Los Angeles Detective

  Chapter 175 Family (Happy Dragon Boat Festival!)

  In mid-June, the average temperature in Los Angeles is between 17 degrees and 27 degrees, neither hot nor cold, very suitable for playing.

   Early in the morning, the breeze blows.

  Ruidu community is full of green grass, singing birds and fragrant flowers.

  Many residents came out for a walk.

  Luke is resting today, still lying on the bed and sleeping, and he still doesn't feel the sun shining into the bedroom.

  A familiar voice rang in his ears, 【Congratulations to the host for catching Karov, the murderer who killed Angela.

   Arrested the murderer of Darcy, Naris Kasiri, and successfully solved the 'Holy Blood' case.

   Award forty lucky draw chances. 】

  Luke was awakened by the system's sound, slowly opened his eyes, and heard the system's reward sound when he woke up, which may indicate that today is a good day.

  Forty chances to draw a lottery are not too few, and Luke didn't keep it, so he just drew a lottery.

  Draw five cards, 35,000 US dollars.

  Among them, three old cards and two new cards were drawn.

  The three old cards are micro-expression analysis card, 1

   Precision Card, 1 piece

  Profile card, 1 piece

  New card, unlocking card, 2 pieces [you can quickly learn the unlocking skills, and the time limit is 3 hours]

  This card may not be useful to ordinary people, but it is still practical for the police.

  Last time Luke and Xiao Hei went to Augustus's house to investigate. Although they had a search warrant, there was no one in Augustus's house, and Xiao Hei would unlock the door. The two of them opened the door and went in to search.

  Afterwards, Luke also asked why Xiao Hei would open the lock.

  In his words, many children who grow up in slums can pick locks, which is nothing unusual.

   After breakfast, he began to study lockpicking skills.

   After searching the Internet, I couldn't find any technical lockpicking skills.

  Think about it too, this kind of technology is generally passed on by word of mouth, it is more practical, and it is impossible to put it on the Internet.

  Luke didn't bother anymore, thinking about letting Xiao Hei teach him another day, why not use a ready-made master?

   Subsequently, Luke began to learn another skill-lip language.

  Lip language is a special skill. It usually doesn't seem to be very useful, but once it is used, it is a strange move.

  Luke found a lot of lip language learning tutorials on the paid Internet, including texts and videos. With the blessing of lip language cards, he learned quickly and achieved twice the result with half the effort.

  As his position becomes higher, Luke also wants to learn more skills to enhance his abilities.

  Luke entered a state of ecstasy in his study, he didn't even bother to eat lunch, and used up both lip language learning cards.

   At four o'clock in the afternoon, I basically mastered the lip language skills.

  Luke turned on the TV, found a news program at random, turned off the volume and watched it again. He could basically understand the meaning of a whole sentence just by looking at the shape of the speaker's mouth.

  Afterwards, Luke turned on the volume of the TV and played it again. The general meaning was basically the same.

   Luke is already very satisfied that he can learn this level in one day.

   "Grunt."

   His stomach growled, and his chest was already hungry and his back was pressed against his back.

  In the evening, I asked Daisy to have dinner together.

  He is going to go to the supermarket to buy some ingredients for the evening.

  There is a new supermarket opened nearby and there is an event. He wants to go there to buy, and the price can be more favorable.

   This supermarket is not far from the Ruidu community, only a few minutes' drive away, and it is very convenient to drive here to shop.

  Of course, compared to China, shopping in the United States is still a bit of a "toss".

  A medium-sized community in China has thousands of households and tens of thousands of residents.

  The population is densely populated, the shops will be denser, and shopping will be more convenient.

  Americans usually drive to the supermarket to buy food for a week at a time.

  Luke parked his car and entered the supermarket.

  The scale of the supermarket is not small, and it is divided into several areas. He pushed the trolley around the supermarket.

  First of all, Luke chooses the ingredients for tonight, a lamb chop, a steak, ten oysters, semi-finished quick-frozen pizza, and some vegetables.

  Daisy likes to eat steak, and Luke prefers lamb chops.

  As for Chinese food, it’s okay for Daisy to eat it once in a while, but she’s not used to it at all if she eats it every day.

  Luke pushed the trolley around the supermarket, always feeling that someone was staring at him.

  He didn't find anyone suspicious, just his intuition from the police for many years.

  Luke didn't show any abnormalities, he checked out and left after buying what he needed.

   "Hoo..."

  After Luke left the supermarket, a white man hiding behind a shelf let out a cry.

  It seems to be relieved, but also seems to be a little lost.

  A black man in a supervisor uniform came over and asked, "Val, why are you slacking off here again? With your working state and efficiency, you can't pass the probation period at all."

