Los Angeles Detective

  Chapter 315 Undercurrent

Marriott.

  Our hotel's location near well-known Washington, DC landmarks provides easy access to monuments, the National Mall, museums and cultural venues such as the National Theatre, Convention Center and National Portrait Gallery.

  Luke and others arrived at the hotel by the airport bus. Two waiters offered to help with the luggage. Luke generously gave each person a tip of $5. After all, he now represents the entire lapd.

  Luke is not a stingy person, but he seldom tipes the service staff a lot. $5 is a lot for him.

  The main reason is that he is not used to the tipping culture subconsciously.

  Luke’s own hotel room was booked by the government and the cost was also funded by the government, but the room cost of Luke’s family was borne by him.

   Luke is now worth nearly $2 million, and these expenses are just a drop in the bucket for him.

  Luke himself lives in room 701, and he also reserved 4 rooms, namely 710, 711, 712 and 713.

  Grandpa lives at 710, Linda lives at 711, Fatty and Val live at 712.

   Lu pulled the suitcase and walked to Room 701, and said to his family, "I'll see you later."

   Linda said, "Luke, pack up your things later, I'm going to visit your room to see how the one reserved by the White House is different from ours."

  The little fat man shouted, "Me too."

Although Luke didn't think the room was any different, what could he say, "The door of the room is always open for you." Seeing his uncle's eager expression, Luke added, "Grandpa, uncle, you are also welcome to visit. "

  Val said lightly, "Since you invite me so warmly, OK."

   "Creak..." There was a sound of the door, and the door opposite Luke opened.

  A burly black man walked out of room 702. He was more than 1.9 meters tall and was a full lap bigger than Luke.

  The black man sized Luke up, "Luke Lee?"

   "When did I become so famous in Washington? Who are you?"

   "Fatau Brandi, I'm here to accept the award just like you." The black man stretched out his right hand.

   "Are you a policeman too?" Luke also extended his right hand to shake hands with the other party.

   "No, I'm a firefighter from the Las Vegas Fire Department."

  While speaking, Fatau Brandi's grip increased a little bit, with great strength, and Luke's hand was a little painful.

  Luke felt that the other party was trying to show him off, and it was not easy to turn his face in front of everyone, and he couldn't pull out his right hand.

   Luke was smiling and punched the opponent's heart with his left fist. It seemed like a friend was greeting him, but the punch was not light, and it directly stunned the black Fatau Brandi.

  Although the time was short, it was enough for Luke to retract his right hand.

  Luke is still smiling, but he is ready to fight. The opponent is stronger and has certain advantages, but the most important thing in fighting is skill and ruthlessness.

   In terms of fighting bravely, firefighters are definitely inferior to the police.

   Fatau Brandi swept the back of his right hand across his left chest, "We know each other."

  “I feel the enthusiasm from Las Vegas again, which is very nostalgic.”

   "See you later." Fatau Brandi left without saying a word.

  Val came over and looked at Fatau Brandi's back, "When did you mess with this chimpanzee? He looks really strong.

  I think he could kill a lion. "

   "Excellence is always envied by others, just get used to it." Luke didn't take it seriously, turned and went into his room.

  Because of the Las Vegas shooting incident, Luke stole the limelight, and things have two sides. The better Luke performs, the more effective he is, and the more incompetent the Las Vegas police will appear.

  Firefighters also belong to the concept of "big police". Although they do not belong to the same department, the two parties often work together to cooperate with each other, and they can be regarded as their own.

   There are cooperation and conflicts between firefighters and the police, but they fall in love and kill each other internally. Once there is an 'enemy', they will be consistent with the outside world.

  Public Safety Officers Medal of Valor recipients are mostly police officers and firefighters.

   Luke slapped the Las Vegas police in the face. As a member of the Las Vegas Public Security Department, Fatau Brandi would naturally not be too friendly to Luke, otherwise, he would not be able to explain it when he went back.

  If he was with Luke in Washington and went back to Las Vegas to go out with the police, those Las Vegas police officers would give him a good face.

