After reading MDZS and being really into it, I was planning on reading TCGF next. I actually intended to NOT read SVSSS at all. ...Needless to say, I did quite poorly at that. I ended up being really bored and tired one day in either August or September 2023, so I thought to myself "ok. what's something i can consume right now that i won't care too much about". I figured SVSSS would be a good time killer for a bit, as it seemed entertaining, but not like something I'd get too invested in. Needless to say, I was very wrong about that last thing.

I think the first time I ever ran into SVSSS was as a fairly young teen, when I saw an ad for the manhwa. In hindsight, I'm not even sure if it was the official manhwa...? Regardless, I know I dismissed it because I thought it would be kind of lame and toxic or something. I'm not really sure. I just remember that I thought "scum villain" would be a literal and accurate descriptor of the Shen Qingqiu, which was fair! But also not at all correct.

I was still pretty hesitant when I actually picked up the novel series, since the only thing I knew about the series was that it was "teacher/student". I was expecting not to be a fan because of this, and maybe read it for the plot and ignore the romance at best. ...So you can imagine how surprised I was to end up with the main pairing as one of my all time favorite ships. The thing to note about SVSSS is that it's... not actually teacher/student, really. One character teaches the other for a bit, but by the time they get together, they haven't had that relationship with each other (or even contact with each other) for years, and they're both adults.

I primarily read a fantranslation someone had reuploaded somewhere, although I was able to read book 3 of the official translation. I currently own books 3 and 4 only, though I ofc hope to get the rest some day...