Beautiful Malice: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A girl from Sichuan, Zhang Zhi'an, moves to South Korea to study abroad and stumbles into an elite chaebol academy — landing in Class F, the lowest tier of the social ladder. Here, everyone lives by a strict code of power drawn along lines of birth and family background, and the whole class is steeped in outright malice. But an airhead is the natural antidote to a schemer: armed with her uniquely Chinese brand of relaxed, unbothered obliviousness, Zhang Zhi'an doesn't just fail to sense the hostility around her — she's far too busy wanting to study to care. Then, one day, she lets slip a glimpse of explosive martial-arts skill that floors the entire class. Slowly but surely, in her own distinctly Chinese way, she begins steering the lost, rebellious students of Class F back toward learning — kicking off a fiery, rule-breaking high-school journey in which she climbs step by step through the academy, turning Class F into a name to be reckoned with.

Series details

• Title: Beautiful Malice
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Korean
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2026-11-06
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: iQIYI
• Typical episode runtime: 6 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 95475

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-11-06; final listed air date 2026-11-27; episode order: 20.

Source and licence

Adapted from Beautiful Malice on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.