Strange Tales of the Republic: My Grandfather's Case Files

Ran Yuzhen, a researcher of strange phenomena, happens upon the case notes her grandfather left behind. Before her eyes unfolds a bizarre and mysterious world of investigations, a legendary tale set in Republican-era Shanghai:

Her grandfather, Gu Qianhai, was an investigator of paranormal events in the Republican era. Well-connected and at home in both the underworld and respectable society, he understood the realms of yin and yang and knew how to perform rituals. In the ever-changing world of Shanghai, people were restless and strange events abounded: terrifying river-demon incidents, alchemists and zombies, and a secret realm called "A Dream of Yellow Millet," born of Shanghai's soaring property prices...

These so-called strange events were merely a veil of mystery concealing the greed, desire, and absurdity of the real world. Follow Gu Qianhai's perspective as he transmigrates to Republican-era Shanghai and investigates one bizarre paranormal case after another...