Chapter 268
It was after nine o’clock in the evening.
Luke drove back home.
Little Fatty got out of the car, still looking soulful and wilted.
Luke had said enough today and didn’t want to persuade him anymore.
When a person encounters a setback, it’s hard to get over it all at once, so it’s useless to say more.
To put it bluntly, it is the need for a process of acceptance, the best healing medicine is still time, sleep may be better.
Luke brought his brother home and asked, “Where do you want to sleep tonight? The living room or the second bedroom?”
The little fat man looked at the living room and then walked to the door of the second bedroom, “Can I watch a movie on the projector in the second bedroom?”
“You’re still in the mood to watch a movie?”
“I want to distract myself, maybe I’ll feel better.”
“The best way to divert your attention is to sleep, you’ll forget about it when you fall asleep, maybe you’ll figure it out on your own the next morning.”
The little fat man thought about it and shook his head, “I can’t sleep, I want to watch a movie that will cheer me up a bit, do you have a good disc here?”
Luke laughed and teased, “The stripper kind?”
“Can we not talk about this again? I’ve forgotten about it.”
“I thought you liked to watch it.”
“I was just curious, that’s all.”
“OK, I’ll help you pick a movie that’s appropriate right now.” Luke walked over to the shelf by the wall, the wooden shelf held a lot of disks.
There were three main categories, action movies, comedy movies, and sci-fi movies.
With Little Fatty’s current condition, it was more suitable for comedy movies, Luke picked the only Bollywood movie on the shelf, Three Stooges in Bollywood: “Have you seen this movie?”
“An A.T. movie, are you sure?” The little fat man showed a disgusted expression, as a Los Angeles native, it was hard to have any interest in Bollywood movies.
Luke said, “I don’t like Ah San either, but this movie is worth watching.”
Little Fatty picked up the disc and looked at the movie description, “A 2009 movie, isn’t it too old.”
“Then you pick it yourself.” Luke lazily ignored him.
“Forget it, just this one.” Little Fatty was not in the mood to pick it himself and handed the CD to Luke.
Luke turned on the projector, played the disc, and the movie prologue began.
Little Fatty sat on the sofa against the wall and leaned back, “Why don’t you get a bed in the second bedroom.”
“This is my private movie theater, the couch is the standard.”
“You’re just afraid I’ll come and borrow it.”
“Oh, say it like it works.”
Little Fatty changed to a comfortable position on the couch, “I’m hungry.”
“Are you teasing me?” Luke was speechless.
“I only ate breakfast today, I wasn’t even in the mood for lunch, I’ve been hungry until now, I feel like I’m going to faint from hunger.”
“Don’t worry, you have so much fat on you that you can burn, you won’t starve.”
“You’re not worried about losing a cute little brother?”
“I don’t have a ‘cute’ brother, only an annoying one.”
“I’m hungry!”
“I’m really hungry.”
“I feel like I’m going to be starved ……” the little fat man began to crumble.
“STOP!”Luke clenched his fists, really wanting to punch him, but eventually held back because ……
he was getting a little hungry too.
“What do you want to eat?”
“Fried chicken, fries, pizza and coke, I’m really hungry.” Little Fatty gulped.
The following morning.
[Congratulations to the host, successfully detecting the red wine poisoning case, rewarded with 10 lottery chances.
Congratulations to the host, successfully detecting the Jiangnan Supermarket theft case, rewarding 10 lucky draw opportunities.
Congratulations to the host, successfully detecting the mineral water poisoning case, rewarding 50 lucky draw opportunities].
A familiar voice alerted Luke from his sleep.
Luke yawned and glanced at the time, it was already past seven in the morning.
Yesterday, it was already twelve o’clock at night after the midnight snack and the movie that he watched, and it was already more than twelve o’clock after washing up and going to bed.
Luke was resting today, and originally thought of taking a nap, but he was woken up by the sound of the system.
Luke looked at his cell phone for a while and woke up before starting the lottery.
The pointer stopped, Dog Training Card [You can quickly learn and comprehend dog training skills within three hours.]
Luke drew seventy times and won a total of five cards.
Three new cards, a dog training card, two old cards, and an appraisal card.
Two old cards, an appraisal card, and an accuracy card
The winning rate was a bit low this time.
In addition to the cards, Luke also won 65,000 dollars in the lottery.
At this point, his system reserve was as high as $129,000 dollars.
He had nearly a quarter of a million dollars in cash in hand.
Stocks had been earning well lately, and the market value had risen some nearly $1.27 million.
Luke was a big step closer to buying a mansion.
