Floating Lanterns Light the Night Journey

In Republican-era Shanghai, Jiang Ruolin, a rookie lawyer just starting out, stumbles upon a “murder” at a party! Forced by financial necessity to become a temporary “detective,” she later loses a defamation case but wins acclaim, making a name for herself. Alongside Jin Kezhen, a mysterious fortune-teller, and Zheng Mulan, a wealthy young woman recently returned from abroad, she joins forces to fight for people’s dignity and rights in Shanghai’s glittering yet shadowy world, lighting the way through a storm-dark night.