Chapter 66: Dinner with an Unexpected Guest
With his eyes closed, Luke shook his head. “To put it simply, an officer from our department named Matt went missing during his holiday in Laquin. Our department intends to take part in the case out of concern for the police officer.”
Selina was unconvinced. “Why would the Laquin police department allow Houston to investigate in their territory? Which idiot came up with such an idea?”
Luke glanced at her and said, “Don’t say that to any outsider, because the idiot is our big boss, Deputy Chief Thomas.”
Selina stuck out her tongue, knowing that it wouldn’t end well for her if she talked like that outside.
Luke continued, “However, you’re not wrong. The Laquin police department refused any suggestion of a joint investigation. Also, Laquin hasn’t been enthusiastic about the investigation because of it. It’s been a month, and there’s been little progress. This case will likely become buried in the archive room along with the other cold cases.”
Selina kicked around on the sofa angrily with her long, tanned legs. “Damn it. What can we do?”
Openly appreciating her long legs, Laquin said, “It’s clear what Brock’s intention is: He expects us to stay in Laquin for a month. By the time we come back, people will have forgotten what we did. It was Thomas who sent us to the Major Crimes Division, and Brock can’t do anything to us openly. So, he can only use this to delay us.”
Selina understood perfectly. She rolled her eyes and asked, “Thomas is our support? How is he connected to Robert?”
Luke smiled. “He and Robert are old comrades. However, we aren’t his kids, after all. So, at best, he can only ensure that we aren’t maliciously suppressed. We have to work out everything else on our own. If we go to Thomas in private for this, everybody in the Major Crimes Division will hate us.”
Selina was curious. “Why?”
Luke said, “Would you like a subordinate or colleague who snitches whenever something goes wrong? Don’t go to Thomas if you don’t want to become everyone’s enemy.”
Selina nodded.
Luke reminded her again, “Don’t tell anyone what we discussed today, including our connection to Thomas. You have to remember that.”
Selina nodded.
She was already used to listening to Luke, because Luke was always right.
Having worked together with Luke for a few months, she felt that Luke was more like thirty than nineteen. He was like a big brother to her.
“Are we really going to investigate the case in Laquin?” asked Selina.
They wouldn’t have any jurisdiction in Laquin. Even private detectives would find it easier to do the job.
Private detectives could resort to a lot of gray methods, but if Luke and Selina did the same, they would lose their jobs.
Luke nodded. “We’ll set off tomorrow. We won’t lose anything even if we don’t find anything. Just consider it a trip.”
Selina realized that it did make sense, which put her in a better mood.
Having just been promoted, she felt great, and paid Brock’s little trick no mind.
After all, she had been promoted twice since she started cooperating with Luke. She was more than satisfied.
Luke cooked in the evening again.
They weren’t expecting to discover anything in Laquin, so Luke was rather relaxed, too.
He was less passionate about the promotion than Selina was.
His Super Detective System was more suitable for fieldwork; it wouldn’t be much help if he became a leader.
So, it wasn’t a bad idea to slow down the rate of his advancement.
Brock’s trick wasn’t an outrageous one. He wouldn’t hate Brock for it.
However, Brock and he would never be friends, either. They would only remain colleagues.
Luke had enough time to prepare today, so he simply drove out and bought a bunch of stuff from the supermarket. Then, he got busy in the kitchen.
Selina was most shocked to see the food on the table when he was done. “…You really learned how to cook, didn’t you?”
Selina hadn’t been surprised at the food mix that Luke had made last night, because it wasn’t very hard.
However, Luke had made two proper dishes today, along with two bowls of fried rice with egg.
Every grain of rice was covered in egg wash, so the fried rice was a pleasant gold color.
The dishes were also simple: They were sugared peppers and beef slices, and fried eggs and tomatoes.
Well, fried rice with egg and fried eggs and tomatoes seemed like a weird combination, but Luke liked tomatoes, and Selina certainly wouldn’t object.
Luke had just put the dishes on the table, when someone knocked on the door.
Luke and Selina looked at each other, both finding it odd.
They had just moved here, and weren’t familiar with their colleagues or neighbors. Why would anyone visit them?
Selina volunteered to open the door. After all, Luke had cooked for them.
She exclaimed in surprise when she saw the visitor. “It’s you? Why are you here?”
Luke looked over and noticed a woman wearing a hat and an awkward smile. “Hello, thank you for your help yesterday.”
It was none other than Carol.
Luke said quickly, “Come in first. Selina, close the door.”
A moment later, Luke, Selina and Carol were staring at each other, all lost for words.
As the aroma of food wafted over, Carol’s stomach suddenly growled. She lowered her head in embarrassment.
After a brief silence, Luke offered, “Do you want to eat with us?” It was a habitual question that Chinese people often asked, and in most cases, it was only a formality.
However, Carol nodded quickly. She was already swallowing her saliva.
Selina was rather worried. Would her share of the food be stolen?
Luke fetched another bowl, fork and spoon, and filled the empty bowl with half of his fried rice. He said, “Let’s have dinner first.”
In the end… Luke wasn’t full.
He had prepared dinner for two. With a starving Carol here, the food wasn’t nearly enough.
How much could Carol eat? Considering that her ability was basic self-healing, the answer was obvious.
Such a physical ability had to be sustained with food, unless there were other ways of replenishing energy.
For example, Luke had to consume a tremendous amount of food when allocating his stat points.
Carol had come back to life yesterday; there was no telling how long she had gone hungry for.
In the end, Luke had to offer her the high-calorie chocolates that he had previously bought for dessert.
