In the 23rd year of the Republic of China, there were many concessions on the beach in Shanghai and gangs were rampant.
Lu Huaijin returned from studying abroad and served as a special adviser to the police station. He holds a mysterious pocket watch that can trace back the scene.
He is meticulous in thinking and solves cases like a god. He partners with martial artist Zhao Tieshan and socialite Shen Manli to form an iron triangle for solving crimes.
A murder at a dance party, a floating corpse on the pier, the mysterious disappearance of Paramount... There is a strange case in every fifty chapters, all linked together.
Corruption in the concession, drug trafficking by the Youth Gang, Japanese spies, and collusion between government and businessmen, the conspiracy points directly to the undercurrent of Shanghai.
A pocket watch glimpses the truth, a reasoning fights against darkness.
See how he uses his wits to overcome the situation, tearing apart the fig leaf of the times amidst gunpoint and lies!
