Chapter 384

Half an hour ago.

Ino neighborhood, Linda’s house.

“Haha ……”

A burst of laughter came from the dining room.

Linda, Val, Little Fatty, and Grandma were sitting at the dining table, eating and chatting at the same time.

Although Granny was sometimes not very reliable, she was a good conversationalist, and as long as she was there it was rarely cold.

Grandma held a glass of red wine and drank it, “Linda, it’s been a long time since I’ve eaten your cooking, the cooking is still so great, I have to say that you completely inherited my talent for cooking.”

Linda spread her hands, “That latter comment could have been left out.”

Val laughed, “Then again, it’s been a long time since I’ve had mom’s cooking. Where have you been this year and why haven’t you been in touch?”

“Oh …… I’ve had a very full year and done a lot of things.

I went on a trip to Africa to help poor, starving children, I can’t imagine that there are actually places in the world that don’t have enough to eat.

I volunteered over there and donated some medicine and food as well.

Then …… I went to China, which is very big and populous, with rich places and poor mountainous areas, and poor places where you have to walk a long way to school.

So …… I donated a hope elementary school.”

“Wow wow ……” the little fat man showed a surprised look, “Grandma, you’re great, you’ve actually done so many good things.

Africa and China are both places I aspire to, and I’ve never been there yet.

But I heard my oldest brother say that China’s population is dropping off a cliff, and many rural schools are being cut because they can’t recruit students, so why do you still want to build Hope Primary School?”

Grandma was a little embarrassed, “Uh …… how have you been studying lately?”

Val smiled, “What a loving family.”

Linda stood up and pointed to the plates on the table, “Lunch is over.

I’m doing the cooking today, I’ll leave these to you guys, I’m sure you can do a good job.”

Grandma shook her right hand, “I accidentally twisted my hand in the box I hid it in yesterday to prepare a surprise for you guys.

So, over to you guys.” Granny’s eyes looked over at Val and Chubby.

Linda had long been surprised by this scene, but her eyes were drawn to the ring on Granny’s finger, “Is that a real diamond ring you’re wearing?”

Granny smiled and waved her right hand, “You think I’d wear a fake one?”

“Mom, where did you get that much money for a diamond ring.” Although Val was not clear about the market of diamonds, but the size was still visible, this diamond was the size of a soybean grain, definitely not cheap.

“Buy a diamond ring?

NoNoNo, if a woman needs to buy her own diamond ring, then she’s too much of a failure.

This was given to me by someone else.”

Val grabbed her mom’s hand and looked at it closely, “Why would you accept such an expensive gift from someone else?”

“I didn’t want it either, but the other person had to give it to me. It made me bitter too ……” The look on Granny’s face didn’t even come close to the word bitter.

Linda sat back in her chair, “Who gave it to you?”

Grandma was a little upset at her daughter’s tone, “By the sound of your voice, I thought your grandmother had come back to life.”

Linda asked rhetorically, “So …… you want to piss her off one more time?”

“How many times have I told you, I didn’t piss off your grandmother.” Grandma lowered her voice, “Actually, I’ve always suspected it was your Aunt Sophie, but I never asked her for fear of getting punched ……”

Val snickered, “I wouldn’t be surprised if Aunt Sophie beat someone up.”

Linda was a little speechless.

Grandma looked at Linda’s right hand, “You’re still young …… It’s time for a fresh start too, forget about that bad boy.

When you got married, I thought you guys weren’t right for each other, he was just a passing fixture in your life.”

Linda glanced at the little fat man, “Mom, this is not the right time to talk about this.

Instead of caring about me, you should be thinking more about Val.”

Grandma took Val’s hand, “Honey, you really should find a companion.”

Val took her hand out, “Hey, hey, why are you pointing the finger at me, you guys think I won’t be able to find a girlfriend?

How can that be, I do date people.”

Linda said, “Then bring back a girlfriend, like Jack.”

The chubby little man squeezed his eyes at Val.

Val sighed and said defiantly, “I will ……”

“Whoops ……”

A siren suddenly sounded outside.

Linda walked over to the window to check it out and noticed 3 police cars parked outside the yard.

“Why are there police cars outside?”

Fatty said, “Could they be here for Lao.”

“Luke has the day off, and it’s the rangers out there ……,” Linda finished, looking at her brother with some mischief, “Val, what’s going on?”