  However, I don't like to express my attitude directly, so I don't have to worry about the other party playing tricks.

  …

  Luke cleaned up briefly, and the little fat man, Val, Linda, and Robert came to visit the room.

  After some comparisons, they agreed that Luke's room was better, mainly reflected in two points. The first point is that Luke's room has a greeting letter from the White House, and there is a black chocolate that was eaten by the little fat man.

  In addition, Luke's room is a side room, with an extra terrace, from which you can just see the White House.

  The little fat man wanted to move to Luke's room to live together, but Luke sternly refused. His room is a big bed room, so he didn't want to share a bed with the little fat man.

   Fatty and Val live in a double room with two beds, which is more suitable.

   After chatting for a while, the family went to the cafeteria downstairs for dinner.

  The dishes are quite rich, salmon, beef and mutton, prawns, and oysters are enough.

  The family chatted while eating, and Val and the little fat man would inevitably quarrel when they got together, and Luke was no stranger to it.

  After dinner, free at leisure.

  Luke went to the open-air bar on the top floor of the hotel.

  Different from other bars, this bar is very warmly decorated, there are not many people in the bar, and you can only enter and spend with a room card.

  Luke walked to the bar, and the bartender in a black vest asked, "Sir, what would you like to drink?"

  Luke glanced at the wine list, and found that there are national liquors Moutai and Wuliangye. From this, we can see the influence of the wealthy people in Huaguo, "A glass of Wuliangye."

  Although Moutai is good, Luke doesn't like the smell of sauce very much.

   "Sir, your wine will be charged to the room card bill."

   "Thank you." Luke took a sip, and it tasted that way.

  Wine is a good thing. Luke is going to buy some good wine and save it when he has time.

   "Hi, Luke, we meet again." A woman's voice sounded next to him.

  Luke turned his head and looked, and it was Laura, a Latin beauty, wearing a long black dress with a protruding front and back, and a snake waist, very sexy.

   "Laura, are you staying at this hotel too?"

"Yes, the company booked a room for me. I wanted a high-rise room, but they only booked a room on the fourth floor for me." Laura complained, and sat next to Luke, leaning forward, The murder weapon is very dazzling.

"What is your job?"

   "Financial industry. What about you?"

"police."

   Luke looked at the other party carefully, it was really eye-catching... If you dare to wear it, I will dare to look at it.

  Laura seemed to have noticed Luke's gaze, but she didn't pay much attention to it. She asked openly, "Want to buy me a drink?"

   "Of course...but not today."

   "I was rejected?" Laura showed a disappointed look.

   "No, I'd love to buy you a drink, but I have an appointment today."

"real?"

   "Yes, he didn't lie to you." A Latin beauty with more outstanding appearance, temperament, and figure walked slowly between the two of them.

  Luke introduced, "Orti, this is Laura, we came on the same plane."

  Laura looked at Orti carefully, with a little embarrassment on her face, "I won't bother you, see you another day."

  Orti sat on the other side of Luke, looking at Laura's back, "Didn't bother you?"

   "No, you came just in time."

   "She looks pretty good, she seems to be interested in you, most men would be tempted, you really have no idea?"

  Luke looked at Orti, "There are more exciting things around me."

  Orti turned sideways to look at Luke, her willow eyebrows slightly moved, "Are you flirting with me?"

   Luke asked back, "Is there a chance?"

  Orti smiled and raised his hands, "I surrender, let's talk about business."

   "Want something to drink? My treat."

   "An apple martini, thank you." Orti said to the bartender, then turned to look at Luke, "What are your plans for tomorrow?"

   "Aren't you going to be my guide? You have the final say."

   "Didn't you come with your family?"

   "I can act alone."

   "Family is the most important thing, you should stay with your family.

   After the award ceremony is over, I will take you to the headquarters of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. "Orti took a sip of his cocktail,

   "If you encounter any problems in Washington, you can tell me and I will help you solve them."

