Xu Nianchu's father, the deputy director of a machinery factory. He came from poverty and clawed his way up. He married Ye Huixin (Xu Nianchu's mother) after she fell in love with him despite her family's opposition. After Ye Huixin died from postpartum complications, he married Aunt Zhang, the family housekeeper. He drugged Xu Nianchu and planned to offer her to an influential government leader as his first backup plan amid rumors of political investigations. He praised his reborn stepsister Xu Xunle for proposing the schemes.
