Jian Ru: novel MC and Shou, ger, homely appearance, scarred face, and a limping leg.
Li Jintong: novel ML and Gong, sickly beauty, the Second Young Master of the Li family, and youngest son and youngest child of the family.
Characters from Changshou Village:
Jiang Maocai: the man Jian Ru had a crush on, his childhood friend who works in the town.
Zhang Jiao/Jiao Jiao: Jian Ru’s childhood friend, the one Jiang Maocai truly loves.
Li family’s First Branch – horse breeding estate:
Steward Li: Li Jintong’s uncle, the older brother of Li Jintong’s father; he becomes Jian Ru’s adoptive father.
Steward Li’s wife, currently unnamed: she becomes Jian Ru’s adoptive mother.
Together they have at least 3 children, currently unnamed.
Sun Yushuang: ger, the wife of Steward Li’s third son.
Li family’s Second Branch – medical practitioners in town:
Old Doctor Li: famous doctor, Li Jintong’s father, deceased at the start of the story; younger brother of Steward Li.
Madam Li, Han Xiuxiang: Li Jintong’s mother.
Together they have 5 children, 3 daughters and 2 sons.
Li Jinfeng – Li Jintong’s elder brother and firstborn child, the Eldest Young Master of the Li family. He runs the biggest clinic of the Li family with his wife, Li Qinglan.
Li Qinglan – Li Jinfeng’s wife, comes from the same Li clan and is from a family of scholars. Her father is a tongsheng, an examinee who has passed the county/prefecture examination of the entry-level examinations.
Li Jinhui – Li Jintong’s elder sister, the Eldest Young Lady of the Li family, and second-born. Married to Zhao Pin, with two children: an eleven-year-old daughter named Li Qiaozhi and a six-year-old son named Li Xianyu.
Zhao Pin – Li Jinhui’s husband. He is a live-in son-in-law, a man who married into the Li family, as opposed to Li Jinhui marrying into his.
Li Jinrong – Li Jintong’s second-eldest sister, the Second Young Miss of the Li family and third-born child; she runs the smaller clinic of the Li family. Unmarried by choice, her only passion is medicine, so she’s still referred to as “Miss” and not “Lady”.
Li Jinhe – Li Jintong’s third-eldest sister, the Third Young Lady of the Li family and fourth-born child; the only child of the family who did not study medicine. She was married in another prefecture but became a widow soon after marriage. She stayed to take care of her old parents-in-law, only coming back for Li Jintong’s wedding.
Li family’s Second Branch – Helpers:
Aunt Jin – Madam Li’s dowry maid.
Xiao Ning – Li Jintong’s boy servant.
Granny Wang – the Li family’s cook.
