My Guesthouse Connects to Every Corner of the Universe

Zhao Xing is a young man who collapses from exhaustion after months of relentless overtime in a city office. At the brink of death, he bonds with a mysterious System that saves his life but drains his bank account of thirty thousand yuan as a fee. The System’s primary directive is for Zhao Xing to return to his rural hometown and take over his grandfather’s abandoned guesthouse, located on Immortal’s Rest Mountain. Despite the villagers’ skepticism and the building’s dilapidated state, Zhao Xing has no choice but to comply, possessing only a hundred yuan and a desperate need to survive. The System reveals that the guesthouse sits on a spatial rift, capable of hosting guests not only from the human world but also from other dimensions, aiming to become the number one establishment in the universe.

Initially, Zhao Xing struggles to attract any visitors. His first guest is an eight-month-old stray orange kitten, which he feeds with a ham sausage. The System rewards him with reception points and a daily task, revealing that animals can also be guests. Encouraged, Zhao Xing begins feeding local birds and small animals with steamed buns, accumulating points to upgrade the guesthouse. His efforts are interrupted by the arrival of Wang Fang, her husband Qi Jiangming, and their five-year-old daughter, Baozhu, who suffers from an emotional dysregulation disorder. The child is having a severe episode when they stumble upon the guesthouse. Inside, the calming scent of the ancient wood wallpaper instantly soothes Baozhu, stopping her tantrum. Zhao Xing discovers a safety talisman sewn into the child’s clothing, which triggers her condition, and removes it, completing a System task. The grateful parents stay the night, providing Zhao Xing with a significant influx of points and money.

Following this success, Zhao Xing upgrades the guesthouse, installing scenic windows and a protective threshold. He then activates the System’s interdimensional invitation function. A wounded swordsman named Xue Yu, fleeing pursuers in a martial arts world, receives an invitation and arrives at the guesthouse. Xue Yu misinterprets Zhao Xing’s mundane actions as profound martial arts teachings, leading to a rapid increase in favorability. The guesthouse’s environment helps Xue Yu break through a cultivation bottleneck. In exchange for his stay, Xue Yu leaves a cursed dagger as payment before departing. Although the dagger is a murder weapon, it provides Zhao Xing with valuable rewards, including a magical wok and a tea set.

The guesthouse’s reputation begins to spread as Wang Fang’s friends, whose children also suffer from emotional disorders, request bookings. Zhao Xing levels up the guesthouse again, gaining more rooms and utility features like a vegetable plot and a water well. He continues to manage the establishment, balancing the needs of local animal guests with the growing number of human visitors. The narrative follows his gradual transformation from a broke, exhausted office worker into the manager of a multi-dimensional inn, navigating the challenges of maintaining the property while catering to an increasingly diverse and extraordinary clientele.