Xiao Anlan's close friend who is two years older than him. They became close while studying abroad. Zhou Sheng returned to China a year earlier and has been managing the Wanchang Hotel since. He was once a bookish scholar devoted to his fiancée, but after she married someone else and had two children, he changed significantly. He is carefree and has a reputation with women, but offers sincere advice to Xiao Anlan about courting a proper young lady.