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A bizarre murder occurred on the Yonghe ship given to the Qing Dynasty by Japan. The deceased died in a strange manner and the cause of death is unknown... A roll of copper foil appeared in a place where it should not have appeared, a mysterious Japanese family, and a ship that hinted at the relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Japan, intertwined into a tragic and dusty past. A feast of science fiction and mystery including the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Gold Award-winning work "Kite of Jinan".

In the late Qing Dynasty, there was a Luo Lan Fan restaurant on Sima Road (now Fuzhou Road) in Shanghai. It was not big in appearance, but quite famous. Not only did it specialize in Shanghai-style Western food, but all the staff were girls, which was unique in Shanghai. A young lady who loves to make money and leaves home to open a shop, a chef who is addicted to detective novels, a chef's assistant who is skilled in martial arts, a passionate and impulsive waiter and a shy and restrained waiter. In Shanghai, where prosperity and chaos coexist, and trendy and backward intertwined, they interpret interlocking stories with ups and downs. She just lost the important seasoning for frying the steak, and encountered a provocative gamble by an unscrupulous reporter. The boss Lin Xun calmly accepted it, how did she deal with it... Why did the taciturn kitchen assistant Ye Qin secretly decide to single-handedly protect the safety of a group of old men who were going to fight against the disparate foreigners... The famous painter died suddenly, but he frequently visited Luolan Fan Restaurant during his lifetime and fell in love with the milky green bean puree. The calm waiter Shen Jun realizes that there is another truth behind...