The Strange Tales of Huai’an Inn

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Guan Zhongliu finally found a job as a waiter at Huai’an Inn. The customers were few and the treatment was good, but he soon realized that there really was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

He knew that some innkeepers would also do some business as brokers, making custom goods and taking a commission, but he never expected that the craftsmen his boss represented were actually… monsters?

Guan Zhongliu: Boss, this job is too dangerous, I want a raise.

Zhu Helan: Okay. Double your salary, room and board included, and a monthly allowance for new clothes. (Hands over a new contract)

Guan Zhongliu (overjoyed, takes it and reads it): … Boss, this is a contract of indentured servitude.

Zhu Helan smiled: Wrong, this is called a permanent position.

Ancient Cthulhu style, 1v1, mutual pampering

Lazy, black-bellied, beautiful gong x Hardworking waiter shou

The innkeeper and the waiter run a business together, while also falling in love and saving the world.

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The Strange Stories of Huai'an Inn
槐安客栈怪事谭
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nitan
nitan rated it
February 12, 2025
Status: Completed
Came in without expectations, and was absolutely blown away!! This is a horror novel, lots of scary parts and spins on classic tropes, but also new interesting takes as well. Absolutely fascinated by how visceral some of these scenes are. It's shocking and refreshing, a hidden gem. Not quite a running-a-store novel and not quite case files.

Highly recommend! The ending kind of shocked me, but it's still satisfying?? This novel does horror really well!!

This is not set in modern day btw!! There are some strong body horror scenes so be... more>> careful! <<less
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crystalwings
crystalwings rated it
February 16, 2025
Status: c25
First off, the translation is great, easy to read, so hats off to the translator!

As for the book itself:

I went into the book for the Cthulhu aspect and was not disappointed! There are strange, inconceivably powerful beings that wreck havoc without trying, along with unusual "cases", story arcs that link human desires with "cursed" tools. I was very surprised though to see that there were also cultivators and cultivation sects in this world though. It makes for a pretty unpredictable story, which is only further compounded by how mysterious our... more>> MC and ML are. The other supporting side characters also seem to have their own stories, which is something I'm also looking forward to reading more about.

As for romance, it's still very much in the budding stage at the part where I'm reading but it's super cute already. The description is accurate, mutual pampering! Bit of a spoiler:

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I just love that it's hinted that ML has always been watching the MC, despite the MC thinking that he was being very low-key and unnoticeable as a waiter. It's also so cute that the MC is subconsciously always drawn to ML!

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