Male character, a certain official surnamed Liu who helped Cui Shi resolve her housing dispute. He has been tempted by Gu Shiyi's beauty after Cui Shi praised her. He promised Cui Shi one hundred taels of silver in exchange for Gu Shiyi. He is currently away in a neighboring county on urgent business and expected to return the next day. He has a current wife whom he married because she was good at bearing children.
