[Espionage + golden finger + playing it safe + comedy + ruthless action]
Chen Yang transmigrates into the body of a low-level field agent at the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau, earning a measly 20 fabi a month in base pay.
In this treacherous world of spies, where a single mistake can cost you your head, Chen Yang has a clear goal: keep his head down, make money, and provide for his beautiful sister-in-law and niece, the only family he has.
Then one day, a status window suddenly appears before him:
[Qian Dabao, age 35, squad leader of the Military Statistics Bureau's action team. True identity: an undercover agent for the Special Higher Police!]
Chen Yang is stunned. “Sir, would you believe me if I said I can tell at a glance who's a traitor?”
To earn a few hundred extra bucks in bonuses each month, Chen Yang goes all in on getting things for free. On the surface, he's the greedy, lecherous, bootlicking, useless cop at the Garrison Office. In secret, he's the ace agent codenamed “Scalpel” in the Military Statistics Bureau's top-secret files.
His superior says, “Chen Yang, this Japanese spy cell is a tough nut to crack...”
Chen Yang thinks, “As long as the money's right, I'll even find out what color underwear the Japanese colonel is wearing!”
There are just too many details. If I polish it a bit more, I think the writing will be much better in the next book.