He Yuzhu, a young man from the twenty-first century who died of COVID-19, transmigrates into Silly Zhu from Siheyuan. After transmigrating, He Yuzhu discovers that he has lost his sense of taste and smell.
To be precise, He Yuzhu brought twenty-first-century COVID-19 with him when he transmigrated into Silly Zhu's body. Loss of taste is an early symptom of pneumonia.
For Silly Zhu, a chef, this is undoubtedly a devastating blow. He has both a severe case of pneumonia and the aftereffects of losing his sense of taste.
Just as Silly Zhu is beginning to despair, an old Chinese doctor gives him a prescription that can keep him alive and well for three years.
At the same time, Silly Zhu discovers that his sense of taste has actually begun to return a little under the treatment of Chinese medicine...