Chapter 192

South Coast Shopping Plaza Center.

It was a large shopping center with more than 400 stores of all kinds, and all of them were well-known brands with high prices, and it was Luke’s first time to shop here.

He didn’t expect that his first shopping trip to the mall would be for the purpose of purchasing a coffee maker.

However, looking at Daisy’s serious look, he didn’t say anything.

Perhaps for Americans coffee had become an indispensable part.

This shopping center is a large area, there are four floors up and down, which may not be much in China, but in Los Angeles is already considered a high-rise building, and the shopping center covers a much larger area than in China.

The two went directly to the third floor of the shopping center, which basically sells home appliances, all kinds of electrical appliances, just specializing in selling coffee machines there are four brands.

One of the brands mainly made large coffee vending machines.

The other three brands belong to the household type.

Luke does not know much about how to choose a coffee machine, but mainly listen to Daisy’s advice.

Daisy gave three criteria, the first must be freshly ground coffee.

Second, easy to clean, this is very important, if the cleaning is more complicated, it is estimated that the use of a few times to be idle.

The third is the type of coffee production, clear coffee function is relatively simple, mixed coffee function to be more, the price is also slightly expensive.

After some selection, Luke selected a coffee machine brand called Meritor, the price of about 1500 U.S. dollars.

He tried the coffee, the flavor was very good, and the milk froth was also very professional.

Luke felt that the price was good enough, but if it was higher, he couldn’t accept it. It wasn’t that he didn’t have the money, but he just didn’t think that it was very high tech.

This price is enough to buy a good quality coffee machine, higher, is the brand premium or IQ tax.

After buying the coffee maker, the two of them started shopping for clothes again.

Luke came to Los Angeles has been blindly busy, has not been how to properly shop in the mall, this time there are Daisy accompanied by two people just can be romantic.

The second floor is to sell clothes, two people down the elevator just men’s clothing area.

Luke browsed through a few stores and bought a t-shirt, a shirt, two pairs of pants, one pair of shorts, three pairs of underwear, three pairs of socks, spending less than two hundred dollars in total.

He wasn’t very attached to clothes, as long as a man was good looking, tall and well built, what he wore was actually pretty much the same.

In his opinion, clothes are just to protect him from the cold and to cover up his shame, so it’s useless to buy too expensive ones.

In fact, this also applies to women, look pretty and have a good figure, what is important to wear?

After that, Luke bought another pair of shoes, spending nearly two hundred dollars.

He still pays more attention to shoes, the fit is very important, can’t settle.

A penny for a penny, wear a good shoe and then wear an ordinary shoe, you will know the gap.

When you are young, you don’t feel it, but when you have some life experience, you will know the importance of protecting your feet.

If your feet are injured, you are half dead.

It was even more so for the police.

After Luke finished his shopping, he started to accompany Daisy to go shopping.

Luke did not like shopping, but today was different, he had to accompany Daisy to shop properly.

This was the first time the two had officially gone shopping since they had been dating.

Daisy first went to shop cosmetics, bought some messy masks, perfume, skin care, Luke is not very understanding, he only knows that spent nearly 3000 dollars.

Daisy bought two more outfits costing about 1500 dollars.

After that, another pair of shoes cost 700 dollars.

Luke was secretly shocked, fortunately he was the one who had the hang-ups, otherwise he really couldn’t afford to support her, and this was still just the daily items that cost more than 5,000 dollars.

If you buy another bag?

Of course, Daisy is not spending money indiscriminately, there is also a relationship with her work.

Lawyers are snobs.

This snobbery is not a pejorative term, but clients also consider the strength of the attorney before choosing a firm and an attorney.

The lawyer’s own financial ability is also taken into consideration.

Lawyer spending high, high income, prove that you have the ability, on the contrary, you wear rags, even a clothes can not afford, how can customers believe you.

Many new lawyers start their careers with an expensive suit before they even earn any money.

Lawyers not only represent individuals, but also law firms.

It’s the difference between the two professions, the consumerism that comes with the attributes of the profession.

After Daisy finished her shopping, Luke tried to help pay for it, but Daisy refused.

Daisy is financially independent and Luke does not insist.

This may also have something to do with Daisy’s family of origin.

For lunch, the two ate a buffet together.

Lobster, tuna, salmon, grouper, abalone, oysters, all kinds of seafood at random.

Wagyu beef, ham, foie gras, etc., all kinds of meat were also available in unlimited quantities.

Daisy’s meal size was average, so she definitely couldn’t eat her way back.

But Luke was definitely able to eat his way back.

The two also drank a bottle of red wine, and the atmosphere had to get going.

After the meal, Luke wanted to take Daisy to a movie, is it like the two have known each other for so long and haven’t seen a movie outside together?

The two of them arrived at the theater, and when they bought tickets, they were guilty of not actually having a favorite movie.

