My father's inheritance is my mortal enemy.

Zhou Yanshao replied indifferently, "Oh."

Li Bo rested his head on his hand and watched Zhou Yanshao in the darkness. Zhou Yanshao's breathing gradually became even, and he soon fell asleep. Li Bo moved closer to him and reached out to hold Zhou Yanshao's hand.

Zhou Yanshao's calluses have thickened, and his palms have become much rougher; he has suffered a lot in the past few years.

Li Bo kissed Zhou Yanshao's hand, placed it under his neck, and fell into a deep sleep, much better than taking medicine.

He slept so soundly that in the middle of the night, when those calloused hands caressed the places where Li Bo had been bitten, the places with red moles... Li Bo was completely unaware, only moving slightly as he snuggled into their arms, being very obedient.

Zhou Yanshao felt that Li Bo was only well-behaved when he was asleep.

The next morning, when Li Bo woke up, Zhou Yanshao had already gone to training. There was breakfast and a note on the bedside table. After eating, Li Bo went to the bedroom balcony and looked out. The window was positioned quite high; he could barely see his dormitory floor.

Li Bo wandered around the room for a long time, taking all the cigarettes from the drawers. When he opened the cabinet, he saw a pair of very clean but somewhat worn shoes. Li Bo had given them to Zhou Yanshao the year he graduated from high school, and Zhou Yanshao still kept them to this day.

Li Bo smiled.

He put on his coat, preparing to leave, when there was a knock at the door. He opened it, and his junior sister stood there. "Senior brother, you..."

Before the junior sister could finish speaking, she met Li Bo's face. She was slightly taken aback and peeked into the room: "I...I'm looking for Zhou Yanshao."

"He went to training."

The junior sister's gaze was hard to leave Li Bo's neck, which was covered in suggestive marks. "Oh... who are you? What are you doing in your senior brother's room?"

Li Bo was wearing a thin shirt, almost like pajamas—too thin and too little—and only a trench coat over it, making him look like he had just gotten up.

After the senior student had a fight with Crane, he had no roommates.

The Nordic training base is quite large, and it was originally one person per dormitory room. However, the senior student got sick, and the coach was worried about him, so he was given different roommates. Now there's been a dispute, and Kran has applied to move out. So far, there's no news of Zhou Yanshao having a new roommate.

"My dorm is dirty, so I'm asking to stay here." Li Bo smiled slightly. "What do you need Yan Shao for?"

When the junior sister heard that she could stay here, her eyes lit up. Zhou Yanshao had a bad temper and his relationship with the people at the base was just so-so. No one could easily come here to stay. Although she didn't know the person in front of her, the fact that she could come to stay meant that she had a very good relationship with her senior brother.

The junior sister pleaded, "I added my senior brother on WeChat a couple of days ago, but he hasn't accepted yet... He's probably too busy and forgot. Could you please ask him for me? Please, please. I'll treat you to a meal after it's done."

My junior sister is very pretty, with big, watery eyes; it's really hard to resist her.

"I'll ask around for you."

"Okay, thank you!" The junior sister handed over the breakfast: "Here, have some."

"No, I've already eaten, thank you."

"Okay, I'm going to train now~" The junior sister walked away with a smile.

Li Bo tightened his trench coat, left Zhou Yanshao's dormitory, and sent another verification message: [Your junior sister is here to see you.]

【。】：?

【L】: She said she's been adding you for a long time, but you haven't accepted her request yet, so she asked me to ask you for help.

[L]: Could you give me a key? I might have to work overtime tonight.

Zhou Yanshao did not reply.

Li Bo changed his clothes and went back to work. He ate lunch at the canteen at the Nordic base. On the way back, the driver kept glancing at the rearview mirror; Li Bo looked slightly tired.

The driver whispered, "Mr. Bo, there's a Chinese restaurant near Zhihuai that serves pretty good food."

