Be Yourself

Four girls from different parts of China become roommates at 5438 dormitory of the Journalism Department of Southwest Communication University, Xia Langlang, Fan Xiaoyu, Huangfu, and Yang Jiaqian. Fan XiaoYu discovers her father has cut off her financial resources. She decides to sell her expensive pen to pay a deposit for an apartment. She loses the pen when a dealer buys it off of her.

When she was a child, Xia Langlang was teased by boys because of her figure, so she began to hide her body by dressing neutrally. She was criticized by her classmates, only her online friend "Pirate Hunter" encouraged her. Ma Yiran boldly confessed to the beautiful Fan Xiaoyu, which disappointed Xia Langlang. Xia LangLang finally realizes who "Pirate Hunter" was.

Huang Fu Shu Min is sick with the "princess disease." She brags to her roommates that her French boyfriend will buy her a hand bag. The roommates decide to keep their distance from Huang Fu. Her boyfriend eventually cancels his flight to China and to prevent embarrassment, Huang Fu pretends to go on a date. She breaks down in the bathroom and Zhou Yu overhears.

A video is being spread throughout the campus of a "couple." Turns out a mysterious person set the couple and Yang JiaQian up by recording them. Yang JiaQian becomes unable to bear the cyber bullying by her schoolmates. After the allegations are resolved, the four girls work together to find the real perpetrator and turn them to the police.

Fan XiaoYu notices that Xia LangLang is interested in Ma Yiran, she plans to test him to see if he is worthy. She wants Xia LangLang to see his real side, but she doesn't take it well and instead the two girls argue. Xia LangLang is mad that her mother went on a date, but Teacher Mai tells her to put herself in her mother's shoes.

The university is holding a competition with a money prize for the winner. The four girls couldn't team up successfully so they each compete solo. Xia LangLang partners up with Wu Yan. Wu Yan's classmates gossip about the two partnering together and the two get afraid. But the bright lights on the stage gives Xia LangLang and Wu Yan the confidence they both need to successfully perform.

While visiting her little brother's birthday party, Fan XiaoYu argues with her step mother. Yang JiaQian tells them about the modeling team and recommends Fan XiaoYu, but she declines the offer once she finds out that the organization is not paying their models. Yang JiaQian offers her another job, reselling tickets. After JiaQian meets Justin, the two girls argue out of jealousy.

Huang Fu Shu Min thinks that she is too fat and drags the girls to lose weight with her. After seeing how low Huang Fu's self confidence is, Fan XiaoYu makes an account on Huang Fu's app secretly. After Huang Fu realizes how many boys are interested in her, her confidence spikes up. Zhou Yu teases her when he sees her at the gym.

Xia LangLang interviews for the Education College Assistant spot at her school. After being accepted successfully, she meets Molly, who is Teacher Mai's girlfriend. This turns into gossip amongst the three girls in the dorm. Teacher Mai asks Xia LangLang to help him propose to Molly. Xia LangLang discovers Molly with Gao Yuan but doesn't tell Teacher Ma. The proposal plan proceeds.

Yang JiaQian participates in a debate contest about the importance of inner beauty. Fang XiaoYu, Fan QingZhou, Lei DongQiang decide to help train Yang JiaQian for the contest. Yang JiaQian develops a crush, but was heartbroken when she discovered that Fan QingZhou is more interested in XiaoYu. This only motivated JiaQian to prepare for the debate harder.

In an attempt to find a boyfriend before Valentine's Day on May 20th, Fan XiaoYu gives the girls a lesson with tips and tricks. Huang Fu decides to use what she learned to practice on Zhou Yu, but the outcome was not successful. Only later does Huang Fu learn that Fan XiaoYu has never been in a relationship before and she had learned all those tricks from the internet.

Fan XiaoYu and the girls went to interview Fan QingZhou, who was starting a business in order to complete a school assignment. A Weibo post was uploaded saying Fan QingZhou developed his app in an attempt to pursue Fan XiaoYu. Fan QingZhou later finds out that it was his partner Lei DongQiang's doing to increase the downloads of the new app.

