When We Were Young: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A nostalgic story that revolves around high school students during the year 1996.

While chasing down a bike thief during the summer, Yang Xi gets injured by a lab explosion that renders her unable to compete in a long-distance run. When school opens, she realizes that the culprit behind her misfortune has transferred to her class and has even taken her position as class president. He is Hua Biao, a hot-blooded, rash and gifted genius of the science department. Hua Biao's arrival immediately puts his classmates on guard and he must prove himself to be accepted by the class. Later on, they go through lots of ups and downs in life.

Series details

• Title: When We Were Young
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2018-11-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-12-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Tencent QQ
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 40264
• TVDB ID: 355341

Cast and credited roles

• Hou Ming Hao — Hua Biao
• Wan Peng — Yang Xi
• Zhang Yao — Li Yu
• Li Ming De — Si Tu Er Tiao
• Pan Mei Ye — Yang Xiao He Mei
• Dai Lu Wa — Huang Deng Deng

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-11-22; final listed air date 2018-12-28; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

Adapted from When We Were Young 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.