  The white man hurriedly explained, "Sorry, I'm not being lazy, I just saw a...an acquaintance."

  The black supervisor frowned and became even angrier, "What do you mean?

  Why do you hide when you see an acquaintance?

  伱 Are you looking down on your work?

  You are working with your own hands, why are you embarrassed?

   Do you feel ashamed of working in a supermarket?

   If that's what you think, you can leave now. "

  Val was a little embarrassed and shook his head, "No, that's not what I meant. It's just that I haven't gotten used to it for a while."

  The black executive pointed to his chest, "Val, you begged me at the beginning, saying how much you needed this job, and promised to do it well.

  I just gave you this job opportunity, I hope you will not disappoint my trust. "

   "Don't worry, I won't do it." Val pursed his lips, pushed the cart next to him and began to organize the goods.

  Luke stood behind a shelf not far away, taking in all of this.

  How could Val's stalking skills be able to hide him? Although he knew someone was following him, he didn't know it was Val.

  Seeing Val's overalls and being reprimanded by the leader, Luke immediately understood everything.

  However, he didn't intend to go out. It would be more embarrassing for Val to go out at this time.

  As for why Val wanted to avoid him, Luke could also guess a little bit. Although his uncle did not accomplish much, he was a person who wanted to save face.

  Wal's dream since he was a child was to become a singer, and he once formed a band in high school, which made him a little famous in school.

   Perhaps it was the high spirits in high school that made him more determined about his music dream. However, reality is always cruel.

   went to college, and Val's band broke up.

  He has been looking forward to reorganizing the band and continuing to write the glory of high school.

  But due to various practical reasons, this dream failed to come true after all.

  It caused him to be a little underachieved now.

   I don’t have the ability to be a singer, and I don’t have the skills to find other jobs.

  Can only engage in relatively low-end occupations, but he has strong self-esteem, and always feels that he can't save face.

  Deep in his heart, he still regards himself as a singer, and the gap between expectations and reality makes his life more and more distorted.

  Became a fat house in the mouth of the family, and a waste wood in the mouth of the friends.

  For pocket expenses of several hundred dollars, I often find my father and beg my sister.

   Now that he has his eyes on the rich nephew again, Val also wants to save face, and he doesn't want to do this, let alone let the two nephews look down on him.

  He wants to change, he wants to support himself, which is why he went to work in the supermarket.

   Although not very successful, he is already on the way...

  …

  Daisy's house.

  In the afternoon, after seeing what happened to his uncle, Luke felt a little stuck in his heart.

  When I was a child, my uncle was very kind to Luke, and often took him out to play, until Val became what others said was a good-for-nothing. His own life is a mess, so naturally he can't take care of his two nephews.

   It wasn't until Daisy came home that Luke's mood improved a bit.

   However, a new depression came again, and Daisy also brought back a bunch of documents.

  Daisy let Luke understand what a workaholic is.

  Before in China, Luke often worked overtime, but it was passive overtime. But Daisy is different, she is working overtime proactively.

   Daisy seldom takes a break, and even if she takes a break, she takes half a day off occasionally. Everything about the law is on call.

  Luke felt that Daisy's work status was not good. People should combine work and rest in order to maintain a long-term and efficient working state.

  Take Luke as an example, it is normal to work overtime when there is a case, but once the case is solved.

   Luke will definitely rest for a few days, as long as the leader approves leave, he will rest as much as possible.

  What is the purpose of people's work? It's not for a good life, you can't put the cart before the horse.

  The two set the tableware, pour red wine, and start dinner.

  Luke picked up the wine glass and clinked glasses with Daisy, "Are you busy tomorrow? Can you take a day off?"

  Daisy put down her wine glass and asked, "What's the matter?"

   "It's nothing, just seeing that you are too tired, I want you to rest. Also. Tomorrow night is our family dinner day, and I want to invite you to join us."

   "Wow...Family dinner..." Daisy was a little embarrassed, she politely declined,

   "It may not work tomorrow, I have a lot of cases in my hands recently, including the case you want to sue the news TV station.

   They are very difficult to deal with, I have to do a lot of preparation. "

  Luke persuaded, "Daisy, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

   “I know, but clients come to me because they trust me. I don’t want to let them down.”

   "The case is endless. I have been working hard, and I am worried that you will be tired."

   "Don't worry, no, I quite like the state of work."

  Luke stopped persuading him and bowed his head to eat.

  Although I always feel that there is a gap in the emotional communication with Daisy, the physical communication between the two is still very harmonious.

   This is what matters most to Luke.

   Others can take their time.

  …

   Early morning.

  Sunrise east.

  People started to get busy again, those who went to school went to school, and those who went to work went to work.

  A yellow car drove into the community, representing another new day.

