This story is entirely fictional, inspired by a dream the author had!!!
Wen Nian’s life fell apart on a stormy night
All because she shouted, “What a huge dragon!” out the window, and the golden-eyed Dragon Lord Shang Que demanded three thousand years of cultivation as compensation!
To pay off her debt, she was forced to sign a “contract of servitude” and became the night-shift girl at a 24-hour convenience store.
But something was off about the store:
The shelves restocked themselves with immortal fruits from secret realms, “which occasionally spurt blood juice.”
The oden was heated with dragon flame, “personally tended by the boss.”
And all the customers were mythical creatures
Yu Shiqie bought an umbrella and brought a downpour with her. The three-headed hound became a husky and tore the house apart. “The Pixiu embezzled merit to boost a top-tier star’s rankings!”
Even worse, whenever Shang Que disappeared each night,
a bloodstained ledger seeped out from beneath the shelves: “Customer No. 7: night-shift nurse. Paid with her soul to buy a talking apple...”
When blood-red symbols began lighting up on the city’s bell towers one after another, Wen Nian finally discovered the truth:
The Dragon Lord’s reverse scale, which she had pulled out three hundred years ago, was the key to sealing the Well of Ten Thousand Souls beneath the convenience store!
And the man who always warmed her hands with his tail had a heavenly retribution spike sealed beneath his collarbone, one he had suffered for her...
[Indebted shut-in × stingy Dragon Lord] Convenience store management × urban legends × feng shui mystery
“Shang Que, will this month’s wages cover the debt?”
“No, but there’ll be more than enough for your bride price.”
“The convenience store never closes. Dare to come shopping tonight?”
