In Room 221B of an old bungalow in Jing'an District, the magical city, lives the unique and weird detective Xia Yan. He inherited the Sherlock Holmes-style ultimate deduction method, using minute details to penetrate the shocking conspiracy; Lin Chen, the former forensic doctor, gave up his job to accompany him and became his most tacit assistant and case recorder.
A bizarre murder occurred at a top gallery in the Bund: "The Bund in the Fog" worth 320 million yuan was stolen out of thin air. The old administrator died tragically in the secret room. The police insisted on theft and homicide. Only Xia Yan could see through the coffee stains, door lock scratches, and canvas fragments that this poor disguise was a deliberate extermination.
As the investigation deepens, undercurrents surge beneath the surface of the murder: domestic high-end chip secrets are hidden in the mezzanine of famous paintings, the identity of the deceased reveals the fake suicide case of a diplomat ten years ago, and the cross-border espionage organization "Eye on the Bund" lurks in the city. A double-faced female curator, a blackmailed wealthy financial backer, a police mole, and a three-faced spy. The identity reversals are layered, making it difficult to distinguish between friend and foe.
The cases within the cases are intertwined, and Mission: Impossible is shocking at every step. Xia Yan and Lin Chen are trapped in a mystery of the spy world. They use logic as a gun and observation as a blade to dismantle layers of lies and hunt for the ultimate truth. When ten years of injustice, commercial espionage, and the mastermind behind the scenes all emerge, this Sherlock Holmes-style detective story in the modern city will finally tear away all the darkness in the fog.
The rigorous brain-burning layout of 500,000 words reproduces the classic interpretation method to create a complicated and confusing modern spy investigation legend.