As for the new card, Luke felt that it was of little use, he didn’t even have a dog, what did he need a dog training card for?
However, the lottery thing is not subject to his will, he can only look forward to the next time he can draw a better card.
Luke didn’t want to get up, so he simply lay in bed and played with his cell phone for about an hour, and only got out of bed and washed up when it was close to nine o’clock.
Luke was also too lazy to get breakfast, and took Little Fatty to the snack bar in the community plaza to eat breakfast.
Little Fatty still had a listless look.
Luke was concerned, “In a better mood?”
“I dreamed last night that Maggie …… had a new boyfriend.” The little fat man’s voice was hoarse and his eyes were red.
Although it was a sad story, Luke somewhat wanted to laugh and forced a smile, “What do you want to do today?
I’m off today, I can take you out for a walk.”
The little fat man shook his head, “I can’t feel my heart anymore, I have to go and find it first, until then I don’t have the heart to do anything.”
“Jack, you’re thirteen, can you talk normally?”
“I’m going to find Maggie and ask her why she broke up with me. I’m not going to let go if I can’t figure that out.”
“Do you need me to go with you?”
“Can you help me distract Maggie’s father as well?” The little fat man gave an expectant look.
Luke “……”
Fikri’s Gun Club.
Luke didn’t bother with his shit, finished breakfast, and ran to the range alone to practice his marksmanship.
Luke still had one pistol card and three rifle cards.
Luke felt that his pistol skills were good enough and was ready to practice his rifle first.
He already had a certain understanding of rifles, and after using the rifle cards, he practiced with twice the efficiency, and a lot of knowledge that was originally stuck in theory was quickly grasped.
Without realizing it, it was already noon.
Luke ate at the club’s restaurant, Luke had just finished ordering when his cell phone rang.
Luke picked up his cell phone and saw that it was a call from his old mom.
The purpose of her call was simple, to inquire about Little Fatty’s situation.
Although her mouth said harsh words, Little Fatty was brought up by her, so how could she not care.
Luke told his mom about the situation and hung up his cell phone after a few more words of relief.
At this time, the dishes he ordered also came up, seafood risotto and a roast chicken, very cheap and large portion.
Simply eat some.
After the meal, Luke’s cell phone rang again.
Luke glanced at the screen and pressed the answer button, “Hi, Ms. Dean.”
“Lieutenant Luke, do you have a moment today?”
“What do you have to do?”
“Something does come up, can we meet and talk?”
“I’m at the Fikri Gun Club and will be practicing here this afternoon as well, why don’t you come over.”
“In the open air?”
“Yes.”
“It’s too hot today for me to go to a place like that.
Tell you what, I’ll rent a room at the hotel with a pool and we can talk.”
Luke smiled, “OK, but not in the afternoon, maybe in the evening.”
Luke hung up his cell phone, rested for half an hour, and continued practicing his gun.
In the afternoon, he practiced with a pistol, using the last pistol card.
Luke’s pistol marksmanship was already very good, and second only to Ramon in the entire First Squadron, and with the use of the precision card, it had even surpassed Ramon.
At five in the afternoon, Luke finished practicing, and the system’s beep sounded in his head, [Congratulations to the host, who has tapped into the potential of pistol marksmanship with the aid of the pistol card, rewarding ten lottery opportunities.]
Subsequently, the pistol card option disappeared.
Luke knew that his pistol marksmanship had also reached the top.
The mood was a bit complicated, mixed feelings I guess.
At night, Luke arrived at the Hilton Hotel.
Orty had booked a room with a pool.
When Luke arrived, Orty was already swimming in the pool, like a seductive mermaid.
Orty emerged from the water and smoothed her hair, “Are you going to just stand there and watch the whole time?”
“I didn’t bring my swim trunks.”
“I went ahead and got you a towel.”
Luke laughed bitterly, this woman was so vindictive, “Do I have to get in the water? Recording won’t do me any good either.”
“You’re right, I’m not worried about you recording, but I think it’s more equal and more comfortable.”
Luke undressed and got in the water in his boxer shorts, which were really about as good as swim trunks.
After being out in the sun all day, Luke got in the water and swam two laps in the pool before swimming over to Orty, “Can we talk now?”
“Actually, I came here today for the simple purpose of giving you money.”
“What kind of money?”
“The Vixen brand mineral water poisoning case, you provided some valuable clues and I brought your consulting fee.”
“How much?”
“Ten thousand dollars, do you want a check or a transfer?”
“Transfer it.”
“OK, it will be transferred to you first thing tomorrow.”
“You’re asking me out just for this?”
