At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Wuzhou, an isolated coastal city, was shrouded in a lingering "fog" that lingered all year round. There are "spirits of old objects" hidden in the fog - old objects that have been invested with strong obsessions, which will breed spiritual wisdom and follow the weird logic of "obsession is the law": a wooden comb used to comb the hair of a dead person pulls human hair, a porcelain bottle filled with poison is tempting to drink poison, a century-old sedan chair is looking for a "substitute bride" in the fog...
Shen Yanqiu, the young owner of a bone china shop, has "foggy eyes" and can see these beings between monsters and ghosts. His bone china is made of human bones mixed with porcelain clay, which is the key to suppressing the spirits of old things. However, because he witnessed his mother being swallowed by the entangled mist when he was young, he was afraid of all this and had to deal with it.
When the fog gets thicker year by year and the spirits of old things lose control one after another, Shen Yanqiu discovers that it is all related to the half bone china phoenix hairpin left by his mother. The tip of the phoenix hairpin hides the truth that Wuzhou was shrouded in fog, the secret of her mother's disappearance twenty years ago, and the "fog core" that is enough to swallow up the entire city - a bone china core that seals the obsession of the entire city.
From the "Truth Alley" where copper locks choke people's throats, to the "Wangchuan River" where embroidered shoes drag people, Shen Yanqiu pieced together the truth in the strange stories of old objects and spirits: his mother was originally a descendant of the "Fog Keeper", and he has long been involved in this fate of using bone china to suppress fog and using memories to exchange lives. The fog in Wuzhou is getting thicker and thicker. Should we let our obsessions dissipate with the fog, or should we remember those sealed loves and hates? He held half of the phoenix hairpin and saw countless twisted shadows in the fog - they were the spirits of old things and the demons of people's hearts.
Purpose: I hope everyone will support me