If Ling is the boy that killed himself in the modern world, then there isn't a mental age gap. He reincarnated 100s of times and even lived a while life or two when he escaped some of those times from the sacrifice pile. Mentally, he's older than the only recently isekaid former teacher.
I don't think being mentally older is all that great. Sure you can argue that it isn't weird when both FL and the ML is mentally mature considering how the former is a reincarnater/transmigrater while the other is also technically a transmigrater/raincarnater and smn who has experience multiple hardships bc of dying and going back in time, But the former doesn't know that. The FL doesn't know that the ML went back in time or has experienced adulthood before and that's just weird.
She literally doesn't even know, at this point in the story, that he's the reincarnated former student. She DOES know he's a reincarnator of this world because he's literally told her he's loved multiple other lives.
If you have that much issue with this story then you should take issue with so much more overall in this romance genre and multiple others. Like all vampire romance must be a dead end for you.
Yes i know that she doesn't know he's the reincarnated student, I'm not blaming her for that. I'm blaming the author for that bc thats just weird dude. And there's multiple scenes where the FL acts uncomfortably with the ML before she knew he was a reincarnater/transmigrater/regressor that went in time. Idk why your so upset with me commenting my opinions on a manwha(?) like damn dude.. its not like i said "THIS MANWHA IS SHIT! DON'T READ IT!" i like the story, i like the characters, i like art. I just don't like the direction its going. And you didn't even comment on how i talked about the pink girl and hualing's relationship. This manwha from what i could remember is romanticizing pedophilic behavior. You could definitely argue that oh yeah the ML and the FL aren't weird bc they're mentally older than their actual age, and the FL lead doesn't know that the ML is her former student. But what about hualing and the pink girl? I'm not even mad at the FL anymore, shes just a character thats getting written that way by smn.
The points you bring up are valid (ish) but I don't understand how smn can read this manwha and go "wow this is a perfectly ok story with no weird shit at all."
Also i do take issue with a lot of stories that are similar to this in the romance genre and multiple others but unlike them, i actually enjoy this story. I enjoyed the characters, they're written wonderfully. I expressed my opinions BECAUSE i enjoy the story. If i didn't, i would just leave and like never come back. Idk why you thought "oh you should have issues with similar shit to this story" and i do, i never said i didn't. You just assumed i didn't. If i made a whole ahh paragraph about this manwha then i probably also would have had issues with other stories like this.. that's just logical. Oh yeah and the vampire romance comment? Stupid ngl bc theres so many good vampire romance out there that are genuinely just written in a good way and isn't written in a way thats borderline pedophilic.
Example: that one webtoon with the old lady FL and the vampire ML.
That webtoon is great and really just hits all the points that a good vampire romance should have.
I'm so cringe for replying with a long ahh paragraph
I saw a spoiler and i fucking found out lin is the student that jumped.. like BRO WHY? This manhua is good, i love the concept, i love the characters, i love the dynamics between said characters, i love the art, and i love the art but oh my god is this manhua so so so iffy yk? Like the relationship between hualing and the pink girl was interesting but why does hualing have to be 17 while the pink girl even though is physically 17 is actually 28.. why can't you make hualing fucking 21 or smt?!?!? And lin with hong chi, as smn who has read both erha and svsss, I'm not unfamiliar to those types of relationships and I haven't really finished this manhua yet so I don't have anything to say about it bc yes, to me its very iffy esp that scene when lin and Hong chi fell from the roof and lin licked the blood from hong chi's bruise but while lin was doing that hong chi was so weird about it like wtf???!?! And gu qing and the teacher.. bro. BRO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CUTESY MOTHER SON RELATIONSHIP BUT NO, YOU GROOMED THAT CHILD MISS! YOU ARE A GROOMER!!!!! I hate that such a good story is getting wasted with unnecessary pedophile behavior. I really think this manhua is just for romanticizing pedophilia. Honestly i hate to admit it but this manhua is one of my favorites bc of hong chi, lin, hualing and the story.. i hate the pedophilia things in it and i wished to change it but I can't stop reading.