America: I'm really not crazy

Chapter 24 Li Wei is about to start using tricks.

09: 45.

Danielle circled Domino Park in Little Havana twice but couldn't find a parking spot, so she had to park a block away and walk back.

This made her even more upset, as she was already in a bad mood due to working overtime.

But this is just an "appetizer".

When she arrived at the agreed location and saw "Thomas Gallard" playing dominoes with several elderly Cuban men, she even had the urge to shoot him in the head.

"Hey! You bastard..."

"Girl, either sit down and play, or shut your mouth. These are the 'rules'."

An elderly man who was watching the commotion offered a rather unfriendly reminder.

Danielle did not refute, but silently took out handcuffs.

Then, several elderly onlookers calmly pulled out their guns and pointed them at her.

His hands were very steady, and his gun-holding posture was very professional.

Danielle instinctively gripped the gun at her waist.

Just as tensions were about to rise, Li Wei sighed.

"Alright, I lost. Antonio, you old man, you're really something."

Li Wei didn't cheat after losing; instead, he readily admitted defeat.

The old man opposite chuckled.

"This is the wisdom of the elderly."

After saying that, the old man glanced at Danielle.

"Li Wei, it seems the people you invited have arrived. Let's play again another time... Anyone want to play a four-player game?"

The other elderly people ignored the nervous Danielle and sat down in their assigned groups after Li Wei stood up.

"Li Wei?"

Upon seeing this, Danielle immediately frowned and repeated the name.

Several elderly people immediately cast unfriendly glances at him, while Li Wei raised his hand to make a "shh" gesture, then gestured to Danielle with an invitation, pointing to a park bench not far away.

Then, Li Wei took the lead and sat down.

Danielle stood there, glanced at Levi, then at the Cuban-American elderly who had already divided into teams and started playing dominoes, and finally took her hand off the gun and sat down at the other end of the park bench.

"You are not Thomas Gallard."

Danielle spoke in an interrogative tone.

Li Wei looked completely astonished.

"Are Miami police this unprofessional these days? Would you believe me if I said I was the president?"

"After I put you in jail, I'll show you my professional side."

Danielle immediately raised the handcuffs to grab Levi.

Li Wei then proactively extended his hands and asked a question with a face full of curiosity.

"So, Officer Harris, what charges are you going to bring against me?"

Danielle was stunned.

Upon their first meeting, Li Wei, fully armed and carrying military-grade weapons, caused panic as he walked down the street.

but……

Carrying firearms in public, refusing to obey police orders, assaulting police officers, damaging police equipment...

These charges were either difficult to define based on the circumstances at the time, or they were so minor that they amounted to at most a fine; she couldn't do anything to Li Wei.

The second meeting was even more absurd.

He witnessed Li Wei's robbery, but drug dealers cannot testify in court, so there is no way to convict him.

On the contrary, it was he himself who chased after McDonald's because of the sound of the "air raid siren" and, because he lost control of his emotions, fired his gun without authorization, which was an "illegal operation".

So much so that Li Wei's act of knocking her unconscious was an indisputable "self-defense".

"Do you have any other questions? If not, can we continue our conversation from last night?"

Li Wei withdrew his hand and asked politely.

Danielle almost cursed Levi through gritted teeth.

"So, you bastard, you contacted me last night through the police station's public hotline and lured me here just to humiliate me? Let me tell you, don't get too cocky! Unless you never break the law again, I'll catch you red-handed sooner or later!"

Levi looked down at his own human feet, clad in size 12 military boots, and thought that Danielle would never have the chance to catch him red-handed.

Does she plan to wait until I'm "reborn" as a horse in my next life to trim my hooves?

Thinking this, Li Wei felt that Danielle was indeed a very persistent woman.

Fortunately, he didn't believe in that.

"Officer Danielle, are you having trouble dealing with the 'gang problem' in Miami?"

Somewhat disgusted, Levi decided to get straight to the point and get rid of Danielle, the clingy policewoman, as soon as possible.

"What? Are you going to turn yourself in? Then I really have to thank you for reducing my workload."

Danielle's answer was clearly emotional.

