The Xiao couple treated Xiao Li very well. They always gave her more money and resources, and never abused her, as long as she cooperated with Xiao Wan's treatment.

Xiao Wan likes all her relatives, and also likes her shadow.

At first, Xiao Wan rejected her, but after seeing Xiao Li donate his bone marrow to her, she empathized with Xiao Li because she knew the pain.

She is half a year younger than Xiao Li and always calls her sister sweetly.

She always prepares double portions of things she likes, one for Xiao Li.

She would take Xiao Li shopping, go to school, and play together hand in hand. Even if Xiao Li didn't speak, she would not stop.

There are so many people willing to play with her, the little princess, but she just likes Xiao Li the most and takes her everywhere.

Xiao Li's heart was not made of stone. She was also a child at that time, and she could not refuse a playmate of the same age, especially when the other party was so affectionate to her. She and Xiao Wan were good friends who could talk about anything for a while.

But as Xiao Wan's illness relapsed again and again, Xiao Li was pushed onto the operating table again and again. Xiao Li understood that the relationship between her and Xiao Wan would always be one of life in exchange for life.

Xiao Wan was tortured by the illness and became thinner and thinner, but with the increasingly perfect technology and Xiao Li's unlimited support, Xiao Wan finally got rid of the torture of the illness at the age of sixteen.

She recovered, but Xiao Li lost most of his life.

Excessive medication and bone marrow extraction made her look even weaker than Xiao Wan.

When Xiao Wan was eighteen years old, Madam Xiao held a grand coming-of-age ceremony for her.

After the banquet, Mrs. Xiao hugged Xiao Li, expressing her infinite gratitude for saving her daughter.

Xiao Li took the opportunity to ask her if she could agree to one of his requests.

Mrs. Xiao agreed without thinking, and said that she would agree to all ten requests, not just one.

Xiao Li is not greedy, she only has one request.

"I want to leave the Xiao family."

Mrs. Xiao's face changed. She didn't understand why she wanted to leave when they were so nice to Xiao Li?

Mrs. Xiao felt that Xiao Li was ungrateful. What she had now was wealth, status, and resources that others would struggle for in several lifetimes, and she only paid a little blood as a price.

As long as she remained loyal to Xiao Wan in the future, she would even be willing to treat Xiao Li as her own half-daughter, and let her enjoy endless wealth and glory for the rest of her life.

In the end, she wanted to leave. She was such an ungrateful person.

Madam Xiao scolded her harshly and had her locked up for reflection.

Xiao Li knew that it would not be easy for her to leave, so she started preparing early.

With a copy of the property transfer contract and a paternity test, she was freed from Mr. Xiao.

She separated her household registration and ran away with the money she deserved.

As for what happened to the Xiao family after she left, it had nothing to do with her anymore.

She didn't watch the news or contact old friends. She climbed snow-capped mountains, dived into the ocean trenches, went to Antarctica, and visited a mysterious ancient country alone.

She was free for more than a year, and she missed that feeling until Mrs. Xiao found her again.

When we met again, Mrs. Xiao looked much more haggard.

It turned out that Mr. Xiao's mistress came to his house with her children. He had more than one mistress and more than one child, and among these children there were three boys.

How could top wealthy families not value male offspring?

Mr. Xiao lied about their years of love and only caring about his daughter.

Mr. Xiao's illegitimate sons are very outstanding. Not only outstanding, but also cruel. Mrs. Xiao and Mr. Xiao are fighting with each other, and the well-protected little princess Xiao Wan is no match for those illegitimate sons.

Xiao Wan needs a helper, a helper who knows her inside and out and can have a say with Mr. Xiao. The only one is Xiao Li. She is a shadow, so naturally she should return to her master.

Xiao Li had finally taken control of his own destiny, so naturally he didn't want to go back and be someone else's shadow.

But she was too naive.

Madam Xiao couldn't deal with the Xiao family, but it was easy for her to control her.

She was tied up and taken back by Madam Xiao, imprisoned, starved, beaten, and drowned. After her authority was challenged, Madam Xiao had countless means to make her submit.

In her eyes, Xiao Li was her dog, and wanting to leave was a betrayal and an ungrateful person.

Betrayer deserves to be punished.

Finally, she was satisfied with the punishment and Xiao Li gave in.

A fifty-year contract made her completely become Xiao Wan's shadow. No, this time she was a dog, a dog that had to loyally protect Xiao Wan.

Xiao Wan felt that Xiao Li had betrayed their relationship, and the once sunny and cheerful little princess had also learned to lose her temper, and the target was naturally Xiao Li.

Witness the cruelty of society and disregard its rules.

When Xiao Li was twenty years old, he had grown up completely.

She finally understood how ridiculous it was that she had been obsessed with getting rid of the Xiao family. Only the weak would think that leaving the rules that controlled them was freedom, while the strong would be above everyone else. I am the rule, I am freedom.

She helped Madam Xiao and Xiao Wan deal with Mr. Xiao, charging into battle to resist damage, and plotting bloody schemes.

The process was tragic, but the results were gratifying.

She obtained amazing wealth from Madam Xiao, which belonged to her. Of course, this was not the point. The point was that Madam Xiao was ill. In order to support Xiao Wan, she transferred half of her shares to Xiao Li, allowing her to sit on the board of directors of the world's third largest financial group.

She thought that as long as she held the contract signed by Xiao Li, Xiao Li would have to work for her and would never betray her.

Little did he know that Xiao Li hadn't even taken the contract seriously. When Party A disappeared, the contract? Just a piece of waste paper.

There were so many people who wanted them dead that Xiao Li didn't even need to dirty his hands to regain his freedom.

The crisis was resolved, and Mr. Xiao married the winner of the abdication battle and brought his outstanding heir to her.

He said, "Xiao Li, you've worked hard. From now on, you are free."

Freedom? What a joke he's telling.

"Mr. Xiao, there's an old saying that it's easier to invite a god than to send him away."

"The first time you controlled my fate, I was too young to resist. The second time, I was too naive, thinking leaving would mean freedom, but you dragged me in once again. The third time, you've gone too far. Now... whether the game is over or not is not up to you."

Not only does she own shares in the Xiao family consortium, she also has countless wealth.

Free? She was free now.

Mr. Xiao felt that she was just an outsider and that getting rid of her was just a matter of raising his hand. After all, no matter how powerful Xiao Li was, she was just one person, while he had a huge and wealthy family behind him.

But he misjudged one thing. Xiao Li never thought of fighting with him.

As long as she uses the shares in her hands as bait, Mr. Xiao's other illegitimate children and other people in the Xiao family will come forward to become her chess pieces. In the new chess game, she will be the chess player.