Mistveil Mountain House: A Day's Hourly Worker

The easygoing hourly worker Lin Yu receives a bizarre order: Mistveil Mountain House, a "prior spirit," with a work period of one day and night. The pay is extremely high, the rules are minimal. But after stepping into the mountain house, he discovers that it houses an ancient musician transformed into a lute spirit, a mountain and river deity trapped in a chess game, and the lingering soul of the Kitchen God who relies on brewing tea to sustain his life. Within twelve shichen, he must help each prior spirit resolve one obsession. Resolve one, and the mountain house loosens a bit; miss one, and the mountain house collapses a layer. If he fails completely, Lin Yu will remain forever, becoming the new mountain keeper. An hourly worker who only wants to take the money and leave is forced to become a listener, a negotiator, and the last person to unravel a century-old intergenerational secret. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Mistveil Mountain House: A Day's Hourly Worker — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