The Teapot of the Desire Realm

Zhang Ran, out of work and easy to overlook, picks up a teapot from another realm and wakes Gu Qingci, a demon woman who does not pretend to like him. Each brew grants a wish. The price is a vital warmth he cannot quickly replace. From a cramped rental to the last train, then to a ruined Chang'an inside the pot, he keeps asking. / A scarlet fox and worse hunters can smell the wishes. Gu Qingci stays bound to him and unimpressed. He can stop brewing and stay poor, or spend himself for one more correction of his life. The pot is patient. Whatever follows it is not.