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. I've actually only watched 80% of the drama. Wallace's uncleanliness doesn't really bug me, because the lead cast's acting and wuxia made up for all the 'downs' in the drama. That just makes me confirm my suspicions even more... ---This is probably going to be all over the place with no spacing, since the spacing problem is back again.