The Unfinished Delivery in the Well

Night-shift sorter Chen Hesheng works the 2:30 a.m. shift, counting every penny and just wanting to pay off his mortgage in peace. On a midnight delivery run, he gets an unclaimed滞留 package with an address that only reads "Old Well Platform No. 3," and stumbles into a row of sheet-metal doors ordered by the Heavenly Stems. Open by night, shut by day; those who enter must call out their number. Using the number-calling routine every courier knows by heart, he hands the package through—and carves his own name into the old well's ledger of debts. Half a sheet of indigo paper, three rings of well-curb script, and an old matter suppressed for years comes seeping up with the well water. Some deliveries, once sent, can never be recalled; some debts, once recorded, must be repaid. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Unfinished Delivery in the Well — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