Los Angeles, where Mona and Roan live.

Hearing someone ring the doorbell at the gate outside the villa, Mona turned her head to look at Luo An, with a puzzled face:

"Looking for you?"

"The owner of this villa is you, maybe it's looking for you."

Straightening up from his chair, Roan bent down and kissed Mona lightly on the forehead, then turned and walked out of the villa.

At the gate at the end of the lawn outside the villa, stood a middle-aged white man in a black suit, with a big back comb, a long face, and a smile.

Luo An thought for a moment and remembered the other party's situation.

The other party's surname is Darren Bent, one of the residents of the villa complex and one of the managers of the owners' association.

The owners' association, in terms of responsibilities, is somewhat similar to the property in the East, that is, it collects management fees from the owners to manage, repair, repair and other activities in the community's public places.

The difference is that the federal owners' associations are self-governing bodies, and many of the rules and decisions are voted on by all the owners of the community, and the minority obeys the majority.

For example, the amount of annual maintenance costs, what kind of security insurance to buy for the community, which security personnel to hire, and hard rules such as the need to keep the house clean and tidy, and the prohibition of making noise, if violated, can even force some owners to leave the community.

When Roan and Mona first moved into the villa, the owners' association sent someone to meet with them and briefly investigate their careers and financial situation.

This villa is in Mona's name, Mona is a senior FBI agent, the house was bought to her by her father, and Luo An is the head of the FBI special investigation team, living with her as Mona's boyfriend, and the two of them have an average annual income level on the surface.

Knowing this information, the people of the owners' association did not say anything cool, but their attitude was very general.

When the villa is renovated, the owners' association sends someone to collect the community management fee, and on the days of the renovation, there are people watching every day, asking to keep the community clean and tidy, and ensure that other owners enjoy a harmonious life and a good environment.

Luo An and Mona were busy dealing with a case at the time, and they were not in the mood to deal with the owners' association, so they threw all those things to the renovation company and asked them to communicate with each other to deal with them.

Later, when they lived in this community, Luo An and Mona rarely communicated with the people of the owners' association, and usually called when they encountered problems and asked them to send someone to solve them, and usually the two of them didn't bother to deal with them at all.

Seeing that Darren Bent, one of the heads of the owners' association, came to the door today, Luo An was a little puzzled, but he still walked to the door with a smirk, stretched out his hand and shook it with many parties:

"Okay, what's the matter?"

"Hello."

Darren Bent had a very kind smile on his face.

In the past, when he met with Darren Bent, Luo An found that the other party's smile was the same as his own, and he didn't like the other party's polite smirk.

But today Darren Bent is very different from before, the smile is no longer a smirk, and the attitude is very sincere.

Mr. Darren Bent handed Roan two pieces of paper and said:

"At 8 o'clock this evening, the owners' association will vote on the installation of cameras in some public areas of the community and the hiring of more security personnel to strengthen the security level, and I hope the two of you can attend on time tonight."

Luo An took the paper handed by the other party, looked at it briefly, and found that this notice was issued three days ago, but the other party only came to inform him and Mona today.

Darren Bent smiled and apologized, saying that the employees of the homeowners' association were too busy to forget about it.

"What's wrong?"

At this moment, Mona changed her clothes and walked out of the villa, Luo An smiled, handed her the paper, and replied:

"Something to vote on."

Then Roan smiled and said to Darren Bent:

"I've got other things to do tonight, so I'm not going."

Mona replied next:

"I don't go at night."

The smile on Darren Bent's face remained unchanged as he asked:

"Can you ask why? Work or? ”

Luo An replied casually:

"She's not feeling well, and I'm going to the mayor's dinner in Los Angeles."

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed in Darren Bent's eyes, and then the smile on his face became more kind, seeing this scene, Luo An's brain turned, and he immediately understood the reason for the change in the other party's attitude.

A funny emotion flashed in his heart, Luo An briefly greeted the other party for a while, and then sent the other party away and returned to the villa with Mona in his arms.

"What's going on?"

Mona slapped away the hand on her waist, glanced at Luo An, and then asked with some doubts:

"Why did Darren Bent come to us today?"

Luo An replied casually:

"Maybe I saw the press conference held by Director Nassim on TV."

The people who live in this neighborhood are only a small number of very wealthy people, and many more are middle-class or slightly upper-class people.

It is only because of the hot situation of federal real estate and stocks in recent years that these people have moved into this villa area.

A part of the middle class of the Federation has a prominent characteristic, that is, it looks down on people of lower status than them, and wants to get in touch with people of higher status than them.

Luo An and Mona Ming's salary income is indeed average, and they can only be regarded as the lower reaches of the middle class

But yesterday, when Luo Ann received the "California Medal of Courage" press conference, all major media reported that it was in the eyes, and it was probably seen by some people in this community, so there was a personal invitation from Darren Bent just now.

After listening to Luo An's explanation, Mona sneered, and a touch of disdain flashed in her eyes.

This kind of fact that after being rich and famous, the fact that everyone around him has become a good person is too common, Luo An didn't have much thought, and walked back to the villa with Mona, the door closed, and he slammed his waist and hugged Mona in his arms.

"Roan!"

Mona subconsciously reached out and hugged Luo An's neck, and after reacting, her face was full of horror, and she shouted loudly:

"No! I'm not feeling well! It's not recovered yet! ”

"What are you thinking?"

Luo An rolled his eyes, bit Mona's lip, carried her to the sofa, hugged her in his arms, and asked:

"Why didn't you wear slippers when I came back just now?"

Luo An and Mona have lived together for so long, they know a lot of each other's living habits, and they have also run in with each other a lot.

For Roan, he doesn't find any problem with many of Mona's small habits, except for one thing that bothers him:

I don't wear slippers at home, and I like to walk around barefoot.

This is the habit of most of the people of the Federation, and it can only be said that it is a social atmosphere that has been passed down from generation to generation.

Mona is sometimes prone to diarrhea, which Roan guesses is most likely related to her habit of walking barefoot on the ground since she was a child.

Hearing Luo An's question, Mona blinked her big eyes and slowly looked away:

"I forgot."

Without waiting for Roan to speak, Mona suddenly looked back at him, her eyebrows raised:

"When I went to the kitchen just now, why didn't you wash the dishes after breakfast?"

The question of who washes the dishes after dinner is also a topic of dispute between Mona and Luo An since they lived together.

Luo An was stunned for a moment, and then grinned:

"I forgot."

The two looked at each other quietly for a few seconds, laughed in unison, and shifted the topic to other places.

"What time will you be back tonight?"

"I don't know, it depends on the situation, do you have any plans?"

"I'm going to drive to the hospital to see Lacey later, I just called her and heard that she accidentally got hurt again."

"What's the situation? Where did it hurt? ”

She didn't elaborate on the cause of the injury, but the situation was not serious, and a nurse was present at the time and directly helped her deal with it.

In addition, she appears to have been injured on her left arm, as well as the middle and ring fingers of her left hand. ”

“…… Don't go, let her just amputate her leg. ”

“？？？”

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A few hours later, at half past eight in the evening.

Dressed in a modest black suit and driving the black Ford that Mona's father had bought, Roan arrived at the hotel where the mayor's dinner was taking place.

Parking the car, Luo An just walked to the door of the hotel, and suddenly heard someone calling his name, and when he looked back, it turned out to be the director Nassim and his wife.

"Good evening, Director."

Luo An greeted the two with a smile and walked into the hotel together.

(End of chapter)