I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 157: The Repressed Yuan Shao

When he was a child, Yuan Shu didn't know how he had offended Yuan Shao, but since he could remember, his brother Yuan Shao had never been kind to Yuan Shu.

They either mocked him or found fault with him, and even deliberately pushed Yuan Shu down or tripped him.

Yuan Shu didn't want to pay any attention to Yuan Shao at first, thinking that this guy was just a troublemaker and that going against him would be detrimental to his intelligence and status.

Who knew that this guy would become more and more excessive, and he seemed to be determined to bully Yuan Shu to the end.

In particular, on Yuan Shu's fifth birthday, the eight-year-old Yuan Shao pretended to accidentally overturn Yuan Shu's favorite dish at the time, leaving him with nothing when he was about to pick up the dish with his chopsticks.

Then he pretended to apologize.

Yuan Shu was furious at the time, so he called on the burly Xu Chong to pin Yuan Shao to the ground and beat him up severely. On his birthday, Yuan Shao was given a face full of peach blossoms. It took several adults to save Yuan Shao from being disfigured.

Afterwards, the feud between the two was completely formed. Yuan Shu no longer avoided Yuan Shao, and his strategy was: "I will not offend Shao unless Shao offends me. If Shao offends me, I will destroy Shao's plan."

Anyway, they don't have the same mother, so he didn't feel any psychological burden when he said this Cantonese swear word.

Yuan Shao was still unhappy with Yuan Shu, and this became even more so after he was beaten once. He continued to take the initiative, disturbing Yuan Shu from reading and making sarcastic remarks towards him.

Yuan Shu would not tolerate him. Whenever Yuan Shao did something wrong, he would rush up with Xu Chong and beat Yuan Shao up until Yuan Wei or Yuan Feng arrived and separated them.

As he grew older, Yuan Shu slowly came to his senses. Yuan Shao was just jealous of the attention and love he received from his family, so he had to snatch the attention away from him, otherwise he would not give up.

This guy seems to be obsessed with the idea that the whole family should pay more attention to him rather than Yuan Shu, and he also finds that as long as he continues to fight with Yuan Shu, he can gain attention, so he provokes a brotherly war at all costs in order to gain more attention.

After figuring out what was going on, Yuan Shu felt a little sorry for Yuan Shao.

He was adopted into Yuan Cheng's family since he was young, and passively became a fatherless child. Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei originally paid much attention to him and loved him, but he suddenly emerged and snatched all their attention.

So after Yuan Shu got rid of his vulgar interests, he no longer resented Yuan Shao, and even beating him became a bit formulaic, just for the sake of beating, with no other purpose.

When he beat Yuan Shao, it was even like a boxer hitting a sandbag or Ip Man hitting a wooden stake. He even had the idea of exercising his body and treating it as a pastime when he was tired of studying.

Later, Yuan Shu went to Guanzhong to study and separated from Yuan Shao. He did not meet Yuan Shao again for seven years. It is a bit sad to think about it.

The two brothers Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were not on good terms with each other in their hearts. When it came to Yuan Shu's turn, the situation was still the same, and their relationship might even be worse.

Yuan Shu was quite emotional, so he took Xu Chong to the back room to see Yuan Shao.

I heard that Yuan Shao just arrived in Luoyang this afternoon. He was very tired from the long journey. After meeting Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei, he went to sleep. I don't know if he is awake now.

After Yuan Shu arrived at the back wing where Yuan Shao was temporarily staying, he did not see Yuan Shao. Instead, he saw a young and beautiful woman in the yard outside who was instructing two maids to take care of the household hygiene while she was mending something.

The woman was a little surprised to see two men coming, but when she saw Yuan Shu's clothes, she realized something.

"But uncle?"

Yuan Shu also realized who this woman was, so he nodded and bowed.

"Shu has met sister-in-law."

This woman was Yuan Shao’s wife, Li, the daughter of the late famous scholar Li Ying.

When she married Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu was still in mourning for Ma Rong and could not attend the wedding, so she asked someone to send a gift to Yuan Shao as a congratulations.

So technically, this was the first time they met.

Speaking of which, Yuan Shu was a little surprised when he heard that Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui chose Li Ying's daughter as Yuan Shao's wife, but he soon guessed Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui's intentions.

At that time, Li Ying, as a leader of the scholars, was the main victim of the Factions and Persecutions. After his death, his wife and parents were exiled to the border.

Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei felt pity for this big family and considered Yuan Shao's future development, so they married Li to Yuan Shao, which was considered a small help to their old friend.

Li Ying was a famous party member, and Yuan Shao married his daughter. On the one hand, this could protect Li Ying's daughter, and on the other hand, it also transferred part of Li Ying's reputation to Yuan Shao, making Yuan Shao gain the attention of the party forces before he even entered officialdom.

They generally believed that this was a clear move by the Yuan family to raise the banner of anti-eunuch, and that in the future Yuan Shao would use anti-eunuch as the basis for his career, and use the power of the party as the foundation for his career, taking an unconventional approach.

It is obvious that Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei are not indifferent to the development of their family members. Although they focus on Yuan Shu, they are also concerned about the development of Yuan Ji and Yuan Shao.

