Shen Qingci, a researcher of Ming and Qing history, is unexpectedly abducted and taken to Wangjiagang, a clan stronghold where she is treated as “property” to be sold to the highest bidder. With her historical knowledge and help from the System, she breaks through the iron bars and escapes. She is determined to help three sisters in desperate circumstances break free from their fates: Li Mei, who trusts her; Sister Wang, who depends on her; and Liu Mei, who has nowhere to go.
Faced with having no ID and no connections, she stakes everything on a 1-million-yuan online loan. Starting with a “Snow Pear and Osmanthus Drink” adapted from an ancient text, she opens a milk tea shop called Tea Charm in the county town. As the clan continues to harass them and startup costs mount, the sisters support one another. With traditional tea drinks boasting a 60% profit margin, she breaks into the market, going from a street stall to a brick-and-mortar shop, and from being ostracized to joining the Chamber of Commerce.
Cup after cup of sweet, refreshing milk tea brings the reward of hard work and gives four women a stable life. Watch a brilliant historian stake a 1-million-yuan online loan on her comeback, lead her sisters to turn their lives around in the county town, and break the curse that abducted women can never make a life for themselves!
