Li Wencheng is a struggling writer barely making ends meet. One day, he wakes up in Ssangmun-dong, Seoul, in 1988, as the quiet tenant in Phoenix Hall's home. Everything he knows about this world comes from the scattered video clips he watched on his phone. He knows a girl named Deok-sun and two boys named Taek and Jung-hwan share a past that left countless viewers wishing things had turned out differently.
He owns next to nothing, save for paper, a pen, and some decent cooking skills. He intends to be a quiet observer, recording all the warmth and everyday minutiae of the neighborhood.
But when his lively yet much-mistreated neighbor, Sung Deok-sun, leans over the wall and asks curiously, her eyes wide, "Oppa, what delicious food are you making?" he realizes that the story's heroine has already quietly stepped into his own story.
This is a Ssangmun-dong story that follows the path of the past, yet quietly heads toward a new ending thanks to the ripples caused by one unexpected visitor.
People who watch it feel a little uncomfortable