  Luke leaned forward and said softly, "Help me find out about that woman just now."

   "Laura?"

   "Exactly."

  Orti smiled, "Wow...Is Captain Li's heart moved, or does he have other ideas?"

   "I'll tell you when I find it, is it difficult?"

"a piece of cake."

   "Waiting for your news." Luke raised his glass and clinked glasses with Ortie.

   "Luke, so you are here." Val walked into the bar and waved at Luke, and walked over, "Hey, is this beautiful woman your friend?"

   Luke introduced, "Ortie, my new girlfriend."

   "Wow, wow..." Val opened his mouth wide and looked at Orti, who was on the side, with an unbelievable look on his face, "When did you get a girlfriend?

  Is this beauty really your girlfriend? "

  Orti laughed, "He's teasing you, we're just ordinary friends who just met in Washington."

Val froze for a moment, the beauty in front of him smiled sweetly, he was willing to believe it, but he thought of Luke's analysis of his first love and newlyweds after getting off the plane - two friends from Los Angeles happened to come to Washington, and happened to meet at the bar of the same hotel , which shows that the two have been in contact for a long time...

   "I won't bother you?"

  Luke nodded, "You have interrupted."

  Val shook his fist at Luke and smiled at Orti, "Nice to meet you."

   After finishing speaking, Val walked aside and said to the bartender, "Bring me a glass of the most expensive whiskey. Put it on the account of that bad boy just now."

   "Sir, is that gentleman your friend?"

   "I am his uncle."

"as you wish."

"bad boy.

   Sure enough, beautiful women still like bad boys..."

  …

  Orti asked, "Who is he?"

   "My dear uncle."

   "It can be seen that you have a good relationship.

  But why do you say I am your new girlfriend? "

  Luke laughed, "I'm bragging."

   "Bragging?" Orti leaned forward, pursing his red lips, "Will it be very face-saving?"

   "Of course. You don't mind?"

   "Looking at your tasteful face... it's not an example.

  Thank you for the wine. "Orti put down a word and left with long legs.

  Watching Ortie leave, Luke scanned the bar, looking for Laura, another Latin beauty.

  The reason why Luke asked Orti to help investigate Laura was because he felt that Laura was deliberately approaching him, and secondly, he wanted to see the capabilities of the Pinkerton Detective Agency.

  Luke saw Laura, sitting in the corner on the east side of the bar, next to a burly figure, it was Fatau Brady, a firefighter from Las Vegas.

   Fatau Brandi also seemed to see Luke and raised his glass to Luke.

  Luke didn't know whether he was showing his favor, or showing off that he had a beautiful woman by his side, and he didn't bother to think about it, so he raised his glass as a gesture.

  Also a Latin beauty, with Orti's jewels in front of him, he really has no interest in Laura.

   This is the same as the college entrance examination, a difference of one point may be hundreds of rankings.

  …

  The next morning.

   After the family finished eating, they officially started playing.

  The first stop was the Capitol, a building that Washington himself laid the foundation stone for in 1793, with a white marble style and a great style.

   There are a lot of tourists queuing up for this scenic spot, most of them are foreign tourists. Fortunately, Luke and the others went earlier and did not queue for too long.

The second scenic spot went to the National Art Museum. This art gallery is very characteristic. There are two completely different architectural styles in the east and west. The east side is a modernist geometric building, while the west side has a strong ancient Greek style. The exhibition hall There are more than 40,000 collections in total, including many famous calligraphy and paintings.

   But the painting, it knows you, you don’t know it, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand viewers, how can the little fat man have the patience to look at this at his age, and he clamored to go to the Air and Space Museum after staying for more than half an hour.

  Luke also wants to go. It is said that there are as many as 260 real planes alone. This is where men should go.

   But the problem was that there was a woman in the line, so everyone stayed in the art gallery for more than an hour, and then dined at a famous local restaurant recommended by Orti.

In the afternoon, the little fat man finally went to the Aerospace Museum that he had been thinking about. It is really big and there are so many planes. It displays all kinds of planes, rockets, missiles, spaceships, and those used by famous pilots and astronauts. utensils.

