The Grandmaster Strategist - Volume 4, Chapter 29: Fighting by Risking One's Life.

[Fishing essay, easy daily essay, welcome to read it]

Chu Mingcheng, who was approaching thirty, encountered a workplace PUA. Not only did he not get paid for working overtime, but the blind date he had arranged to meet also ran away.

Going back to my hometown to relax at the beach, I didn’t expect to find a mountain of Pipi shrimp on the beach, and unexpectedly awakened a golden finger.

[Current unlock capture method: hand, fishing rod]

[Kou Shrimp Gu, also known as Pippi Shrimp (Level 18)]

[Current experience: 0/190]

[Body size +19%]

【Delicious +19%】

[Catch Chance +19%]

 …

“Going to work? It’s wasting my life.”

“Fall in love with me? Beauty, I only fish, not raise fish!”

Conquering the sea, catching crocodiles, bravely entering the Amazon, wherever there is water, there is Chu Mingcheng.

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