“Jingling ……”

A cell phone rang.

Luke took out his cell phone to see that it was his mom calling.

Luke was a little surprised, he did not tell his mom about the break, work time mom will rarely call.

Luke’s eyes scanning around, is it possible that his mom knows that he is on a date?

I didn’t see anyone.

Luke pressed the answer button, “Hi, beautiful, can I help you?”

“Luke, where are you now?” Linda’s voice was a little serious.

“I’m at the South Coast Mall, what’s up?”

“Your uncle is in trouble, he’s been taken to the police station by the police, you’d better come.”

Luke frowned, “What happened?”

“He got into a fight and now he may be charged with intentional assault.”

“Why the fight?”

“Uh …… Val got a job at the supermarket.

Some asshole has been running a zero-dollar buy for more than once.

Every time he messed up the supermarket, Val got a little upset and blocked the other guy, and the two got into a fight, and he injured the other guy.”

“Was the other man badly hurt?”

“I don’t feel it’s serious, but the other party refused to settle, and insisted on suing Val for intentional injury.”

“Who started the fight?”

“Val said the other party started it, but the surveillance didn’t capture it at the time.

And the other party refused to admit it, plus the other party was more seriously injured, the situation is very unfavorable for Val, and he will probably be detained.”

“Did you get a lawyer?”

“No, do you know a good lawyer? Money isn’t a problem, I’ll get your grandfather to reimburse me.”

Luke glanced at Daisy next to him, “Sure, I’ll be right there.”

Luke hung up his cell phone and Daisy beside him asked, “What happened?”

“My uncle works in a supermarket, someone in the supermarket bought zero dollars, he stepped in to stop the other person, as a result, the two people fought, the other person sued him for intentional injury.

My uncle said that the other party started it, but the other party refused to admit it, and the surveillance didn’t capture it, so things are more troublesome.” After Luke finished, he looked at Daisy who was on the side, “Have you been busy lately?”

Daisy asked back, “You want me to be your uncle’s lawyer?”

“What do you think? It’s okay if you don’t feel comfortable with it, I can find another lawyer.”

Luke had two candidates in mind, Daisy and Porter.

He had dealt with attorney Porter twice, Porter was a good person and capable, usually in charge of cases in the Robbery and Murder Division, and this kind of case was not a piece of cake.

Daisy was a little hesitant.

Luke also saw it, “If you’re embarrassed forget it.”

“I’m not saying it’s difficult, it’s just that your family is present, I might feel some ……” Daisy had a you-know-what expression.

Luke said, “You just have to show your professionalism like you usually do, you can ignore them.”

“Is that okay?”

“Sure. I only invited you there so you could be a lawyer, not so you could talk to them.

Besides, you’re my girlfriend, pleasing someone is enough.”

“Shouldn’t you be the one to please me?” Daisy laughed, then squared her shoulders and said, “OK, from what you’ve said, it doesn’t seem to be very difficult, I’ll take this case.”

Luke patted her willow waist, “Ms. Lawyer, happy cooperation.”

Daisy said, “This is no place for a client to touch, be careful I’ll sue you.”

Luke laughed, “Good thing you’re not a cop.”

Southern Division, Mediation Room.

The mediation room was about twenty square meters with a square conference table in the center.

A black policeman and an Asian policewoman sat in the center, and on both sides sat the two parties.

On one side were Val, Linda.

On the other side was a black man with a swollen right cheek and a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

The Asian policewoman glanced at her watch, “Hey, I called you guys together to give you a chance to reconcile, listen, this is good for both of you, agreed?”

The black man covered his cheeks, “You guys aren’t kidding, you’re actually asking me to reconcile with a murderer.”

Val retorted, “Who are you calling a murderer, you clearly started it, I was the one who acted in self-defense.”

The black man pointed to his face, “Look at my face, and you have the nerve to call yourself self-defense?”

Val said, “You were the one who choked me first and I pushed you away.”

“Liar, I didn’t choke you at all, you pushed me down first and then rode on top of me and beat me, there are witnesses at the scene who can testify to that, if they hadn’t come over to help, I could have been killed by you.”

The Asian policewoman shook her head and handed the black man a wet wipe, “Wipe the blood off the corner of your mouth.”

The black man refused dryly, “No need, I think it’s fine, it’s evidence that the murderer is trying to kill me, I’m not going to destroy it.”

The Asian policewoman was good-humored and amused, “It’s not as serious as you make it out to be, you got your ass kicked at best, there’s no murderer and you’re not going to die.”

“You’re right, that’s why I’m suing him for assault with intent. I just got scared and thought I might get killed.”

Annoyed, Val said, “Enough, you obviously started it, you choked me first, only it was in a surveillance blind spot.

It’s disgusting how you lie.”

The black man pointed at Val, “You’re the liar.

I’m not going to settle, wait for jail.”