At this moment, after recounting the family disputes over the past year, Lindsay suddenly felt relaxed. The uneasiness, entanglement, anxiety, and boredom that had been pent up in her heart mostly dissipated, and she felt relaxed all over.
Looking at Luke who was still sitting there with a faint smile on his face, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry for making you listen to so many boring things."
Luke took a sip of coffee and said slowly, "I understand, and you don't have to be too grateful to me. Let me tell you a piece of news. I work in the Detective Bureau of the NYPD headquarters, and yesterday the Detective Bureau received a donation of 200,000 from your family."
Lindsay was stunned: "This..."
Luke: "Don't worry, the money wasn't transferred to my account, and my job isn't to collect donations. I just want to say that your parents still care about you."
Lindsay sighed, "I know, I've understood it these past few days."
Luke chuckled. “As long as the police station doesn’t receive any more calls from you, even if I exceed my quota, my boss won’t rush me to do more work. That’s good.”
Lindsay smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry to trouble you."
Luke waved his hand. "I promised your mother that I would talk to you when I had the chance, but I don't think there's any need to say anything now. You and they both know where you made the mistake before, but you just can't open up to each other for the time being."
Putting down the coffee cup in his hand, he continued, "It is a very happy thing to have family members who care about you. Don't cause greater misunderstandings because of insignificant things. Tell your mother again seriously about what you told me today. I think she will understand you."
Lindsay lowered her head, letting her long hair fall down and cover her face.
After a long silence, she nodded slightly: "Thank you, I will."
After getting the reply, Luke didn't say anything more. He just took out his cell phone and looked at the message sent by Selina.
This guy is already preparing everything for Christmas with his family and has sent a lot of photos.
She, her younger brothers and sisters, and her parents, the whole family was busy at the ranch, looking very happy.
Luke smiled and said: This is the normal state of a family.
Lindsay over there didn't know why, but what Luke said was just old stuff, but she just listened to it.
Perhaps it was because of his attitude. She thought so in her heart, raised her head, and instead of looking directly at Luke who was sitting on the sofa beside her, she glanced at him from the side.
At this moment, Luke was in a relaxed mood, with his legs crossed.
He was holding a cell phone in his hand, fiddling with it slowly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if he was smiling.
Lindsay was staring at the scene in a daze without realizing it.
Luke knew she was looking at him, but he didn't care.
This happens to a lot of women when they see him recently.
Unless they ignored him at first, the more they looked at him, the more they would be attracted to him.
He made some speculations about this.
This may be because the spiritual attribute improves his temperament, or because the strength attribute makes him more handsome.
It may also be caused by primary pheromone manipulation. The effect of this ability has not yet been fully clarified, but it is almost not difficult to win the favor of women.
Of course, this is just a liking, or just something that pleases the eye.
Women who are not interested in his style will not change their aesthetic views.
But if the other person happens to like his type, then this kind of favor will be strengthened.
The frequency with which he has been approached has increased dramatically in recent days, which is clear evidence of this.
That's why Luke rarely stayed outside for long these days, unless he brought a "grass protector" like Selina or Elena.
In fact, even though Elena was there yesterday, several bold girls came up to her and asked for her phone number, with no hiding of their intention to poach her.
Luke could only refuse with a smile, then ran away with Elena.
This matter troubled Elena for a long time, and she even wondered "what will happen in the future?"
Luke decisively stated that he had very discerning tastes and was not someone that could be poached so easily.
Such words naturally brought about Elena's laughter, scolding and "beating".
Half an hour later, a staff member called away the dazed Lindsay.
Looking at Luke who nodded to her and went back to playing with his phone, she felt a sense of peace in her heart.
Yes, she watched Luke there for half an hour, but she didn't get nervous at all. Instead, she became more "Buddhist".
This is of course still Luke's work.
He had no intention of provoking Miss Lindsay.
He also didn't want to mess with her extremely protective mother, Aurora.
Therefore, he slightly used his ability to prevent Lindsay from indulging in his "beauty", and then slightly influenced her mental state, making her calmer and less impulsive.
The abilities he mobilized were not strong, but Lindsay had no defense or resistance at all, and he continued to "output" for half an hour.
Lindsay will probably stay in this "Buddhist" state for a week or two this time. During that time, she probably won't argue with her family anymore, and Luke's "case" can be said to have been successfully handled from beginning to end.
Not long after Lindsay left, there were bursts of exclamations and discussions coming from the other side.
After listening for a few words, he realized that someone was offering one million to buy a Munro painting.
Who knows if Lindsay arranged this kind of thing herself.
In the art market, this kind of trick is so common that it is not surprising and has nothing to do with him.
Luke quickly regained his attention and continued playing with his phone.
At this moment, what he was looking at was no longer the Christmas reunion pictures sent by Selena, but various information.
After reaching mental level 40, his ability to make use of fragmented time has become even stronger. He can immerse himself in study and thinking in just a few tens of seconds.
He spent a lot of time having fun these two days, but not all of it was spent on Elena.
For example, from last night to this morning, Elena slept for almost six hours, but Luke only slept for two hours.
At two o'clock this morning, when the future female painter was sleeping soundly in his arms, he had already started his daily overtime work.
More than ten minutes later, Elena and Margaret were brought over by the staff.
After serving the coffee, the two women told him what had just happened.
Luke just hugged Elena, who was a little excited and a little envious, and heard her say that two of Monroe's paintings were likely to be sold.
One of the paintings was priced at about $1.2 million, which was the initial buzz Luke heard. The painting was also one of Monroe's major works in this exhibition.
The other one is priced lower, at US$800,000, and is also one of the major works this time.
Luke laughed in his heart: If this were Lindsay's operating method, Monroe's mainstream works would be labeled "millions of dollars".
If anyone wants to buy him in the future, the price will fluctuate around one million.
If it's hyped up a few more times, the price will become several million per piece, and Lindsay can get half of it.
Thinking of what Lindsay had just mentioned, that she had a collection of nearly a hundred of Munro's works, he couldn't help but laugh.
The success of the hype, coupled with the appropriate sales frequency, means that Lindsay will get at least tens of millions of dollars in wealth, and she will never have to worry about money for the rest of her life.