My father's inheritance is my mortal enemy.

Li Bo gently patted Ruan Ge's shoulder. "Don't tell him."

Li Bo got into the car and left, but Ruan Ge still didn't get the answer to her long-standing confusion. All she knew was that Li Bo's love for Zhou Yanshao was no less.

Li Bo clearly loves his senior brother, but he keeps pushing him away...

There must be some hidden story here.

……

In the afternoon, Dr. Lago came to the base and conducted rehabilitation tests on Zhou Yanshao. Zhou Yanshao asked about the car accident that Li Bo had seven years ago.

Dr. Lago laughed and said, "Oh? That car accident? The driver was drunk, but luckily there were speed limits and strict controls in the city during the Winter Olympics. Mr. Park was the first victim, but he was the least injured. There were several other victims who were more seriously injured. As for the driver, he suffered the consequences... He fled the scene and sped off, crashing through the guardrail and flying off the overpass. He's gone."

"It's said that someone in higher positions got involved and paid a lot of money to cover it up. The hospital next door received several car accident patients that day, and I happened to be on duty when I heard about it."

Dr. Lago spoke casually.

Zhou Yanshao nodded.

After leaving the base, Dr. Lago called Li Bo, "Mr. Bo..."

Li Bo is an extremely meticulous person. He won't give himself away unless he wants to, such as by coordinating his statements with Dr. Lago beforehand or by putting medicine into a vitamin bottle.

……

When Li Bo returned home that evening, he smelled a strong odor of smoke on the balcony.

Zhou Yanshao started smoking.

Li Bo took off his coat and took out the ashtray from the balcony to clean it. Zhou Yanshao came over at some point and hugged Li Bo from behind. Li Bo stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's alright."

"I'm washing an ashtray."

"Hmm." Zhou Yanshao followed Li Bo to the bathroom, holding him close. Li Bo's hands didn't even touch the water. Zhou Yanshao took the ashtray and washed it himself.

Li Bo rested his hands on the sink, looking at Zhou Yanshao in the mirror.

"I have something to tell you."

Zhou Yanshao paused for two seconds, then said, "No."

Li Bo laughed, "I haven't said it yet."

"Um."

"This afternoon, Ningzhi called to say that his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer during a hospital check-up and needs treatment. I know a doctor who is quite authoritative in this field. The doctor is currently in Chengdu. I will go back to China to visit him and make the connection."

"..." Zhou Yanshao remained silent.

"I'll be back in about three to five days."

Ning Zhi's mother took care of Li Bo when he was a child, and Li Bo felt obligated to repay her.

"Oh." Zhou Yanshao frowned. "I'm leaving for Russia in a couple of days."

"I know, it will come."

"Um."

Zhou Yanshao didn't say much. After washing the ashtray, he washed his hands with hand soap to remove the smell. When he held Li Bo to sleep, he held him much tighter than before.

The next morning, Li Bo woke up to find a hot breakfast on the bedside table. Zhou Yanshao had gone to training. After packing his things, Li Bo made a special detour to the training ground to bring Zhou Yanshao some water.

Zhou Yanshao sat on the rest platform, and Li Bo patted his head: "Take care of yourself and don't overdo the training when you're recovering, be careful not to get injured."

"If the wound hurts, apply an ice pack."

Zhou Yanshao nodded.

Li Bo's phone rang. He leaned down and kissed Zhou Yanshao. "I'm leaving."

Li Bo answered the phone after leaving the training ground. Ning Zhi asked Li Bo where he had landed. He was currently in Haicheng, which is very close to Rongcheng. Li Bo arranged to meet someone in Rongcheng.

It was already evening when the plane landed in Chengdu.

That evening, Li Bo made an appointment with the doctor and had dinner with Ning Zhi. The meal lasted a long time, and they even drank some wine. The authoritative old doctor agreed to go to the capital to perform surgery on Ning Zhi's mother.

Li Bo breathed a sigh of relief and went back to his hotel to rest. Ning Zhi was staying at the same hotel as him.

Li Bo took a shower and was about to report the situation to Zhou Yanshao when Ning Zhi knocked on the door. Li Bo tied the belt of his bathrobe, opened the door, and poured Ning Zhi a glass of water.

Ning Zhi expressed his gratitude and then talked about Huzhen, which took up nearly an hour.

Li Bo glanced at the time: "It's getting late, let's get some rest and head back to the capital tomorrow at noon."

Ning Zhi, seeing Li Bo's absent-minded look, said, "Okay, get some rest."

Ning Zhi quietly closed the door and left.

His messages to Li Bo during this period were almost all ignored, with very few replies.

He didn't understand why Li Bo, who had clearly let go and left the capital for five years, was now returning to Zhou Yanshao's side.

Why would someone who has finally gained freedom want to go back into a cage?

Ning Zhi wondered if Li Bo had been forced by someone.

He wanted to take Li Bo away. He could take Li Bo anywhere now. As long as they lived in anonymity and hid, Li Bo's existence would be forgotten in ten or twenty years.

However, Ning Zhi had concerns because his parents had reached an age where they needed proper care and were no longer able to travel.

……

After Ning Zhi left, Li Bo made a phone call to Zhou Yanshao.

"I just had lunch with the doctor, took a shower when I got back, and I'm heading back to Beijing tomorrow morning." Li Bo asked, "What about you? Are you awake yet? Or were you woken up by my phone call?"

There is a time difference between Northern Europe and China.

"I'm awake."

"Okay, remember to eat." Li Bo stretched his neck. "I'm a little tired, I'm going to bed now."

"You should rest."

"it is good."

Li Bo hung up the phone, went to bed, and slept soundly until the next morning. Ning Zhi knocked on the door and asked Li Bo what he wanted to eat. Li Bo said that the hotel had breakfast, so he and Ning Zhi went to have breakfast together. After packing their things, they set off to find the doctor and returned to Beijing together.

When I landed in the capital, someone came to pick me up at the city gate.

Li Bo didn't arrange it.

In a black Rolls-Royce, the back seat door opened, and Li Bo saw Wan Gong in the back seat.

Ning Zhi frowned: "Xiao Bo?"

"It's alright, you guys get in the car first," Li Bo said with a smile.

The doctor and Ning Zhi got into another car, which drove directly to a private hospital.

Li Bo got into Wan Gong's car and greeted him with a relaxed air: "Wan Gong, it's been a long time."

"Hmm," Wan Gong said, "I found Ning Zhi's mother the most authoritative doctor in this field abroad, and a consultation with multiple experts. It's early-stage cancer, so there's not much to worry about."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Wan."

Li Bo, of course, understood Wan Gong's intentions.

Wan Gong wanted him to coax Zhou Yanshao back to China.