When Xia Zhiwei, the legitimate daughter of an elite ancient family, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a shy, timid modern high school girl with the same name, she brings her classical bearing into this dazzling new world. She wipes toilets with a handkerchief, reads textbooks as though they were ancient scrolls, and even answers questions with an old-fashioned air, causing one hilarious mishap after another.
Gu Yubai, a cool and quiet top student, usually keeps his distance from everything around him. Yet he can't help noticing the transfer student who “sits like a statue” and has “the eyes of a fawn.” She astonishes the class in classical Chinese, wows everyone at the arts festival with her guzheng and delicate hairpin-script calligraphy, and gets caught up in misunderstandings over proprieties like “men and women should keep their distance.”
From the awkwardness of being forced to sit together and study, to healing one another through their everyday interactions: he teaches her to adapt to modern life, while she uses ancient wisdom to warm his lonely heart. He breaks through his reserve to protect her, while she learns to set aside old-fashioned propriety and bravely follow her heart. When a girl from ancient times meets a modern boy, their clash across time brings clumsy imitation and tentative testing, feelings that quietly take root, and, above all, the warmth of two souls finding a home in each other's eyes.
When the college entrance exams are over, graduation gowns and classical elegance blend in a curious harmony. Side by side, they walk toward a future in the same city, making the island touched by the breeze a promise gifted by time.
When you look at him, is it not that he is looking at you? When you look at each other secretly, the breeze takes shape, gentle and lingering.