Working as a Caretaker in a Teahouse

Zhu Cheng was an ordinary office worker, until one day he suddenly discovered that he could see creatures no one else could.

According to the texts and illustrations, all of them were beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Their appearance seriously disrupted Zhu Cheng's normal life. Just as he was planning to visit a temple to ward off bad luck, he happened to see a beast walk out of a teahouse in a European-style building.

Staring at the strange building, Zhu Cheng knocked and went inside. "Are you letting those beasts run wild?"

The owner, reclining behind a desk, sat up, showing off a remarkably shapely figure. She swept her long hair behind her ear, her eyes soft and alluring, her voice clear. "Yes. Are you here to apply for a job?"

Zhu Cheng was completely captivated and stunned. "Um... what kind of benefits do you offer here?"

And just like that, Zhu Cheng inexplicably became both a teahouse employee and a beast keeper.

During the day, he would stare at the empty teahouse, frowning and bored out of his mind.

At night, his soul would leave his body and follow the female owner to collect divine beasts and exorcise evil spirits.

Until one time, the female owner hiked up her skirt and planted a foot on a divine beast, revealing her boxer shorts as she shouted in a gruff voice, "You snuck out and still want to fight me? You must have a death wish!"

Zhu Cheng was left completely dumbfounded.

The female owner realized she had revealed her true nature and put on a delicate, affected act. "I scared you just now, didn't I? I'm really not usually like that."

Zhu Cheng was even more dumbfounded. Was it too late for him to run away now?

A beaten-down office worker who is occasionally scheming and slacks off, a "normal person" who takes the receiving role X a lie-flat, lazy fish with no common sense, a nonsensical "old fox" who takes the pursuing role

Modern alternate setting

Theme: Drive away evil, avert disaster, and keep everyone safe