When the Perilla Blooms

[Youth + Inspiration + Revenge] Bai Zisu was born into a family of medicine merchants. Gifted with an exceptionally keen sense of smell, she could identify Chinese medicinal herbs by scent. But spoiled by her family, she grew up headstrong and difficult. When disaster struck her family, she fell from a life of privilege into hardship, tasted the full bitterness of human nature, and changed completely. Sensitive and wary, she came to hate evil with a passion, like a wounded leopard constantly on guard against danger. Young and inexperienced, with no understanding of how people worked, she mistook the enemy who destroyed her family for her benefactor, and blamed a bandit who had nothing to do with her father's death. She risked everything to avenge her father. When her revenge failed, she was gravely wounded and rescued by Du Zhong, a traditional Chinese physician with a mysterious past. Witnessing the suffering of ordinary people who could not afford treatment, she became his apprentice and vowed to become a great doctor who could heal the sick and save lives. She followed her master across the land, seeing every side of life and experiencing the love and heartbreak of youth. She also mastered the essence of traditional Chinese medicine and became famous for treating difficult illnesses. Navigating a world of local warlords, bandits, collaborators, and Japanese forces, she met every challenge with quick thinking and courage. As she healed and saved lives, she gradually sorted out old grudges and learned to distinguish right from wrong. She came to understand the danger facing the Chinese nation, and when her country stood at the brink of life and death, she made her choice without hesitation, writing a legend of a Chinese doctor rising to the challenge in a time of chaos.