In this chapter, we're going to take a look at some of the most popular characters in the book. We'll start off with a description of a guy named "cheng shatang" , who's 19 years old. He's the best player in his family's pool hall, and he's obsessed with winning matches. He wants to beat "cheng haiyan," the guy who beat him at the national youth championship when he was 13 years old . He also wants to play professional pool , but he doesn't have the skill sets to do so. He likes to grow vegetables, raise chickens, and drink tea with his students. .