  Tourists from all over the world can enter and visit, but photography is prohibited.

  Luke was an eye-opener. Just visiting the Air and Space Museum was worthwhile.

   After watching the Aerospace Museum, the little fat man yelled to visit the National Museum of Natural History, but it was already a bit late, so he had to wait until the day after tomorrow.

  …

   At five o'clock in the afternoon, Luke returned to the hotel first and stood waiting at the door.

  At around 5:10, a bus stopped at the door, and passengers got off the bus one after another.

  A middle-aged Asian man in casual clothes got out of the car. The man was about 1.8 meters tall, a little thin, and wore black-rimmed glasses.

  Luke walked up quickly, "Uncle."

   "Luke."

  The two hugged.

   "Let me help you with your luggage." Luke took the man's suitcase.

   "The last time we met was during Chinese New Year."

"right."

  Li Zhaonian looked at Luke, "Compared to the last time we met, you are much more stable."

   "I was young and ignorant before, so I made you worry. I have already booked a hotel room for you." Luke led his uncle into the hotel.

  The day before yesterday, after Luke contacted his father Li Zhaofeng, he always felt a little uncomfortable.

   Afterwards, he called his grandfather to greet him, and told him that he was coming to Washington to receive the award.

  The old man was very happy, so he asked his uncle Li Zhaonian to come to Washington to attend the award ceremony on behalf of the family.

  Luke reserved four hotel rooms, one of which was reserved for his uncle Li Zhaofeng.

  Luke asked concerned, "How is my dad's health?"

   "It's nothing serious, you don't have to worry."

   "I was thinking of going to New York to see him when Washington is over."

   "No, he doesn't want Jack to know about it. Anyway, Christmas is coming soon. When the time comes, your brothers will go to New York together, and your dad will be fine, and he can have fun with your brothers."

  Luke nodded, "I was afraid that Jack would know about it, so I didn't let him pick you up."

   "I'm not an outsider, why are you being polite to me. Didn't this little fat man keep clamoring to lose weight?"

   Luke smiled, "You can see for yourself later."

  Luke took his uncle to the hotel room, put down the suitcase, and went to the hotel restaurant for dinner together.

   Li Zhaonian, Robert, and Val also know each other. Although Luke's parents have divorced, the relationship between the two parties is not bad.

  The little fat man was very happy to see Li Zhaonian, pestered Li Zhaonian for a red envelope, and asked why his father didn't come?

   Li Zhaonian can only use Li Zhaofeng's busy work as a cover.

  The little fat man was a little unhappy, and he only smiled after asking for a red envelope.

  At the dinner table, Li Zhaonian drank a lot of wine and frequently toasted to Robert, Linda, and Val.

   Calling one sister-in-law at a time, no matter how sincere they are, but the superficial relationship is maintained very well.

   For a divorced family with little contact, this is enough.

  Even if Li Zhaonian didn't look at his brother's face, he still had to look at his two nephews' face.

  After the meal, Li Zhaonian drank a lot of wine, Luke sent him back to the hotel room, chatted with him for a while, and then went back to the room himself.

  Tomorrow is the day of awarding honors, and it will be broadcast live nationwide, no, it should be seen by the whole world.

  Luke can also attract a lot of attention just by killing the shooter in Las Vegas.

  He was only famous in Los Angeles and Las Vegas before, but after tomorrow, he may be noticed by the whole world.

  Of course, this attention does not refer to everyone, but refers to people in the same industry or who follow similar news.

   "Buzz." Luke's cell phone rang, and it was a text message from Orti.

  She has found out Laura's identity.

   Seeing the specific content of the text message, Luke smiled.

  Maybe he was overthinking, Laura's identity shouldn't pose a threat to him, it doesn't matter.

  Luke replied, "Beauty, thank you."

   "Good luck tomorrow, 'big hero'."

   Thank you book friends for your reward.

  (end of this chapter)