Fu Yuanjun and Elder Tong were sitting in the corner, and many things flashed through Fu Yuanjun's mind. Fu Yunjun felt that many things happened in his life were unfair, but from his childhood to the present, he understands that not everyone is a natural born heir. He stared at the ordinary bun in his hand. He knows that many times in his life he has struggled for an ordinary bun that most people won't even touch. He must do things against his will so that the other son can inherit the family name without blood on his hands.
For Fu Yuanjun, he was the sword that cut down all the dense bushes and trees that stood in front of him and Cao Wenyan. He would cut down those shrubs and trees so that Cao Wenyan could reach the destination set by Cao Fengge unimpeded. Because of this, Fu Yuanjun loses his temper when Cao Wenyan mentions about position and entitlement. When Cao Wenyan's dreams are full of sweets and candies, he is the person whose dreams are full of nightmares.
He closed his eyes and sigchildrenfoury, then leaned his head against the wall. He remembers...
Fu Yuanjun was sitting in a secluded wooden house, eating sweet potatoes. He was too young to know how to make a fire, and the nanny who raised him died four months ago. His little nails were bleeding, but he didn't care because he was so hungry. His father assured him that he would be here, but that was four months ago. He is stinky and skinny. Just when he was about to starve to death, his father showed up and threw him a bun. He ate that steamed bun in one breath.
Cao Fengge, "Yuan'er, do you understand hunger now?" Fu Yuanjun nodded. Cao Fengge walked to Fu Yuanjun and patted Fu Yuanjun's left cheek lightly. "You understand that everything I do here is for you."
Fu Yuanjun nodded.
Cao Fengge said, "Do you remember everything I asked you to do?"
Fu Yuanjun nodded.
Cao Fengge said, "Someone will come to pick you up later tonight. Your next training is very hard, but you have to endure it. You have to remember that to succeed in the future, every drop of sweat is worthy. Only those who have undergone the most brutal training can become champions."
Fu Yuanjun asked, "Father, when can I see you again?"
Cao Fengge said, "If you want to see me, you must survive the training. If you succeed in your training, you will meet me, but if you fail in your training, you will never see me again."
Fu Yuanjun said, "I will finish my training."
Cao Fengge said, "When I see you, I will believe what you say."
Fu Yuanjun squeezed his little hand and swears in his heart that he will succeed in whatever Cao Fengge wants him to do. He will be the best son. That night, Cao Fengge gave him a bowl of congee. Fu Yuanjun was very hungry and swallowed a bowl of congee in one go. Then he remembered Cao Fengge tucked him in bed. The next thing he remembered was the pouring of cold water on his body. When he opened his eyes, he was in a wooden cage with fifty children of similar age.
Fu Yuanjun looked at these dirty and terrified children. There is no food or water in the wooden cage. The children are almost starving to death, but Fu Yuanjun is okay. He has been hungry for many days. It seems that Cao Fengge was specially trained him for this. On the seventh day, only thirty buns were thrown in the cage, and the children were vying for it. The older children took the bun from the younger children.
In the end, apart from himself, there were only four children. One day, the cage door opened, and a guard stood by the door.
Guard said, "Zhu Mingyang, Li Chong goes to the right, you go to the left."
Fu Yuanjun watched the two young boy's hands and feet were shackled by a chain and they followed a man dressed in black carrying a sword on his back.
Guard said, "The three of you come with me."
In the following five years, Fu Yuanjun used the pseudonym Li Jizhu. He trains hard every day. He is the top student of his class. One day, his instructor told the boys that in the next ten days, everyone will gather in Shaolin to meet with the other three households and exchange skills.
Fu Yuanjun and nineteen other students were selected as the top students representing the Gu Household to compete with the other three household. For someone like Fu Yuanjun he was thrilled.
It was in Shaolin that Fu Yuanjun understood what Cao Fengge meant. While queuing with his classmates, he saw Cao Fengge walking on the red carpet with a young man two years younger than him and a little girl standing beside him. Fu Yuanjun wanted to come forward to say hello to let Cao Fengge know that he was one of the top students in the class. He didn't expect much from Cao Fengge, he just wanted a smile, and patted him on the back, but Cao Fengge didn't even look at him.
Fu Yuanjun understood who this young man was when Gu Tingfang greeted him.
At the end of the competition, Cao Wenyan came over and pointed his sword at Fun Yuanjun.
Cao Wenyan, "Servant…I choose you to fight me."
Fu Yuanjun did not flinch. He wants to let Cao Fengge know that he is a better son. He looked at Cao Wenyan and said, "This servant accept your challenge."
Fu Yuanjun and Cao Wenyan walked into the arena, and Fu Yuanjun glanced at Cao Fengge from the corner of his eye.
Cao Wenyan said, "Why do you keep looking at my father? I noticed it since we got here. I hated those eyes of yours so much." He looked madly at Fu Yuanjun. "I will dig your eyes out with my sword."
Fu Yuanjun said, "If this young master could dig out this servant's eyes…then this servant's eyes shall be yours." He stared coldly at Cao Wenyan.
Inside Fu Yuanjun's heart, he wanted to said, "Father, you treat me as if I am not your son, and you treat your other son as your golden egg. This bastard son will prove to you that he is not just a golden egg, but the rarest pantao in Xiwangmu's immortal peach garden.