Chapter 124
In a black Ford Explorer.
Blackie was driving in the cab, and Luke was sitting in the passenger seat fuming.
A familiar voice came to mind in his head, [Congratulations to the host for solving the ‘perjury case’ and successfully arresting four suspects, rewarded with ten lucky draw opportunities].
This case wasn’t complicated, and the reward was only ten draw opportunities.
Luke still decided to draw a lottery, maybe he could draw a card with a new function.
The lottery interface appeared in his brain.
Drawing!
Pointer stops, one thousand dollars ……
Drawing ten times, won two pistol cards, eight thousand dollars.
The draw rate was as high as twenty percent, quite a bit higher than the previous win rate.
Good luck today.
The system warehouse now has eleven reserve cards and 53,000 dollars in reserves.
Adventure Card, 3 cards.
Precision card, 2 sheets.
Bullet Dodge Card, 2 sheets.
Pistol card, 2 sheets.
Detection card, 1 sheet.
Appraisal card, 1.
In addition, he had $35,000 invested in the stock market and over a thousand dollars in cash.
Several days had passed, but the stock price hadn’t moved much.
Luke felt that he had guessed correctly that the realization of the stock market might be small.
However, Luke does not plan to take it out for the time being, the stock market in the United States still has a head start, even if he can’t make a lot of money, he can still beat inflation.
At the same time, he still needs to find a new means of realizing money.
Seeing Luke sitting in a daze, Blackie couldn’t help but ask: “What are you thinking about?”
Luke perfunctorily said, “Why do you say that Harley is my little baby? If I didn’t know you as a person, I would have thought you had some special fetish.”
“That’s what you were just thinking?” Kuro was a little unconvinced.
“What else?”
“What’s there to think about, the Mercedes G500 is your big baby, isn’t the Harley your little baby? You don’t know how many men’s dreams these two babies of yours are. If I could have one of them, I’d be happy as hell.”
“You make a lot of money too, it’s easy to buy a Harley.”
“I’m saving up for one of my big babies.” Black smiled smugly.
“A Cadillac Escalade?”
“That’s right, isn’t it cool?”
“If you like it.” Luke wasn’t really interested in the legendary king of the wash.
Twenty minutes later the car was parked near Hammer’s garage.
Blackie pulled on the handbrake and said, “Hey man, before we go in I need to make it clear.
This mechanic store is owned by a friend of mine, and it’s a regular mechanic store.
He didn’t steal your Harley, nor did he collect the dirt, but someone put it here and asked him to modify it.
He notified me first thing when he got the message. It’s a very nice fellow, so …… I’d like to settle this reasonably, preferably without too much loss to him.”
“Of course, I know what to do and will handle it properly.” Luke assured.
Luke knew that Xiao Hei had a good relationship with these informants, that’s why these informants were willing to provide him with information, Xiao Hei was unreliable in other aspects, but he was still good to his friends, and his affinity attribute was high.
He also didn’t want to damage Xiao Hei’s credibility, once the word of mouth thing was broken, Xiao Hei’s network of relationships would be broken, and in the future it would be difficult for him to get news and clues.
Xiao Hei was now considered his little brother, he naturally wouldn’t do anything that would fixate on the zeros.
Under Xiao Hei’s lead, the two entered the car repair store, the owner was a black man with a bandana, looking to be about thirty years old, wearing a baseball shirt that was obviously one size too big.
The dress was definitely gangster, bullshit regular business, Luke didn’t believe it.
Of course, this world wasn’t only black and white, as long as it didn’t affect Luke’s interests, as long as he didn’t commit a felony, he didn’t bother much.
This kind of thing can’t be managed either.
Blacky and the garage owner met with a wrenching handshake before pulling each other into their arms, bumping shoulders, and patting each other on the back with the other hand.
Blacky explained, “This is my partner, Detective Luke.” Then pointing to Black, he introduced, “This is Pierre, my good buddy.”
Pierre extended his right hand, “Inspector Luke, if you are a friend of Marcus, you are a friend of mine, welcome.”
“Thanks.” Luke gave a courtesy handshake.
Black smiled, “Now that we all know each other, let’s go see the cute little Harley baby.”
Behind the repair store was a large yard with a number of cars and motorcycles, some under repair and some sitting idle.
With Pierre leading the way, the three of them came to the east side of the yard, where a Harley Fatboy lay along the wall.
