Chapter 538
“Hey guys, what are you talking about?” Reed walked into the restaurant courtyard.
The lieutenant beckoned, “Have a seat over here, I saved you an empty seat, thought you weren’t coming today.”
Reed smiled and sat down next to him, “I hear the baked escargot here is good, I’ve been wanting to try it for a long time, I just haven’t been invited.”
The lieutenant laughed, “That’s easy, as long as you send more funding to our squadron, we’ll invite you more often.”
“Is your squad still underfunded? It should be the most in the entire Detective Bureau, no, the entire LAPD.
Eating here for a month straight isn’t a problem.”
Luke picked up his glass, “Chief, next time you want to eat something give me the address.”
“That’s more like it.” Reed took a sip of his drink and flirted with the lieutenant at the side, “Old buddy, learn from your mistakes.”
The lieutenant rolled his eyes with disdain.
It took longer to eat the French food, and the crowd ate and chatted at the same time.
Luke’s a la carte order consisted of smoked salmon, mushroom soup, baked lobster, steak, sheep’s milk blueberry cheese, black tea, and whiskey.
After each person’s a la carte order, they also ordered three large buffet dishes that those who couldn’t get enough could chuck in themselves.
Jackson asked, “Chief, what do you think about the murder of Latifa Gallo?”
Reed put down his knife and fork and wiped his mouth, “Is that what you were just talking about?”
“Yes, I think the case was a tragedy that could have been avoided.
Latifah Gallo didn’t have to die and Theresa Lewis didn’t have to go to jail.”
Reed shook his head, “I have a different opinion on this matter.
There are some seemingly accidental things that were actually meant to be.
The conflict between Latifah Gallo and Theresa Louise is not a day or two old, it may have existed since the day Theresa Louise was born.
The conflict had been buried for a long time, and it was only a matter of time before it exploded.
This incident is just a trigger.”
Jackson said, “What I’m saying is that with outside intervention, the right kind of detachment, it’s possible for their mother-daughter relationship to get back on track.”
Reed smiled and looked over at Luke, who was off to the side, “What do you think?”
Because of the sensitivity of this case, Luke hadn’t been involved in the discussion, however, since Reed had spoken up, he had nothing to be concerned about, “I agree with the Chief’s words.
Their mother and daughter are both the closest people and the people who hate each other the most, if we borrow the viewpoint of the movie and TV show, this mother and daughter belong to the battle of destiny.
Even if they escape this one, there will be another.”
Jackson shook his head, “I’m not a big believer in predestination, I still think individual effort is more important.”
Luke took a sip of his red wine and asked rhetorically, “Do you know how Theresa Lewis’ real father died?”
Jackson thought for a moment, “I think he died in an accident.”
Luke said, “I know specifically about him.
Theresa Lewis’ biological father filed for divorce because he couldn’t stand the control of his ex-wife.
At the time, Latifa Gallo was furious and felt that her ex-husband had betrayed her, and she fought hard to get custody of her daughter in order to get back at her ex-husband.
Theresa Louise’s biological father loved her and kept trying to get back custody of his daughter but failed.
Soon after, Theresa Louise’s biological father died in a traffic accident.
The death of her biological father was devastating to Theresa Louise and, at the same time, sowed the seeds of hatred.
Regardless of whether the death of Theresa Louise’s biological father was related to Latifa Gallo, Theresa Louise would subconsciously blame Latifa Gallo.
Even if it was suppressed now, it would explode one day.
That’s why Theresa Louise would be so angry as a stepdaughter after Latifah Gallo filed for divorce from her current husband, Alec Wyatt.
She most likely saw her biological father in her stepfather.
She doesn’t want things to repeat themselves again, and she feels that Latifah Gallo caused all of this, which is why she killed him.”
Black lamented, “It’s horrible, I don’t care if my daughter can become a success in the future, I just want her to grow up happily, I will do my best to create a relaxed environment for her.”
Luke raised his glass, “Here’s to you, future great dad.”
Reed pressed his elbows on the table, crossed his arms, and said, “OK, with the case out of the way, let’s talk about something happy.”
Blackie laughed, “Gonna give us a bonus?”
“Not a bonus, but I believe it’s going to be more than that. In view of the hard work of Squadron One over the past year, as well as their outstanding performance in the terror attack case, the police department has decided to award all members of Squadron One with a Hero Medal, and in addition, some of the members will be promoted to the rank of police officer by one level.”
