Michelle's words threw Luo An off; this was the first ti he had encountered such a situation.
Seeing that Mona and Reesi also didn't know what to say, Luo An could only counter with a question:
"What other skills do you have?"
"I used to work in the Inspection Office at the FBI headquarters."
Michelle's smile remained:
"I am familiar with the regulations of most agencies such as the FBI, CIA, NSA, and DIA.
Federal laws, state laws, laws of so well-known areas and cities within the federal jurisdiction, as well as the regulations of local law enforcent agencies, I also have so knowledge of.
Thus, I can help everyone reasonably avoid legal risks during investigations or other actions."
"..."x2
Mona and Reesi looked at her in surprise, and after pondering for a few seconds, Mona asked:
"How did you manage to morize all these legal regulations?"
"It's quite simple, just read more books when you're free."
Michelle pulled out a thick book from the pocket behind her, with the title "Emanuel's Essentials of Law."
Seeing Mona and Reesi's astonished looks at her, Michelle felt sowhat embarrassed:
"I just like reading books."
According to Michelle's explanation, the reason she was transferred out of the FBI Washington Headquarters was that she had already read all the books there she was interested in.
The Los Angeles Library is renowned and its collection is very rich.
Michelle's next goal was to finish reading all the books she was interested in at the Los Angeles Public Library.
This was also the reason Michelle joined the FBI, because with FBI credentials, she could access most of the book collections in federal libraries.
Of course, Michelle also promised that she would only read books in her free ti and would not delay the normal work of the Special Investigation Team.
Luo An stood aside, not sure what to say; Reesi thought for a mont, shifted her chair to Michelle's side, and asked in a low voice:
"Do you not go out with boyfriends since you're always reading?"
"I have no plans to get married. Sexual desire is a primitive human urge, and my needs in that regard are very low. For the sake of my health, I only need it once a week, and I can handle it by myself."
Michelle's smile remained on her face, and her tone and attitude when answering the question were unchanged:
"I prefer reading books to wasting ti on romantic relationships. Knowledge from books is the most important to ."
Reesi, who feels uncomfortable if she doesn't see a pretty girl a day, realized that Michelle wasn't mocking her; she really was simply that type of person.
With a helpless spread of her hands, Reesi moved back to her original position; she had nothing more to say.
Mona tilted her head, pondered, and asked:
"You just said you only read books that interest you. What areas are you interested in?"
"History, music, architecture, law…"
Michelle listed more than a dozen areas she was interested in, which, aside from high-tech subjects like computers, chemistry, physics, nearly encompassed everything else.
Hearing this, Mona was also at a loss for words, spreading her hands, while Luo An could only sigh with one word:
"Wow."
"Since you all have no more questions, I have one to ask."
Michelle turned her gaze toward Luo An, asking:
"When does our Special Investigation Team get paid?"
"Are you really in need of money?"
"Correct."
Michelle explained that she spent her weekly wages according to a plan, most of it on buying books.
The day before yesterday, when she took a plane to Los Angeles according to the transfer orders, she ran into so unexpected expenses and ended up spending more money, leaving her a bit short on cash.
Another one who is short on cash.
Luo An looked at Mona and Reesi sowhat speechlessly, then without beating around the bush, he went into the group leader's office, pulled out a folder, and said with a smile:
"Since you asked, let's talk about our gains during this period today!"
"Huh?"
The three won in the office area all lit up with interest.
Including the newly joined Michelle, the three won of the Special Investigation Team are all senior special agents, with a weekly salary of 750 US Dollars, and a monthly salary of 3,000 US Dollars.
Luo An, the deputy team leader, has a weekly salary of 1,000 US Dollars, and a monthly salary of 4,000 US Dollars.
From that recent bank robbery case, each of the three mbers of the Special Investigation Team received a bonus of 2,000 US Dollars, and Luo An's bonus was doubled, netting him 4,000 US Dollars.