However, upon seeing the car Luke almost didn’t recognize it.
The Harley Fatboy had been modified, head to tail.
From the outside, the lights, seats, and tailgate had all been replaced with new parts.
Luke tried to sit on it and the newer seats were comfortable, leather, softer and more flexible than the previous ones.
“Why did you modify the Harley?”
Pierre spread his hands, “It was a request from the bike thief, he brought the motorcycle in for me to modify, I didn’t realize the bike was stolen at first, then I heard from Marcus …… but by then the bike had already been modified.
SORRY, without your permission.”
Luke pressed, “What parts of the car were modified?”
“Xenon headlights, immobilizer, navigation bracket, seats, tailgate, fenders, thermoplastic tires, heated hand grips, and tailgate.
Also, the new bumpers haven’t been delivered yet, so I can’t install them until they arrive, and the car will look even better then.
I promise this car will be better than ever.”
Luke didn’t exactly take his word for it, and took the Harley for a test drive, and it did feel pretty good, both in terms of performance, and comfort.
“How much did the bike cost to modify?”
“Twelve thousand dollars.”
“So expensive?” Luke was a little surprised, he had only spent twenty thousand dollars on the car.
Pierre pointed at the Harley and said confidently, “These parts are the best used, and the workers’ skills are the best, it’s worth the price. And the previous Harley could only be considered standard, now this one belongs to the private customized version, it’s super cool.”
Truthfully, Luke also thought the modifications were pretty good, and the fire in his heart dropped, “Who’s the asshole who stole the bike?”
“I don’t know, it’s the first time I’ve seen him, white guy, mid-twenties, medium build, wearing a leather jacket, feels like a punk. He paid for it, and I did the mods for him.”
“How much did he pay?”
“A five thousand dollar deposit, and another seven thousand will be paid when he picks up the car.”
“Do you have a picture of him?”
“No.”
“Is there surveillance here?”
“There’s no way a place like this would have surveillance, it would interfere with my business.”
Luke asked rhetorically, “What are you going to do about this?”
Pierre thought for a moment and looked at Marcus on the side, “I told Marcus about this because I trust him and I listen to him.”
Marcus was touched by what he heard and reached out to touch fists with Pierre, “Thanks for the trust, brother.”
Luke nodded, “Marcus, what do you think?”
Marcus was in a bit of a bind, he couldn’t come up with anything too good for his brain capacity, “Ah, you’re all my brothers, and I don’t want anyone’s interests to be jeopardized. I hope we can all be happy.
The more friends the better isn’t it?”
“You’re right, I respect that.” Luke stood up and patted Harley, “Leave the car here for now, you continue with the modifications and when it’s done, call the car thief.
When he pays for the rest of the modifications, we’ll call the rookie patrolman.
The money is yours, the car is mine, and the man will be handed over to the rookie patrol to catch, what do you think?”
In an exaggerated tone, Blackie said, “Wowowow, that’s a great idea, Luke, you’re a genius.”
Pierre, the owner of the repair store, also breathed a sigh of relief, his greatest fear was that Luke would just take away the car and not get the rest of the modification money, not only did he work for nothing, but he also had to pay money back.
“Thank you, I’m very satisfied, this plan is too good.”
“You’re welcome, if you’re Marcus’ friend, you’re my friend.”
Hearing Luke praise himself so much, Marcus’ mouth grinned wide, revealing twelve big white teeth neatly arranged.
Luke wasn’t done yet, he still had to sue the asshole who stole the car, although the car was well modified and he was quite happy with it.
But after all, it didn’t go through his permission, and he was going to ask that car thief for another amount of compensation for the motorcycle repair.
At least five thousand dollars to start with.
Old me’s car is not that easy to steal.
Ruyy Restaurant.
It was a French restaurant located in the suburbs, and the restaurant had both indoor and al fresco dining.
Luke and Daisy sat in the open-air restaurant.
The table is next to a garden, the moon and stars, not many customers, especially quiet.
The two ordered a bottle of red wine, Daisy took a sip of red wine and said with a face of enjoyment, “The environment here is good, it’s very suitable for a couple’s date.”
“If you like it, I’ll bring you here more often in the future.”
Daisy smiled, “Then you have to make good money, the consumption here is not low.”
Luke said in a serious voice, “From now on I aspire to be the richest detective in America.”
“Shouldn’t it be a cop?”
“I think detective is more appropriate.”
“You plan to quit your job to be a detective?”
