My father's inheritance is my mortal enemy.

Zhou Yanshao held Li Bo's hand very tightly. When Coach Andrew turned around and saw Zhou Yanshao holding Li Bo's hand and looking down at Li Bo, he immediately felt something was wrong...

What kind of person is Mr. Bo? Mature, steady, and with a great sense of propriety. Such a person would never openly hold hands with a male athlete in public... It would be improper, completely contrary to Mr. Bo's image, and the distance that athletes and businessmen need to maintain.

Even if Li Bo is a subordinate, it won't work.

"President Bo..." Coach Andrew turned around with a smile, warmly raised his hand, and placed it on Li Bo's shoulder, secretly exerting force under his palm, trying to take Li Bo away from Zhou Yanshao.

Zhou Yanshao frowned and said, "Don't run into him."

Coach Andrew's smile froze instantly. He looked up slightly, as if to say: Are you talking to me?

Zhou Yanshao removed his hand from Li Bo's shoulder and put his arm around Li Bo's shoulder.

Coach Andrew: "…?"

Li Bo gave an awkward smile and removed the hand from his shoulder. "Coach, is there something you need?"

Coach Andrew glanced at Li Bo, then at Zhou Yanshao, hesitated, and frowned before saying, "I need to talk to you later."

"Okay, I'll come find you after I finish eating."

"Um."

Coach Andrew walked away, turning back to look at me every few steps.

Li Bo and Zhou Yanshao sat down to eat, when Li Bo suddenly realized something was wrong... Wan Gong and Sun Shengyang were still watching the game.

He asked Zhou Yanshao for his phone and sent a message to someone.

Zhou Yanshao had to do a 10-kilometer cross-country skiing trip in the afternoon and needed to rest and get tested, so he left after lunch. Li Bo didn't see Coach Andrew and went back to the hotel to rest first.

Coach Andrew was called away when he was halfway through his meal. When he came back, his food was cold. A little while later, Sun Shengyang arrived and sat down opposite Coach Andrew.

Coach Andrew hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Yan Shao and President Bo...have a good relationship?"

"Oh? They have a good relationship... Brother Shao has always taken good care of him since he was a child."

Coach Andrew pondered, "Have you known each other since childhood?"

"We met in high school. The three of us hung out together; we went to the same school."

"Oh...an old classmate?"

"No, Li Bo is two years older than me and Brother Shao."

"Just... friends?" Coach Andrew asked very cautiously.

"Yeah!" Sun Shengyang thought Coach Andrew was acting strangely at noon today.

Coach Andrew breathed a sigh of relief. He never dreamed that the person he had hesitated to ask was also kept in the dark.

……

Li Bo slept for about half an hour and was about to go find Coach Andrew when he checked his phone and saw a text message from Coach Andrew: "[It's alright, Mr. Bo. I have a meeting with the team this afternoon. You get some rest and remember to come to the game on time.]"

Li Bo replied with an "Mm," then called Sun Shengyang, and together they headed to the 10km skiing competition venue.

Upon entering, Li Bo and Sun Shengyang encountered Wan Gong.

Wan Gong looked at Li Bo, wanting to say something. Ever since Zhou Yanshao rescued Li Bo from the fire, he hadn't spoken a single word to Wan Gong.

Shu Lang told Li Bo what had happened: Wan Gong didn't want Zhou Yanshao to be in danger, so he didn't tell Zhou Yanshao and instead sent a bodyguard with money to rescue Li Bo.

As Zhou Yanshao's closest elder while he is still alive, Wan Gong would make decisions for him on many matters, even if Zhou Yanshao didn't like them. He knew Wan Gong was doing it for his own good, so he would turn a blind eye. But this time was different.

Li Bo is his bottom line.

No one can tell him whether it was worth it or not.

This time, Wan Gong has truly crossed Zhou Yanshao's bottom line.

Zhou Yanshao is truly severing ties with Wan Gong.

Wan Gong was well aware of Zhou Yanshao's determination. He had anticipated such consequences from the moment he sent his bodyguard to escort Zhou Yanshao to redeem Li Bo.

But Wan Gong had no regrets. He only thanked God for His mercy, and that Zhou Yanshao had not suffered any mishap.

