Three hours later.

Little Skeleton's first bone boiling, oh no, soup-making session was over.

Lu Wu gazed at the freshly bathed Little Skeleton.

He couldn't see much of a change.

It still looked the same as before, at most its bones seemed a bit brighter, but Lu Wu couldn't make out anything else.

This made Lu Wu a bit nervous. Could it be that his over a thousand bucks went to waste?

He reached out to touch Little Skeleton, checked its attribute board, and felt relieved.

The money wasn't wasted. There were effects, but they needed time to digest.

Each bone boiling session required six to ten days for Little Skeleton to absorb.

"So, the final effect of this bone boiling session will take six to ten days to verify?"

Realizing this, Lu Wu lost all enthusiasm.

He let Little Skeleton train on its own, while he busied himself with dumping out the beef bone soup, then he went to sleep.

Early the next morning.

The first thing Lu Wu did when he woke up was check on his Little Skeleton.

This little guy trotted in place all night, and Lu Wu came to assess the results.

After making Little Skeleton move a bit, do some simple actions, Lu Wu was pleasantly surprised to find that Little Skeleton's overnight progress was better than the previous days' training.

In the past few days, training only kept it from constantly falling over. Its walking speed was still as slow as a turtle, slower than an old person.

It had improved a lot now, though it still couldn't match Lu Wu's normal walking speed, it wasn't bad anymore.

"At this rate, it shouldn't take long before it can barely keep up with my normal walking speed."

Lu Wu was already quite satisfied with this progress.

Now he had a headache about where to get the money for the next batch of materials in six to ten days.

Just when Lu Wu was fretting over this, his phone rang.

Hmm, it was Old Li!

He was reminding Lu Wu not to forget to go to work.

Old Li was particularly concerned about Lu Wu's job, genuinely worried that Lu Wu might impulsively take money from home during the summer vacation and head into the secret realm.

Doing so would not only cost money but also be dangerous.

Lu Wu didn't know what Old Li was worrying about, but he could feel Old Li's concern for him.

So, Lu Wu didn't delay, after breakfast, he was ready to leave. Li Ruyu saw this and was puzzled: "Lu Lu, isn't it summer vacation for you guys? Where are you going so early?"

"Our class teacher found me a summer job. I'm going to check it out. Oh, and by the way, you don't need to prepare lunch for me today. If I finish early, I'll be back by six or seven; if it's late, I might return after ten."

Lu Wu planned to see if there were any temp jobs after finishing his evening shift.

He aimed to gather enough money for Little Skeleton's next batch of materials within six days by working a temp job at night.

Now he was single-mindedly focused on making money.

He didn't notice Li Ruyu's expression when he said this.

What he didn't know was this.

After seeing him off, Li Ruyu's emotions accumulated over the past few days, finally reaching a critical point and breaking down, she started to cry.

As a woman, as a mother.

Li Ruyu's heart was undoubtedly sensitive, especially regarding Lu Wu's situation.

And Lu Wu happened to be acting out of character these past few days!

Since he transmigrated, he subconsciously distanced himself from his family.

To Lu Wu, it stemmed from a guilt of feeling like an intruding bird in another's nest.

But to Li Ruyu, it didn't seem that way.

Because Lu Wu's change happened right after the Summoning Ceremony when he summoned Little Skeleton.

Li Ruyu knew that Lu Wu wanted to become a Professional Summoner.

Summoning Little Skeleton almost cut off his path to becoming a Professional Summoner, and Li Ruyu was aware of it too.

Therefore, Li Ruyu thought Lu Wu felt hurt because he summoned Little Skeleton.

He blamed her, his mother, for summoning Little Skeleton.

After all, the TV said the initial summoned beast had something to do with heredity.

Maybe there was a reason Lu Wu summoned Little Skeleton related to her.

So, Lu Wu must have distanced himself because he summoned Little Skeleton.

And mothers would often subconsciously take the blame for things that weren't their fault.

She truly felt she had let Lu Wu down, not giving him a better talent.

She couldn't give Lu Wu a good summoned beast, causing his dream of becoming a Professional Summoner to shatter.

But if Lu Wu's dream had truly shattered, and he stopped struggling, Li Ruyu might have felt better.

But the problem was he hadn't. These days, she saw Lu Wu's efforts.

This made Li Ruyu feel she had to do something.

So, after Lu Wu left, she took out her phone and called someone who was "collecting material."

"Hello, honey, why are you calling so early?!"

On the other end, Lu Haikong was awakened by the phone's ringtone, yawning, but quickly became alert as he heard Li Ruyu sobbing.

"What happened? Why are you crying? Who bullied you?"

In that moment, even the air seemed to freeze.

"It's not that, it's Lu Lu..."

As soon as Lu Haikong heard this, he got angrier: "Lu Wu? He made you upset? That little brat dared to bully you while I'm not around, I'm coming back to break his legs!"

Son or not, nothing was more important than his wife.

Li Ruyu sighed: "Can you please let me finish?"

"Okay, go on!"

Lu Haikong's temper immediately took a downturn.

"You know that Lu Lu summoned Little Skeleton, right?"

"Yeah!" Lu Haikong smirked gleefully. "That kid must be heartbroken, right? Did he become dejected? Can't hold his head up? Crying his eyes out every day? Gave up on becoming a Professional Summoner?"

"No, Lu Lu doesn't seem to have given up.

Since summoning Little Skeleton, Lu Lu has been working harder.

According to Dudu, he's been studying at school from morning until night.

Every day he stays at the library till eight or nine, and when he gets home, he doesn't just rest. He reads until one or two before going to bed."

Lu Haikong was stunned, this didn't sound like his son at all.

But he could guess what Li Ruyu wanted to do.

"You want to help him?"

"Yes, I heard there are Summon Beast Cultivators who can improve the quality of summoned beasts. How about we find one for Lu Lu?"

Lu Haikong shook his head: "Do you know how expensive that is? Where would we get that much money for a Summon Beast Cultivator?"

As for this, Li Ruyu already had an idea. Carefully, she said: "We have that money saved for buying a house, don't we?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Haikong's eyes squinted immediately.

Hmm, he thought, it might be time to cut ties with that ungrateful son!

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Thanks to [Han Han Tai Er] and [Zui Jiu Qingniu 9527 Micro] for your generous support!