The Record of Returning to Roots

Chen An's sister lies in the ICU; if he can't scrape together 20,000 yuan by tomorrow morning, the notice to stop treatment will become a death notice. He signs a soul-selling contract and becomes the night shift manager of Guigen Building. This eighteen-story old building is a shabby apartment by day, but after midnight, a hundred ghosts roam. On his first night, a black ledger absorbs his blood. Four dark red characters emerge on the cover: Guigen Register. Water ghosts break through doors, corpse sewers let out threads, and the Nameless Record knocks, begging him to deliver keys. The blind old ghost says there are only three rules: don't look through the peephole, don't open your eyes, and don't carry things for ghosts. But Chen An discovers a fourth: those who owe rent are forcibly collected. Collect one ghost, earn ten thousand. Seventeen floors above, four floors below—all are tenants who owe him money. A poor ghost isn't afraid of death, so why fear a water ghost? Later, the Changsheng Society attacks Guigen Building with heavy firepower, trying to capture the high-level anomalies inside to refine the elixir of immortality. Chen An walks to the front door and opens it. You like catching ghosts, right? Today, you'll catch your fill. A hundred ghosts parade. Guigen Building manager. Pay rent on time, and everything can be discussed.