Thief in Distress

Shanghai in the isolated island era. On the surface, Lu Tianyao is a handsome young man active in the French Concession, handsome, decent and well-educated. In fact, he is a thief. He often accepts entrustments from the upper class, steals precious things, and also keeps secrets for them. One day, a mysterious client asked him to go to the house of businessman Lu Hongwen to steal a box covered with red velvet. Lu Tianyao went to the high-end apartment where Lu Hongwen lived at night, unlocked the door and entered the room. When he opened the desk drawer, he was dumbfounded because there was no small box in it as the client said, and Lu Hongwen's head was broken and he died tragically at home. Before Lu Tianyao came to his senses, he heard footsteps in front of the door, and then three policemen rushed in... This box is related to the whereabouts of a batch of precious medicinal materials, which both my underground party and Japanese spies want to get. Did someone take action in advance, kill Lu Hongwen and steal the box? Lu Tianyao was wanted as a murderer. So, Lu Tianyao hid while searching for the whereabouts of the box.