Matthew was a little expectant, “Do I get a medal too?”
Reed laughed, “If you don’t want it, you can give it to me.”
Matthew exulted, “No, of course I want it, it’s my honor.”
Luke suggested, “Guys, let’s raise a glass to a terrible and wonderful day.”
The lieutenant raises his glass, “Congratulations, on having realized the true meaning of life.”
Early the next morning.
Daisy’s house, bedroom.
“Dingdong, congratulations to the host, successfully solving the murder case of a prison guard, bonus points 60 points yet.
The host caught the home invasion robbery suspect, rewarding 20 points.”
Luke opened his eyes and yawned, this time the case was relatively simple and there was no danger, Luke didn’t use the function card and didn’t need to replenish the new card for the time being.
The points were saved for now, and he was too lazy to check the system.
The sheet tugged a little, Luke twisted his head to look, Daisy turned around, the quilt was only half covered, the curves were shapely, and a large area of tight skin was exposed.
Luke looked at Daisy, his mind remembered Lilith, both women were beautiful, but belonged to different styles, Daisy’s skin was wheat complexion, mature, solo, with a kind of professional woman’s competence.
Lilith had fair skin and a more slender figure, with the elegance and haughtiness of a European aristocratic woman.
Luke’s attitude towards the two was also slightly different.
His relationship with Daisy was somewhere between a fuck buddy and a couple, and before, Luke had tried to take a step forward and finalize the relationship as a couple, but Daisy had backed off.
Without advancing, the two now had a relationship that was more on the side of gunnery.
Luke had also figured out that there was nothing wrong with being able to snog and not having to be responsible for it.
Between Luke and Lilith it was more like a one night stand, everyone just had some pleasant exchanges at a specific place and at a specific time, and it was too soon to tell if it would go any further.
After coming to Los Angeles for a long time, Luke’s mindset has changed, the most important thing for people is to be happy, what’s the point of thinking so much, take a step and see what happens.
To put it bluntly, even if you want to be responsible, people may not appreciate it.
Luke reached out and patted Daisy’s waist, “Lawyer Ellis, it’s time to get up and work.”
Daisy pushed Luke’s hand away and yawned, “Let me sleep again, that little case of yours is nothing at all.”
Luke and the Zhang brothers had an appointment to sign the equity transfer contract today.
The two woke up, briefly washed up, and went to a nearby restaurant for breakfast.
Afterwards, the two drove to Zhang Brothers Construction Company, which was located in downtown Los Angeles, a seven-story office building.
After the two Luke got off the car, Zhang Brothers were already waiting in the parking lot.
Luke exchanged pleasantries with the two brothers and introduced his lawyer, Daisy.
The four of them did not immediately go upstairs, and after waiting for a few minutes, David also arrived in a pickup truck.
It was David’s first time meeting with the Chang brothers.
The Zhang brothers acted enthusiastically, but David was aloof and had no intention of interacting too much with the two brothers.
The five of them went up to the office building, and the Zhang brothers first brought Luke and the three of them on a tour of the company.
In fact, there wasn’t much to visit, Zhang’s construction company’s office wasn’t big, and there weren’t many employees, it was only occasionally used to receive guests.
Zhang invited Luke and the others to the lounge and brewed a pot of kung fu tea.
Because they had already talked it over before, the process of signing the contract went smoothly, Luke and David acquired twenty percent of Zhang Brothers Construction Company for two hundred thousand dollars, and after signing the contract, the two hundred thousand dollars was credited to the company’s account within ten working days.
In less than an hour, the signing was completed.
Luke and the others wanted to leave, but they were stopped by Zhang Brothers, and very warmly invited the three of them to have lunch together to discuss the future development of the company.
There was still business at the law firm, so Daisy left first.
Luke and David, on the other hand, were left behind by the Zhang brothers.
Perhaps it was because David was there, this time, the Zhang brothers didn’t choose a Chinese restaurant, but a more famous local Italian restaurant.
Zhang raised a glass of red wine, “Captain David, I’ll toast to you and wish us a happy cooperation in the future.”
“I’m sure it will be.” David picked up his wine glass and took a sip.
Luke asked, “Mr. Zhang, when will my house probably be completed?”
Zhang counted on his fingers, “Most of the work has already been completed, the rest are small jobs on the edges, so it will probably be finished within a week.”
“It’s been hard on you brothers during this period of time, when it’s finished, I’ll definitely host a banquet to thank you.”
