Contracts of the Dead: The Night-Shift Mortician
殡仪馆夜班：亡者排队找我签约
by Xnoval Originals · Mystery · 100 chapters · complete series
Contracts of the Dead: The Night-Shift Mortician is a Mystery web novel by Xnoval Originals, with 100 chapters.
Synopsis
Night-shift mortician Chen Jiujin is treated as a walking curse — until an unnamed corpse arrives with his name written on her palm. Now the dead queue to sign contracts with him: he inherits one perfected skill from each, settles their unfinished business, and collects what the living owe them. A complete 100-chapter supernatural mystery.
殡仪馆夜班入殓师被全城当成晦气瘟神，直到一具无名女尸掌心浮出他的名字——从此他能与亡者画押立契，继承死者生前最精纯的一门手艺，替死人办事，替活人收账。
Chapter 1: The Cinnabar Seal Appears
The night was thick as ink, the mortuary’s air conditioning humming a low, death-rattle groan that sounded like the last gasp of a dying leviathan. Chen Jiujin pulled his faded protective suit tight around his frame. The moment his fingertips brushed the doorknob, a bone-chilling cold raced up his spine and settled at the base of his neck.
At the far end of the hallway, Zhou Dehai’s frayed palm frond fan whooshed back and forth with a rhythmic slap. In the dead silence of the space, the noise was jarringly loud. The old night watchman leaned against the doorframe of the mourning hall, the ember in his pipe flickering on and off like the only open eye of a ghost in the dark. He split his mouth into a grin, revealing a mouthful of yellowed teeth, and held something up to show Chen Jiujin.
The object glowed with a strange, bloody red hue under the dim lighting, looking like a clump of congealed blood. Chen Jiujin squinted. Professional alertness made him step back half a step, but his feet felt nailed to the ground, unable to budge an inch. An unexplainable gravity pulled at him—a summons from the boundary between the living and the dead.
Zhou Dehai pressed the half-broken Cinnabar Seal into Chen Jiujin’s palm, a gesture as casual as passing a lit cigarette. The metal edges were ice-cold, smeared with old, dried blood that had turned black. A faint stench of rust seeped from the cracks. Chen Jiujin tried to push it away, but his fingers suddenly spasmed, and a burning pain shot from his palm straight to his chest.
Details
- Author
- Xnoval Originals
- Genre
- Mystery
- Status
- Completed
- Chapters
- 100
- Length
- 324385 words
- Updated
- Updated 2026-11-08
- Languages
- 简体中文, 繁體中文, English, Français, Русский, Tiếng Việt, हिन्दी, Bahasa Indonesia
Frequently asked questions
Is Contracts of the Dead: The Night-Shift Mortician complete?
Yes — Contracts of the Dead: The Night-Shift Mortician is complete, and all 100 chapters are published.
Who wrote Contracts of the Dead: The Night-Shift Mortician?
Contracts of the Dead: The Night-Shift Mortician was written by Xnoval Originals.
How can I read Contracts of the Dead: The Night-Shift Mortician?
You can read Contracts of the Dead: The Night-Shift Mortician online on Xnoval. The first 3 chapters are free, and the book is available in 简体中文, 繁體中文, English, Français, Русский, Tiếng Việt, हिन्दी, Bahasa Indonesia.