If given the chance again, he would make the same choice.

Nothing and no one is more important than Zhou Yanshao being alive.

The grandfather and grandson were both incredibly stubborn, and neither of them had ever spoken a single word to the other.

Once inside the stands, Sun Shengyang complained, "What's wrong with these seats... they're so far away..."

Sun Shengyang muttered to himself as he left.

The afternoon competition started quickly, with Zhou Yanshao, as the first jumper, taking the lead. In fact, Norwegians have a great advantage in 10km cross-country skiing. Although the world's number one jumper's time was average, he still made it into the top 30, and the second-place finisher was only a dozen seconds behind Zhou Yanshao... The gap in this competition was not significant.

In the end, it all comes down to everyone's endurance.

The television broadcast showed an athlete falling and getting injured, with blood streaming down his palm, but he got up and continued the competition.

When Li Bo saw it, he gasped. The bright red blood dripped onto the white snow, scalding hot and glaring. The big air ramp in Nordic combined has a slope of 140 meters, which is extremely dangerous. Zhou Yanshao had previously fallen into a coma and was seriously injured, ending up in the ICU, due to a mistake on the ramp. In addition, there were countless other injuries from falls, bumps, and scrapes.

Li Bo would get especially worried about Zhou Yanshao every time he saw a skier get injured.

This time too.

Li Bo's eyes gradually moistened.

A 10km cross-country skiing race is different from a 10km skiing race. It involves both uphill and downhill sections, with one-third being uphill, one-third downhill, and the remaining third flat terrain, which severely tests the athletes' physical endurance. In the US, rugby players are incredibly strong and require extremely high explosiveness, but even they pale in comparison to Nordic combined athletes.

Nordic combined is a recognized high-difficulty sport that combines explosive power and endurance.

The entire 10-kilometer cross-country skiing run, excluding bad weather, took less than 26 minutes, which is a very fast pace.

If the snow is soft and moist, the champion and runner-up can usually be determined in 22 or 23 minutes.

Twenty minutes later, the whole place got lively.

The first place winner is the second-ranked player in the world rankings, a Russian player; the second place winner is a Norwegian player; and the third place winner is Zhou Yanshao.

The gap between these three will gradually widen over time. Ultimately, a 10-kilometer cross-country skiing race is like a marathon snowball, where the advantage will only grow larger.

The Chinese audience in the stands waved flags and cheered for Zhou Yanshao, their inspiring slogans reflecting the expectations of their nation.

Li Bo didn't move; he quietly watched Zhou Yanshao.

The television broadcast became more and more frequent, and finally the focus was on Zhou Yanshao. Zhou Yanshao suddenly burst into action, accelerating his pace while climbing the hill and overtaking the Norwegian athlete in 22 minutes, eliciting a roar from the audience.

In the final 100 meters, Zhou Yanshao overtook the leader and crossed the finish line first.

At 23 minutes and 08 seconds, Zhou Yanshao won first place with a very short margin.

When Zhou Yanshao's match ended, his face was red from the cold, and he was panting heavily. Amid cheers, he looked up at the audience.

The audience seats were packed with people, and Li Bo was completely blocked from view.

He stood there, looking at Zhou Yanshao, his eyes moist with excitement, joy, and pride.

He witnessed Zhou Yanshao win the championship with his own eyes.

After Zhou Yanshao finished his individual competition, he passed through the mixed zone on his way to the lounge to change clothes. The media, armed with cameras and microphones, pointed at him and began asking questions.

"Mr. Zhou, your sprint to victory twenty minutes later was truly dazzling! What were your feelings and determination during that final sprint?"

Zhou Yanshao usually doesn't give interviews in the mixed zone, but this time he stopped.

He looked at the camera and said, "After I win the championship, he will promise me one thing. This year marks the tenth anniversary of my confirmation of my feelings, and I want to propose."

Ten years ago, Li Bo gave himself to Zhou Yanshao.

Zhou Yanshao realized that his feelings for Li Bo went beyond friendship. This was the tenth year since he confirmed his feelings, and he wanted to give Li Bo a home.

An open and warm home.

Zhou Yanshao should have given it to him ten years ago.