Val gave an innocent look, “This is your house, how do I know what’s going on? How did you know they were coming for me?”

Outside the window, the patrolman stepped out of the car and walked in toward the yard as Linda urged, “Jack, call your brother.”

An hour later.

A Mercedes G500 pulls into the neighborhood.

The car pulls up to the curb and Luke steps out of the car to see a familiar police officer.

“John.”

“Hi Luke, I was just about to contact you.” John walked over.

“What’s up?”

“I’ve got a date with a friend to watch the game, but he’s got something coming up and he’s not going to be there, do you want to come along?”

“When?”

“Tonight.”

“What match.”

John smiled in a mysterious way, “You’ll find out when you go.”

“See you tonight.” Luke peered into the house, “What’s going on here?”

“A fraud, something small.” John asked back, “What are you doing here?”

“My mother lives here.”

“Wow. ……” John raised an eyebrow with a surprised look, “Uh …… there might be some kind of misunderstanding.

How old is your mother?”

“Less than fifty.”

John breathed a sigh of relief, “Then it’s nothing to do with her, we’re investigating an old lady of about seventy.”

“I’ll go in and take a look.”

John said, “Are you still going at night?”

“Why not?”

Luke went into the house and there were two patrolmen sitting in the living room being questioned, Humpty Dumpty wasn’t downstairs, and Grandma and Linda were sitting on the couch with Val standing off to the side.

Linda saw her son and breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had found her backbone.

Grandma stood up as well and pointed to Luke, “This is my grandson, he’s a cop too.”

The two questioning officers looked over at Luke, and one of them was an acquaintance, Lucy, “Luke, is this your home?”

“Yes, my mother’s house.

What happened?”

Lucy said, “We received a call from a gentleman who claimed that one of his diamond rings had been stolen.

The caller provided the suspect’s name, Jenna Dean, and we found the place.

The diamond ring on her hand matched the description given by the informant.”

Grandmother Jenna Dean pleaded, “I didn’t steal anything, this is a false accusation! I’m the one who should have called the police, not him.”

Lucy said, “But the person who reported the theft had a proof of purchase for the diamond ring that matched the serial number of the ring you were wearing.”

Jenna Dean said, “I recognize that he bought this diamond ring, but he already gave it to me.

It belongs to me then.”

Lucy said, “According to the informant, the diamond ring was used for a marriage proposal and you refused his proposal and did not return the ring.

You refused to meet with him, refused to answer your phone, and left your residence with the diamond ring.

That constitutes fraud.”

Jenna Dean shook her head and didn’t seem to agree with the other woman, “I didn’t commit fraud.”

Lucy asked back, “Then why didn’t you return the diamond ring?”

“I …… I love this diamond ring, I really do ……” Jenna Dean ran her hand over the diamond ring and looked at Lucy again, “You’re a woman too , you should be able to understand, right?”

Lucy retorted, “I’m sorry ma’am, I can’t understand.

If you don’t accept the other person’s proposal, you should return their proposal, otherwise it’s illegal possession.”

“I didn’t scam him, I didn’t ask him to buy a diamond ring, he put it on my hand of his own accord, and I didn’t say I wouldn’t give it to him ……

Just wanted to wear it for a while longer.

I didn’t think he would choose to call the police, what a petty man.

I’m glad I didn’t accept his proposal.” Jenna Dean took the diamond ring off with some reluctance and placed it in front of Lucy, “Please pass it on to him.

Tell him not to contact me again.

My heart is broken by him.”

Lucy “……”

Jenna Dean was not taken away by the police, and like she said, the diamond ring was given to her by the other party on her own initiative, not something she actively solicited or stole, and at best it was illegal possession.

And since the other party had pleaded guilty with a good attitude and returned the diamond ring of her own accord, the police had a certain amount of discretion, and for Luke’s sake, there was no need to take the old lady for a walk to the police station.

Luke sent Lucy and another police officer out and somewhat awkwardly watched the police car leave.

Linda somewhat regretted having her son back, “Son, I’m sorry for embarrassing you.”

“There’s a Chinese saying, ‘every family has its own problems’, as long as I’m not embarrassed, it’s others who are.”

Mother and son entered the living room.

Jenna Dean grabbed Luke’s arm, “SORRY, honey, Grandma got you in trouble.”

