The Time When We Were Young

Choi Ah-ran, a novelist and publisher, carries the secret of her past identity as Jo A-han, who once gained fame with an online story about a popular high school leader. While visiting her childhood home to share news of her broken engagement, she suddenly faints and awakens in the fictional world of ‘Cheonyang-si.’ Here, her parents are happily together, and their conversations are filled with emoticons and chaotic spelling. Recognizing this as the clichéd internet novel universe she once created, Ah-ran believes she can find a way out. During a trip to the city with a friend, she encounters the legendary Four Heavenly Kings at an arcade. A misstep on the stairs sends her tumbling directly into Kang Hwiyoung, the famed leader of Sanggo High, sparking a moment straight out of a predictable romantic trope.