My father's inheritance is my mortal enemy.

Li Bo returned to Zhihuai and called Uncle Zeng into his office, saying there was a project to discuss on Australia Island and that he wanted to go with Uncle Zeng. He asked Uncle Zeng to buy the plane tickets and get reimbursed by the finance department.

Uncle Zeng nodded. "Mr. Bo, you didn't come to Zhihuai yesterday because..."

Li Bo has been working at Zhihuai for over a year, and has never missed a day of work except when injured.

Li Bo rubbed his lower back: "Oh... my back hurt yesterday. Sitting for too long has made me sick."

"Would you like to try acupuncture? I know a good traditional Chinese medicine doctor."

"No need, it's an old problem."

"Okay, I'll buy the plane tickets. Is tomorrow morning okay?"

"Um."

Uncle Zeng bought the tickets, and the two flew to Australia early the next morning. On the plane, Uncle Zeng sighed, "Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, a year has passed... At this time last year, the young master was still in Beijing. I wonder if he will come back this year."

Li Bo smiled and said, "I guess he's not coming back."

Uncle Zeng noticed the sadness in Li Bo's eyes and didn't continue speaking.

In a year, many people and events will fade away, and much of the hatred and exploitation will be forgotten.

Life is about looking forward; you can't just go around in circles.

After the plane arrived on Australian Island, a driver picked him up. Li Bo planned to stay there for about half a month, leaving around the end of December. Uncle Zeng was staying in the deluxe room downstairs from Li Bo, and he would only accompany Li Bo when he went to meet clients.

There are no branch offices in Australia, so there's no need to clock in or out; meetings can be held online, which is quite easy.

These relaxed days continued until the end of the month.

The night before he left, Li Bo asked Uncle Zeng to come upstairs.

As soon as Uncle Zeng entered, he saw a large group of people standing inside. He froze, instinctively stunned, and the door was closed by Master Fei himself.

Li Bo sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, holding a cup of hot water in his hand.

"From the moment Uncle Xiang kidnapped me, I started thinking about who Li Yao had in Zhihuai who could promise Uncle Xiang the rights to vote in the shareholding election. Zhou Qian's men wouldn't agree, nor would Zhou Huiyuan's confidants. Even if one or two defected, it wouldn't matter, since small fry can't amount to much."

"It can only be you, Uncle Zeng."

Uncle Zeng was an old man from Zhihuai, having followed Zhou Huiyuan for two or three decades. After Wan Tong was poisoned, Zhou Huiyuan replaced all of Zhou's subordinates, but he himself was still poisoned. Zhou Huiyuan couldn't determine whether the poisoning came from someone from Zhou's residence or someone from Zhihuai.

This difficult problem fell on Li Bo's shoulders.

Li Bo always believed that he was poisoned while pretending to be a loving father and son with Li Yao, but even though he vomited it out every time, he still couldn't avoid it...

Now that I think about it, it makes sense if Uncle Zeng was the one who poisoned him.

Uncle Zeng is a constant, while CEOs come and go.

Li Yao's ability to bribe Uncle Zeng is truly remarkable.

Uncle Zeng knew he had nowhere to run. Actually, he had felt something was off when Li Bo said he was coming to Australia on a business trip, but Li Bo had indeed been working these past few days, so he had let his guard down. He just hadn't expected... Li Bo to be so patient, to keep up the act for so long.

Li Bo could have had Fei Ye send someone to take him away as soon as he got off the plane.

"Mr. Bo, aren't you tired of acting for so long?"

"When you're acting, you have to go all the way." Li Bo glanced at Uncle Zeng's hands in his pockets. "No need to try, there's a signal jammer here."

Li Bo guessed that Uncle Zeng had suspected him, but Uncle Zeng still came along without giving anything away, which meant that Uncle Zeng had a backup plan. As for what that backup plan was...

Li Bo put down the voice recorder, which played back the conversations between Uncle Zeng and Li Yao from that period of time.

If Uncle Zeng goes missing any day, it means that Li Bo has found the person who caused Zhou Huiyuan's poisoning. In that case, Li Yao will no longer need to wait for the Wan family and the Zhou family to take action. He will take action himself and leave no room for mercy, making sure that Li Bo dies in the capital.