However, this consideration may not be a good thing for Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shu himself thought about this and realized that directly and clearly placing Yuan Shao in the group of party members and raising such a banner might be dangerous for Yuan Shao, and he might even feel like being a target.

Even if the Yuan family could protect their own people, compared with Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu, the development path they prepared for Yuan Shao was obviously not so safe.

Their arrangement for Yuan Ji was to inherit the main body of the Yuan family of Runan, and it was possible that he would continue to follow the central court's route of feigning flattery with the eunuchs.

The arrangement for Yuan Shu was to establish a new sect, expand its branches, carry forward its development, and fully support him in creating new glory.

Yuan Shao joined the party and obviously wanted to take the path of not dealing with the eunuchs. Although this can be regarded as betting on both sides, Yuan Shao's chips are obviously less and more dangerous.

After all, Yuan Shao was born out of wedlock. Yuan Feng might have some love for this illegitimate son, but not too much. If necessary, he could give up Yuan Shao.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shu even felt a little pity for Yuan Shao.

So Yuan Shu also felt that things from childhood were over and done with.

Both he and Yuan Shao have grown up, and Yuan Shao has married. Naturally, he will not keep holding on to the childhood things. He plans to disclose the childhood things, shake hands and make peace with Yuan Shao, which can be regarded as breaking the ice after seven years.

Li had long been aware of Yuan Shu's great reputation. She knew that this young uncle was the most proud rising star of the entire Yuan family. He had great fame and influence, so naturally he would not do anything disrespectful.

When she saw Yuan Shu coming to visit her, she was sure that he was here to see Yuan Shao, so she stood up immediately.

"Benchu is still resting. I'll go call him."

Yuan Shu called out to Li.

"Sister-in-law, please stay. Since brother is still resting, let him rest. Brother is tired from the journey, so Shu should not disturb him."

Li was suddenly embarrassed.

"This... this won't do. My uncle is here to visit me. As his elder brother, how can I neglect him? I'll go call him."

Li shook her head, turned around and went into the house to call Yuan Shao.

But as soon as she opened the door, she saw Yuan Shao reaching out to open the door. Li was delighted and hurriedly asked, "My husband is awake? Look, who's here?"

Yuan Shao had just woken up when he heard a man's voice outside. Confused, he put on his clothes and planned to go out to see what was happening. When he opened the door, he saw his wife standing at the door and was about to push it open. Not far away, the man who had been haunting him was standing there.

In just a moment, he could no longer hear his wife's voice, and his thoughts were all swept up by the man standing not far away.

After seven years apart, both of them have changed a lot in appearance.

Yuan Shao was twenty years old, tall and handsome.

Yuan Shu was seventeen years old, eight feet tall, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes.

But perhaps it was some miraculous telepathy, Yuan Shao recognized the man in front of him at a glance - his half-brother, Yuan Shu.

It was also the biggest psychological obstacle in his entire childhood and adolescence.

His feelings towards Yuan Shu are also very complicated.

On the one hand, the two are half brothers in terms of blood relationship, and blood is thicker than water and cannot be separated.

On the other hand, the two are mortal enemies in a sense.

Or it could be said that Yuan Shao took the initiative to turn Yuan Shu into his mortal enemy, while Yuan Shu was indifferent to Yuan Shao from beginning to end and ignored him.

There was a five-year history of grievances between the two.

Yuan Shao took the initiative to attack Yuan Shu, but was always successfully counterattacked by Yuan Shu and was beaten black and blue. Yuan Shao was deeply ashamed that he could not beat his younger brother as an older man.

When Yuan Shu was ten years old, he left the Yuan clan's homeland and went to Guanzhong to study. He never returned to Runan again, and Yuan Shao and he had not seen each other for seven years.

Logically speaking, after seven years of washing away the tiny grudges between the children, there would be little left.

But although Yuan Shu was no longer around, his reputation never left Yuan Shao's ears. His fame spread far and wide, making Yuan Shao miserable. He felt like he had always been in Yuan Shu's shadow since he was a child, and had no chance of getting justice.

When he was young, he couldn't beat him; when he grew up, he couldn't learn as well as him; he was not as famous as him, and he was not as powerful as him.

He was recognized as a scripture teacher at the age of twelve, but at the age of twenty he was just a spirited young man.

But even as a spirited young man, he couldn't escape Yuan Shu's shadow.

Yuan Shu's career is so high-end, so awesome, so prestigious, and so influential that even though the two are thousands of miles apart, they seem to be inseparable.

Therefore, the heroic Yuan Shao was known in the martial arts world as "Brother Yuan Shu".

He is too depressed!
As a member of the top wealthy Ru'nan Yuan family, he also has his depression and pain.

In the end, he was so depressed that he could not get rid of his resentment and hatred towards Yuan Shu.

After getting married, Yuan Shao got some attention from his party members because of his wife, and his family began to build momentum for him and prepare for his official career. He was also excited for a time and wanted to shake off the shadow of the past and fly freely.

But the subsequent incident of Yuan Shu entering Luoyang dealt him a heavy blow, and stunned him as he just spread his wings and prepared to soar into the sky.

(End of this chapter)