The Undercurrent Emerges: Beneath the Mist

Xie Zhiwei, a city criminal investigator, has never been able to shake the psychological scars left by her childhood disappearance. An unexpected case brings her into contact with Meng Shuyao, Huo Yunyun, and other women and members of society's elite, gradually revealing the truth behind a series of bizarre deaths and disappearances, family secrets, and incidents of online harassment. Each volume focuses on a major case and the people connected to it, weaving together multiple perspectives and storylines, with threads linking one case to another. The characters' identities and backgrounds reveal layer upon layer of secrets, reaching into the world of powerful outsiders and touching on family, friendship, love, redemption, and more. As they draw ever closer to the truth, the central cast experiences trust and betrayal, cooperation and falling-out. Each is trapped by the past, but through repeatedly seeking answers, they grow and find reconciliation. As time passes, all the storylines converge and the powerful hand behind everything emerges, forcing Xie Zhiwei and the others to face a final choice.