Chapter 578

Baggs Club, inside the villa.

Luke was sitting on the living room sofa with a glass of red wine in his hand, a plate of freshly sliced ham and a fruit platter on the coffee table in front of him.

The TV was playing the Los Angeles news, the stock price of Kalman Pharmaceuticals had dropped another three points, Luke felt that the price had almost bottomed out, the news of Fred Kramer’s return to the company to continue to develop a new type of antihypertensive drug was expected to come out very soon, and then the stock price was likely to have a small wave of increase.

Luke had already invited his father to come to Los Angeles as a guest, although this kind of thing could be said on the phone, but on the one hand, Luke felt that the phone was not absolutely safe, and secondly, Luke’s new home had already been renovated, and Luke wanted to let the other party come to take a look.

“Knock knock ……”

A knock sounded outside.

Without looking, Luke probably guessed the identity of the person coming, if it was someone else would not directly knock on the door, but wait outside the courtyard to ring the doorbell.

Luke opened the door and saw Lilith standing in the doorway, her cheeks slightly red, as if she had been drinking.

“Would you like another drink?”

Lilith changed into her slippers and sat lazily on the sofa, took the glass of red wine handed by Luke, took a sip and curiously said, “How did you meet Penny?”

“Just met at the club.” Luke gave a brief description of this afternoon.

“Did you know she was my sister?”

“No, she just told me her name was Penny and didn’t give her last name.”

“Then don’t you think it’s strange? Why did she so coincidentally meet you at the beach and pay you fifty thousand dollars to paint her picture?”

Luke asked back, “Do you think she came to me on purpose?”

Lilith said with a serious look on her face, “I don’t know, but the possibility is high.”

Luke laughed, “Then why did she come after me?”

“My sister is a person with a strong sense of jealousy, when she saw that I pleased my grandfather and became the head of the club, she would definitely be unbalanced in her heart, so she purposely approached the people around me to find out information.” Lilith’s life had changed a lot recently, Luke played a key role in it, and what she felt was her sister was suspected of trolling.

Luke nodded slightly, not really caring, it was just a drawing and a dinner, no big deal.

Lilith’s big watery blue eyes turned to Luke and asked, “Did you already see that she has a problem?”

Luke shrugged, “What’s the problem?”

“You must have seen it, you were able to solve such a complicated case, how could you not sense it when Penny took the initiative to approach you.” The more Lilith thought about it, the more it made sense.

“Come on, I’m on vacation now, it’s not like I’m investigating a case.

If I approached everything and everyone with the mindset of a crime investigation every moment of every day, that would be a horrible life, wouldn’t it?” Luke reached for his red wine glass and clinked it with Lilith.

In fact, Luke sensed this afternoon that Penny was being a bit deliberate, his own sketching standard was high, but this thing wasn’t something that could be sold expensively just because it was well drawn.

If a casual painting can be sold for fifty thousand dollars, they do not want to be a police officer, directly to the profession as a painter.

However, during the contact between the two, Penny did not do anything to harm Luke, and he did not bother to look into it.

Just like Luke said, he came on vacation, there is no need to be tight all the time, he is not the President of the United States, there is no need to persecute paranoia every day.

In fact, over dinner, Luke and Penny had a pretty good conversation, and Penny and he didn’t have any conflicts.

As for the ‘little family conflict’ between Lilith and Penny, Luke wasn’t very clear about it and didn’t really want to get involved.

To put it bluntly, Lilith and Penny even if there are some small conflicts, but the two are ultimately a family, pro-sisters, may not be today’s conflict, later on and good, Luke why to rush to do the bad guys.

Lilith seemed to be convinced by Luke’s excuse, changed the topic and said, “We’ve known each other for so long, why don’t you help me paint a picture?”

Luke laughed, “I can paint it for you right now.”

“Is it sincere?”

“Of course.”

Lilith smiled back, “I refuse!

I’m not going to be fodder for you to practice your criminal sketching.”

Luke “……”

You ……

Me ……

Lilith leaned over to Luke and said in a pouty tone, “Tell me what you guys talked about tonight.”

“Nothing more than small talk when we first met.”

“Did she ask about me?”

“Yes. For example, our treasure hunt to the island, and the theft of the auction items the other day.”

“What did you tell her?”

“I told her all the things she could inquire about, nothing more than a little effort.

If she couldn’t inquire, I wouldn’t say anything.” Luke held her white chin and laughed, “I wouldn’t sell you out for fifty thousand dollars.”

“Well done.”

Lilith kissed Luke on the cheek and blinked her big eyes at the roof again, “Do you think she’ll be looking for you tomorrow?”

Luke shook his head and lost his smile, “You got everything you have now through your own efforts, I just pushed and helped a little.

She just asked me for some information, and after hitting a wall, naturally she won’t come back.

Even if she wanted to, she’d be looking for you.”

