Zhang Hangyu

Tired of modern beauty standards that shame her love for food, Xiao Xiao wishes to live in the Tang Dynasty, where curvier figures were admired. When she suddenly wakes up in the body of a sickly thin woman from that era, she’s forced to confront beauty ideals from both past and present, and discover what true self-acceptance means.

In the reign of Emperor Taizong (627—649), which was called the Prosperity of Zhenguan, former clothing maker An is framed and imprisoned. When she was in danger, she entrusts her young daughter Liu Li to an old friend in the palace. Liu Li grows up in the palace and becomes a medical officer, responsible for epidemic prevention.

Fang Xue and Wei Lai come from completely different worlds, but their shared dream of getting into a good university brings them together. Forming an after-school study group, they inspire other students to join them, and together they face the pressures of the college entrance exams while navigating friendship, growth, and the first hurdles of adulthood.