There's Something Strange About This Bookshop

Currently updating *The Master-Saving Plan [Book Transmigration]* and *I'm Weak and Helpless, but I Can Put on an Act* In a bustling old lane stands a bookstore. First, its name is Salty Fish. Second, it's mysterious. And last, it's downright weird. In short, it's abnormal. That abnormality extends to everything connected to the shop, including the people... The owner, Hu Badou, has a past nobody knows. All they know is that he was already around in the Primordial Era and was the only sorcerer to survive the First Emperor's purge of scholars. Zazi is a haughty black cat of fearsome origin that can speak. Hu Badou always calls it "Dumb Dog." Dumb Dog??? Xianyu Wenyao is the only female employee who drops dead the moment she steps out into the sunlight. The black cat is fiercer than she is, yet it always calls her "Dad." Ying Lizhou is broad-minded and a little dim. He thinks he's an ordinary person, but has a "Grim Reaper" buff that makes him run into dead people every time he goes out. Ying Lizhou: I think I'm the most normal person in the whole bookstore. The police barge in: Please come to the station and give a statement. Ying Lizhou: It wasn't me. I didn't do it. I never left the shop. Police: State your alibi. Hu Badou: I was with my cat in ancient times / in the eighteenth-century world of Fuguo / amid the decadent glamour of Republican-era China... Police: ... Xianyu Wenyao: I was in the dark room for five hours / seven hours / twelve hours... Police: ... Ying Lizhou: I just said one sentence / three sentences / more than ten sentences to them... P.S. 1. This is mainly about the lively yet laid-back, moderately comfortable daily life of the big shots and their employees. There will be transmigration, but it comes a bit late. The destinations of the transmigration are specific, but the stories themselves aren't the focus. It's mainly about everyday life~ 2. It's a slow burn. The cast isn't fully assembled until Chapter 21 (Well... but I don't recommend skipping ahead.) Theme: