"If in the future, the person I live with is Tang Xian, I won't have any regrets,"
Li Xiaoyu lifted her head and looked at Li Wanye with an unyielding gaze.
The ever-smiling Li Wanye finally frowned.
"mbers of the Li family must swallow even the greatest regrets! No matter who you marry, it's sothing you must accept as long as it benefits the family, as long as it benefits the fortress. What I can do is find you the best possible match."
Li Wanye continued,
"I will give you one last chance. I hope you will return with with dignity, rather than being taken back."
The stubborn conversation between father and daughter seed to be coming to an end. The guards were also waiting for the arrest order.
Li Xiaoyu did not speak again.
Fearlessly, she looked at Li Wanye, her hand resting on the portable teleportation rift with no hesitation; she firmly slapped it.
But unlike the usual gentle orange color of the rift entrance, when it detected a user, the portable teleportation rift did not transport her away. Instead, the entrance showed an irregular distortion with a dangerous red hue.
She stood resolutely at the entrance, lifting her slender arm, reaching straight towards it as if she would dive in at any mont.
Li Zheng exclaid urgently,
"Yu, have you gone mad! You can't enter the rift right now."
Li Xiaoyu calmly felt the horrifying, vortex-like energy from the other side of the rift, as though it could cleave through anything.
If one left the mining area for less than ten hours and forcibly used the teleportation rift, the danger was equivalent to staying in the mining area for seven full days.
The initial version of the teleportation rift did not have a safety chanism. If used under such circumstances, one's body would be forcibly drawn in until it was shredded.
The subsequent technological improvents added a safety chanism to the teleportation rift. It would not transport if transportation was impossible.
But it would still open that terrifying rift, like an entrance to the Netherworld.
Li Wanye said in a deep voice,
"Do you realize what you're doing?"
"Father, whether Tang Xian is a human or an Eden demon child, that is the biggest disagreent between you and . Until you change your view, I will not return."
Li Wanye finally beca sowhat angry and shouted,
"What did he do to you? Why do you like him so much?"
This question made Li Xiaoyu pause slightly.
What exactly did she like about Tang Xian?
And why did she like him to this extent?
Li Xiaoyu had considered these questions before but never arrived at an answer.
Not until today, when her father, accompanied by a large team, forced her to make a choice, did she start to vaguely understand.
Li Xiaoyu shook her head and said,
"Dad, ever since I was young, I've been doing one thing—I've wanted to beco better."
"I started learning various survival skills at six because I knew I wasn't as talented as my brother, so I had to do my best within the Pyramid."
"When I was about ten, you started letting get involved with various businesses. Although they were small matters, I always treated them as a test from you."
"I wanted your approval, hoping to be like my brother, soone who could bring prosperity to the Li family. Not just a commodity that can be traded away for the friendship of another family."
"I've been working hard for this. I've revived business ventures within the family that were nearly failures. Every day, I've been learning how to bring wealth to our family."
"I often see my mother in tears, looking toward the north in the garden. The Pyramid is like a cage, cutting off all her sights and mories. She lives the most exquisite life every day yet remains unhappy."
"She occasionally says to , 'Yu, you need to work even harder, surpass your brothers, and beco the best in the family. Only if you do that, you won't end up like your mother soday.'"
Li Wanye was slightly taken aback.
Li Xiaoyu's expression was so determined,
"All my life, I haven't had many friends, which relates to my personality. But on reflection, what's the point of making friends?
"How many tis can one leave the Pyramid in their lifeti? Aside from the masters of fortresses, how can others stand the loss of lowering their social status just to et a distant friend? Since that's the case, why should I bother getting to know people?"
"The older I got, the harder I worked, the better I did in business, the more I felt lost. No matter what I did, it seed I couldn't change my fate."
"In my twelfth year, I went to the school district. It wasn't necessary, just a formality, but I am grateful for the experience of that year."
"Father, have you ever seen the spectacle when the students from the school district graduate?"
As Li Xiaoyu asked this, her face showed a mix of despair and mockery,
"Those who seed so close on ordinary days, when they realized the differences in their talents, their relationships changed drastically as well.
The disparity in talent can directly overturn one's perception of another after six years.
"Like a genius with full marks in every subject being a talentless waste, soone who is ten tis stupider can freely ridicule him.
Relationships from the past start to break apart, retaining only a very few connections.
"Every person from the lower strata has dread of changing their destiny through the Trial of the Chosen.
"But no matter how hard they try, in the end, even if they leave the lower strata, their fate of servitude remains unchanged.
"It's just a change of location."
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