WuGe

He wasn't using his full potential when fighting her. As for why he's wearing shoes around his neck, probably because it was wet. He was hanging it around his neck to dry it.

I was bawling my eyes out the entire second half. Lao Geng killed me. From his death, to Ning Yi reading his half finished novel at his grave, to those flashbacks of his untold stories, to his spirit hugging Ning Yi at the stairs step. All of this is even sadder when you reflect back on the episodes prior when Lao Geng was playing spinning the bottles and telling his truths, no one listened. Even I was laughing at him. Only for me to cry afterwards. And Xi Gua fake-marrying Ning Yi to her feeling betrayed and broken at the forest, to her giving Ning Yi the divorce paper. And then there's Tan'er who made the wedding clothes for her husband to marry another girl. I was dead. The whole second half was emotional city. I LOVE it.

The bandit arc is extremely important! It's not as fun as the first half, but it's much deeper than most realized. It's also the reason why the title is called 'Heroic Husband'. Ning Yi literally saved almost everyone. He help saved the city, he saved the remaining bandits from walking into their death. He saved the bandit leader's life by making a deal. He prevent two kingdom from going to war. He helped won 6 territory back. The only one he couldn't save was his friend, Guard Geng. Who was very unfortunate. But that's a tragedy that represent life itself. Not all things end well. If people go into this bandit arc hoping for Ning Yi to escape fast, they'll missed the point. The point is for Ning Yi to find new friends and family among Xi Gua and her bandits, only to lose them due to the cruel circumstances of life itself. It helps his character grows as well. This is why I love the bandit arc. It's a necessary arc.