Kony's detective agency is hidden in a vine-covered apartment building in the old town. He always wears a windbreaker that has been washed white, and his fingertips are stained by coffee all the year round. The old injury on his left eye makes his vision occasionally pass by an afterimage - it is a medal left behind when tracking down commercial espionage three years ago.
"Kony, there are new clues in the counterfeiting case at Chengxi Gallery." When Lu Bu opened the door, he never forgot to poke his rain-stained umbrella into the old iron bucket at the door. This young man who has just graduated from the police academy has a lingering youthfulness. He always carries the latest miniature camera in his briefcase, but he is always startled by wild cats that suddenly appear on the street corners while following him.
Their daily life unfolds in seemingly trivial commissions: helping a pastry shop owner find an apprentice who stole the formula, but it involves twenty years of family feud; tracking a mysterious man who graffitied in an office building late at night, accidentally uncovering a business giant's financial fraud; and even helping an old lady find her lost pet cat on a rainy night, but a microchip containing a blackmail letter was found in the cat's collar.
Kony is used to using a pencil to draw clues on a yellowed notebook, while Ruble prefers to construct a map of relationships between people in front of an electronic screen. When an old-fashioned magnifying glass meets an intelligent analysis system, when rumors on the streets collide with cold data in the database, this strange pair can always find the overlooked truth in the gaps of the city.
How many secrets are hidden under the neon streets? How many lies are spreading in corners that cannot be captured by surveillance cameras? The story of Kony and Ruble is that in this day-to-day exploration, the real folds about desire, redemption and human nature under the city's bright appearance are revealed.