The sa was true for the teenager murder case, each mber of the Special Investigation Team got a bonus of 2,000 US Dollars; Luo An doubled it and received 4,000 US Dollars.
In addition to these, the 3 million US Dollars in gratitude money from the bank robbery case has also been received; Reesi took 300,000, Mona took 300,000, and Luo An took 2.4 million.
The separate rewards of 14.5% calculated by the higher-ups have also been distributed to the Special Investigation Team's accounts, totaling 1.27 million; Reesi got 200,000, Mona got 200,000, Luo An got 500,000, and the remaining 370,000 went into the operational funds of the Special Investigation Team.
So this ti, Reesi and Mona's earnings (weekly salary), were respectively 604,750 US Dollars and 2,909,000 US Dollars for Luo An.
Luo An did not ntion the total amount of his earnings but handed the earnings to Mona and Reesi respectively.
Seeing the overjoyed Mona, and Reesi who was shouting "Long live Luo An, I love you to death," Michelle was completely shocked; in her five or six years at the FBI, she had never seen such a large bonus.
Could it be that the Special Investigation Team lives off bonuses?
"Michelle, this is for you."
Stunned, Michelle took the folder Luo An handed her, and upon looking inside, saw that the amount was not 750 US Dollars but 20,750 US Dollars, which made her pupils shrink.
Rubbing her eyes and checking twice to make sure she wasn't mistaken that the number indeed read 20,750, Michelle quickly looked up at Luo An and asked:
"Deputy Team Leader Luo An, could there be a mistake?"
"Not at all, not at all."
Waving his hand to push the joyfully bouncing Reesi to the side, Luo An picked up a docunt Michelle had just finished from her desk and, pointing at it, smiled and said:
"For that previous bank robbery case, you didn't participate, so no bonus for you."
Michelle nodded as this was normal; accustod to reading books all the ti, she didn't have much of an opinion on this.
"But this teenager case..."
Luo An interrupted her:
"The money is for your involvent in the follow-up of the teenager case, and because you alone sorted out all the backlogged docunts of our Special Investigation Team."
Since arriving in Los Angeles, Luo An had a pile of docunts that he had no ti to deal with, including regulations and reports related to the formation of the Special Investigation Team, so eting reports, follow-up reports on the bank robbery case, handover reports with other departnts, and follow-up work reports on the teenager case, etc.
A whole bunch of them piled up; since Luo An's arrival in Los Angeles, he hadn't written a single report.
Mona and Reesi, having seen this, shot Luo An a glare before estimating it would take three days to sort everything out.
But Michelle alone had sorted it all out in just one day, and the internal docuntation was almost error-free.
And during this period, Michelle had also been teaching Luo An while passing the docunts to other departnts.
"This money is not from personally; it's deducted from the 370,000 US Dollars that just went into the operational funds."
Luo An kept his public and private matters clear; Michelle had joined in the middle of the teenager case and had done a lot of subsequent work, so it wouldn't be appropriate not to give a bonus.
More importantly, if things went as expected, Michelle would be the main one to finalize each case for the Special Investigation Team in the future...
Patting the emotionally mixed Michelle on the shoulder, Luo An waved his hand grandly:
"As said before, after wrapping up this case, take a day off. The next two days are the weekend, and then take an extra day off on Monday!"
"Whoo-hoo! Thank you so much, Luo An!"
"Call Deputy Leader!"
Michelle sat in her chair not knowing what to say, hesitating for a long ti before putting away her folder, and murmuring softly:
"Thank you."
The ti on Saturday and Sunday flashed by in the blink of an eye, and Luo An had planned to go to the Los Angeles beach on Monday to enjoy the scenery and eat so seafood, but that evening, he suddenly received a phone call.
Pressing the answer button, imdiately there were gunshots from the other end.
Bang bang bang—
Luo An's face changed, followed by a familiar male voice from the phone:
"Deputy Group Leader Greenwood, help!"
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