Leaving Vireness's office with the documents in hand, Luo An descended in the elevator, his expression a bit quirky. The person who called him was the female journalist Louise, but Louise didn't specify what she wanted Luo An's help with, only saying there was a dinner next weekend and she had someone send Luo An an invitation. After pondering for a moment, Luo An set the matter aside for now and left the building to return to the special investigation team's office area. Upon returning to the special investigation team's office area, Chenier, Michelle, and others were cleaning the offices. These past few days they hadn't been around, and a fair amount of dust had accumulated on their desks. "Good news, everyone." Clapping his hands to draw the attention of the agents, Luo An shook the folder in his hand and said with a smile: "Salaries and bonuses have been issued. I've sent them to you, check your text messages quickly to see if there are any mistakes or omissions." Chenier and Michelle's eyes lit up, and Winslow and Reesi hurriedly took out their phones. Each agent's salary within the special investigation team wasn't considered high; aside from Luo An, who as team leader received a bit more, the rest were at the senior agent pay grade, no different from ordinary agents in other investigation teams. What set them apart was the bonus. Luo An's special investigation team, in addition to the base bonus awarded after solving a case, would always have some extra earnings. For instance, in the Sarls case operation, Luo An eventually calculated that the total operational expenditure was less than 800,000 US Dollars. Vireness thought Luo An's calculation skills were too poor, having worked in the FBI for so long and apparently forgetting the accounting knowledge he'd learned in college. After carefully recalculating for Luo An, Vireness indeed found many mistakes, correcting them one by one, leaving the final figure at 1.4 million US Dollars. Apart from this sum allotted to the case, there was also funding discussed with the CIA before the operation concerning the underground arms deal. The amount of money was around 5.7 million US Dollars. With the urging of Vireness and CIA Agent Roland who had successfully entered the management, this sum was also transferred today to the account provided by Luo An, the final figure being 5.73 million US Dollars. As Luo An's superior, Vireness, as well as CIA Agent Roland and his superiors, had their gains after the case was concluded. Aside from voluntarily paying a lot of money and wrestling over procedures with certain federal departments, which means Sarls was unlikely to be transferred to the British Empire's MI6 within the next decade, everyone was satisfied. Out of the 1.4 million US Dollars, Luo An retained 500,000 to cover the special investigation team's case funding, with the remaining 900,000 divided with 300,000 for Luo An, and the other five individuals each receiving 120,000. From the 5.7 million from the arms sale, Luo An took 2.1 million, while Mona, Reesi, and the other three each got 700,000, and, like before, the leftover change was kept as the special investigation team's case funding. Seeing the numbers on their phones, the agents' eyes shone, with Winslow and Chenier breaking into happy smiles, Reesi laughing out loud, and Michelle and Mona equally thrilled. Luo An chuckled, tucked away the folder, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, let's not forget about the follow-up work for this missing nuclear warhead case. Even though the case participants have all been taken away by the military, we still need to write the reports." Winslow and Chenier nodded repeatedly, while Reesi patted her chest, loudly ensuring: "Just leave the paperwork to us!" ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novel⸺fire.net Michelle, as usual, didn't say much, silently took the reports that Luo An needed to write to her own desk. Because the follow-up work for the case wasn't urgent and it was also lunchtime, the agents of the special investigation team called for some food to be delivered to the office. They ate, rested, and chatted casually. There was laughter all around the office. Reesi, Mona, Chenier, and Michelle gathered to explore new lines of women's clothing, handbags, and other items. Winslow, unable to join the conversation, promptly swallowed the beef in his mouth, moved his chair next to Luo An and with a chuckle, said: "Luo An, I'd like to take a day off." After finishing his first portion of barbecue and tossing the box in the trash, Luo An opened a second portion of barbecue takeaway, and while eating, asked vaguely: "You know, my ex-wife and I got divorced." Winslow took a sip of his drink and explained: "After the divorce, the court awarded custody of our son to her, and mother and son have been living together ever since." Luo An nodded as he ate his barbecue. In the previous "Bank Gas Attack" case, he had met Winslow's ex-wife, a woman named Lanita who was a head taller than him. After the divorce, Lanita lived alone with her son for a while, then married her current husband. Luo An didn't pay attention to what the current husband's name was, only remembering that he worked at a chemical company, was not very tall, slightly shorter than himself, and with Lanita, they made a pair where the woman was taller than the man. After swallowing his barbecue, Luo An asked with a smile, "Planning to take Little Jimmy out for a day of fun again?" Jimmy was Winslow's son's name, still in elementary school. When he first got divorced, Winslow didn't have much money and could only watch from afar as Lanita took care of Jimmy. After joining Luo An's investigation team, Winslow's financial situation improved steadily, and he would take time to coordinate with Lanita to buy gifts for Jimmy and take him to amusement parks, zoos, and other places to have a good time for a day. There had been several such occasions, and aside from occasionally encountering special circumstances, Luo An had never refused Winslow's requests as a father. Luo An thought Winslow was taking time off for the same reason as usual, but to his surprise, Winslow shook his head and said, "No, it's not about Jimmy this time, it's Lanita. She's getting divorced." Hearing this, Luo An popped a question mark over his head, stopped eating his barbecue, and asked, Winslow's expression was a bit complex, a mixture of happiness and embarrassment, with a hint of shyness as he replied, "I'm thinking about getting back together with Lanita." Winslow's words caught the attention of a few female colleagues nearby, and Reesi immediately moved her chair closer and asked with a laugh, "Did you secretly meddle in Lanita's marriage with her current husband, causing them trouble and forcing them to divorce?" Winslow rolled his eyes and threw a candy at Reesi: "I've never meddled in their family affairs, and I only just found out about Lanita's divorce. According to her friend, it seems to be because of work issues." Reesi chuckled, picked up the candy, unwrapped it, and popped it into her mouth. Chenier came over and asked, "Have you talked about getting back together with Lanita?" Winslow shrugged and turned to look at Luo An, "That's what I'm taking time off for, to talk to her about it." Luo An nodded in agreement. The current workload was neither urgent nor busy, so they could spare Winslow for a day. Winslow spoke sincerely. Luo An patted his shoulder then turned to Reesi and said with a smile, "With Winslow taking a day off, the paperwork he was supposed to handle that day is now on you." After a bit of playful banter, everyone finished lunch and started working on the paperwork. Time quickly reached the end of the workday. Winslow, a bit anxious, packed up his things, said goodbye, and quickly left. The rest of them left the building leisurely, each driving home. Waiting at a traffic light, Mona in the driver's seat yawned and asked, "Luo An, what are we having for dinner tonight?"