Strange Tales from the Wangyou Studio

A historical mystery with Chinese supernatural folklore, a powerful heroine solving cases, and eerie tales in the style of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.

Her elder brother was thrown into prison overnight, accused of abducting young women, and sentenced to execution in ten days.

To save him, Song Xuening, proprietress of the Wangyou Study bookshop, dons a sheet of rice paper painted with a black cat and transforms into one, venturing into a perilous lair under cover of night.

She expected to face court conspiracies and the treachery of human nature. Instead, she stumbled headfirst into a bizarre world of ghosts and gods.

Devoted ghost lovers, a fairy trapped in a painted wall, a ferryman on a lake...

Behind every eerie legend lies a heartrending tangle of love and hatred.

In her mortal body, she navigates among demons and spirits, using her intelligence and courage to solve one strange case after another.

But the more cases she solves, the more she realizes that the hardest mystery to unravel is the human heart.

As a charming young scholar, powerful court officials, and poor students take the stage one by one,

who is a worthy partner, and who is a wicked ghost hiding behind a painted face?