My father's inheritance is my mortal enemy.

It rained heavily on the day Li Bo bid farewell to Ning Zhi.

After Li Bo returned home, he had a fever for a while. Before he recovered, the Zhou family took the lead in convening a shareholders' meeting.

This shareholders' meeting was clearly a trap.

After returning to China, Zhou Yanshao never visited Li Bo, and their relationship was no longer what it used to be. Now that Zhou Yanshao no longer stands behind Li Bo, if Li Bo wants to maintain his position, it will be illegitimate and he will have to rely on his own methods.

Although Li Bo worked diligently in Zhihuai last year, who in that position wouldn't be diligent?

The shareholders' meeting was eerily silent. The speeches of the other shareholders were so awkward to listen to that they were almost unbearable. The Zhou family launched a series of attacks, and although Zhou Huiyuan's confidants sided with Li Bo, they only supported Li Bo's decisions; they wouldn't help deal with the humiliation.

Li Bo has something on them that they can't handle. They won't go too far, but they won't get involved either. They even seem to be watching the show.

Throughout Zhihuai, no one considered Li Bo to be one of their own.

Despite being criticized so harshly, Li Bo remained unfazed and smiled until the end of the meeting.

After the shareholders' meeting ended and everyone had left, Zhou Qian looked at him and said, "The renowned President Bo is quite tolerant, but in Zhihuai, tolerance alone is useless. Yan Shao has already returned to the Nordic base. If I were you, I would be sensible enough to hand over the Zhihuai shares."

Zhou Yanshao did not stay in the capital.

This truly disheartens Li Bo.

This also means that Li Bo will not have a good time for at least a year.

Li Bo has another year to live.

Li Bo felt fortunate.

But Li Bo's year was anything but easy.

He couldn't sleep for nights on end; even sleeping pills didn't help him sleep for long, and his sleep was always fragmented. He carried the printed photos from his email with him, crumpling them until they were wrinkled, and he would only put the old ones away after making a new copy.

Li Bo started reading skiing news.

In the news reports, Zhou Yanshao participated in several skiing competitions and won awards. Li Bo read the reports over and over again until his eyes hurt. Sometimes he could only fall asleep after listening to a few seconds of Zhou Yanshao's interview voice on repeat.

With the chat history gone, Li Bo could no longer listen to those voice messages to fall asleep, and could only seek solace in them.

Ning Zhi tried to contact Li Bo several more times afterward, but Li Bo declined each time. Firstly, he was busy; secondly, he didn't want to drag others into this mess; and thirdly, he didn't want to listen to Ning Zhi's advice anymore. The last time he saw Ning Zhi, Ning Zhi's words kept echoing in his ears.

The will to free to rage tore at him, but could not consume his love.

In the middle of the year, the huge sponsorship funding process for the Nordic base was completed. Li Bo signed the papers, called the person in charge, and reminded them that the athletes' safety was the most important thing.

The manager of the Nordic division also called, saying that he had visited Zhou Yanshao and that Zhou Yanshao was getting very close to a woman, who seemed to be a good friend. He also said that Zhou Yanshao was working hard in training and that everything was going well.

When Li Bo received the news, he developed a fever, rolled off the bed, and felt pain in every bone in his body.

It turns out a year can be so long and so tiring.

In the latter half of the year, Zhou Qian's men finally couldn't hold back any longer and made their move against Li Bo. Li Bo didn't die, but his right leg was fractured and two steel nails were inserted.

From that moment on, Li Bo felt that his feet would get cold whenever it rained, and he couldn't warm them up no matter what.

Because of his leg injury, Li Bo stopped going to the gym and even bought himself a burial plot in the suburbs. It was quiet and quite remote, and he didn't tell anyone.

Li Bo had originally installed a locator on his phone. If he were to die somewhere someday, the locator would trigger an alarm if it remained stationary for an extended period.

At least someone can still find him, whether he's alive or dead.

But since changing his phone, Li Bo has never installed a GPS tracker.

The only good news was that Li Bo found the person who poisoned Wan Tong—an old servant who had worked for the Zhou family for over twenty years.

After Wan Tong's poisoning progressed to a critical stage, Zhou Huiyuan dismissed all the servants, replacing them all, old and new.

Some of these people left the capital, while others stayed. Zhou Huiyuan had people secretly following them for five years, but they hadn't discovered any large expenditures by any of them.

The most painful thing is when a person receives money but can't spend it.

After five years, this man finally couldn't resist and bought a small villa.

Just two days after they had settled into their peaceful life, Li Bo arrived. After handing the person over to the police, he checked the other party's bank account and found that it was an unregistered account. The other party was very cautious, which was to be expected.

After the interrogation, Li Bo obtained a new clue: a hidden recording pen.

Fearing that "that person" might change his mind, the maid thought it best to leave some evidence, so she secretly brought a recording pen to their next meeting.

Upon hearing the voice, Li Bo quickly guessed who it was.

To avoid alerting the suspects, Li Bo reported the incident to the police through the maid. With the clues in hand, he flew back to Beijing. After landing, he lit a cigarette and asked Uncle Liu to drive him to Zhihuai.

In the car, Uncle Liu reminded him, "Mr. Bo, you've been smoking a lot this year. You need to take care of your health."

"It's nothing," Li Bo said with a smile. "It's okay to have a twitch when I'm in a bad mood."

Uncle Liu knew he couldn't persuade him, so he stopped trying.

Li Bo was acting strangely throughout the year.

Li Bo worked harder than ever before, picked up many bad habits, and attracted a lot of attention.