardship. His face is sallow and gaunt with half his hair already gray. He encouraged and incited others to attack his daughter-in-law without dirtying his own hands. He is the patriarch of the Xu family and had married both his son Xu Dali and Jiang Li into the family as second wives.