Lu Tingyuan, a Chinese detective in the French Concession, was most troubled by his strange powers, but he was forced to partner with the supernatural Chinese doctor Shen Qinghe to solve the case.
She twists talismans and he takes a gun, she transfers souls and he arrests people.
He sneered: "Pretending to be a ghost."
She smiled lightly: "Inspector Lu, the female ghost in red behind you is touching your shoulder."
Later, he blocked the evil for her, and she saved his life.
When the bloody cheongsam swept across Shanghai, he put his head on her forehead and whispered: "Don't be afraid, I believe in you."