“You don’t have to quit your job to be a detective, at least I don’t have any plans to quit now. One day when I’m more famous, I can consider opening a detective agency.”
Daisy nodded, “Not a bad idea, I’m going to be your first guest then.”
Luke laughed, “I’ll give you a 50% discount.”
“Whoa whoa, that good for me?”
Luke grinned.
Daisy gave a curious look and changed the subject, “By the way, I heard Lucas isn’t dead, is that true?”
“You’ve seen Brazilian Lovers too?”
Daisy grinned, “Maybe Special Olympics?”
“You’re a Lucas fan?”
“Don’t you think he’s handsome?”
Luke was a little upset inside, “Handsome I don’t know, but he’s fast, less than five minutes.”
“Is it appropriate to say that on this occasion? But how do you know that?”
“Lucas had already been captured and I was in on the action when he was clapping for love with his wife, and it wasn’t more than ten minutes from start to finish.”
“Wow, that’s the first time you’ve described a case in such detail. It’s all useless though, my adolescent idol is ruined by you.”
Luke pointed to himself, “You have a new idol now.”
“Well, you sure are a lot better than him when it comes to applauding love.”
Luke smiled and continued, “How do you know Lucas isn’t dead? I don’t think the police announced it to the public.”
Daisy shrugged, “There are a lot of people following this, more than you think.
It’s true that the police haven’t made an announcement, but news has started to leak out, whether it’s a deliberate leak by the police or if it was dug up by a reporter, that’s unknown.
So what the hell is going on with this case? If Lucas isn’t dead, who is the dead guy? Is he the killer?”
Luke thought about Blackie bragging about X in the car today and said in a mysterious voice, “You really want to know?”
“Of course, this case is widely rumored, almost everyone in our law firm knows about it, and I have curiosity.”
“There are too many people here, come home with me tonight, in bed, and I’ll tell you.”
Daisy wasn’t going to fall for that, “Your bed at home is a little hard, I’m not used to sleeping in it.”
Luke grabbed Daisy’s smooth left hand, “It’s okay to go to your bed and tell you, I can get used to sleeping there.”
Daisy laughed softly, “I’ll think about it.”
Luke squeezed his eyes, “Won’t let you down.”
The two clinked glasses, Daisy took a sip and set it down, “I thought you said you had something to discuss with me? It can’t be about this, can it?”
“No, I wanted to consult with you about something legal.”
“What happened?”
“My Harley was stolen.”
“Your car was stolen?” Daisy gave a surprised look.
“That’s right.”
“When did it happen?”
“A couple days.”
Daisy thought for a moment, “No wonder I didn’t see Harley the last time I went to your house, why didn’t you tell me?”
“It’s not glamorous, you know.”
“You lost your car, you should have gone to the police or simply gotten it back yourself, why me?”
Luke took a bite of his juicy steak and said slowly, “The car was found at a body store.
The car thief sent it to the mechanic store to be modified, and the car was already altered beyond recognition when he found it.
If we catch the car thief, I plan to sue him for the cost of the repairs.
What do you think?”
“I should, it’s your right, I can be your lawyer and give you a …… call if you need it,” Daisy laughed as she instantly understood.
“You don’t really want to open a detective agency at all, you’re setting me up.”
“I didn’t.” Luke wouldn’t admit it.
“Then I won’t give you a 50% discount either, 70% at most.”
Luke was happy with the result now.
Daisy quickly went into work mode and
“How much did the Harley cost to buy?”
“Around twenty thousand dollars.”
“How much do you want to sue the other guy for?”
“Would five thousand dollars do?”
“No,” Daisy frowned slightly, “You want too little.”
“How much do you think is appropriate?”
“Thirty thousand dollars.”
Luke thought he heard wrong, “I only paid twenty thousand dollars for the car.”
“The cost of buying a car and the amount of compensation do have some relationship, but it’s not absolute.
The problem with the bike thief is not just that he stole the bike, but that he selfishly modified your favorite Harley without permission, and that’s a great deal of damage that you can claim from him for emotional distress.
It’s priceless.”
Luke said darkly that it seemed he still didn’t know much about America, or about lawyers as a profession.
It’s too profiteering.
Seeing that Luke never responded, Daisy wanted to know what he thought, “What do you think?”
“You lawyers are so black-hearted.”
Daisy was a little embarrassed, “You don’t like the claim package?”
“I love it.”