Zhang Jianguo said, “Mr. Li, we are a family now, let’s not talk about two families, this is all our part.”
Luke nodded and asked, “How’s it going over at Jin Lang Building Material Company? Has it been looking for trouble lately?”
Zhang Jianguo put down his cutlery, “I was about to talk to you about this matter.
Jinlang Building Materials Company is still unwilling and keeps making small moves, our company recently took over a house construction contract in Valka Community, and Jinlang Building Materials Company sent people to look for trouble again.
Fortunately, the owner wasn’t there at the time, otherwise, it would definitely affect our company’s image.”
“This matter has to be resolved as soon as possible.” Previously, Luke wasn’t concerned, that was because it wasn’t directly related to himself, but now it was different, the construction company had its own shares, and if Jinlang Building Materials Company made trouble again, it would be like affecting his own ability to make money, or maybe even lose money.
The Zhang brothers looked at each other, their faces couldn’t contain their joy, Zhang Jianmin asked, “Mr. Li, what are you going to do?”
Luke said, “Don’t they want to talk? Then let’s talk to them, since we are also shareholders of the company, we will also step in at that time and make this matter completely clear.”
Zhang Jianguo said, “You mean to say that you want me to take the initiative to ask the people from Jinlang Building Materials Company to meet?”
“That’s right, and it’s someone who can really make the decision, after meeting, make things clear at once, so as to save the trouble in the future.”
“Okay, I’ll listen to you.” Zhang Jianguo hastily agreed, with Luke and David willing to step forward, he had a backbone.
After the business was settled, the crowd next ate, drank, and chatted.
Zhang’s brothers frequently toasted to David, each other both sides familiar with some, but after all, not all the way people, can not talk a few sentences, there is no common topic.
After the meal, Luke asked David to go to the gun club together.
David asked, “Have you practiced shotgun lately?”
Luke jumped at the chance, “Sure, want to compete?”
David didn’t answer, he had long heard Ramon say that Luke’s talent for marksmanship was extremely high, the last time he practiced with a shotgun he also felt it personally, Luke had already skillfully mastered the use of shotguns, since Luke dared to say it, he had a certain degree of certainty.
Although David was also confident in his own marksmanship, but after all, he counted himself as half of Luke’s marksmanship instructor, winning was deserved, losing would be disgraceful.
“Is that why you asked me to come to the Gunsmithing Club?”
“No, I didn’t come to practice shotgun this time.
My Glock pistol is broken, and I want to take this opportunity to get a new one.”
“The Glock is fine, why would you want to replace it?”
“It’s great, it shoots fast, has low recoil, lots of ammo capacity, lots of advantages, and it’s the preferred choice for the vast majority of users.
But in real combat, its advantages are not very obvious to me.
First of all, I’m a pretty good shot and can basically subdue or kill an enemy with one or two shots.
The second shot is usually still my worry about the low power of the Glock pistol, and I make a filler shot for insurance purposes.
If it was more powerful, it might have just subdued the enemy with one shot.”
“So you want a more powerful pistol?”
“Yes.”
David laughed, “Is the Desert Eagle big enough?”
“Come on, I mean seriously.”
David mooched his hand over his chin, “How about a Colt M1911?
11.43mm caliber, reliable, durable, well-maintained, the world’s most iconic pistol.”
In the past, Luke had used this gun when he practiced pistol shooting, at that time, he felt that the pistol was powerful and had a good grip, the disadvantage was that the pistol was heavier and the ammunition capacity was only seven rounds, and he eventually chose the Glock 17.
But now his pistol marksmanship had been perfected, with the addition of the precision card, he could be said to be a marksman, as long as the power was high enough, he could solve one enemy with one shot, and seven bullets were enough to deal with four to five enemies.
If there were more than five enemies, even if he used a rifle, it would not be impossible to kill all of them at the same time.
What’s more, he could replace the magazines at any time, it was enough.
With a general goal in mind, Luke began to try out new handguns, trying out all the larger caliber handguns and selecting a few that he liked better for real-world drills.
The M1911A1 was finally selected, which was an improved version of the M1911.
The gun is 219mm long, with a barrel length of 127mm, a total mass of 1.36kg, a magazine capacity of 7 rounds, and fires 0.45-inch bullets.
The gun was powerful, had a good grip and excellent performance, and fully met Luke’s requirements for a new gun.