“Yaoyai” is the heroine, Shen Yaoyai. Her name evokes distant mountains veiled in mist: she seems gentle, yet is hard to fathom, like the spring fog in Hong Kong that blankets the trees on the hillside and the sea.
“Chenzhou” is the hero, Fu Jinzhou. The name draws on the phrase “burning one’s boats,” symbolizing how, after meeting her, he is willing to rein in all his sharp edges and become the small boat that carries her. When he delivers his iconic line to her aboard a yacht in Volume Four, it becomes the final interpretation of the name “Chenzhou.”
Everyone says Shen Yaoyai has lost herself in Fu Jinzhou’s business empire, but they don’t know that Fu Jinzhou is the one who willingly loses himself in the misty clouds around Shen Yaoyai.
The title hints at a reversal in a relationship that begins with self-interest and ends in deep devotion. The boat that once burned its bridges finally comes to rest in the gentle, mist-filled harbor that belongs to him.
