he despises ye si ren even before he married his daughter, and his dislike towards him grows when he finds out that he is a member of the ye he na la family, but learns to accept him over time, though he keeps accusing ye si ren for things that he has not done. he doesn't like lan ling wang at first either, but after he sacrifices himself to save their world, he starts to change his mind. xia liu has given each of them a golden watch, claiming that he only has one and that "it" can only be given to someone heroic and worthy, when the truth is that he has a whole collection of golden watches in his bedroom.