Legendary FBI Detective

Team 5, Group Leader Office.

Seeing the letter signed by the First Lady, Luo An slightly raised his eyebrows before tearing open the envelope and retrieving the paper inside.

To Luo An, a letter from the First Lady was nothing special, not like it was from the First Daughter.

The content of the letter was straightforward, mainly praising Luo An for his outstanding performance in this case, being brave, fearless, and handsome.

Appreciating the emphatic truth, Luo An selectively ignored the official tone and earnestly read over the adjectives praising him five times before finally shifting his gaze to the end of the letter.

Generally, the most important part of a letter is at the end, and sure enough, the First Lady mentioned at the end of the letter that Deputy Group Leader Luo An Greenwood's performance was the most excellent in this case, so 200,000 US Dollars from the foundation would be allocated to Luo An within this month.

Of course, this 100,000 is pre-tax money, and the tax would have to be handled by Luo An himself.

Although taxes were involved, Luo An's eyes still lit up.

This business trip not only provided overtime pay but also a doubled bonus, selling his experience to Columbia Pictures for 1.83 million US Dollars, and the 100,000 US Dollars from the First Lady.

Besides, there were a bunch of other miscellaneous gold, silver, and lifetime free cards.

Summarizing his gains, Luo An grinned, inadvertently revealing his molars.

Then suddenly, Luo An remembered that these gains were only after the First Lady's encounter with the attack; if the federal president were attacked...

Never mind, future issues could be discussed later!

Pushing these thoughts aside, Luo An, with a smile, closed the folder:

"Thank you, boss."

"No need to thank me; it's I who should thank you."

Augustus waved his hand, took a sip of coffee from the desk, and continued:

"Make sure you dress sharply for the medal award ceremony next Monday!"

"Of course!"

Luo An nodded with a laugh, agreeing. After chatting for a bit more, the two stood up and left the Group Leader's office.

Luo An handed the notification of the awarded bonus to Mona, Reesi, and Raiden. After refusing Raiden's glowing invitation to his barbecue party the next day, Luo An went back to his own desk, picked up his coffee, turned on his computer, and logged into the forum to start an online debate.

Since the last location of the explosion case was in Los Angeles, and without Los Angeles' cooperation, it would be impossible to get a part of the funds set up by the First Lady, the follow-up to this explosion case was no longer related to Luo An's Team 5.

Today was Friday, openly idling for the day, and soon it was time to leave work, followed by Saturday and Sunday off.

Lovers always want to stick together all the time; Luo An and Mona didn't leave the house for those two whole days.

This time, the battlefield was not at Mona's house but a small apartment Luo An bought in Greenwich Village.

On Sunday evening, Luo An drove Mona back to her small house to pick up her essentials.

Several large black bags were loaded into the car by Luo An, and Mona took her bag but did not leave immediately; she stood at the doorway, silent and motionless.

Luo An stood by her, also looking that way, trying to ease any possible unease Mona might have been feeling:

"The house isn't going anywhere, Mona, you can always come back to visit."

Mona took a tote bag from Luo An, her expression complex:

"I hesitated a lot when I first bought this house and considered for a long time before finally deciding to purchase it.

But I didn't expect to move out so soon after."

Hearing this, Luo An laughed:

"If you wish, I can find someone to help you cash out after a while. Looking at the current real estate prices, you could make quite a bit of money."

Before the 2008 real estate bubble, the Federation Government always considered real estate as one of the primary measures to stimulate the economy, and the federal real estate market was thriving, with prices rising steadily.

However, history proves that once an economy relies too heavily on the real estate industry, the outcome usually isn't very good.

Especially with Wall Street, that prefers money over life behind it.

But now it's 2005, and there are no apparent problems with the real estate in New York; the prices are still going up.

"Let's keep it."

Mona shook her head slightly and said:

"In case we argue and have a falling out, I'll have a place to stay."

Luo An reached out to hold Mona in his arms, whispering in her ear:

"I'll try to solve problems through communication as much as possible."

"Women are emotional. Once emotions are triggered, they become irrational, and I'm no exception."

Mona wrapped her arms around Luo An's waist and whispered:

"If I really get angry and run away, I'll hide somewhere you can easily find me."

Luo An was moved and without saying much, kissed her right away.

"No! No!"

Just as Luo An was about to make his next move, Mona suddenly pushed him away, raised her finger with a serious expression, and said:

"We only had breakfast together this morning, and I'm really hungry now, let's go eat first!"

Luo An chuckled, agreed, wiped his mouth, picked up the parcel, and walked down the stairs with Mona, casually asking:

"Grilled steak?"

"No, grilled lamb chops."

"OK, you decide, but I'll add fifty oysters."

Mona: "…"

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Monday, on the third floor of the Jacob Federation Building at the large conference center.

A medal awarding ceremony is being held here at ten o'clock in the morning.

There are already quite a few people present, including the old forensic doctor from the Trace Examination Department and Agent Nair, Old York from the Security Department, Agent Norton and Group Leader Dillon from Organized Crime Investigation Department, the Special Agent Director Vireness, other department leaders of the same rank, and the Deputy Director and Director of the FBI New York Branch.

In the stands, many family members are also seated, including Augustus's wife and daughters, and Layd's wife and children.

However, since Luo An's parents are deceased, Mona's father is not in New York, and Reesi's relatives are too old to come, the relative seats for these three are empty.

As the time reached 10 o'clock, the Director began to speak on stage.

The Director of the FBI New York Branch, a very serious-looking elderly Caucasian, spoke with a rigorous yet humorous tone, making the atmosphere at the venue very lively.

After the speech ended, music sounded, and the medal-awarding ceremony officially began, starting with the group medals.

Group Leader Augustus stood at the forefront, pregnant, followed by Deputy Group Leader Luo An, Layd, Reesi, Mona, William, and four technical agents.

The Director helped everyone put on their medals, praised them briefly, then took a group photo, with the audience cheering and clapping.

After the group medals were awarded, the members of Group 5 descended from the stage, followed by the award of the FBI Achievement Medal and the FBI Valor Medal.

As Luo An was stepping down from the stage, he turned back and once he stood firm, the applause and cheers from below intensified:

"Luo An! Well done!"

"Fantastic!"

"Awesome!"

"Topnotch!"

The atmosphere below was extremely lively, as the Director placed the two medals on Luo An's chest and patted his shoulder hard:

"Fine work, Luo An, you are the best agent I've seen in years!"

"Thank you for your praise, Director."

Luo An's face was filled with smiles.

After the ceremony ended, the members of Group 5 went to share their joy with their families. Just as Luo An was about to say something to Reesi and Mona, Vireness walked straight over.