Li Wei had no interest in wasting time with her, so he went straight to the "real stuff".

"Given the current situation in Miami, eliminating 'gangs' is unrealistic, so unified management becomes imperative. What do you think of this idea?"

Danielle was stunned again, and even the old men playing dominoes stopped their game and looked over.

Seeing that Danielle was finally able to discuss the issue with him "calmly," Li Wei nodded in satisfaction and then continued to express his views.

"One gang, one voice, is always easier to manage than all that messy infighting. If you're worried about one group becoming too powerful, I think this is very easy to solve—join the Levi gang, and you can participate in setting the new rules. What do you think, Officer Danielle Harris?"

Danielle became even calmer because of her shock.

She stared intently at Li Wei, her gaze fixed on him.

a long time……

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore. The ones who should really arrest you aren't the police, but the doctors at the mental hospital."

Li Wei suddenly turned his head, staring intently at Danielle, ready to draw his gun and give this persistent policewoman a good whack.

But in the end, after Levi saw that Danielle had actually gotten up and left, he was certain.

This woman wasn't insulting him; she genuinely believed it.

Although it was still not very polite, it didn't stem from malice, but rather from "ignorance".

So Li Wei decided to put aside his anger for the time being and observe her future behavior.

Of course, besides that, Li Wei felt that what he should do now was to keep her.

For the megaphone toy (unlimited battery version)!

After silently encouraging himself, Li Wei adjusted his emotions, coughed twice, and began to "use someone else's name to make a big deal out of nothing".

"If you think I have mental problems, you can open your phone's browser and search for the name Thomas Gallard."

Danielle paused, while the elderly men did as she was told.

"A 27-year-old IRS deputy director? Am I still half asleep?"

"Oh! Shit! Notice his last name! This mustache guy is from the Gallard family!"

"Hey! Levi! Didn't you say you were just a former Marine? But you seem to know Thomas Gallard! Doesn't that make sense?"

Amid the shock of the elderly, Danielle turned around somewhat stiffly.

She was still holding her phone, and on the screen was Thomas's "standard" smile.

Danielle opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything. Instead, she walked back and sat down on the park bench again, and asked a question.

"So, those gangs really have high-ranking officials protecting them? Isn't this just a baseless rumor?"

But it wasn't Li Wei who answered her; it was the old people.

"Look! What an innocent and naive girl! I'd bet my dick that she's a virgin!"

"The FBI, CIA, and even the president could be protecting those scumbags. I never thought the IRS would get involved now."

"What's so shocking about you? Hasn't this been going on for decades? This is America, for crying out loud!"

Finally, Antonio's matter-of-fact attitude made Danielle's gaze dart away.

She wasn't avoiding the vulgar language; as a police officer who dealt with gangs year-round, she had heard far more vulgar and obscene things.

She was avoiding the truth that she had never dared to... or rather, was unwilling to believe.

When the "principles and justice" she firmly believed in were merely written words, or even began to crumble, Danielle... fell into an indescribable depression.

"dad……"

Li Wei was stunned. He didn't understand what he had done to make Danielle use such a term of endearment.

But in any case, he had no intention of raising a daughter as old as Danielle.

But Danielle didn't give Levi a chance to refuse.

"So, what was the point of everything you did? Besides killing yourself and your mother?"

Li Wei then realized that Danielle was caught in self-doubt and a collapse of her values.

But Li Wei wasn't a psychologist, nor was he interested in meddling in other people's business. He just wanted something that interested him—that megaphone toy (unlimited battery life version)!

"So, are you interested in setting some 'rules' yourself? In Miami."

Li Wei, who didn't like his time being wasted, asked a question without any tact.

At the same time, he secretly resolved that if Danielle dared to say "no," he would walk away.

Three-legged toads are hard to find, but there are plenty of people who want to be the "boss" of every gang in Miami, if not everywhere.

Li Wei didn't care; he had no intention of managing it anyway. In fact, the only reason he approached Danielle was simply because they were "relatively familiar" and "relatively reliable."

Danielle's answer this time was quite straightforward.

"What should I do?"