Luke seemed to be thinking about something. After a long while, he nodded slowly. "Okay."
In fact, it didn't matter even if she found out anything.
What he really needed to hide wasn't from the detective.
Aurora heaved a sigh of relief, but Luke said solemnly, "I can understand your eagerness, but I can't agree to your request."
Looking at her expression, he continued, "Lindsay and I are strangers who've only met once. If there's a chance, I'll talk to your daughter. But I can't guarantee when or how effective the conversation will be. "
Aurora said, "As long as you remember this, just think of it as a mother asking you in private."
Luke said helplessly, "Aurora, from what you said just now, I can roughly tell how popular Lindsay is with boys. Do you think she'll think I'm just going to talk to her if I run over? "
Aurora said, "Then let's be friends."
As soon as she said that, she noticed that Luke's expression was strange, and she subconsciously covered her mouth. "Pretend I didn't say anything."
Luke didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Why did Aurora look like a lady at first glance, but she seemed a little childish?
Old child, old child, this person wasn't 'old' to such an extent.
He sighed. "Aurora, I'm just a detective, not a teacher or a psychiatrist. I'm not a professional at counseling people, but I'm very good at shooting."
Aurora was confused. "Huh?"
Luke said, "That's why I've personally killed a lot of armed criminals. This should be very different from what you imagine. "
Stunned, Aurora didn't know how to respond.
Luke said, "I'll help if I have the chance, but don't get your hopes up. Also, Lindsay and I are just ordinary people who've met once. This case might be our only connection, so don't investigate me anymore, okay? "
Stunned for a long while, Aurora suddenly asked suspiciously, "Are you afraid that I'll investigate you?"
"Yes," Luke admitted frankly. "If I said that I wanted to make friends with Lindsay, so I got someone to investigate everything about the Soderberg family, including anything suspicious about your past, would you accept it?"
Aurora opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.
If Luke and Lindsay really became "good friends," she would really get someone to investigate him, even if she had just promised Luke that she wouldn't continue investigating him.
It was natural for a mother to go back on her word for her daughter. She had no choice but to do this.
But how could Luke investigate her family like this? She really couldn't stand it.
In this world, who didn't have some secrets that they didn't want others to know?
Luke knew what she was thinking very well. Even if she didn't say it out loud, he simply stood up and said, "Okay, that's it. I still have to work, so I won't bother you any longer. Goodbye, Mrs. Soderberg. "
He once again used this polite and distant form of address.
Aurora knew what he meant.
He didn't want to have anything to do with his family, or rather, he didn't want to get into trouble with his family.
Aurora understood that Luke was making it clear that he didn't want to get too involved in this matter.
She stood up helplessly. "That, wait, I didn't …"
At this point, she couldn't help but be stuck.
Luke's words were so direct that she, who was used to saying polite things, was a little dazed.
Lie? She felt that she couldn't lie now, or that lying wouldn't change the young man's mind.
Luke nodded politely. "You don't look very well. You should rest more. You don't have to walk me out. I'll go out on my own. "
As he spoke, he waved at the maid who was standing far away. "Please take me to the garage."
The maid looked at her mistress and saw that she had no objections. She immediately said respectfully, "Please follow me."
There weren't many young people who could make Aurora so amiable. This person was definitely a very special person.
As he drove out, Luke looked at the manor in the rearview mirror and shook his head.
Every family had its own problems. Having money didn't mean there were no problems.
Family, love, and friendship weren't things that could be solved with money alone. In fact, money could even have a huge negative effect.
Thanks to his previous life's experience, Luke had spent thirty years cultivating himself into a middle-aged man who was at ease.
He didn't care much about anything other than family.
That was because family was nurtured bit by bit over decades. As long as one wasn't an orphan, it was really hard to ignore family.
Everything else was up for grabs.
If he couldn't find a woman he liked, then he didn't want love.
If he couldn't find a friend he liked, then he didn't care about friendship.
If he had money, he could live an easy life. Having a lot of money would only make his life easier.
He was now a billionaire, but he still did whatever he wanted because he had seen through what money meant to him in his previous life.
Now that he was a billionaire, he still did whatever he wanted. This was because he had seen through the meaning of money to him in his previous life.
Money could change the freedom of life, but he couldn't lose himself in it and forget what he needed.
He only had money now to protect his family, not to pretend to be extravagant or to flirt with girls.
He had money now, but it was only for the sake of greater security for his family, not for the sake of showing off, squandering, and seducing girls.
Well, in any case, he could rely on his looks to make a living.
Money was just his tool, not his master.
Mulling over Aurora's request, he asked Little Snail to do some research and called Connie at the same time.
The Soderberg family was a "family drama" that had been going on since before they arrived.
It was hard for Elsa and Elizabeth to find out about old news, so they had to look for an old person like Connie.
After a few words, he hung up.
Connie didn't even look up the information at all. She didn't even think much before giving the "family drama" a broadcast date last fall.
Little Snail's research also came out. The earliest record of the dispute between the Soderberg family and Monroe was last November.
These two times also coincided with what O'Laura had just said.
Last fall, they had interfered in Lindsay and Monroe's matter, and after a while, they couldn't take it anymore and went to the police department.
Over the past year, the two sides had gone to the police department more and more often, and the conflict had deepened.
Before this, the Soderberg family really didn't have the nickname of "troublemaker," and was even NYPD's favorite donor.
Well, it was probably the same now.
It wasn't a big deal for the police officers and detectives to be bullied. At most, it would be a superintendent like Dustin who would come out to clean up the mess.
Police officers were paid, and getting shot was to be expected. Being bullied was just child's play.
Very soon, he drove to his villa in New Jersey.
After getting out of the car, he took a bunch of sundries and tools and changed the lock himself. He didn't even look for a locksmith.
It had been snowing from time to time recently, and it was Christmas Eve. Getting a locksmith was expensive, but the problem was that the locksmith had a bad attitude and was slow, and he had to wait at the villa.
If he had the time to wait for a locksmith, he might as well buy a new lock and change it in five minutes.
After changing the lock and the garage's electronic lock, he checked the house again. He dealt with minor problems like broken or missing door bolts, leaking or clogged pipes, and water seeping in the attic.
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