The male lead of the novel After the Calamity, I Took My Sister-in-law as My Wife. He is a scholar with the title of xiucai who was expected to pass the juren exams. He secretly maintained two households at once, having an affair with Zhuang Zilan (his sister-in-law) and fathering a child with her while being married to Chi Yu. Chi Yu despised him and refused to accept his divorce attempt.