It takes more than an hour to drive from Zhihuai to the Nordic base, but because of the recent snow and slippery roads, it's not advisable to drive too fast, so it takes two hours. Li Bo has to drive four hours every time he comes back for a meal.

The Nordic base has many athletes and coaches from various countries. The canteen is very well-stocked with food from all over the world. The driver thought that Li Bo probably couldn't get used to the food in the Nordic restaurants, which is why he insisted on coming back to the base to eat every day.

Li Bo nodded: "Mm."

"Would you like to try it tomorrow at noon?"

"No."

Li Bo declined.

When the car arrived at the entrance of the Nordic base, Li Bo got out, glanced at his watch, and headed straight for the cafeteria.

He ordered his food and found a prominent spot to sit down. A little while later, Crane arrived, greeted him with a smile, and was about to sit opposite Li Bo when Li Bo politely declined with a smile, saying, "This seat is taken."

"Oh... okay." Crane sat down next to Li Bo.

Crane chatted with Li Bo with a smile.

Zhou Yanshao and Ruan Ge arrived at the cafeteria together. From afar, Zhou Yanshao saw Li Bo and Kelan sitting together. His eyes darkened, and he took his tray and sat down opposite Li Bo, while Ruan Ge sat opposite Kelan.

While eating, Ruan Ge suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Why is the pumpkin so salty today!"

Ruan Ge looked at the pumpkin in Li Bo's bowl, which was mostly eaten, and asked, "Mr. Bo, don't you think it's too salty?"

Li Bo lowered his head, smiled, and said, "It's alright."

Zhou Yanshao picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of pumpkin from Li Bo's bowl, tasted it, and coldly ordered, "Don't eat it."

"It's nothing, I just like salty food anyway," Li Bo said casually.

Zhou Yanshao frowned.

Li Bo didn't eat any more pumpkin.

After finishing their meal, Ruan Ge and Ke Lan left early because they had other things to do. Li Bo waited for Zhou Yanshao to finish his meal before leaving the restaurant together.

Li Bo asked, "I sent you a message, didn't you see it? I have to work overtime tonight and might be back late. Could you give me a key?"

"What time is it?"

"The meeting ends at 10 o'clock, and it will take two hours to get back. I'll be quiet."

Zhou Yanshao said in a deep voice, "The roads will be blocked by heavy snow tonight."

"I see..." Li Bo paused, "Then I'll stay in Zhihuai tonight."

Li Bo went back to his dormitory to get two thick coats, and then took a bus back to Zhihuai.

In the afternoon, he received a message that Zhou Yanshao had verified his identity.

Zhou Yanshao didn't send him anything.

Li Bo proactively sent a message: 【Are you training?】

No one replied.

Li Bo sent another message after a while, one message every hour.

I bought you a pair of shoes and had the driver deliver them to your dorm.

[Please be careful during training.]

"Is it almost time for dinner?"

Is training still not over?

Has my junior sister accepted my friend request?

Get some rest early tonight, I have a meeting.

Are you asleep? Goodnight.

……

There's a time difference between domestic and international events, and tonight's meeting is quite important; otherwise, Li Bo wouldn't have stayed up so late. He's been taking his medication on time and going to bed early lately, which has become a habit. He felt a little sleepy during the meeting, but he still managed to persevere.

The meeting ended at 10 o'clock, and it really started snowing outside the door. It looked like a lot of snow.

There was a cubicle in the CEO's office that Li Bo had never slept in. He was a germaphobe and didn't like sleeping in a bed that someone else had slept in. But the blizzard was falling too fast and it wasn't advisable to go out. It would take him two hours to get back to the base, and there was a high chance that the blizzard would block the roads. Sleeping in the cubicle was better than sleeping in the car all night. At least he could stretch his arms and legs and would be more comfortable no matter what.

Li Bo drank a cup of hot water, swallowed his medicine, and prepared to rest.

I had just taken off my coat when my phone rang.

【z】：Go downstairs.