“Would you accept the money if I didn’t make it clear in advance?” After a few encounters, Orty could sense that Luke was a cautious man.
“Thanks, that’s very sweet of you.”
“No need for thanks, I hope you’ll be sweet to me in the future as well.”
Luke leaned forward and looked at Orty’s delicate cheeks, “Like what?”
“For example, I have a suitable commission I’d like to introduce to you right now, would you like to hear about it?”
Luke thought about it, “No, after a while, there are more things to do during this time, I can’t divide my energy.”
Olti pursed her red lips, “This is the second time you’ve rejected me.”
“It’s not that I want to reject you, but it’s really busy.”
“I hope there won’t be a third time.”
Luke smiled and didn’t say anything.
Orty then held out her slender right hand, “Two hundred dollars.”
“What do you mean?”
“The cost of this room with the pool is $400, so it’s not too much to ask for half for the two of us.”
“If I pay for it, does that mean I get to stay here tonight?”
“No.”
“Why?”
“Because I’m staying here.”
“But I paid for half the room too …… Why don’t we stay here together?” Luke offered.
Orty sighed softly, “Lieutenant Luke, you can go. I’ll cover the cost of the room.”
“We’re all here, don’t we have a dinner meal together?”
Orty laughed softly, “I don’t eat at night.”
“That’s too bad, I was going to invite you.”
Orty “……”
Back at the house.
The light was still on in the second bedroom.
Luke opened the door and looked in; the little fat man was lying on the couch watching a movie.
The name of the movie was Forrest Gump, and it was one of the few positive movies Luke had ever seen.
The little fat man looks downcast, his eyes red, still a sad look.
First love, pain is inevitable.
Just get used to it.
Luke said hello to him and went to bed.
The next morning, Luke got up and went to work.
Before leaving the door, thinking of waking up the little fat man, open the door to see people have been gone.
This ……
Luke originally thought that with the passage of time, the little fat man can gradually fade away.
But now it seems to be that he thought it was simple.
It is necessary to find the little fat man to talk again, lest something really happens to him, and he as a brother can hardly be blamed.
Luke had to work today, so he could only wait for the evening.
It wasn’t long after Luke arrived at the Robbery and Murder Division office that Reed arrived as well.
Sitting next to the lieutenant, he chatted.
Nine-five in the morning.
Squadron One held their morning meeting right on time, and Reed was in attendance.
Instead of sitting in the main seat, Reed took the lower right head seat.
Susan said in a solicitous tone, “Chief, why don’t you go first?”
“It’s better if you speak for yourself, I’ll add.”
Susan nodded, wiped her glasses and put them back on, her face looking more and more serious, “Gentlemen, we’re not going to talk about the case today, we’re going to talk about something else.
I’ve been coming to Robbery and Murder Division Squadron 1 for a while now …… and it’s time to say goodbye.
I know that my way of doing things …… sometimes makes people uncomfortable, and I’m not a beloved captain.
But I’ve enjoyed working with all of you and have cherished this time ……”
Hearing these words, everyone in the room was a bit taken aback.
Jenny couldn’t help but ask, “Captain, are you transferring?”
“Yes, I will probably be transferred to the Directorate’s Internal Affairs Department.”
The lieutenant’s eyes widened, “Wow wow, congratulations on your high promotion, Captain.”
Blackie pursued, “Captain, why are you back in the Internal Affairs system?”
Susan showed a rare smirk, “Because you have a more suitable captain.”
“Who?”
Xiao Hei asked the doubt in everyone’s mind.
Susan made a gesture of invitation, “It’s better to let Chief Reed speak.”
Reed swept a glance at the crowd then said, “I know everyone is upset about Captain Susan’s departure.
Susan is a good captain, sharing a lot of work for me, and I am not willing to let her go.
But the General Administration side wants people, and I can’t not give them.
I’m also torn.” Reed’s tone was sincere: “Captain, thank you for your dedication to the Heist and Murder Division during this time, this will always be your home.”
“Thank you Chief, and thank you all.
There’s no need for anyone to be sad, I know you all and we’ll be seeing a lot more of each other in the future.” Susan said with a double entendre.
Luke “……”
Blackie “……”
The crowd was at a loss for words.
Big sister, are you polite?
“Ahem ……” Reed coughed softly and continued
“Although Captain Susan has left, the work of First Squadron cannot be slackened.
She recommended Lieutenant Luke to take over the position of Lieutenant.
After careful consideration, the precinct’s senior management adopted her recommendation.
Vice Squadron Luke will temporarily take over the position of Acting Squadron Leader of the First Squadron.”