Jisoo is a driven perfectionist, obsessed with her work and tightly bound to the pursuit of accomplishment and self-control. To those around her, she appears capable and composed—but beneath the surface, she battles anorexia and binge-eating, occasionally resorting to appetite suppressants to maintain her grip. Her boyfriend, Taein, remains unaware, and Jisoo goes to great lengths to keep it that way.
When her health deteriorates under the pressure of an upcoming major project, Jisoo escapes to her rural hometown, Anjin, under the pretext of taking a break. Her mother is alarmed at the sight of her gaunt daughter, but her words of concern only dredge up painful memories for Jisoo—memories of her overweight childhood, of being scrutinized by her own parents.
While home, Jisoo learns that the wife of a young farmer supplying vegetables to her mother’s cooking seminar, Chaesoohoe, is none other than her former classmate, Shin-a. The name stirs up buried recollections of her school days—