Originally Posted by
H.Ge-C.Liu
He is the underdog, and quite dislikeable in the first half of the novel (wallowing in self pity because of his [leg] disability, pining after Jin Yu when she had already left him, broken hearted, and professed her love to Huo Qu Bing). This was what made me a HuoYu shipper in the book. BUT towards the end of the second volume, he really sacrificed a lot for Jin Yu's happiness, and readers do know that Meng Jiu loved Jin Yu deeply all along, and that he had his own reasons (unable to provide her with a family is included, but there are other reasons) for rejecting Jin Yu's love. Which is why there are also a lot of Meng Jiu fans in the Chinese forums. In the book, I'm definitely a HuoYu (Huo Qu Bing and Jin Yu) shipper, but in the drama I'm switching to being a MengYu (Meng Jiu and Jin Yu) shipper, wholly because of HG and LSS. Yeah, I'm really shallow.