My father's inheritance is my mortal enemy.

Zhou Yanshao quietly held Li Bo as they slept, his chin resting on Li Bo's neck, gently rubbing against it, like a wounded dog licking its wounds while trying to please its master.

Li Bo said, "I've packed your suitcase."

"Um."

"Yesterday at noon, I heard Coach Andrew's voice in the living room. Did you two have a fight?"

"without."

"Are you injured?"

Li Bo wanted to check Zhou Yanshao's injury, but as soon as he moved, Zhou Yanshao's hand tightly gripped his wrist and lifted his clothes. This time, Zhou Yanshao's hand did not extend to pinch the vital parts, but stopped at Li Bo's ribs.

Zhou Yanshao's fingers trembled slightly.

He knew how painful a broken rib was, and he knew even more how afraid Li Bo was of pain.

"No..." Zhou Yanshao said softly, "Go to sleep."

Zhou Yanshao was stubborn, and the more you asked, the angrier he would get. Li Bo just sighed slightly. Zhou Yanshao raised his head, stood up, and said, "I'll get you a glass of water."

Zhou Yanshao poured Li Bo a glass of water, added a sleep aid to it, and handed it to Li Bo.

After finishing his drink, Li Bo fell asleep quickly.

Zhou Yanshao held him, his hands constantly touching Li Bo's ribs, his heartache almost overflowing from his eyes.

His eyes stung, and he didn't sleep all night. He got up early the next morning and wrote several hundred words in the living room, but he didn't keep the last letter; he tore it to shreds.

He placed the keys, breakfast, and Li Bo's phone on the bedside table, pushed his suitcase, and left the Nordic base.

This time, Zhou Yanshao chose for Li Bo.

……

When Li Bo woke up the next morning, he immediately saw his keys and phone on the bedside table. The phone screen lit up repeatedly with numerous messages, all work-related. He replied briefly to a couple of messages and went to take a shower.

Zhou Yanshao was nowhere to be seen in the dormitory. After taking a shower, Li Bo came out of the bathroom and passed by the living room. He noticed that his suitcase was missing and there were torn pieces of paper in the trash can. He bent down to look at them and his back started to hurt terribly.

Not only my waist, but my whole body felt weak and sore.

They really are like dogs.

Li Bo rubbed his back and went back to his bedroom to get his breakfast. He sent a text message to Zhou Yanshao, but no one replied. He leaned back on the sofa to rest for a while. After a while, he turned his head and realized that his suitcase was gone from the doorway.

He glanced at the time, then took a down jacket from Zhou Yanshao's wardrobe. Underneath was a suit he had worn when he returned to Northern Europe; the buttons were broken, and it was unrecognizable.

Li Bo went back to his dorm and changed into a turtleneck sweater. Only after he went out did he belatedly realize that it was chafing his skin. He was actually wearing a black undershirt underneath, but this week had been so harsh that he could clearly feel even the slightest discomfort.

Li Bo hissed and gasped.

He called Coach Andrew, and half an hour later, the two chatted outside the training field.

Coach Andrew saw the hickeys on Li Bo's neck from afar.

Li Bo's skin is naturally very fair, a cool white, and he has a long neck, so even if he wears a turtleneck sweater, it's difficult to completely cover up the hickeys.

Coach Andrew had heard from Mr. Dejin that Li Bo had been unreachable recently, and even the company's secretary had come to the base. It turned out that he had gone out for a night of passion.

Coach Andrew smiled at Li Bo: "Mr. Bo, is there something you need from me?"

"Oh...when are the athletes from the Nordic base departing for Russia? I didn't see Yan Shao today."

"Yan Shao? Didn't he say goodbye when he left?"

Li Bo frowned: "He's gone?"

"He came to ask me for leave early this morning, saying he had to go back to Beijing and would arrive in Russia two days later."

"..." Li Bo nodded. "No wonder he didn't reply to my messages. He's probably on the plane. I'll ask him later."

"it is good."

"I heard you and Yan Shao had an argument the other day? What happened?"

"Sigh..." Coach Andrew lit a cigarette and handed one to Li Bo as well. "About training, he dislocated his hand a couple of days ago, and I talked to him about it again."

Is it serious?

"This time it's not that serious."

"Yan Shao has a bad temper, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

"It's not that I'm worried, it's just that all the guys on my team are so hot-blooded, they all give me a lot to worry about! I'm heartbroken, I'm worried! This is a lifelong commitment! Nordic combined is inherently dangerous, and I've seen so many people and so many things over the years. Zhou Yanshao is the most fearless of all! I can't persuade him otherwise! I don't know what he has to do to participate in the competition, even at the cost of injuring his own body!"

Coach Andrew took two deep drags on his cigarette.

Li Bo also smoked two more cigarettes.

At noon, Li Bo was eating in the cafeteria when he ran into Ruan Ge. Ruan Ge also noticed the hickey on Li Bo's neck and hesitated to speak.

Li Bo, having spent so long in the capital, is extremely adept at reading people and situations.

He immediately noticed Ruan Ge's guilty conscience: "What's wrong?"

"No..." Ruan Ge ate with her head down.

Li Bo stared at her: "What did you do wrong?"

“…………”

Ruan Ge felt that Li Bo's eyes and tone were no different from those of an interrogation.

She had never seen Li Bo like this before, and feeling guilty, she didn't dare to look up. Fortunately, her fiancé came over, and Ruan Ge made an excuse to go to the window to add more food, pulling her fiancé along with the tray.

……

Zhou Yanshao flew back to Beijing. It was already evening when he landed. He asked his driver to take him to the coffee shop where he had arranged to meet Ning Zhi. After chatting for half an hour, Zhou Yanshao returned to the Wan Mansion.

When the driver heard that Zhou Yanshao was going back to the Wan residence with such a large suitcase, he figured he was going to stay for two days. He was sure that the Wan family would be overjoyed!

For the past five years, Zhou Yanshao had not given Wan Gong a kind look. He only returned to the capital once a year and never stayed at Wan Gong's residence. If Zhou Yanshao could sit down and have a peaceful meal with Wan Gong, Wan Gong would be grateful and offer incense to Buddha.

The driver was often confused and couldn't tell who the "elder" was.

Now, the two are finally going to put their differences to rest!

The driver sped along, taking Zhou Yanshao back to the Wan Mansion.

As a result, Zhou Yanshao didn't even take his suitcase with him when he got out of the car, and the driver even reminded him, "Young Master, suitcase."

Zhou Yanshao said coldly, "No need."

Zhou Yanshao entered the Wan Mansion and came out in less than two minutes.

The Wan mansion was in complete chaos, and Mr. Wan was so angry that he almost called an ambulance.

When the driver brought Zhou Yanshao back, his face was full of smiles, but now... he was lifeless.

Zhou Yanshao got into the car: "To the airport."

driver:"……"

The driver asked cautiously, "Young master, are we heading back to Northern Europe now?"

"..."

Driver: "..." No, not at all.

Zhou Yanshao arrived at the airport and bought a flight to Guizhou. Because it was very late, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep all night.

He randomly found a seat and sat down when his phone rang.

[L]: Back in the capital?

【Z】: Hmm.

[L]: Have you landed?

【Z】: At the airport.

【L】: Remember to eat something.

【Z】: Oh, Ningzhi called you.

Li Bo: …………