How about this: Where most backpacker hostels at least have a desk and a "host," Liu's little inn doesn't distinguish between hosts and guests. The "inn resident," who refers to all the guests as "roommates," simply facilitates communications. Sometimes, when the "resident" is out, first-time visitors even get instructions telling them to find the key and let themselves in.
更「離譜」的是，一般背包客棧至少還會有「櫃臺」與「主人」，小客棧卻是「主客不分」，「駐棧者」只負責聯絡協調，與來客彼此以「室友」相稱，有時候駐棧者不在，初來乍到者也可以聽取指示自己找鑰匙開門！