The Republic-Era Mirror Realm

[Alternate history + Republican era + dual transmigration + two worlds + sweet at first + passionate later + one devoted partner for life]

Xu Lin, a modern-day office drone, accidentally transmigrates to Shanghai in the Republican era, where he meets Wang Yu, a flower girl. The two find comfort in each other and stand together amid the chaos of the times.

With a mysterious ancient mirror, Xu Lin travels back and forth between the modern world and the Republican era. He uses trade between the two worlds to build wealth and power, growing step by step from a street peddler into a business magnate and leader of the resistance in Shanghai.

Through her intelligence and resilience, Wang Yu becomes his most important partner and beloved. Together, they navigate the Green Gang, the Japanese army, and other competing forces.

Combining business rivalries, passionate resistance against Japan, and mysteries of time and space, the story offers both the thrill of modern knowledge overpowering an older age and the deep devotion of protecting one's homeland and loved ones in troubled times. Xu Lin and Wang Yu join forces to establish the Iron Curtain militia and the Spiderweb intelligence network. They stand up amid the tides of history, from the Battle of Shanghai to the underground resistance, and finally welcome peace after the smoke of war clears, leaving behind a legend that spans time and space.