County Chief of Lin'an, a veteran revolutionary who has worked in the Lin'an government for many years. She lives alone as her husband is often away and both sons have gone to the countryside. She knows Xue Miaoyun's mother Lihua from her youth and treats Xue Miaoyun with maternal care. She offered Xue Miaoyun accommodation and arranged train tickets. She recognized Cang Ling as a boy she knew nearly twenty years prior. She has connections with the political commissar of the T Division and offered to help retrieve the engagement token.
