My father's inheritance is my mortal enemy.

Li Bo smiled faintly and said, "Since you don't value me, I have no choice but to sacrifice something to climb up the ladder in order to survive."

Li Bo's sharp and shrewd gaze swept over the black coffin. "I'm giving you two choices: one, inscribe my name in the family genealogy; two, let me continue being an illegitimate child, and let someone else lie in the coffin."

Li Yao frowned coldly and sneered, "You think that by hooking up with Zhou Huiyuan and getting the shares and inheritance, you've climbed the ladder to the top? The Zhou family won't let you get your hands on them. You're surnamed Li, and just based on that alone, no matter how hard you try, even if Zhou Huiyuan were still alive, you could never control the shares!"

The Li family and the Zhou family have a long-standing feud, a grudge that has been intertwined and entangled for many years.

Zhihuai will not allow the Li family to get involved.

"Is that so? Then please see how I came to power in Zhihuai."

Li Bo was unconvinced, confident and seemingly certain of success.

Li Bo's return to the Li family tonight is tantamount to declaring war.

Li Bo and Zhou Yanshao returned to the capital together, and Wan Gong personally came to pick them up. Li Yao indeed could not touch Li Bo for the time being, not only to maintain the appearance of peace, but also because of his own interests...

Li Yao is an absolute egoist.

Over the years, Li Yao has always been well aware that Li Bo desperately wants to take over the Li family and become a true member of the Li family. He has never given Li Bo this opportunity. In order to gain Li Yao's favor, Li Bo has resorted to any means necessary, being decisive and ruthless.

In a sense, Li Bo was indeed more suitable to manage the Li family than Li Cheng.

Now that Li Bo has inherited the Zhou family's estate, if Li Bo can really get the shares of Zhihuai, it will be a huge benefit for Li Yao, giving him the opportunity to trample the Zhou family underfoot.

Since the Zhou family's marriage alliance with the Wan family, the Li family's influence in the capital has declined significantly.

If he could use Li Bo to turn his life around, although it would be somewhat undignified, Li Bo would bear the brunt of the criticism, and he could simply reap the benefits.

Li Bo killed Li Cheng, but if Li Bo could also bring Zhi Huai into his possession, it would bring absolute benefits to the Li family.

Li Yao will not take action for the time being. He is waiting for Li Bo to obtain Zhi Huai and observing Li Bo's methods. If Li Bo does obtain Zhi Huai, then the matter of including Li Bo in the Li family genealogy can be considered.

As for Li Cheng, he had spoiled him for many years and had indeed pampered him. Now that Li Cheng was dead, Li Yao could do nothing but complain and grieve.

After Li Bo left the Li family, he went to the cemetery, where there was a blank tombstone.

This is not Li Bo's mother's tombstone.

It was Li Bo who erected the tombstone for Zhou Yanshao's mother; it did not have her name engraved on it.

Wan Tongzhi's tombstone is in the Zhou family's house. Li Bo will never be able to set foot in the Zhou family again, so he can only buy a burial plot outside, erect a blank tombstone, and pay his respects alone.

Li Bo swept the tombstone, raised his hand, and gently placed it on the tombstone, his knuckles trembling slightly: "Auntie, good evening."

"I have good news... Li Cheng is dead, and the Li family line has ended. I don't know if this counts as avenging you." Li Bo rarely comes here, only when there is good news.

Tonight, Li Bo brought good news, but also bad news...

"Yan Shao got injured because of me. I didn't take good care of him and put him in danger. Fortunately... fortunately it's not serious and won't affect his skiing. He just needs to rest for a while... I'm so sorry."

"I will remember what I promised you and will take good care of him."

Li Bo burned the paper money and didn't leave for a long time.

Li Bo held Wan Tongzhi in high esteem, even though they had only met once... This one meeting left Li Bo with an excellent impression of this gentle woman.

Wan Tongzhi once gently hugged Li Bo and said he was a pitiful child.

Li Bo couldn't remember the last time he had felt such a warm and tender embrace, one without any ulterior motives.

This warm and beautiful woman passed away in her forties, an unnatural death.

On his way back to Xizi Bay, Li Bo received a call from Zhou Yanshao. There was silence on the other end as soon as the call connected. Li Bo glanced at his phone and asked, "Feed?"

"Hmm." Zhou Yanshao heard him, but seemed unwilling to speak to Li Bo, his tone icy. He was probably sulking because he had returned to Xizi Bay and found Li Bo wasn't there.

We're almost at Xizi Bay.

"Oh..." Zhou Yanshao's tone improved noticeably; as long as he wasn't with Shu Lang, that was fine.

"Don't hang up yet. I'll make a registration. Tell the manager to let me through. I'll have Uncle Liu bring me in."

"No need to register," Zhou Yanshao said. "I've already registered you. You won't need to register again when you enter Xizi Bay in the future."

The management of Xizi Bay is very strict. The registration for entry and exit is very strict. Vehicles that are not registered in the license plate system can only be picked up by their owners in person. If you want to drive in alone, you need to register and the owner needs to call to confirm.

Temporary registration is only valid for the current day.

No registration is required; only the license plate number is entered into the Xiziwan household registration system.

Xizi Bay is now also Li Bo's home.

Li Bo paused for two seconds, then said, "Okay."

He hung up the phone and said to Uncle Liu, "The license plate has been entered, just drive in."

Li Bo's tone was relaxed, even carrying a hint of barely suppressed joy, as if telling others: Li Bo has a home now.

Now Uncle Liu really believed that Li Bo had bought a house in Xizi Bay!

The car stopped in front of Villa No. 8. Li Bo got out of the car and told Uncle Liu to go back first.

Li Bo returned to the villa. The butler and servants had already left. He poured two glasses of water and took them upstairs. Zhou Yanshao was lying in bed, and the doctor was preparing to disinfect him and change his dressings.

Li Bo placed the water beside the bed and freed his hands to help.

After the dressing was changed, the doctor gave a few instructions and went downstairs to sleep.

Li Bo helped Zhou Yanshao lie down and was about to go to his suitcase to find some clothes so he could take a shower.

Zhou Yanshao ordered, "You will sleep with me tonight."

"Okay, I'm going to take a shower."

"Oh... hurry up."

Li Bo took a shower, dried his hair, and came back to lie down next to Zhou Yanshao. He smelled faintly of shower gel. He glanced at Zhou Yanshao's injured hand and carefully lay down.

Li Bo held Zhou Yanshao's wrist: "I'll hold you, don't turn over or move around tonight."

"Know."

"It's almost Friday, have you asked the coach for leave yet?" Li Bo reminded him. Zhou Yanshao's hand injury means he has to be delayed for at least a week to make sure the wound won't get infected and is healing well before he can return to Northern Europe.

"Hmm." Zhou Yanshao was silent for a moment, then said sullenly, "You really want me to leave that much..."

In Zhou Yanshao's eyes, he had always been the one trying to maintain this relationship. Li Bo was always indifferent. As soon as he returned to Northern Europe, Li Bo would no longer send him messages or reply to him, just like two years ago.

It seemed that Li Bo would vanish into thin air as soon as Zhou Yanshao left the capital.