Lilith leaned on Luke’s shoulder, “I always feel unsettled in my heart, Penny likes to grab my toys since she was a child, she likes to overpower me in everything, and make me make a fool of myself in front of my elders, she is an unabashedly bad sister.

Do you understand how that feels?”

Luke said, “But it’s not when you were a kid anymore, you’ve grown up, you’re prettier than she is, you have a better body, you’re younger, and it’s her who should be upset, not you.”

Lilith broke into a smile, “So it’s only looks you’re concerned about.”

Luke scooped Lilith up by the waist, “I’m supposed to be superficial.

Let’s just say I don’t want to talk about Penny right now, and would rather work on new yoga poses with you.”

Soon, a blush-inducing banter resounded in the room ……

The following morning.

At seven o’clock in the morning, Luke heard a ringing and opened his eyes to see Lilith lying on her side, looking at her cell phone.

Luke turned on his side and put his arm around her, “Awake so early.”

“Yes, the thought of that nasty old woman interferes with rest.”

Luke smiled, was this bloodline suppression? “Then get out of the club for a few days and stay somewhere else for a while.”

“That’s a good idea.” Lilith finished, then shook her head, “No, that makes it sound like I’m afraid of her. She’s the one who should go, not me.”

Luke shook his head and lost his smile, “Then I can’t help it.”

“Do you think she’ll ask you out to dinner again today?”

“She doesn’t stand a chance.”

Lilith’s eyes lit up, “You’ll turn her down?”

“I’m leaving the club today.”

“Why are you leaving?”

Luke pinched his fingers, “I’ve been at the club for ten days and there are a lot of things still waiting for me to take care of.”

Lilith turned around and stroked the stubble on Luke’s chin, “I almost forgot, you’re still a busy man.”

The two ate breakfast together and Luke packed up his things and drove out of the Baggs Club.

He didn’t go straight home, but drove to the airport.

This morning, Li Zhaofeng had already boarded a plane from New York to Los Angeles.

New York to Los Angeles was actually a six-hour flight, but because there was a three-hour time difference, it was equivalent to a three-hour flight.

At ten o’clock in the morning, Luke arrived at the Los Angeles International Airport and saw Li Zhaofeng pulling a suitcase in the receiving hall.

“Dad.” Luke went forward to greet him, took his father’s suitcase, and asked, “Why aren’t my grandparents here?”

“I’ll explore first this time and bring them to play next time.” Li Zhaofeng sized up his son and asked, “How have you been doing lately?”

“Not bad, a friend of mine just took over the family club and invited me to the club for a few days.”

“Aren’t you busy with work lately?”

“I just investigated a pharmaceutical company case a while ago, and I’m on vacation right now.

You’ve come at the right time, two more days later, I should be at work.”

In the middle of the conversation, Luke led his father into the parking lot and put his suitcase into the pickup truck.

Looking at the tall, domineering Raptor pickup truck, Li Zhaofeng couldn’t help but circle around the body, “This car looks powerful, did you buy it new?”

“Yes, it drives wilder, do you want to try?”

Li Zhaofeng was a little hesitant, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance and difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, how can he face his Volvo after driving this car?

But he didn’t hold back after all, and boarded the cab inside: “Wow, the view of this car is superb.”

He briefly familiarized himself with it, then started the car and stepped on the gas pedal, letting out a ‘whoosh’ roar.

The Raptor pickup truck drove quickly on the highway.

Li Zhaofeng laughed, “Haha, this car is too powerful!”

“Dad, your Volvo hasn’t been driven for a short time, if you like it, you can buy one too.”

Li Zhaofeng thought about it and said seriously, “It’s better to forget about it, New York is different from Los Angeles, it’s not even easy to find a parking space.

Also, I don’t want to be too flashy.”

Li Zhaofeng was not short of money, but as a Chinese, he was used to keeping a low profile.

Luke didn’t persuade him anymore, and the two of them hadn’t seen each other for a while, and chatted about family matters in the car.

Half an hour later.

The car drove into the Palisades community, Li Zhaofeng had been here once before, but once again entering this community, he still praised the scenery of the community.

The Raptor pickup truck drove along the community highway into Luke’s house.

Li Zhaofeng stopped the car, jumped down from the driver, looked at the new villa that had just been built not long ago, and his face showed a look of admiration, “The house is beautifully built, when I came last time, it was still in shambles, and now …… it’s so beautiful.”

Li Zhaofeng seemed to be at a loss for words to describe it and patted Luke’s shoulder, “Son, I am proud of you.

It’s not because you own this mansion, but the effort behind this.

I know how hard it was.

No one knows better than me.”

Luke is also a little moved, recalling his own arrival in Los Angeles all kinds of things, from the beginning of nothing, people hate the dog, had to drag the suitcase cheeky borrowed to live in his mother’s house, to the present career success, worth tens of millions of dollars, step by step is not easy.

Of course, these are nothing, he will go farther.

Luke put his arm around his father’s shoulder and smiled, “Dad, I’ll take you around and pick out your room.”