110: My mother is sick, do you think I still care about my career?

Chen Kai curiously took a peek inside the suitcase and was immediately stunned. Why was it full of gold jewelry? Gold necklaces, gold bracelets.

Besides that, the bag also contained tea leaves with packaging that looked expensive at a glance, antique prayer beads, and a tea set.

"Uncle, Auntie, I rarely buy gifts... I just... I just bought what I like, I hope you won't mind." Liu Yunshang brushed back her hair and said somewhat shyly.

"No... isn't this too expensive? It's all gold jewelry..." His mother was completely stunned. What woman wouldn't know the price of such gold jewelry? They cost tens of thousands easily; wouldn't this be worth over a hundred thousand?

"That's right, Little Liu... this is too expensive..." His father also chimed in, his gaze fixed on the tea set displayed in the suitcase. He had come across this brand of tea set before; it was certainly good, but a set cost tens of thousands.

"As long as you don't mind, Uncle and Auntie, it's just a small token of my appreciation, you must accept it." Liu Yunshang placed the tea set, tea leaves, and other items on the table, speaking sweetly.

"That's right, Mom and Dad, just accept it. My two little rich girls prepared this carefully for you two; we can't let them feel discouraged, right?" Chen Kai smiled faintly. Seeing his parents looking hesitant, conflicted, and even a little pleased, he quickly intervened.

"Well... alright then. Son, you must treat them well in the future. These two young ladies are so sensible and are following you so devotedly. If I ever find out you treat them badly, I'll have your father deal with you!"

Chen Kai was stunned. He turned back to look at his father, who was standing there blankly, having pulled out his Seven Wolves belt to show off to them, and immediately shuddered.

"Don't..."

"Come and eat." He quickly changed the subject and pulled the two girls by their hands to sit around the table.

Seeing the triumphant expressions on both their faces, he smiled helplessly.

Liu Yunshang leaned into Chen Kai's ear quietly, "Little brother~ Uncle and Auntie seem quite satisfied with me, hehe."

"Yeah~ Big brother, they seem quite satisfied with both of us. Aren't we amazing?" Tang Yunshu followed suit and leaned into his ear.

"Amazing. In no time at all, you've turned my mom and dad to your side. Awesome!" Chen Kai gave them a thumbs up, impressed!

Before long, he saw his parents bringing out six dishes, all of which he loved. Braised pork ribs, Cola chicken wings, tiger-skin pork knuckles...

Just as he picked up a chopstick of ribs, his mother glared at him.

"Let the young ladies taste my and your father's cooking first."

Chen Kai's gaze gradually became resentful. He placed the ribs he had brought to his mouth into Liu Yunshang's bowl and added another piece for Tang Yunshu.

"Mmm! So delicious! Uncle and Auntie, your cooking is amazing! It's even better than what they make in restaurants!" Tang Yunshu took a bite of the ribs and exclaimed with an exaggerated expression.

"Wow... how can the ribs be made so delicious? Uncle, can you teach me? I'll go back and make it for Chen Kai to eat, hehe..."

The old couple became more and more satisfied the more they looked at them. They barely ate any rice themselves, too busy piling food into the girls' bowls.

Half an hour later, they were full, and the sky was turning slightly dark.

Chen Kai burped in satisfaction and checked the time; it was already 7:30.

"Mom, it's getting late, I'll take them to find a hotel to stay in."

"Why stay in a hotel? It's so much better to stay at home, Mom will make the bed for you." His mother was stunned, then immediately looked at the two of them. Three people squeezing into one bed did indeed seem... not very good.

"Hey, old woman, let Little Kai take Little Liu and Little Shu to stay out. If they don't want to stay outside, your mother and I can go out and stay for a few nights, and give the room to you all." His father realized what was happening and quickly waved his hand.

Chen Kai shook his head and patted his stomach. "No need, I'll just take them out to find a hotel." Once he arranged for the two girls' accommodation, he had to go stake out the person buying the bezoar. This couldn't be delayed; it was 160,000 yuan.

Chen Kai took the two girls out and opened two adjacent rooms in a nearby ordinary hotel. After carefully inspecting the rooms, he felt relieved enough to let them put their luggage inside.

"Little brother... are you... staying with us tonight?" Liu Yunshang asked, blushing, her delicate hand resting restlessly on him.

"I won't stay with you two, right? I'll be going back in a while. If anything happens, call me. Tomorrow I have to attend a relative's birthday banquet, I'll come pick you up at noon." Chen Kai checked the time; it was nearly 8:30, and he said this somewhat impatiently.

"Alright~ Then take care on the way, Big brother!" Tang Yunshu waved at him understandingly and returned to her room.

"Yeah! Sis, I'm leaving then?"

"Wait... aren't you going to give me a goodnight kiss?" Liu Yunshang took the initiative to pull on his hem, the tip of her red-bottomed black high heels stepping onto his shoe, and she leaned in. Chen Kai, caught off guard, had his radar automatically lock on.

Two minutes later, Chen Kai walked slowly out of the hotel, got into the Mercedes-Benz downstairs, and prepared the fresh bezoar in his bag. He drove towards the Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic mentioned by the system. He was very familiar with the roads in the area and didn't need navigation at all.

The county town was very small; in less than ten minutes, he parked the car outside a pitch-black alley. There weren't many shops with lights on in the alley, only one Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic was still lit.

Chen Kai checked the time: 8:40! He still had twenty minutes. He thought carefully; pretending to be a street vendor outside the door definitely wouldn't work. After all, he was a county magistrate, and he had some keen perception.

Besides, setting up a stall right on his path would be the same as staking him out. Who knew if Li Zhiwei would think someone was trying to test a cadre with this bezoar? Then... he could only pretend to be a cattle farmer.

Setting an alarm in advance definitely wouldn't work. What if he came out and the alarm didn't go off? Did he have to follow him? That wasn't very realistic. "Hmm... I've got it!"

Using these few minutes, he prepared his phone by going to the settings page. In the settings to change the alarm sound, there were many sounds to choose from. As soon as you tapped one, the phone would play the ringtone, prompting whether you wanted to use that sound as an alarm. As soon as the person came over, he would just press it and pretend to answer a phone call.

Just as he was thinking about this, he noticed the lights in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic slowly went out. A slender figure walked out of the clinic's door; it was a man who looked very refined, wearing a jacket, and appeared to be about forty years old.

He was talking on the phone while walking out of the alley. "Yeah, I know."

"Yeah, he doesn't have it here. It must be fresh; the medicinal effect is much worse otherwise. If that doesn't work, I'll entrust someone else to source it from outside."

"Reputation? My mother is sick, do you think I still care about such ethereal things?"