My father's inheritance is my mortal enemy.

"Brother Shao, Li Bo..." Sun Shengyang swallowed a word very carefully, "After all this time, why are you suddenly investigating what happened back then?"

Sun Shengyang helped Zhou Yanshao investigate something—

After Zhou Yanshao left the capital, did anyone make things difficult for Li Bo? Was Li Bo injured?

Sun Shengyang investigated, but found nothing.

Zhou Yanshao remained silent, staring at the time on his wristwatch. A pile of medicine sat on the table.

Sun Shengyang opened the bag and looked inside. "Brother Shao, are you injured?"

"no."

"So...Wan Gong is injured?"

"without."

Sun Shengyang sat down next to Zhou Yanshao.

Li Bo had taken advantage of Zhou Yanshao, even swindling him out of the inheritance Wan Tongzhi left to him. His greed was insatiable; no one could have predicted that Li Bo would ultimately die in an accidental fire. Now, Wan Tongzhi's inheritance has returned to Zhou Yanshao, but Li Bo has passed away peacefully.

All the hatred, resentment, and betrayed feelings from the past are gone.

Sun Shengyang knew that Zhou Yanshao was not a particularly vengeful person.

Perhaps she has already forgiven Li Bo in her heart, which is why she is investigating Li Bo's past.

But Li Bo has been gone for five years. Too much time has passed. How could someone who would dare to harm Li Bo be an ordinary person? Five years is too long to find anything out.

Sun Shengyang suggested that Zhou Yanshao use the Wan family's connections to try and find out something, but Zhou Yanshao lit a cigarette and said, "No way."

Sun Shengyang asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Yanshao responded with silence, indicating that he did not trust Wan Gong.

Wan Gong was the most direct beneficiary of Li Bo's "death," and Zhou Yanshao found it difficult to absolve Wan Gong of any responsibility, even though he was his maternal grandfather.

Sun Shengyang understood something and frankly said, "I know some of the inside story of what happened back then. Actually, after you left the capital, Li Bo... got into some trouble."

Zhou Yanshao frowned and gestured for Sun Shengyang to continue.

Sun Shengyang said, "My grandfather is old and in poor health. I often go to the hospital to get his medicine. One month, I went twice, and both times I saw Li Bo at the hospital. Once, he had just had surgery for a broken leg. Another time, he had a stomachache and his forehead was covered in sweat..."

"Right calf?"

"How did you know?" Sun Shengyang asked, somewhat shocked.

"Just a guess."

"It really is his right calf. Actually, I saw Li Bo from afar when he was injured. He was sitting in a wheelchair, and it looked quite serious. When I went to the hospital parking lot, I saw Zhou Qian's men."

Sun Shengyang sighed, "Brother Shao, after you left, Zhihuai didn't recognize Li Bo at all. Plus, Li Bo was too hasty in merging Qianyuan and Zhihuai that year, offending a lot of people. Li Yao and Li Bo also had a disagreement because of this. It's said that Li Bo didn't even go back to the Li family's old house on New Year's Day."

Li Bo had made countless enemies in the capital. Whether the fire was caused by human intervention or an accident was still inconclusive. The only certainty was that Li Bo's leg was injured by Zhou Qian, not from a fall.

Perhaps this is also why Li Bo didn't want to stay in the capital.

Zhou Yanshao picked up the bag of medicine from the table, stood up from the sofa, hurriedly took the elevator to the underground parking garage, drove away from Xizi Bay, and headed towards the airport.

Before Sun Shengyang could even react to where Zhou Yanshao was rushing off to, Zhou Yanshao had already left Xizi Bay.

It takes almost an hour to drive from Xizi Bay to the airport, but Zhou Yanshao arrived in forty minutes. He parked his car and stood at the north entrance of the airport, his tall figure standing out in the crowd.

Li Bo got out of the car, and the driver took the suitcase down for him. He held the suitcase handle with one hand and a hot Americano in the other. When he turned around, his gaze immediately locked onto Zhou Yanshao in the distance, and the hand holding the hot Americano froze in mid-air.

The two looked at each other across the bustling crowd. Everything around them was blurred, except for Zhou Yanshao, who was clear.

Zhou Yanshao was dressed very lightly, in a denim jacket, a white inner layer, and white sneakers. His nose was red from the cold, and his lips were slightly parted, with hot breath escaping from them, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Li Bo didn't know why Zhou Yanshao was here...

Mingming said yesterday that if he left the capital, Zhou Yanshao would never care about him again or look for him again.

It turns out that Zhou Yanshao's words could be taken back in a day.

Li Bo snapped out of his daze and pushed his suitcase toward the north gate entrance. Zhou Yanshao grabbed his wrist and stuffed the medicine in his hand into Li Bo's hand: "Medicine for treating your leg injury."

Li Bo looked at the medicine in his arms and said, "Thank you."

Zhou Yanshao choked up, "I'm sorry."

Li Bo frowned. He didn't know which matter Zhou Yanshao was apologizing for, but it didn't matter anymore.

Li Bo smiled and said, "It's nothing."

Zhou Yanshao promised: "Six years ago, I failed to protect you. This is the last time. I will never bother you again."

"Thanks."

The two words, "thank you," were like a sharp blade, piercing Zhou Yanshao's heart.

Six years ago, when he left the capital, he didn't consider Li Bo's feelings. He was angry with Li Bo for taking advantage of him and even thought about taking back everything Li Bo had. But he understood that without power, Li Bo would be vulnerable to everyone.

Zhou Yanshao did not do that.

But others might think the same way. Li Bo had offended too many people, and Zhou Yanshao abandoned him in the capital, leaving him to fend for himself...

Zhou Yanshao should have thought of this long ago; he should have returned to the capital long ago.

Perhaps that's why Li Bo didn't go to Northern Europe to watch the Winter Olympics...

Zhou Yanshao stood in front of Li Bo, his tall figure like a wall, shielding Li Bo from the fierce wind. If he didn't move aside, Li Bo couldn't leave.

Li Bo gripped his suitcase tightly, waiting for Zhou Yanshao to move aside.

The two looked at each other, feigning calmness in tacit agreement, tracing the outline of their lover with their eyes, trying to engrave it into their bones, to remember it firmly, afraid of forgetting.

Zhou Yanshao tried to find a topic to talk about: "Do your legs hurt on rainy days?"

"fine."

"..."

"..."

"Soak your feet more often when it's cold, and stay indoors less on rainy days."

"Um."

"Put on plenty of cold medicine; you're not in good health."

Li Bo smiled and said, "I know. Is there anything else?"

Zhou Yanshao lowered his head slightly. "That's all."

He slowly and stiffly made way for Li Bo, who was walking east and west towards the entrance. Just as Li Bo was about to disappear from Zhou Yanshao's sight, Zhou Yanshao couldn't help but take a step forward.

"Li Jianyue, did you ever like me?"

Zhou Yanshao's voice was very soft, almost like a plea: "Even a little bit will do..."

In the noisy airport entrance, Li Bo should have been unable to hear clearly, but surprisingly he heard it clearly.