My father's inheritance is my mortal enemy.

"So where are you working now?" Ning Zhi didn't ask Li Bo why he didn't go back to the capital. The capital was a place that would devour people without spitting out their bones, and Li Bo really shouldn't be staying there.

"Haicheng".

"You've returned to the capital this time for...?"

"Work-related matters."

"Do you have a place to stay? If you don't, I'll stay here..."

"There's a place to stay."

"Okay, where are you going? I'll take you."

Li Bo said the name of a hotel: "Thank you."

The car remained completely silent throughout the journey. Ning Zhi was still basking in the joy that Li Bo was safe when he suddenly caught a faint smell of alcohol. He turned his head and asked, "Have you been drinking?"

Li Bo leaned back in the passenger seat, probably because he was too tired. His eyelids were closed, his back was hunched, his hair was neatly styled, and he was wearing a suit. The scattered streetlights outside the window cast a stunningly beautiful shadow on Li Bo's face.

The pain in his stomach made Li Bo frown, and he nodded with pursed lips.

"Should we go to the hospital?"

"No need, it's an old problem, the hotel has medicine."

Ning Zhi took a breath: "Why are you still working like crazy, just like before..."

Li Bo was sent to the village when he was young. Soon after, Lin Yi'an's mother went mad and began to beat and scold him. The villagers had been to the Lin family twice and tried to stop her, but it was no use.

Ning Zhi treated Lin Yi'an as a younger sister. Long before the villagers stopped Lin's mother from abusing her, he had secretly climbed over the wall into Lin's house. However, he did not see Lin Yi'an. Instead, he saw Li Bo, who was about the same height as Lin Yi'an and looked somewhat similar to her.

Ning Zhi asked him who he was.

Ning Zhi was the person in the whole village who knew Lin Yi'an best, besides Lin's mother. He would often secretly bring her food, knowing that Lin Yi'an was a little girl.

Lin Yi'an had already been buried. A distinguished man warned Li Bo not to reveal his identity. Li Bo was beaten by Ning Zhi, but he did not fight back. Ning Zhi felt something was wrong, stopped, and questioned Li Bo if he didn't want to live anymore.

Li Bo wiped away the bloodstains and silently led Ning Zhi to see Lin Yi'an's grave. Lin Yi'an had died of illness.

The two met because of this. Ning Zhi didn't know why Li Bo was at the Lin family's house. Li Bo refused to say anything. Ning Zhi only knew that 1. Li Bo wanted to leave, and 2. Li Bo was not happy when he was taken to the capital.

Li Bo said he didn't want to stay in Beijing and would escape after graduating from high school, anywhere would be fine with him.

Ning Zhi never expected that Li Bo would not leave, but stay in the capital and work desperately as an illegitimate child.

Ning Zhi knew that Li Bo always felt indebted to the Lin family mother and daughter. In order to gain Li Yao's favor and high regard, he worked like his life depended on it to get Li Yao to move their graves back to the Li family.

My later job was because of Zhou Yanshao...

It's probably because Zhou Huiyuan passed away, Wan Gong is getting old, and the affairs of wealthy families are complicated. Li Bo wants to grow into a towering tree that he can rely on to protect those he considers important, which is why he did this.

But why is Li Bo still working so recklessly...?

"I had some work-related socializing and drank a little, it's nothing." Li Bo casually dismissed the matter once again. When the car arrived at the hotel's underground parking garage, Ning Zhi got out to take Li Bo home.

As Li Bo unbuckled his seatbelt, he turned his head and said, "No need to see me off. I can still walk; I'm not that drunk."

"Okay..." Ning Zhi took out his phone, "I'll add you."

"Okay." Li Bo and Ning Zhi exchanged contact information, and before closing the door, he politely reminded them, "Be careful on your way back."

"Okay, get some rest."

Li Bo went upstairs, took a shower, lay on the bed, took out his laptop, opened the email again, and repeatedly looked at the photo of Zhou Yanshao winning the award six years ago.

He reached out to touch Zhou Yanshao's face, but when he saw Ruan Ge, he withdrew his hand.

Behind the glasses, those tired eyes were bloodshot.

Why send Ruan Ge to Zhou Yanshao's side?

Because Wan Tongzhi overheard Zhou Huiyuan and Li Bo's conversation, she learned that Zhou Huiyuan had dragged an innocent child into the mess because of her and Zhou Yanshao. Enraged, she rushed in from outside and slapped Zhou Huiyuan.

Wan Tongzhi hugged Li Bo tightly, carefully protecting Li Bo's head, and apologized to Li Bo with eyes full of tenderness.

Li Bo hadn't been hugged like this in a long time.

