Sweet as Honey: A Pampered Life in the Eighties

After modern designer Shen Zhiyi dies suddenly, she transmigrates into a period novel as a cannon-fodder supporting heroine who gets dumped by her fiancé right in the opening chapter. Faced with the original male lead’s patronizing promise, “I’ll take responsibility,” she tears up the script in front of everyone. “The engagement is off. We have nothing to do with each other.” Everyone waits to laugh as the orphan falls into ruin, only to watch her move into a cramped apartment building and dazzle the garment factory with her ahead-of-her-time designs, making a thriving life for herself. The only person who sees the resilience beneath her calm exterior is Lu Chenzhou, the “Living Yama” feared by everyone in the military compound. He is quiet and taciturn, yet appears to help whenever she is given a hard time. He is as stern as iron, yet slips ration coupons and the coal shed key into her hands. “You can borrow them,” he says. “Pay me back when you get your allowance.” Shen Zhiyi intends to shine on her own, but without realizing it, she steps into the world so carefully guarded by Commander Lu. When rumors begin to spread, he hands her an application to date. “Comrade Shen Zhiyi, in the name of my honor as a soldier and with my complete loyalty, I request permission to enter into a revolutionary partnership with you.” This is the story of an orphan finding her footing and shining brightly in the 1980s, and of a battle-hardened man giving all his tenderness to just one person. Watch them join hands and write a sweet chapter of their own in an era of simplicity and passion.