My father's inheritance is my mortal enemy.

"Beep beep beep—"

Zhou Yanshao hung up the phone.

Sun Shengyang: "????"

No? Brother Shao is afraid of ghosts too?

Sun Shengyang was extremely puzzled.

……

When the doctor came to make rounds, Li Bo's phone rang. He went outside to answer it. "What's wrong?"

"..."

Li Bo glanced at his phone: "The doctor is making rounds right now. I came out to answer the phone, why aren't you saying anything?"

"fine."

"The surgery is tomorrow afternoon. I'll come back after the surgery is safe. When are you leaving for Russia?"

"next week."

"Okay, then I'll go back to Northern Europe first and go with you."

"Hmm." Zhou Yanshao paused, "Stay away from Ning Zhi."

"Are you jealous?"

"Um."

"Just have a normal conversation, don't overthink it. I'll call you when I'm free tonight."

"That's more like it..."

"How's the rehabilitation training going?"

"fine."

"Don't get hurt, be careful."

"I know."

"Thank you for helping Ningzhi with her mother's matter."

"I'll help you repay the favor, but you should keep your distance from him in the future."

"Alright, I know what I'm doing. Are you training right now? I need to go back to the ward to check on things; the doctor's leaving soon." Li Bo chuckled. "Zhou Yanshao, stop being so jealous."

"I'm not jealous."

"Yes, yes, I'm not jealous. Take care of your leg. I'll hang up now."

After Li Bo hung up the phone, he returned to the ward before the doctor left. He chatted with the doctor for a few minutes and then went back to work at the hotel in the afternoon.

I called Zhou Yanshao that night and spent a long time comforting him.

The next morning, when Ning's mother was to be admitted to the ward, Li Bo arrived early and accompanied her for an examination with Ning Zhi. He then comforted Ning's mother as she entered the operating room.

The surgery went smoothly, and Li Bo was preparing to leave for Northern Europe that afternoon. At noon, Ning's mother insisted that Ning Zhi treat Li Bo to a meal before taking him to the airport. Li Bo couldn't refuse, so they ate together before heading to the airport.

Ning Zhi hesitated to speak throughout the journey, while Li Bo rested with his eyes closed.

The car arrived at the airport quickly. Li Bo was dressed lightly today, wearing only a trench coat and a suit jacket underneath. When he got off the plane, Li Bo's trench coat was open and untied. Ning Zhi helped carry the suitcases down and reached out to help Li Bo tie his coat belt.

Li Bo paused for a second, then calmly pushed the door away, saying, "No need."

"It's cold, take care to keep warm in Northern Europe." Ning Zhi gave a lot of advice like an elder.

Li Bo nodded, smiling and remarking, "When we were kids, I always called you Brother Ningzhi, but actually, we're not even sure who's older."

When Li Bo was adopted by the "professor couple," he heard the dean say that he was already older than the age of the child the professor couple wanted to adopt. He didn't know exactly how old he was, but he was definitely older than Lin Yi'an.

He just didn't have a good life when he was young, and his nutrition was poor, so he is not tall and looks much smaller than his peers.

Ning Zhi froze for two seconds, his hand frozen in mid-air.

Li Bo said, "Don't always think about taking care of me, take care of your uncles and aunts more. I'm leaving now."

Li Bo entered the airport.

Li Bo said he was older than Ning Zhi, something Ning Zhi didn't know. There were many things about Li Bo that Ning Zhi didn't know; she couldn't say them before because she wanted to protect him, and now she didn't want to. They hadn't been in contact for a long time, and their relationship hadn't reached the point of being completely open and honest with each other.

Li Bo is an extremely intelligent person who can always establish a relationship with people in just a few words.

Ning Zhi watched Li Bo's retreating figure, feeling both helpless and regretful. If he had had fewer concerns, perhaps he could have gone to Northern Europe with Li Bo.

Li Bo returned to Northern Europe. It was already dark when he landed. He asked his driver to pick him up. On the way, he called Zhou Yanshao but couldn't get through. Li Bo figured he must have gone to take a shower and fell asleep in the car.

When the car arrived at the entrance of the Nordic base, the driver took Li Bo's suitcase off the plane. It was hot on the plane, and Li Bo was wearing very little clothing, but the distance was not far, so he put on a scarf, lowered his head, pushed the suitcase, and breathed out hot air, thinking about getting into the base as soon as possible.

Before he even reached the base entrance, a large hand reached out and grabbed Li Bo's waist.

"You're wearing just this little bit?" Zhou Yanshao said, frowning.

"Why are you here?" Li Bo looked up at Zhou Yanshao, whose features were obscured by shadows under the streetlights.

"I'm here to pick you up."

Zhou Yanshao covered Li Bo with his coat, took Li Bo's suitcase, and led him inside.

Li Bo looked up and asked, "I just called you..."

"My phone is dead."

Li Bo grunted in agreement and returned to the dormitory with Zhou Yanshao. As soon as he entered, Zhou Yanshao pinned him against the door with his hand behind his back, his fierce attitude making it seem as if he wanted to shove something in his face.

Li Bo's gold-rimmed glasses slipped down to the bridge of his nose, and he gently steadied them.

Zhou Yanshao picked at his belt, his tone threatening: "Don't move."

"..." Li Bo had a bit of a headache.

He was gone for three days, plus the day before he left, so at most it was four days. For someone to be so hungry, it's only because Zhou Yanshao was young, an athlete, and in good physical condition.

Li Bo couldn't handle this.

Li Bo moved his hand slightly, "You're pressing on me and hurting me."

Zhou Yanshao loosened his grip, but his hands didn't stop. He lowered his body slightly, resting his chin on Li Bo's forehead, gently rubbing against it. He looked down at the belt buckle, and after successfully loosening it, his gaze remained fixed on it. It seemed he was determined to see if Li Bo was thinking of him tonight.

Li Bo stood straight, his legs long and slender. He rubbed his hand against Zhou Yanshao's palm and teased him, "I'll buy you hand cream tomorrow."

Athletes' hands are much rougher than those of ordinary people.

Li Bo wasn't just disgusted; he simply couldn't stand Zhou Yanshao.

Zhou Yanshao snorted, "Don't you like it?"

He could tell that Li Bo clearly liked him a lot, to the point of being overflowing with affection.

Zhou Yanshao bit Li Bo's lip hard. "You can never see Ning Zhi again."

"What's wrong with you throwing a tantrum?"

"I didn't discuss it with you." Zhou Yanshao had prepared a lot of things tonight, took them out of his pocket, and put them inside.

Li Bo frowned: "Nonsense!"

Zhou Yanshao waited for Li Bo for four days and was getting really annoyed. His eyelashes furrowed, and he said unreasonably, "It just won't work."

Li Bo wasn't stupid. At a time like this, he absolutely couldn't afford to offend Zhou Yanshao. When Zhou Yanshao went berserk, he really could bite.

"Okay, okay, okay."

Li Bo readily agreed.

Zhou Yanshao was also annoyed: "You're just giving me the runaround."

"?" Li Bo laughed. "Why are you dissatisfied no matter what?"

Zhou Yanshao is surprisingly difficult to appease.

Seeing that the person didn't speak, Li Bo said again, "Alright, I'm going to take a shower first."

Zhou Yanshao hugged the person and smelled them for a while, then said, "No need to wash."

This was clearly a determination to check on Li Bo's condition over the past two days. Li Bo chuckled and said, "Fine, let Zhou Yanshao handle it."

Li Bo hadn't expected that Zhou Yanshao would be completely different this time.

Zhou Yanshao didn't give it to him, he just swore at him.