Department of Strange Affairs

[Another female-led novel with no advance chapters, "No Fishing at Midnight," is available in my collection. Take a look~] Lu Duanwu thought she'd spend her whole life frying egg fried rice in an alley, until several people dressed in black smashed her stall. The mastermind stood beside her with a smile, waving his fan as he suggested, "What good is staying here? Come work for my company. I'll pay you 58,000." Lu Duanwu didn't budge. She picked up the iron ladle beside her and knocked him unconscious. * A newcomer joined Group B12. Word was she'd gotten in through connections just to collect a paycheck, and had no skills at all. One team member scoffed and sneered at her, but she didn't care. Then came an SSS-rank mission. When they saw her deal with the thing in the basement with a single strike of her iron ladle, the team member dropped to their knees with a thud, full of admiration. Only later did everyone learn that she hadn't gotten in through connections at all. Someone had been pestering her, crying and begging for a whole month to get her to join. [Reader's guide: A max-level big shot returns to her old line of work. The novel contains connected supernatural short stories. Everything is fictional. This is a self-indulgent story, so readers who aren't into episodic tales and similar elements can choose whether to read. I don't recommend buying the whole thing at once: buy as much as you want to read~ Kisses. If you spot a plot hole or typo, use the bug-report button. There's a small red-packet reward if your report is accepted~ 70% theft prevention.] Next book, "No Fishing at Midnight": A free fishing spot appears, drawing crowds of fishing enthusiasts. There's no one watching over it, only a list of rules. The local fish are plentiful and enormous. Please follow the rules while fishing. 1. Fishing hours are 5:00 to 23:00. Fishing at midnight is prohibited. 2. Any fish you catch will be dead. Remember to put it in the red box. 3. Put anything you catch other than fish back exactly as it was. 4. Don't whisper to each other while fishing. 5. If you are unfortunate enough to be injured by a fishing rod, leave immediately. 6. Customers who don't follow the rules are responsible for all consequences. … It all began when a group of college students caught a hundred-pound fish, red from head to tail, while fishing at midnight. Theme: When the world closes one window, it will surely open a door.