Fan XiaoYu's father sends her a message and asks her to come home for his birthday. While chatting with Lu Xu Wen on the app and Fan XiaoYu makeS a Tao Bao shop. Their first order came from a nursing home. Through an old man named Lao Hu, Fan XiaoYu starts to understand her father. Her father comes to visit her during school and the two have a long conversation and finally reconcile.

The investors for Fan QingZhou and Lei DongQiang's app are lacking something important. Lei DongQiang suggests Fan XiaoYu to retake the opening screen of the app but Fan QingZhou refuses. The school holds an entrepreneurial competition and Yang JiaQian proposes Lei DongQiang to participate. Lei DongQiang and Fan QingZhou agree but quarrel over inconveniences.

Everyone discovers Yang JiaQian's crush on Fan QingZhou. On Christmas Eve, Fan QingZhou asks Fan XiaoYu out, but she declines. The two eventually meet during supper and the drunk Fan XiaoYu tells Fan QingZhou that Yang JiaQian likes him too. On New Years, Fan QingZhou gains the courage to kiss Fan XiaoYu. Yang JiaQian is punished by school for mass voting for the idol Justin.

In order to make Yang JiaQian not like him, Fan QingZhou does things that will make Yang JiaQian's heartbreak, but she doesn't budge. Xia LangLang notices someone had given her a water bottle that is the exact same as Teacher Ma's. She receives a pen the next day. Curious, she asks Teacher Ma about this and it turns out he just wanted to help LangLang focus on her studies.

Fan QingZhou and Fan XiaoYu struggle to announce their relationship. Yang JiaQian confesses to Fan QingZhou with a small gift and he rejects it. Yang JiaQian doesn't give up and continues to persist. She insists that she will continue for as long as Fan QingZhou is single. Xia LangLang sees this as an emergency and discusses how to resolve this issue with the other people.

Huang Fu gets a call from her father and learns that her mother has cancer through a doctor's examination so she rushes home to Shanghai. Her father tells her that her mother may only have a few months left. At her mother's funeral, her friends come to support Huang Fu. Huang Fu shares a eulogy to express her love for her mother.

Fan QingZhou's ex, Tang WanQi had given him a like on social media. Fan XiaoYu finds this suspicious and investigates on the low. When Tang WanQi comes to their school for a speech, she invites Fan QingZhou to a party. Fan QingZhou invites Fan XiaoYu as his plus-one. Fan XiaoYu rushes to Fan QingZhou's house during the party to find that it was a misunderstanding on Fan XiaoYu's part.

Xia LangLang joins the newspaper station as an intern but her senior is never satisfied. In an attempt to gain her senior's approval and not rank the lowest out of all the interns, Xia LangLang assists Robert in photography. She also suggested the "BangBang" theme for the photograph but was rejected.

With graduation coming soon, Huang Fu's father comes to visit. Zhou Yu's family welcomes him warmly. Zhou Yu wishes to live here with Huang Fu but Huang Fu hesitates. Her mother had just passed away, Huang Fu couldn't bear to see her father living alone. Huang Fu and Zhou Yu have a fight over this. It seems the fate of "breaking up after graduation" will really fall on them.

Yang JiaQian gives up her post graduate entrance exam and wishes to become an artist coordinator. Her mother thinks that she failed the exam and applies for her daughter again. Yan JiaQian lies to mom and says she found a job at a newspaper office. Her mother comes to look for her but couldn't find her among the interns. The mother and daughter finally have a long conversation and reconcile.

Fa XiaoYu starts her own business by setting up a milk tea shop. She struggles after two months. Fan QingZhou invites Fan XiaoYu to be their app's CEO. When she takes this position, strong dissatisfaction arouses from Lei DongQiang. In an attempt to increase app downloads, Fan Xiaoyu hires people to rig the app ranking, this causes the app to be removed due to falsified data.

Fan XiaoYu is guilty as ever as the others were busy with relaunching the app. Yang JiaQian meets an online friend and realizes that person is Justin himself. Xia LangLang finally gains the courage to confess to Teacher Mai as she departs from the university. The girls are about to start a new stage in their lives.