Beckett took the cake and looked at it carefully for a moment before looking at him: "Are you kidding?"
Luke smiled and said, "I'm not going to be a pastry chef, so I don't need to attract customers right now."
Beckett couldn't help but take another bite, savored it a little, and nodded: "It tastes better than the cakes I've eaten at other cake shops. It's totally possible to open a cake shop with this skill."
After saying this, she asked, "Are you interested in our case?"
Luke nodded and shook his head. "It's mainly about the relationship with Lindsay and Monroe. You should know how troublesome that family is. I don't want to recruit them back. I just promised the boss that they will stay quiet for a week or two."
Beckett was stunned for a moment, then replied, "That shouldn't have any impact. These two people just happened to have the same social connections as our victim, and the floor where their paintings were exhibited was the scene where the victim's body was found in our case. Investigating them was just out of caution and reasonable suspicion."
Luke understood immediately.
When police investigate cases, the most important thing is “coincidence is not a coincidence”.
Many coincidences are often the key to solving a case.
There are so many coincidences between Lindsay, Monroe and the victims that they must be investigated.
Even if he is not the murderer, it is possible to find clues to the murderer.
When asked this question, he lost interest.
He has handled too many strange cases in the past year or so, and has seen even more strange things as a vigilante. He is really not interested in simple cases.
"Does the deceased have money?" he asked casually.
Beckett: "… Her father must be very rich. She likes to do volunteer work and doesn't have much money herself."
He said, "A million? Ten million? Hundred million?"
Beckett: "Tens of millions."
Luke nodded. "Then check the money, even if it's her father's money. In my experience, 80% of the troubles of rich people come from their money."
Beckett was stunned: "Are you sure?"
He laughed: "More than 90% of the cases involving poor people are also because of money. From this perspective, it is always the easiest to solve the case."
Beckett couldn't help but want to curl his lips.
Is there any need to explain this truth? The world is bustling with people all for the sake of profit.
Live for money, die for money, work hard for money all your life.
This is most people's life.
After Luke finished talking nonsense, he left decisively.
He had completely lost interest in the case, and didn't want to take Beckett's job.
Javier, who was watching the situation in the lounge, waved back and said, "Hurry, bring the coffee. They're done talking."
Ryan cried out, "Ah, my hand. Why are you so flustered? You scared me."
Javier turned his head and saw that the coffee in Ryan's hand was steaming.
The coffee was actually poured onto the back of your hand, not into the cup.
He didn't care much about Ryan's injury, he just turned his head and said, "Pour another glass quickly. Tell me, is Luke interested in Beckett?"
"Are you out of your mind?" Ryan wiped the coffee with tissue paper in annoyance. Fortunately, it was winter and the coffee was not too hot, otherwise he would have to see a doctor.
Javier was dissatisfied: "Why are you scolding me?"
Ryan: "Look at the girl following Luke. I think she can send both of us to the hospital. You have a wife like this, how dare you do that?"
Javier was suspicious: "You... why do you seem to have such deep feelings? And Selina is Luke's partner, she may not even be his girlfriend, let alone his wife."
Ryan sneered, "People like you who don't have a girlfriend just don't understand. Selena... Ahem, forget it. You serve the coffee, and I'm going to run cold water over my hands."
Javier looked at Ryan who was slipping away and curled his lips in dissatisfaction: "You have a girlfriend, you have a fiancée, you are waiting to get married, you are so great, right?"
Even so, he picked up the coffee and brought it to Beckett, as she had trouble stretching the cake dry.
He also cared a little more about Luke's gossip.
Over here, Selina finished handing out cakes to the other detectives she was more familiar with, and walked back: "Have you had enough of flirting?"
Luke: "Let's talk about the case they're working on. It probably has nothing to do with the Soderbergh family."
Selina lost interest after hearing that.
There aren't many cases nowadays that could brighten her eyes.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up: "Hey, here comes something interesting."
Luke looked sideways and saw John and Richie just coming in with three people.
Ricky was originally Walter's partner. Now that Walter is on sick leave, he and John have joined together, which also frees up the rookie detective who was originally John's partner.
The two detectives were uninteresting, both middle-aged or older men.
But among the three people they brought in, one was very interesting.
Luke looked at her with interest and agreed, "It's really interesting. Guess why she came in again this time?"
Selina was too lazy to talk nonsense with him: "Just beat him up."
Luke: "Twenty dollars. I blocked her but didn't hit anyone."
Selina was stunned: "Okay, although I know I might lose again, let's just give it twenty dollars. Well, it will be paid from Gold Nugget's private savings."
Gold Nugget, who was killing time by eating a small cake, looked up blankly: "Oh?"
It is very sensitive about private money, but twenty dollars, a bill of almost small denomination, still has a concrete concept to it.
It doesn't understand, what's the point of Selena taking out this little bit of money from her own pocket
Here, Luke has already gone forward to meet him.
Ignoring the surprised woman, he asked John directly, "What's going on?"
John was not wary of him. "This couple sued this guy for trespassing and attempted murder, but they are not married, they can't show proof of lease, and they are not injured. I have no choice but to bring them back before they finish arguing."
As he said this, his face, with his back to the three people, had an exaggerated "annoying" expression on it.
Luke smiled and said, "Then you guys go and take a rest. Let me, the new guy, get familiar with the case handling process."
John and Richie understood immediately when they saw his fresh face. Richie nodded seriously, "Well, it just so happens that I didn't sleep well last night, and I didn't eat breakfast this morning. I think I have low blood sugar."
Luke was understanding: "Go to the front desk, there are cakes for you to eat."
The three of them chatted for a while, and then the case was handed over to Luke without any commotion.
He turned around again, his face was serious, and said to the three parties: "Okay, let's go to the interrogation room."
The man and woman among the three people were a little scared: "Interrogation room? Detective, we just have an ordinary dispute, there is no need to go to the interrogation room."
Luke suddenly laughed: "It's okay, I just borrowed it temporarily. It's mainly because it's close and there's also a video of the inquiry, so it can be done in one go."
Looking at his smiling face, the man and woman felt even more uneasy, and always felt that something was wrong.
Especially the woman, she is in the process of divorcing her husband.
She teamed up with her boyfriend to set up a trap for a private detective. If it ended up in court, or even just a formal police record, she would probably lose the divorce case completely.