Male lead of the novel The Flying Era and Qin Man's childhood engagement fiancé. His family arranged the engagement after Qin Man's grandfather saved him from an ice hole years ago, sacrificing his own life. The Zhou family is living well with formal jobs. Upon hearing of the engagement, they planned to delay Qin Man's arrival because her coming coincided with his wedding to the regiment commander's sister. Zhou family relatives witnessed Qin Man being hit by the military jeep but stood by and did nothing, feeling relieved. In the original plot, he rose through the ranks using connections and became extremely wealthy after the reform and opening-up period.
