Robert was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke: "You have offended a lot of people? Some time ago you asked me to find someone I can trust to set up a small security company to ensure the safety of my home."
Luke: "At the moment, the problem is not serious, but it is better to be prepared. I am not sure when a psychopath will come to you."
Robert frowned and thought for a long time before he nodded slowly: "Okay. I'll look for some old friends. But we haven't been in touch for many years, and I don't know how they are doing now."
"It's okay. You seem to have a lot of old friends. I'm sure I can find the right one." Luke said this, feeling relieved.
It would be a headache if Robert learned from Drexel and acted like "I have been fighting and killing for decades and no one is afraid of me".
The main reason is that the safety of his family is involved, and Robert doesn't have the courage to gamble with the elderly, the weak, the women and the children in his family.
"Then I'll go in and watch TV?" Luke said as he stood up.
Robert also stood up and said, "Okay."
As the two walked towards the house, Robert suddenly remembered something and realized, "No wonder you donated one million US dollars to the small town police department when I came back from vacation. That's the money earned by the mobile phone company, right?"
Luke chuckled: "Improve the environment of the police station so that you can be more comfortable."
Robert curled his lips and said, "A hundred thousand is enough. Any more is a waste. Gonzalez asked me for money this time to build a separate deputy sheriff's office. I can't refuse to approve it."
Luke laughed. "Well, Gonzalez has wanted this separate office for seven or eight years. It's not right for you to suppress it. We need unity and harmony!"
Gonzalez is the deputy sheriff, Robert's deputy, and a Latino.
But this guy and Robert have some conflicts. Although neither of them is a bad person, they just don't like each other.
Robert refused to give in to this guy's request for a separate office.
Firstly, the police department really doesn’t have the money to spend.
Secondly, in a small town police station with only a few people, building a separate office for the deputy sheriff is more of a show-off than a practical one.
Robert himself rarely stays in his office. He either drives outside or chats in the big office.
But this time, after Luke donated one million to the police station, Robert only agreed to build a separate office for the deputy sheriff in order to help him save money, and no other major construction was carried out.
The expenditure was only used to renovate the existing small building of the police station and replace and add some necessary facilities.
Places like leaking pipes and cracked walls, which were usually barely held up by everyone's patchwork, were finally repaired by professional carpenters and plumbers.
Secondly, several air conditioners and freezers that did not provide good cooling were also replaced.
Finally, at the strong request of all police officers, Robert replaced everyone's coffee machine with a new high-end one.
After all Robert spent so frugally, he still spent less than 30,000 US dollars in total. He put the remaining money in the police account as annual repair and maintenance expenses.
As the only large donor to the small town police department, Luke's photo was hung on the police station's wall of honor the next day, with a caption added under the photo: Donor Luke Colson, lifetime honorary police officer of the Shackelford Police Department.
If you have money, you can put your photo and name on the wall of honor.
At least in the Shackelford Police Department, one million is enough to hang ten people there, or to hang one person there for ten lifetimes.
There is no designated purpose for this donation.
The other people in the police station also understood that they had received the benefits thanks to the chief's connections, so of course no one said anything.
With this money, Sheriff Robert can work until he is seventy years old.
The next day was Friday.
In the afternoon, the whole family went out together, including Selena, to Colson Ranch and Hayek Ranch.
The two ranches are neighbors and are now managed by the same professional team.
After seeing Drex, the stubborn old man hugged Luke and patted him hard a few times, finally letting out his "surprise" that Luke had brought him.
Next comes the daily life of the ranch.
Do some work, ride a horse, drink some wine, eat some barbecue, just do whatever you want.
…
While Luke and Selina returned to Shackelford and enjoyed a leisurely family holiday on the ranch, things were turbulent in Los Angeles.
On the morning of the third day after the love-hate relationship between uncle and nephew, Tony Stark held a press conference.
Luke saw the news about the upcoming press conference last night, and turned on the TV early this morning to see if Tony would continue to do something crazy and commit suicide as usual.
He also called Selena and asked her to get up and eat the watermelon together.
Sheriff Robert skipped work again today and sat at the dining table with Luke, watching TV in the living room.
Looking at the middle-aged man standing on the podium on TV, Robert smacked his lips and said, "From his posture, it's obvious that he is a rich man."
Luke: "You are also a rich man now. Next time when you say "rich man", remember to put away that contemptuous expression."
Robert: "Don't give me that. You are rich and I am not."
Luke shrugged. "It's up to you, but legally you are a rich man."
Robert snorted twice, not wanting to argue with him about this issue, and started discussing the rich people on TV again: "Does this female reporter have a grudge against him? She has been targeting him."
Luke: "Slept with it, threw it away, it's that simple."
Robert: "Huh, rich man."
Luke didn't say anything this time. It was indeed easy for rich people to do this. At least they didn't need to worry about the cost when picking up girls.
And funding is precisely the problem that most people face when picking up girls.
Robert's eyes quickly glanced at someone beside him: "Where is this rich man like you?"
Luke hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "I am much more upright than him."
Robert was suspicious: "Am I wrong? Luke Coulson, please answer me directly, are you like the guy on TV now, who likes to mess around?"
Luke shook his head decisively: "No."
How could he compare with Stark in terms of promiscuity? The number of women Stark "contacted" in a year was enough for him to struggle for a lifetime.
There is nothing wrong with this young master in this regard, he is just that "diligent".
At this moment, Tony on TV has picked up the small blue piece of paper and is looking at the "lines" on it.
This is the speech provided by Agent Phil, who has been professionally covering up scandals for more than ten years. The agent also provided fifty sufficiently professional "witnesses" who will prove that the young master partied all night on a yacht that night.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally a dark figure appeared in his mind. The pair of eyes under the blood-red lenses seemed to be challenging him, and he made a happy decision in his heart.
"The fact is..." Tony paused and threw away the small blue piece of paper in his hand.
"I am Iron Man!"