Moreover... Uncle Zeng didn't come to Australia alone.

When Li Yao came to collect Li Cheng's body last time, he left a trusted confidant here.

These past two days, Uncle Zeng and Li Yao's confidants have been in constant contact.

"I've investigated you. You have a clean background; your father is a taxi driver, and your mother is a factory worker in a small city. It's quite an achievement that you were able to stay in Beijing on your own."

Li Bo asked, "I'm very curious, why did you want to kill Zhou Huiyuan? What benefits did Li Yao promise you?"

Uncle Zeng didn't speak. He walked up to Li Bo and was forced to kneel by Fei Ye's men. But when he looked at Li Bo, there was still no anger in his eyes, and his emotions were extremely complicated.

Looking down at Zeng Shu, Li Bo even caught a strange... admiration in his eyes.

Li Bo placed one foot on Uncle Zeng's shoulder: "In the recording, every time you called Li Yao on the phone, you called him Xiao Yao."

"This is an agreement between him and me. Calling him 'General Manager Li' means there are people around, while calling him 'Xiao Yao' means there are no people around." Uncle Zeng's answer was watertight. In such a large city as Beijing, there are plenty of people with the title of 'General Manager Li'.

"Yeah?"

Li Bo raised his eyelids and glanced at Master Fei. Master Fei had his subordinates use some tricks on Uncle Zeng, but Uncle Zeng still wouldn't change his tune. Li Bo waved his hand, indicating that Master Fei should handle it.

As Uncle Zeng was being dragged away, he suddenly grabbed Li Bo's ankle: "No, no! Li Bo! You can't kill me!"

Li Bo was somewhat surprised that Uncle Zeng was so afraid when facing life and death.

Logically, he should have shown this fear when he entered the room.

Unless he has a reason why Li Bo absolutely cannot kill him.

Li Bo smiled: "Give me a reason."

"I...I...Li Yao...He is my biological son." Uncle Zeng said this amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, and explained his relationship with Li Yao's mother.

Li Yao's mother and father had a business marriage, and they had long since gone their separate ways. Uncle Zeng was handsome when he was young, but his family was poor. He met Li Yao's mother while working part-time at school.

At that time, Li Yao's mother was already married, and she was keeping Uncle Zeng as a mistress. Although it was an extramarital affair, they genuinely had feelings for each other, and the two were quite happy together, until Li Yao's mother became pregnant—

When Li Yao's mother's family found out about this, they ordered her to break off all contact with Uncle Zeng, drug her husband, and have some physical intimacy with him so that the child could stay.

Li Yao is the only son of the Li family and also the illegitimate son of Uncle Zeng.

That's why Uncle Zeng spared no effort in helping Li Yao, all for the sake of the word "father".

But Uncle Zeng was different from Li Yao. He still felt pity and affection for Li Bo, his "grandson," so he showed leniency. For someone of Uncle Zeng's age, having seen too many great rights and wrongs, nothing was more important than the happiness of family in the end.

Uncle Zeng was caught in the middle, in a dilemma.

The so-called confidants had long blinded Uncle Zeng.

Even if Li Yao knew that Uncle Zeng was related to him by blood, he would not acknowledge him. The Li family was a large clan, and Li Yao had spent the first half of his life fighting for inheritance, so there was no way he would give up.

Uncle Zeng knew his status was lowly and only wanted a private address.

This is also why Li Yao hates Li Bo. Li Bo's status as an illegitimate child is like a mirror, making Li Yao feel disgusted at all times.

Uncle Zeng said, "Li Bo, why fight with your own father your whole life? Entrust Zhi Huai to Xiao Yao, he will treat you well."

What Uncle Zeng said was completely self-deception.

Li Yao is driven by profit, and Uncle Zeng's existence is like a time bomb. If Uncle Zeng had no use, he would have been gone long ago.

Li Yao will not abandon the Li family and will call Uncle Zeng "father".

Even tigers don't eat their cubs.

Li Yao is different; he doesn't care about the continuation of bloodlines because he himself is not a member of the Li family.

Li Bo chuckled, then took a slight breath. "I'm afraid I have some bad news to tell you—"

"Lin Yi-an is dead. She died when she was seven years old. She starved to death."

The current Li Bo is not Lin Yi'an.