The neon lights on Shanghai Beach cannot hide the undercurrent. Lin Beiyi, the all-powerful boss, takes both black and white. He controls the warlords with his left hand and intimidates the underground forces with his iron fist. When Gu Xuhui, a top law student who returned from studying abroad, stepped onto the pier with a lonely body, a bizarre murder unexpectedly entangled the fate of the two of them - at the scene of the murder, Gu Xuhui relied on his logical reasoning ability beyond the times to accurately identify the real murderer. The moment he happened to catch Lin Beiyi's scrutiny.
"This kid's eyes can see through people's hearts." Lin Beiyi stubbed out his cigar and took Gu Xuhui under his wing: "Stay with me, there is no case in Shanghai that you can't solve." From then on, the cold boss and the genius detective formed a "two heroes" partnership, and in the picture of the Republic of China where cheongsam and gunpowder intertwined, they joined forces to tear away the layers of fog. When law meets power, rationality collides with wildness, as the gears of the investigation turn, ambiguous emotions quietly breed in the hail of bullets and verbal exchanges...
