I Transmigrated to the Republic of China and Became a Little Tailor

A low-level graphic designer from a rural background, with no connections or influential family, he is reserved and patient, hardworking and attentive. For years, he has been exploited by his bosses and ostracized by his coworkers, and he is used to staying up late to work overtime. His life is stifling and exhausting, and deep down he longs for a stable, equal life. But he is resilient to the core and refuses to give up.

After transmigrating, he becomes an apprentice at Jincheng Tailor Shop, an old tailor shop in Shanghai. From the start, he is an awkward, insecure apprentice weighing nearly two hundred pounds, bullied by his fellow apprentices. Once he understands his circumstances, he resolves to save himself. Gritting his teeth, he loses weight and gets in shape, shedding his ungainly figure to grow into a handsome young man with refined features, an upright bearing, and deft, careful hands. He brings a modern sense of aesthetics and an eye for garment design, and has a remarkable talent for needlework. Gentle on the outside but resilient within, he is perceptive, kind, and empathetic. In these turbulent times, all he wants is a peaceful life. Later, to protect the person he loves, he gradually grows braver and more resolute.

The second young marshal of the Shanghai governor's mansion, a warlord's son who commands part of the army. He is the original male lead of the Republican-era novel Cheng Duo used to stay up late reading in the modern world.

To outsiders, he is a dissolute, arrogant, cold, and world-weary young master from a powerful family, carousing in pleasure quarters and doing whatever he likes, unbound by conventional rules. He seems frivolous, heartless, and unfeeling. In truth, he is sincere and long-suffering, with his country at heart. Having seen through the chaos of warlord conflict and the darkness of the times, he secretly makes plans to protect the people under his care. Deeply calculating and starved for affection, he is extremely guarded and indifferent toward everyone and everything. Only toward Cheng Duo is he possessively tender, with all his affection reserved for him.

Theme: A slow-burn, devoted romance with no melodramatic heartbreak, focusing on ordinary people's struggles and growth in turbulent times, the class-divided love between a powerful young master and a tailor from the streets, and the special tenderness and steadfast devotion they find amid the chaos.