Jack said, "Mom, I'm going too. You'll help me ask for leave, right?

Maggie, you should come too. It should be interesting."

Maggie put down her chopsticks, shook her head, and said, "I really want to go, but my dad won't agree..."

"Why not?"

"He won't let me leave Los Angeles alone."

"You don't need to leave Los Angeles. The award ceremony is in Los Angeles, right, brother?"

Luke bumped fists with Maggie, "Maggie is right, the award ceremony is in Washington, specifically at the White House."

"What? The White House! You're not joking, are you?" Val exclaimed, his mouth wide open.

"It looks like I need to educate you all. The Medal of Valor is the highest honor awarded to public safety officers by the country, and it's presented by the Great Commander himself."

Robert stood up, spreading his arms, "Oh my God, the Great Commander of America is going to personally present the award to my grandson?"

Luke nodded, "That's right."

Robert immediately gave Luke a bear hug, "Son, you are my pride, the pride of our entire family."

Linda immediately burst into tears, "Thank God, I'm so happy..."

The chubby kid pointed at his chest, "Does that mean I can go to the White House to see the Great Commander...

I'm not dreaming, am I?"

Maggie pinched him on the arm.

The chubby kid let out a yelp, then joyfully said, "Oh yeah... it's real!"

...

At eight o'clock in the evening, after the family dinner ended, Luke saw his family off and then drove to Daisy's house.

He told Daisy about going to Washington and also invited her to come along.

However, Daisy still had work at the law firm and couldn't go away for several days. Besides, she wasn't comfortable going with Luke's family.

The next morning, Luke left Daisy's house and went to a nearby breakfast diner.

He ate breakfast while looking up flight information.

"Buzz."

Luke received a text message from his mom, "Luke, don't forget your father."

Luke frowned slightly. Forget him?

No, it's just that they seldom contact each other, and he was subconsciously avoiding it.

After hesitating for a moment, Luke still dialed his father's mobile number, "Hello, Dad."

"Luke, I was just about to contact you. How have you been recently?"

"Pretty good, how about you?"

"Not bad. Do you have time for Christmas? I want to invite you and Jack to come to New York for Christmas."

"I'm not sure yet, but if there are no cases, I'll bring Jack."

"OK, let's settle on that."

"Dad, do you remember the robbery incident I encountered in Las Vegas last time?"

"Of course, you killed the gunman and saved tourists at the music festival. Not just me, our entire family, neighbors, my colleagues all know, you are the pride of the Li family."

"Because of that incident, I was awarded the Medal of Valor. The award ceremony is on October 22nd at the White House, I want to invite you to come."

There was a pause on the other end of the phone. "Congratulations, son. That's the best news I've heard this year. Your mother was still complaining to me at the beginning of the year...

Heh, I guess she must have cried with joy.

I'm proud of you."

"Will you come? I'll book you a flight."

"Uh, I'd like to go, of course I want to go.

But... I got a little hurt, still in the hospital. I'm not sure if the doctor will let me be discharged?"

"Where did you get hurt?"

"I was accidentally hit by a car, but it's nothing serious."

"Why didn't you tell us?"

"I just didn't want you to worry; it's almost healed."

"Luke, I'm your uncle. Your father has me looking after him, don't worry."

"Uncle." Luke greeted.

"Luke, I'm also proud of you. You must come to New York for Christmas. Let's have a good drink together."

"Sure.

Dad, take good care of yourself. I'll send you photos from the award ceremony."

"Let's not tell Jack about my injury."

"I understand."

"Luke, I'm proud of you."

After hanging up the phone, Luke felt somewhat heavy-hearted.

If he hadn't known about Li Zhaofeng's injury, he might have avoided going to the hospital, but now that he knew, he felt he should visit.

However, unlike his family in Los Angeles, Luke had no contact with Li Zhaofeng since he traveled to this world; there was no real familial affection.

Forget it, head to Washington first. If there's time, then go to New York...

...

On the morning of October 20th.

Luke's family hurried to Los Angeles International Airport.

The cost of the plane tickets and the hotel were covered by Luke, which might be a significant expense for ordinary people, but it was nothing for Luke.

The family went through security and waited in the departure lounge for half an hour before boarding their flight.

The chubby kid, carrying a black backpack and walking excitedly, exclaimed, "Washington, here I come!"

Luke and the others were on a large airplane, with ten seats per row and aisles on both sides. The family was seated in row 10, with Luke's seat being G, next to the right aisle.

The chubby kid and Val found their seats first. As Luke was placing his suitcase in the overhead compartment, suddenly, he felt a soft body bump into him. He turned his head and saw a Latin woman wearing a tight skirt, curvy at both ends.

At first glance, Luke thought he had bumped into Orty, but upon closer inspection, it wasn't Orty; Orty was taller."

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