Los Angeles Detective

next morning.

"Buzz..."

A loud noise woke Luke up.

Luke got up slowly, went to the window and opened the curtains, and saw a helicopter landing on the farm.

Two people got on and off the helicopter and walked towards the villa. When they walked in, they saw a white woman in her fifties and a white boy in her thirteens and fourteens.

Luke has seen photos of the Cruise family, and the two should be the daughter and grandson of Veron Cruise.

Veron Cruise's daughter is called Mariel, and she also disapproves of the marriage between Veron Cruise and Chanel Carr. She also has property inheritance rights and has enough motivation to write threatening letters.

After Luke washed up, he went to the dining room to have breakfast, thinking that he would take the opportunity of having breakfast to get to know each other and talk alone.

What makes Luke a little depressed is that the Cruise family does not have the habit of having breakfast together.

Luke ate from beginning to end, and did not see the mother and child.

After dinner, Luke strolled around the estate.

When I was tired from walking, I drank tea in the yard and looked at the wilderness in the distance.

The birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the horses are neighing, the grass is green, the sky is blue, and it is a scene of leisure and contentment.

After nine o'clock in the morning, Luke finally saw the mother and child again.

The two changed into casual clothes, carrying fishing gear, fishing nets and fishing toolboxes, as if they wanted to go fishing.

Luke walked over and asked, "Hello, is this Ms. Marielle Cruise?"

The woman glanced at Luke, "It's me, who are you?"

"My name is Luke Lee, and I am a security consultant invited by Mr. Veron Cruise."

"I heard my father mention it, what's the matter with you?"

"I'd like to take a few minutes of your time to talk about that threatening letter."

Marielle Cruise smiled, "Do you suspect that I wrote the threatening letter? Or did my father mean it?"

"No, it's not about you, I'll talk to everyone in the manor."

Marielle Cruise thought for a while, "Manny, I want to talk to Mr. Li alone."

"Mum, you promised to accompany me to fish."

"I know, you go to the car and wait."

"You are like this every time." The boy complained and left angrily.

Marielle Cruz shook her head and sighed, "Children will never understand adults' distress.

Mr. Li, you can speak, and you better hurry up.

As you can see, I'm fully booked for today. "

"Ms. Cruise, have you read the threatening letter?"

"Yes."

"What did you think of that threatening letter?"

"The tone of the letter is not very friendly, but... the engagement ceremony is indeed a bit absurd.

My father is seventy-five years old, and his grandson is already married. It is irrational for him to want to get engaged now on a whim. "

"You and the person who wrote the threatening letter agree."

Marielle Cruise smiled, "I know what you mean, I didn't write this letter, and I won't engage in such low-level things."

"Then who do you think wrote it?"

"Shouldn't this be your investigation?"

"Do you know who wrote the threatening letter?"

"have no idea."

Luke observed her expression and felt that the other party was lying.

"Ms Crews, if you know who wrote that threatening letter, I hope you can give me some clues.

Because judging from the tone of the threatening letter, the person who wrote the threatening letter might threaten the safety of Mr. Veron Cruise.

I know you don't want an engagement ceremony, but I'm sure you don't want to see your father hurt even more. "

Marielle Cruise stared at Luke, "You're right, my father's safety is the most important thing.

If you really value my father's safety, then you shouldn't focus your investigation on the threatening letter. This is simply a cover-up, just to divert attention or arouse my father's determination to win.

My father has been stubborn all his life, the more you don't let him do something, the more he will do it. "

"Who do you think would threaten the safety of Mr. Veron Cruise?"

"Chanel Carr.

The purpose of this woman's engagement to my father was not pure.

If my father did marry her, it would definitely be a disaster.

She was the one who would really hurt my father.

You should investigate her. "

"Can you tell me why?"

Mariel Cruise asked, "My father is 75 years old, why do you think she would be willing to be with my father?"

Luke said, "Although Mr. Veron Cruise is old, he is still in good health, and he is a very charming person."

Marielle Cruise laughed, "Damn charisma, he just has a lot of money." Marielle Cruise added, "Don't tell him this, he will definitely be furious."

