Hello there,

Thank you for setting this up, along with everything else that you do :-) I wish I knew how I could show you the appreciation I feel for all the time and effort you put into sharing.

Would you believe I don't remember how I exactly got started reading baihe? *blames Covid brain-fog*
Anyway, I'll try to be succinct because no one likes long-winded explanations. Even though I'm Chinese, all my life, I've never been very interested in anything to do with "Asian-ness". This took a drastic turn about 7 years ago when I got kinda obsessed with learning more about "black hair" stuff *haha I wonder if you understand what I mean by that* I've always loved reading and then ... I stumbled onto Kpop fanfic *gasps* and enjoyed reading it for several years until I just got tired of it. There's definitely some quality writing there but a whole lot of crap, too.

I understand your aversion to MTL but as a non-speaker/reader, beggars can't be choosers. I do have concerns that I'm dumbing down every time I read a translated novel. The quality ones (like your translations) are few and far between. Also, I might have started my foray into baihe with the novels by Please Don't Laugh (I promise not to speak more about her and her novels). I do love long (the longer, the better) novels but I can understand the attraction to shorter stories.

I'm still a newbie in this regard (by that, I mean reading baihe novels) so I'm hungry for more and am not as picky as I'd like to be. As time goes by, I hope to see more quality translations of great novels. Reading is really a great escape.

I'm happy to know that I can always rely on you for the best when it comes to all things baihe. After all, you did introduce me to A-Qi *wink* ha ha ha

Again, thank you for everything.