Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

"Hey, Hodge, are you okay? Have a cold?"

As soon as she heard that she was called by Hodge, Garcia immediately turned her head and looked at the bau team leader with concern.

Hodge's expression became more and more subtle. As for Rossi who was standing beside him...his smile was so meaningful that the others shuddered.

"I'm fine, Garcia, but you should be a little more careful."

Garcia opened her mouth in vain, looked at Hodge several times before speaking, and then turned her head to look forward.Elliott had already walked in front of them with Bruce Wayne on his arm. Dick was half a step behind him, standing still with his arms crossed, looking very leisurely.

"First of all, I want to apologize to you, there is something I haven't told you—"

"Ah, it's okay, Elied," Emily said quickly, "This is your private life, and we respect your choice."

"Thank you," Elied said with a faint smile on her face——judging from her usual expression, the smile was extraordinarily gentle, "Let me introduce to you, this is Bruce Wayne, he is my foster father."

"Oh so it's—wait?! What did you say?!"

Garcia and Emily had already put on their poses, put on their smiles, and prepared some polite words like "a man of talent and a woman are made in heaven", but in the middle of speaking, they suddenly realized...the last word was wrong!

——That's "adoptive father", not "boyfriend"!

"But your surname is..." Morgan is also very confused. Of course, anyone who finds out that his new colleague has a father who is one of the top three richest people in the United States will be so confused.

"Our style of acting is relatively low-key," Ellie said, letting go of Bruce's arm, and the corner of her mouth slightly curved, making her posture look very calm and decent, "Bruce, this is my colleague at bau. This is our team leader Aaron Hotchner, this..."

Elide introduced the members of bau to Bruce one by one. The middle-aged handsome guy with a good skin nodded at everyone with a reserved smile. His attitude was a little cold and perfunctory.

"Oh, fbi," Bruce finally uttered the first words since he appeared after Elide's introduction, "the legendary fbi!"

This sentence doesn't sound like "longing" literally. It can even be said that Bruce clearly expressed his contempt and dislike for the FBI to everyone. Nor did he pause for a second—like looking at something worthless and disgusting.

"What's the name of your group, behavioralanalysisunit, which specializes in the study of human behavior? It sounds very inscrutable," even with a sarcastic tone, Bruce's gestures are still arrogant and elegant, and his voice is as mellow as red wine, "Then How do you say, 'If you had to guess the color of my socks, I'm no better than a psychic?' Is that so, Mr. Hotchner? So what color are my socks?"

While Bruce was saying this, Reid, who was standing aside, said "huh?" in surprise. His voice was not loud, but it still seemed particularly abrupt in such a tense and unfriendly atmosphere.

Hodge tilted his head, glanced at Rhett calmly, his eyes slid past Elide, and finally stopped on Bruce.

"Behavior analysis is not a psychic medium. It has a scientific basis. Mr. Wayne, I think you also admit this." Hodge's voice was calm, deep and soft as always, but his eyes were firm and serious, "Yes, I You can tell the color of your socks through analysis, and deduce a lot of things from your behavior, but I will not do it. Behavior analysis is a tool for solving crimes, and it is to protect truth and justice, not a grandstanding show.”

"Heh, whether it's the police, cia or fbi, law enforcement officers always like to stand on a high ground and judge others with such a serious tone! If you are really as righteous as you claim to be, you'd better catch more perverts, don't be old Keep your eyes on those businessmen who pay taxes according to the law and are passionate about charity - I wish you a good time, excuse me."

Even with a mocking tone and a disdainful expression, Bruce still maintains an unforgettable demeanor, and his back when he leaves is even more noble and arrogant like a knight.

"This guy!" Morgan spit out a few words angrily, but shut up after a moment, and just looked at Elide and Dick with gloomy eyes.

"Bruce is such a character, I apologize to you on his behalf." Even though Morgan was not very friendly, Elide still smiled frankly, "He doesn't like any law enforcement agencies, especially the FBI, one of the Economic Crime Investigation Bureau. The department like him likes to trouble him when he has nothing to do-you have to understand him."

Even if such an explanation is convincing, Morgan, Garcia, and Emily still look a little bit aggrieved.Rossi, the old fox, put on a leisurely attitude of "don't care about anything" as always, as for Rhett?He seemed to be thinking about something, his expression was solemn, and his fingers were still unconsciously twisting the buttons of his cuffs.

Dick, who had been standing calmly by the side, took the opportunity to clap his hands, then went straight to Garcia and Emily, and bowed to them in an exaggerated salute:

"Hey beautiful ladies, do I have the honor of bringing you to the party?"

A young and handsome British guy made such a sweet and gentlemanly move, which greatly pleased the two people who were still a little bit angry. Both Garcia and Emily were happy, and the former even gave Morgan a hand. Go to the bar entrance.

Rosie put her hands in her pockets, humming a little tune and followed closely behind. Among the few people present, only Hodge and Rhett were the last ones. Elide looked at them and raised her eyebrows in doubt.

"Aren't you going in?" In the somewhat empty atrium, the woman's voice seemed a bit ethereal.

"Well, of course I'll go, let's go, Rhett." Hodge nodded at Elliott and patted Rhett's shoulder at the same time.

The blond doctor from Las Vegas looked at Hodge hesitantly for a while, and then reluctantly raised his foot, frowning slightly, as if he was still immersed in his previous thoughts.

"what happened to him?"

Elliot deliberately lagged half a step behind Rhett, kept the same pace as Hodge, leaned closer, and asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing, he's probably thinking about something, he's easy to do that." Hodge seemed indifferent, "You don't have to worry."

Elide turned her head away when she heard the words, and Hodge stared at the face of the woman in front of him, feeling a little absent-minded.

The passage that Bruce Wayne used to mock them just now sounded very familiar, and judging by Rhett's performance - that guy has a great memory - he did not remember it wrong.

Several years ago, Hodge had served as a witness for the prosecution in a trial against Brian Matloff.Known as the "Blue Ridge Choke Killer", he murdered at least three women in Blue Ridge Park, then fell into a coma due to an accident, only to wake up four years later, and lost part of his memory due to complications.

Because there is no direct evidence to convict Matlov, and the only key witness died two years ago, the defense lawyer has been aggressive at the beginning of the trial, suggesting several times that the profile given by Bau was wrong and Matlov was innocent of.

That lawyer said things like "sock colors and psychics" when questioning bau.At that time, in order to refute the defense lawyer, Hodge not only directly answered the color of the man's socks, but also pointed out a series of facts that he used insoles to increase his height, pawned a Rolex because he lost money betting on horses, and received horse racing information at the same time as the trial.Hodge's actions at the time proved the reliability of "behavioral analysis" and increased the trust of judges and juries in this technology. It was very witty and effective.

However, Bruce's sarcasm just now was almost exactly the same as the defense lawyer at the time. People like him would not pay attention to a small trial unless——

Hodge looked at Elide calmly. The woman was walking forward without turning her eyes. What remained in Hodge's field of vision was her rounded, fair-skinned side face and neck.

She quickly noticed the gaze, turned her head again, and smiled at Hodge.

"what's up?"

"Irid, you..."