115: Boss! What brings you here?
Li Zhiwei felt a tightening in his chest and immediately couldn't sit still, rising from the dean's exclusive boss chair.
"Dean Wang, how is my mother's health?"
Dean Wang let out a long sigh of relief, his fingers trembling with nervousness. After all, this person's mother was as important as his own mother.
"Your mother was already showing symptoms of heatstroke, but fortunately, you brought her to the hospital in time! I assume after you found her, you had her cool down with an air conditioner? And she also drank some Traditional Chinese Medicine."
"Otherwise... your mother would have been in life-threatening danger! Another half hour, and she might... she might have..."
Li Zhiwei suddenly felt a wave of lingering fear, sitting heavily back into the chair and taking a few deep breaths.
"I understand. Thank you, Dean Wang. My mother should be fine now, right?"
"No problem at all. The Old Woman is in excellent health; living to one or two hundred years old won't be a problem."
Dean Wang chuckled, standing respectfully beside Li Zhiwei.
"I'll take your kind words, Dean Wang. I won't disturb your work any further."
Li Zhiwei nodded and led the Old Woman out of the dean's office.
His mood was a bit complicated; Chen Kai had truly helped him several times now.
If, as Dean Wang said, Chen Kai hadn't found her in time... then he might... he would already be regretting it now.
He thought for a moment and then asked the Old Woman beside him, "Mom, how did the Young Man who saved you find you?"
The Old Woman frowned and tried hard to recall, "He seemed to be eating something near a Convenience Store at the time. When he finished and was about to leave, he saw me and hurriedly bought me water and some Traditional Chinese Medicine."
"Oh~ I see. I'll take you back now. The matter with the prescription is already settled, so don't go running off next time."
Li Zhiwei said with a smile, though he was silently calculating how best to repay Chen Kai.
Based on what his mother said, it didn't seem like he had intentionally gone out to look for her; it was just a coincidence.
This reduced his suspicion of Chen Kai significantly. Even if Chen Kai had intentionally gone to help him find his mother, so what? At the very least, he had saved her!
As Li Zhiwei thought about this, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't told his driver and secretary that his mother had been found, so he immediately called them to say they didn't need to keep searching.
Only then did he take his mother back to the nursing home, stopping to withdraw forty thousand yuan in cash, intending to thank Chen Kai on the spot. If he hadn't found her, things might have ended up just as Dean Wang had described.
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On the other side, Chen Kai picked up Tang Yunshu and Liu Yunshang from the hotel, and the five of them drove toward the restaurant that had been agreed upon.
When they arrived, Chen Kai realized that rather than a restaurant, it was more like a farmhouse inn that had been booked out entirely.
At the entrance of the courtyard, there was only a black magotan 330 without license plates yet; it was clearly the new car Chen Tao had just picked up.
As soon as they saw a black Mercedes-Benz park at the courtyard entrance, Great Aunt's family immediately stood up.
Old Uncle's family was also slightly taken aback and slowly straightened up.
They all turned to look at Second Aunt, "Second Sister, is this someone your family called?"
Second Aunt was also stunned, "No, how could anyone in our family afford such a big Mercedes-Benz? It must cost at least several hundred thousand."
"But if it were an audi a6, that would be my son; he's driving his boss's car over." Second Aunt said smugly, her tone filled with disdain for the others.
Chen Kai silently parked the car, looked at the group of people sitting in the courtyard, and smiled faintly.
"Brother, this magotan looks a bit familiar."
"I remember that Chen Tao from our company seems to have bought a magotan on loan. Now he's complaining in the group chat every day about how expensive gas is, and how expensive the insurance is too."
Tang Yunshu was sitting in the middle of the back seat, blinking her big eyes curiously.
"Oh right, that's him, Chen Tao, my cousin." Chen Kai said calmly.
"Oh~ then I understand! I'll fire him when I get back."
Tang Yunshu slightly curled the corners of her mouth, revealing a wicked smile.
"Pfft..."
Chen Kai almost spat out a mouthful of water. This was just too wicked! He just loved doing a bit of wicked things.
He smiled and pushed open the car door, and the five of them got out of the car together.
The group of people sitting in the courtyard waiting for their food were stunned when they saw that the person getting out of the car was Chen Kai.
"Big Nephew, you... did you specifically rent a car to come back? Renting a car isn't cheap, right?"
Great Aunt immediately walked toward them, her face full of enthusiastic smiles.
"I bought it. Want to see the registration certificate?"
Chen Kai held one in each hand, with Tang Yunshu and Liu Yunshang by his side.
Great Aunt gasped, "Big Nephew, how much did this car cost you? This is a Mercedes-Benz, right?"
"It's not expensive, just six or seven hundred thousand."
Great Aunt's face was full of shock. Her son only spent over two hundred thousand to buy his car, and that was on a loan!
She, as a mother, knew exactly how much pressure he was under, suffering financially just for the sake of appearances!
And when buying a car on loan, isn't the registration certificate supposed to be mortgaged at the Bank? How could he have his registration certificate in hand? Could it be that Chen Kai paid for it in full!!
Thinking of this, Great Aunt's thoughts suddenly cleared. No wonder Chen Kai had been speaking so arrogantly in the group chat before! No wonder her son looked full of resentment whenever Chen Kai was mentioned!
It turned out that Chen Kai had really made money outside and had made a comeback!
Since that was the case, she couldn't join Second Aunt and Third Aunt in picking on Chen Kai. Her son worked in the big city just like Chen Kai; sooner or later, there would be a time when he could be of use.
Thinking of this, Great Aunt's attitude immediately became enthusiastic.
"Quick, quick, quick, come in, Big Nephew. Great Aunt knew you were coming back, so I specifically told the waiter to wait for you to arrive before serving the food!"
"I always said my Big Nephew was doing well. Oh my, in just these few days, you've made a comeback! Unlike your little brother in my family, who can only buy a crappy magotan."
Great Aunt said fawningly, her eyes full of respect.
Her attitude toward his dad and mom had also improved too much, "Third Brother, Sister-in-law, you two are really something. Big Nephew must be exhausted from rushing back, right? If I had known, I would have celebrated my birthday tomorrow, so that Big Nephew could have rested enough before you came."
His dad and mom looked at each other, their eyes full of shock.
Was this still the eldest sister they knew?
Chen Kai saw this and raised an eyebrow, "It's Great Aunt's birthday, how could it be postponed by a day?"
"Why couldn't it be postponed? Big Nephew came back specifically for my birthday, shouldn't Big Nephew be allowed to rest enough?"
Great Aunt chuckled, looking extremely enthusiastic. Since he could buy a car worth six or seven hundred thousand, he must have at least several million in his hands.
"Hehe, this is the birthday gift I brought for Great Aunt. I was in a rush, so I just bought a bottle of cola. Great Aunt won't mind, will you?"
Chen Kai smiled faintly; he would use the same tactics to speak back to them just as they had treated him before!
Great Aunt's expression clearly froze, and her mouth twitched. She looked a bit displeased. A birthday gift is just a bottle of cola? Are you kidding me?
"These two, are they Big Nephew's girlfriends? Won't you introduce them?"
Great Aunt's voice became slightly flatter. Chen Tao had originally been dismissive, but as soon as he heard his cousin had girlfriends, he looked up, and the moment he did, he was instantly dumbfounded.
"Boss! Why are you here?"