"So, you think Chanel Carr is marrying your father for money."

"Not me, but everybody thinks so."

"Ma'am, I'd love to believe you, but everything is evidence-based.

As far as I know, your father and Ms. Chanel Carr knew each other thirty years ago, and they have a certain emotional basis. "

"Exactly.

But you also said that that was thirty years ago.

Back then my father was a successful, rich, handsome middle-aged man, not an old man. "Marielle Cruz seemed a little impatient, and lowered her voice and said,

"OK, if you want evidence, I'll tell you.

There is a young male assistant beside Chanel Carr, about thirty years old, and handsome.

I came across them by chance at the mall some time ago.

Chanel Carr put her arms around the male assistant, very intimate...their relationship is definitely not simple.

You should know what I mean. "

Luke pressed, "Does your father know about this?"

"No, I didn't tell him."

"Why don't you say it? Don't you want them to separate?"

"Yes, I want them to separate.

What do you think I should say?

It is said that Chanel Karl raised a little boy outside, and she married you just to cheat your money, and then flew away with a little boy.

He will be mad. "Marielle Cruz lowered her voice and warned,

"So I won't admit it. You found this out yourself, understand?"

"clear."

"God, I don't want to talk about this anymore, let's just stop here or I'll be pissed off.

I didn't expect to worry about such things at my age.

What a worry-free old man. "Mariel Cruise stood up and walked towards the villa.

"Where are you going, Mommy? You promised to go fishing with me?" Manny yelled.

"Sorry, honey. I'm not in the mood today, try another day."

"You can't do this, you promised me."

"Sorry, I will buy you a gift to make up for it.

Think it over and tell me. "Marielle Cruz finished speaking, waved her hand and entered the villa.

Manny complained, "I just want you to go fishing with me...no gift needed!"

I don't know if Mariel heard it, but she didn't respond.

Luke can see that Marielle Cruise's education method is simple and rude with money, and what he lacks now is such a mother.

If there is such a mother, he has already chosen to lie flat.

The boy named Manny looked at Luke and complained, "What did you say to my mother? Why is she so angry?"

Luke glanced at him and said with a smile, "You'd better go and play."

Manny yelled, "Shit, don't look at me like 'I don't care about adults'.

Isn't that the threatening letter? As if who doesn't know? "

"You also know about that threatening letter?"

"Yes."

"Have you read the threatening letter?"

"Yes."

"But according to Mr. Veron Cruz, only two people have read the threatening letter, and you are not on the list."

"Believe it or not?"

"Do you know who wrote that threatening letter?"

"Want to know?"

"certainly."

Manny winked, "I wrote it."

"Wow, the person who wrote the threatening letter has been found, and I can report to Mr. Veron Cruise."

Manny sneered, "Idiot, I'm kidding you, you don't really believe what a child says."

"Many truths are said in jokes." Luke kept staring at the other party, and did not see signs of lying from the other party's expression, that is to say, what he said was likely to be true.

Manny asked, "Then what are you going to do? Take me to my grandfather and tell him that I wrote the threatening letter.

Come on, if you can't catch the person who actually wrote the threatening letter, just take a child as the top of the tank.

You're a security consultant with real skills. "

"You're right. You're just a child. I overestimated you."

Manny retorted, "You're overestimating yourself.

It's been several days, and you can't find any clues.

How about going fishing with me? "

"Why did you invite me to fish?"

Manny said, "Because I can't drive."

"Why should I be your driver?"

"It's you who drove my mommy away. It's still far from the lake. Do you want me to walk there?"

"OK, I'll take you there."

Manny threw the car keys to him, "Be careful, you won't be able to afford it if you hit it."

Luke caught it, it was a Bentley car key, he had never driven this car before, so it would be worthwhile to be a free driver.

Luke got into the Bentley, and the decoration inside the car was very luxurious, high-grade and high-end. He touched it and looked at it, and began to study it.

Manny sat in the co-pilot with a look of disdain, "Can you do it?"