Or perhaps it was a woman he should have hated...

Li Bo was at a loss at the time.

Wan Tongzhi is too kind and good-natured.

Li Bo has no right, nor can he allow such a good woman, whose young mother passed away, to be unable to rest in peace.

He couldn't drag Zhou Yanshao into becoming a homosexual.

He has no right to delay Zhou Yanshao.

Li Bo had never truly gained anything, nor had he ever had anyone of importance. Zhou Yanshao was the first, the first person who aroused his greed and made him want to keep by his side. His greed became increasingly distorted.

That's why Li Bo drugged Zhou Yanshao.

It was an impulsive act, and Li Bo regretted it deeply, feeling extremely remorseful.

By sending Ruan Ge to Zhou Yanshao's side, Li Bo was making amends and pulling Zhou Yanshao back onto the "right track."

"You will be happy."

Li Bo turned off the computer, but didn't sleep all night.

……

After driving five kilometers, Sun Shengyang drove back. When he returned, he didn't see the figure. He turned his head and looked at Zhou Yanshao.

"Brother Shao... I must have misread it. Didn't Master Wan say that Li Bo died in that fire five years ago?"

"Go back and send me a copy of the dashcam footage."

"OK."

Sun Shengyang turned the car around and drove towards Xizi Bay. After stammering all the way, he finally spoke up: "Brother Shao, um... why don't you stay in Beijing this time..."

Zhou Yanshao will only return to Beijing tonight.

Two days ago, Wan Gong summoned Sun Shengyang to his mansion with a request: he hoped Sun Shengyang could persuade Zhou Yanshao to stay in the capital, and ideally, retire early.

Nordic combined is too dangerous, and Wan Gong only has this one grandson!

Now that the Zhou family and Zhihuai are safe, Zhou Yanshao can return to the capital. There is no need for him to stay in Northern Europe. Even if he wants to continue training, he can return to the capital. Northern Europe is too far away.

With the deadline for submitting the transfer application fast approaching, Wan Gong had finally managed to trick people into returning to the capital under the pretext of poor health, and now he was extremely anxious.

Zhou Yanshao's eyes were cold: "Did Grandpa send you to persuade me?"

"?" Is Brother Shao a roundworm? How could he guess that?

Sun Shengyang was shocked and immediately denied it: "No! That's what I thought too. We can train anywhere, so let's just come back to Beijing to train... Beijing is great!"

"Brother Shao, I'm still here. If you were training in the capital, we could still meet up and have a meal together from time to time. Besides, Master Wan is getting old now... Filial piety should come first."

Zhou Yanshao said, "I would advise him to adopt a grandson."

"……ha?"

……

The next morning, Li Bo went to headquarters for a meeting. The general manager noticed the bloodshot eyes in him and asked, "What happened? Didn't you sleep all night?"

Li Bo shook his head: "I'm not a fan of sleeping in unfamiliar beds."

The general manager asked with reasonable suspicion: "You don't come to Beijing, is it because you can't sleep in unfamiliar beds?"

"Hahaha—not that delicate." Li Bo laughed a few times and sat down in the seat according to his name.

The meeting began with a discussion of the profits of each branch company this year. Although Haicheng, Li Bo's company, is a third-tier city, it is a leading enterprise in the local area with an astonishingly high turnover.

The general manager praised him lavishly.

After the meeting, the general manager's secretary came to Li Bo and said that almost everyone in the other conference room had arrived.

The general manager briefly concluded the meeting, then turned his gaze to Li Bo.

"Jianyue, come to a meeting with me. There's a bidding project, and I need your advice."

"Okay." Li Bo stood up, and his secretary helped him move his computer to a different location.

After we sat down, the general manager began to speak.

Recently, they've been looking to build an outdoor ski resort in the western suburbs, and they need to put it out to tender. Headquarters has already submitted a proposal, and the presentation is tomorrow. The original head of the planning team is sick and can't make it, but there's still room for improvement in the proposal.

Li Bo just happened to be there by chance.

He understood what the general manager meant.

Although it was called a staff officer position, the real purpose was to have Li Bo participate in the report meeting.

Li Bo, who also started as a planning director, has proven his abilities to the general manager. Of course, Li Bo doesn't want to stand out in Beijing, but this project is very important to the headquarters, as it will allow the head office to have a place in the capital.

These repeated rejections were twofold: firstly, they offended the general manager, and secondly, they showed a lack of professionalism by letting personal matters interfere with business, which disappointed the company and its senior management.

Under everyone's gaze, Li Bo nodded.

When Li Bo opened the tender document, his face darkened.

The bidding company is Wan Gong's company.