Jenna Dean also knew that if Luke hadn’t been there, I’m afraid this wouldn’t have ended so smoothly, and she would have had to go to the police station in handcuffs as a guest.

Luke didn’t answer, he knew who his uncle inherited his unreliability from, and why Grandpa resented Grandma so much.

What a fucking pit.

Near the gym.

Luke and John stepped out of the car and slipped through the parking lot towards the gym.

There were already quite a few people, mostly men, gathered in groups outside the gym.

Luke wondered, “Can we say what the match is now?”

John laughed, “The wrestling match.”

Luke looked at the billboard at the entrance with two women in bikinis, “Are you sure it’s wrestling?”

“Women’s wrestling.”

“Then why are they dressed like that?”

John walked over to the sign and read with his finger, “Women’s nude wrestling matches.”

Luke frowned slightly, “Is it regular?”

“Of course, it has the same rigorous format and rules as a regular sporting event, and most of the wrestlers involved are professional athletes.” John squeezed his eyes, “Everyone who’s seen it says it’s good.”

Luke pointed to the sign, “Is it the same as the sign? It’s not going to be false advertising, is it?”

“Don’t worry, it will only be less, not more.” John finished and walked into the stadium.

Luke followed suit and picked up his ticket at the lobby kiosk, saw the redemption sign not far away and asked, “You can still bet here?”

“It works on your phone, I’ll teach you in a minute.”

The two bought drinks in the hall, and stepped into the audience one after the other.

At this time, the audience was already almost full, the two men’s seats were in the front row of the audience, not far from the ring’s position, and they could see very clearly.

The two found the third row against the tickets, and their seat numbers were linked together, one was row 3, number 17, and one was number 18.

By now, there were two white men already sitting in the seats, chatting enthusiastically with the people around them, letting out a chuckle from time to time.

Luke looked at the tickets, and then looked at the location, yes yah, “Hey sir, what’s your seat number please?”

A bearded white man looked at Luke, “Kid, are you talking to me?”

“Yes, you’re in my seat.” Luke shook the ticket in his hand.

The bearded man said disdainfully, “This seat is mine now.”

“Why?”

The bearded man pointed at the several men beside him, “Because we’re in a gang and we’re going to watch the game together, so get the hell out of here if you understand.”

The three men next to him also glared at Luke, and one of the tattooed men even rolled up his sleeves to give his companion a practical cheer.

Luke patiently advised, “I don’t want any trouble, I don’t care what your relationship is, number 17 and 18 are our seats.

Make way for me immediately.”

The bearded man stood up and threatened, “If I don’t let them out, what do you want? Wrestle with me in the ring?”

“Haha ……”

A few of his friends around him laughed and followed suit, standing up and looking at Luke with a mischievous look on their faces.

John, who was off to the side, flashed his badge and questioned, “What are you doing? Assaulting a police officer?”

Seeing the police badge, the bearded man instinctively shrunk his neck, and his accomplice lost his previous arrogance and sat back down.

Luke waved his hand, “Take out your ID.”

“Why?”

“You want to assault a police officer?”

“What bad luck.” The bearded man showed a chagrined look, but took out his driver’s license as instructed.

Luke looked at the driver’s license and snapped a picture, “Get lost and don’t let me see you again.”

The bearded man took back his license, didn’t dare to fart, and obediently slipped away.

The man sitting next to him in seat 18 also left.

John sat in seat 17 and Luke sat next to him in seat 18, surrounded by men and big guys, feeling a little cramped and not very comfortable.

Luke looked at the two associates of the bearded man, “You two fuck off too.”

One of the men with a tattoo on his neck said, “We have tickets, number 19 is my seat.”

The other man pulled out his ticket, “I’m number 20.”

“I don’t care.

I don’t want to see you guys, get the hell out of here right now or ……,” Luke said with a you-know-what look on his face.

“You can’t do that, we bought tickets.

We have the right to sit here.” The tattooed man said, disgruntled.

“Until I change my mind ……

Fuck off.” Luke’s voice was low with a hint of provocation.

The two accomplices of the bearded man and Luke stared at each other for a moment, but they finally wimped out and left their seats in indignation.

Luke sat in seat 19, next to the empty seat, feeling much more spacious and in a better mood.

Two bikini beauties also mounted the ring ……