  The community where Daisy lives and the community where Luke lives are both middle-class communities. The difference is that there are more white people and more Chinese people.

  Across the street not far from Daisy's house, there is a silver-gray modern car parked.

   Sitting in the cab was a white man with gray hair about 60 years old.

  He was looking in the direction of Daisy's house with a telescope.

  At 8:00 in the morning, Daisy leaves the house on time and drives to work.

   Not long after, Luke also went out and drove away in the Mercedes-Benz G500.

  The old white man looked at the Mercedes-Benz G500 and said angrily, "Another rich bastard."

  The old white man put down his binoculars and sat in the car for a while, looking at Daisy's house from time to time, as if hesitating to get out of the car.

   "Boom boom."

  The glass of the co-pilot was knocked on.

  The old man turned his head and was startled, only to see a black muzzle pointing at himself.

  A dark-haired youth shouted, "lapd, hold on."

  Looking at the black muzzle of the gun, the old white man dared not act rashly. According to Luke, he slowly opened the door and got out of the car.

   Luke looked at the other party and smiled, "Hey, we meet again, did you get better from the last fall?"

  The old white man smiled awkwardly, "What a coincidence."

   "Turn around, you're under arrest."

"Why?"

   "Because you assaulted the police."

  The old man was speechless, "What are you talking about? Why did I attack the police when I didn't do anything?"

   "You followed me the night before yesterday and monitored me this morning. Your behavior made me feel threatened. I think you have affected the personal safety of me and my family."

   "Don't you think it's too ridiculous? I'm just an old man without a weapon. What danger can I cause you?"

   "Whether you talk or not is up to the judge. I'm only responsible for arresting you."

  Luke pressed the old man on the car, and the old man struggled, so how could he be Luke's opponent.

   "Hey, don't treat me like this, there is a misunderstanding here and I'm not looking at you."

   "You stared at that house with a telescope and said you weren't looking at me?"

   "That house doesn't belong to you, why do you say I'm looking at you?"

   "Then who are you looking at?"

   "I'm watching my daughter."

   "Who is your daughter?"

   "Daisy."

"May I have your name?"

   "Lawrence Miller."

   "Get your driver's license out."

   Luke checks his driver's license, same last name as Daisy.

   Luke snapped his driver's license and photo, "Are you really Daisy's father?"

   "Yes, I came to see my daughter, do you want to arrest me?

   If you really want to do this, then arrest me, I will call my lawyer daughter and ask her to bail me out.

  I believe it will be very interesting. "

  Luke didn't quite believe the old white man's words.

  What if this guy is a liar? Although the possibility of deceiving the police is unlikely. But it is even more embarrassing for the police to be cheated.

   "How do you prove that you are Daisy's father?"

   “I have a photo with Daisy in my wallet.”

  Luke took out his wallet to check, and indeed saw a group photo. There were three people in the photo who looked like a middle-aged couple with their daughter.

  The white old man is very similar to the middle-aged man above.

  The little girl who was about 10 years old was very similar to Daisy.

  Although there are some differences in appearance when they grow up, the facial features can still be distinguished.

   "Are you really Daisy's father?"

  The old white man pointed to his face, "Isn't it like that?"

  The facial features of the father and daughter do have some portraits, and they also have brown hair, "Then why didn't you contact Daisy, but peeped here instead."

   "I just want to understand all aspects of my daughter's life.

   By the way, investigate whether her boyfriend is reliable. "

   "That's a good explanation.

  I'm sure Daisy will be very happy to know you're here. I'll call her now and ask her not to go to work today. "

   "No, nono, don't affect Daisy's work because of my arrival."

   "It's okay, she should miss you too."

   "Stop! Don't call." Daisy's father was anxious.

   Luke held the phone, "Give me a reason."

   "Actually, there were some small conflicts between our father and daughter.

   Very common isn't it? Many fathers and daughters fight.

  So, I don't want her to know that I've been here, as long as she's doing well.

   Treat this as a little secret between the two of us, OK? "

   Luke and Daisy have been together for so long, and rarely hear her mention family matters.

  Combined with his father's various behaviors, he guessed that the relationship between father and daughter should not be very good.

  Of course, no matter how bad the relationship between father and daughter is, it cannot be provoked by an outsider.

  For Daisy's father, Luke still tries to show respect as much as possible.

   readily agreed, "No problem."

   "OK, I have something to go first." The old man turned around and was about to get in the car, when he remembered something, "By the way, can you give me a business card?"

   "Of course." Luke handed him a business card.

   "Getting along with you...it's unforgettable." The old man got into the car, kicked the accelerator, and drove away.

   Luke watched him leave, then took out his mobile phone and called Matthew, "Hi, I'm Luke, check someone for me."

   Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a monthly pass!

  (end of this chapter)