Female, an unmarried young woman who visits Pei Jingchuan at his rented courtyard in Qizhou. She brings elaborate dishes including yam and fresh pork porridge, steamed egg custard, and codonopsis black chicken soup. She addresses him as 'Brother Pei' and shows clear romantic interest in him. She is rejected harshly by Pei Jingchuan and flees in humiliation after knocking over a pair of half-broken white jade chopsticks.