Name: Chenyu Midnight Teahouse: A Collection of Strange Tales
Author: Chenyu Talks of Ghosts and Foxes

Synopsis

Midnight. The tea boils. The lamps dim. When the city falls silent, stories from another world are just beginning. The Midnight Teahouse of Chenyu gathers dozens of Chinese-style tales of the strange and supernatural, told with the easygoing voice of a storyteller in an old teahouse. They unfold strange local happenings, the secrets of old houses, and eerie tales from the streets and alleys.

Written in modern vernacular while carrying on the spirit of classical anecdotal tales, these stories weave a chilling atmosphere into everyday settings: a knock at the door in the dead of night, an unextinguishable green light in the stairwell, the basement of a sealed-off dormitory... Each tale hides a chill in what it leaves unsaid and draws readers in with its details.

There are no one-dimensional monsters here, only people and events tangled up in greed, anger, and delusion. Through tales of a serpent spirit guarding its land, the obsession of a wronged soul in a red dress, and the fixation behind a paper effigy's double, these stories reveal the warmth and coldness, as well as the awe and reverence, deep within the human heart. Each tale is like a fresh cup of tea: it makes your scalp tingle as you listen, but when you think back on it, you understand that the most wicked thing in this world has never been ghosts or monsters, but people consumed by desire.

The night is deep, the tea has gone cold. Come, listen to these strange old stories hidden among the bustle of everyday life.

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132Chapters

8.1kReads · 30 days

82.1kReads · all time

419Shelves

6.9kListens

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