Chou Spring Pearl (Chinese: 周 春珠 Zhou Chūn Zhū) lives in Canton, China. She is practical and quick to think of solutions to her problems. However, being raised in the slums instead of in high society like the Sung family, she sees no reason to act fragile like a girl was expected to in her era when she can take care of herself. This causes anxiety and awkwardness between herself and the Sung family, and she is mocked by both the children and the servants. Because Spring Pearl refuses to pretend to be helpless and stays true to herself, she inspires the Sung family, who had before been consumed by the act of keeping up appearances, to do the same. She has a strong sense of morality, tying into this, and stands against drug smugglers and looters when the nobles are scared away.