Li Rui's mother, a strong-willed professional woman who was at the peak of her career when she married Li Rui's father. She had her first son at thirty and Li Rui at thirty-three via C-section due to difficult labor. She initially relied on nannies and her in-laws to raise Li Rui, sending money monthly. Upon learning her son was missing and then injured, she returned from Shanghai to Hangzhou in a panic. She was furious when she discovered Li Rui had been mistreated at home, having been ignored and abused while she was preoccupied with her career and marital troubles.
