At twenty-five, sneaker seller Lin Lanyue has a failed business, a warehouse full of unsold stock, and loans piling up. To save on rent, he moves his warehouse into an old shop on Nanhe Old Street that once sold paper offerings.
By day, he authenticates sneakers, handles returns, and goes toe-to-toe with other sellers over every last few dozen yuan.
After midnight, the old cash register starts printing a different kind of order:
A courier who died seven days ago wants to deliver one final package;
A ghost haunting a house wants to reclaim the name someone stole from her;
A woman in red invented for a livestream has really crawled out of the screen;
And a girl named Zhu Mian, with an unknown past and an eerily detached demeanor, sits in his warehouse and tells him:
“You’ll be dead in seven days.”
Lin Lanyue only wanted to make money and pay off his debts, but he’s forced to become an after-sales manager for both the living and the dead. While others rely on talismans and magical artifacts to catch ghosts, he authenticates goods, checks the books, negotiates terms, and looks for loopholes.
A vicious ghost is out to take a life?
First, find out who owes it a debt.
A cursed object is causing trouble?
Check whether it matches the description.
Someone wants to pass a curse off on him?
Sorry, it wasn’t purchased by the account holder. Return to sender.
As one midnight order after another appears, Lin Lanyue gradually discovers that these seemingly unrelated paranormal events all involve the mysterious underworld merchant known as the Lion King. And sealed within Zhu Mian is a disaster that should have ended twenty years ago.
But before he can save the world, Lin Lanyue has a more practical question:
Once the ghosts are gone, will he still have to pay off his loans?
