You Were Born So Lovely: In Our Youth

This is an ensemble story. The heroine, Shen Yicheng, spends her youth living with her uncle and begins five years of life among the common folk in Jiangnan City, witnessing a military family rise to prosperity and then fall into ruin. It is a world of both the innocent confusion of young ladies from wealthy households and the joys and sorrows, sweetness and bitterness of ordinary people.

Though her uncle is a first-rank general with a powerful army at his command, all the children in his military family must practice martial arts. Even his niece can't escape being sent to the martial arts school.

She spent eleven years secluded in the capital, rarely allowed outside because of her frail health. Who would have thought life at her uncle's home would be so free? Whether practicing martial arts, studying, solving cases, learning to paint, embroider, and play the zither, or studying acupuncture, cooking, and household management, she gains something from it all.

And then, on the road to Hangzhou, a cold, one-armed swordsman appears. She meets a gentle older woman wanted by the imperial court, and her ten-year-old cousin turns out to be a female general? A distant cousin from the Qin family and her aunt's daughter are both breathtakingly beautiful...

Though Jiang Xun has only one arm, he possesses peerless martial arts skills, and his long saber is invincible. Beneath his stern exterior lies a gentle, proud heart. On the surface, he is the second master of Yixian Manor, but he carries a very different mission.

Su Huai is the grandnephew of Shen Yicheng's maternal grandmother. He lives wildly and is accomplished in poetry, song, and verse. Though learned, he disdains a career in government. With him following her around every day, Shen Yicheng instantly becomes a devoted fan...