Luke won't let a little kid look down on him, so let's drive blindly, it's not his car anyway, adjust the seat, step on the brake, start the car, kick the accelerator, and go straight out.

"Woooo..."

The car is comfortable to drive and has plenty of power.

More importantly, there is only one car on the entire road, and Luke can drive as much as he wants without worrying about speeding.

But in just a few minutes, the car drove to the lake, and to be honest, Luke hadn't enjoyed it yet.

But he still has business to do, and it's not too late to go racing around the road when he goes back.

The car was parked on the side of the road, and the two got out of the car and walked to the lake with fishing tools. The water in the lake was very clear, with seaweed growing by the lake, and a few wild ducks swam by from a distance.

"This way." Manny walked to a wooden platform that stretched to the middle of the lake. The surrounding lake was relatively deep, making it a good fishing spot.

Afterwards, Manny opened the fishing gear and toolbox, and his movements were very skillful.

Luke asked curiously, "Why do you like fishing? It's not something you should play at your age."

Manny hooked up the bait and skillfully cast out the fishing rod, "My mommy is very busy, she is either busy with the company or on the phone, so she rarely has time to accompany me.

In fact, it is she who likes fishing, not me.

I just want to be with her..."

Luke said, "It makes me cry."

"Come on, people like you don't."

"What do you think I am?"

"I don't know, he's not a good person anyway."

"It seems that you have a lot of prejudice against me." Luke picked up a stone to throw it away.

"You ruined my alone time with Mommy, which may be nothing to you, but precious to me.

Maybe by the time I get back, she's gone to the airport by helicopter, and then flew to the other side of the world. "

"Sorry, I didn't expect it to affect you."

Suddenly, the float moved, and Manny stood up and began to pull hard on the fishing rod, "Bite the hook.

Tully loves to eat the fish I catch. "

"Who's Tully?"

"My mother's pet, a female cat who has just been neutered."

Luke "..."

"Hey, fish it out for me with a fishing net."

Luke picked up the fishing net, walked to the edge of the platform, and leaned over to catch the fish.

Suddenly, Manny lifted his foot and kicked Luke, kicking him directly into the lake.

"Plop."

Luke fell into the water, exasperated, "What are you doing?"

Manny laughed, "Idiot, I thought I couldn't drive.

Let you come here to make trouble, take a good bath in the lake, and run back by yourself. "

Luke struggled a few times, as if he had been hooked by seaweed, and sank directly.

Manny was also stunned. He just wanted to teach Luke a lesson, but he didn't want to kill him.

"Hey Luke, can't you swim?

Answer me, where are you? "

Seeing that there was no movement in the water, Manny panicked a little. He knelt on the platform and fished in the water with a fishing net, as if hoping that Luke would catch the fishing net and come out of the water.

"fuck!

he died.

God, I didn't mean to hurt him.

He was so tall, how could he drown. Manny became more and more flustered, and shouted to the surroundings, "Come on, someone fell into the water here." "

Then, there was no one else around at all.

Manny half leaned off the platform and stretched the fishing net into the deeper lake water.

Suddenly, a shadow floated under the water, and the water splashed Manny's face.

Then, he felt a big hand grabbing his arm and pulling it down forcefully.

With a "plop", Manny also fell into the lake.

"puff……"

Manny waved his hands wildly, "I can't swim, save me!"

"help me."

After Luke fell into the lake, he dived directly to the bottom of the lake to observe secretly.

He dragged Manny into the water, while he grabbed the wooden frame, climbed onto the platform, sat on the edge of the platform, and watched Manny struggling in the lake.

"I can't swim, save me!"

"Gulu Gulu..." Manny choked on water.

Luke held the fishing rod, let him grab the fishing rod, dragged him to the side of the platform, and smiled, "How does it feel to fall into the water?"

Holding the fishing rod in both hands, Manny looked at Luke who was playing with him on the platform, and said angrily, "You idiot, quickly drag me up."

"It seems that you haven't figured out the situation yet." Luke smiled, and stepped on Manny's head with his right foot, stepping him into the lake.

"Gulu Gulu..."

Manny struggled hard to no avail, and choked on water again.