In the neon-lit shadows of Lancheng, Wuyin Bar is a hub of undercurrents. Lin Wanxing returns with a mysterious cocktail recipe book left behind by her late father and applies for a job as the bar’s head mixologist. She may seem ordinary, but her keen eye can see through the fog, and she can always decipher dangerous coded messages in the swirl and mix of a cocktail.
Shen Yanming, owner of Wuyin Bar, is also the leader of Black Reef, an underworld force that controls the port’s smuggling and intelligence networks. He wraps his past and emotions in the chill of whiskey and the gunshot scars beneath his gloves. But in the “Out of Focus” cocktail Lin Wanxing makes, he catches a glimpse of the past he had buried.
As provocations from the Green Vine Gang, schemes by the Silver Sand Gang, and threats from the Scarlet Flame Gang come one after another, Lin Wanxing and Shen Yanming grow closer amid the clash of gunfire and liquor. Her fiery love melts his defenses, and he answers her resolve by protecting her with his life. In this deadly underworld, can they uncover the bloody truth from nineteen years ago together, and let their forbidden love cross the darkness to greet the dawn?
