Skeleton’s Training Manual - Chapter 16
Chapter 16: 016 Lu Haikong
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Three hours later.
This was Skeleton’s first time doing this customised ‘stew’.
Lu Wu carefully looked at Skeleton who came out of the pot.
To be frank, he didn’t see any difference.
This fella was still the same. The only thing that was different would probably just be that Skeleton looked a little shinier than before.
This caused Lu Wu to panic. Did he just waste a thousand yuan?
He reached out to Skeleton and calmed down after reading through its attribute bar.
Well, his money didn’t go to waste as it was effective, but Skeleton just needed more time to absorb and digest.
This was also why the entire process would take about six to ten days before seeing its effects.
“This means that the final result of this stewing can only be seen after six to ten days?”
When Lu Wu realised this, he completely lost all interest in Skeleton.
Then, he told Skeleton to train by itself. Lu Wu cleaned up his room and immediately went to bed.
The next morning.
The first thing that Lu Wu did was to check on Skeleton.
This fella has been marching on the spot for the entire night and Lu Wu wanted to check its result.
Lu Wu commanded Skeleton to move around and do a few simple movements. He was surprised to find that the training last night was even more effective than all the training from before this.
The training before only managed to stop Skeleton from falling onto the ground every time it walked but its walking speed was still as slow as a tortoise.
Now, there has been tremendous improvement. Although Skeleton still couldn’t keep up with Lu Wu’s walking speed, it was already good enough.
“With how we’re progressing. I’m sure Skeleton will be able to walk side by side with me in no time!”
Lu Wu was already very pleased with the improvement he saw this morning.
However, another problem arose. How would he get the ingredients needed six to ten days later?
Just when Lu Wu was being troubled about this issue, his phone rang.
Yup, it was still the same person — Li Chun, who called to make sure that Lu Wu wouldn’t be late for work!
Li Chun was very concerned about Lu Wu’s summer job. He was worried that Lu Wu might just get an amount of money from his family and would blindly start his training.
Not only would this be a total waste of money, but it would also be extremely dangerous.
Lu Wu, on the other hand, was not aware of Li Chun’s worries. However, he was still touched by the amount of effort Li Chun made for him.
Therefore, Lu Wu didn’t waste any time. He finished his breakfast, and as he walked out the door, Lee Ruyu was confused. “Lulu, aren’t you guys on summer break? Where are you going so early in the morning?”
“My teacher found me a summer job and I promised that I’ll have a look at it today. Oh, I almost forgot. I won’t be coming back for lunch. As for dinner, if I’m early, I should be back around evening, but if I’m occupied, I’ll only be home by ten.”
Lu Wu wanted to see if he could find any other part time job after work.
He wanted to get the money for Skeleton’s ingredients within these few days by getting a part time job at night.
Lu Wu was completely focused on getting enough money to train Skeleton.
Therefore, he didn’t notice the change of emotions on Lee Ruyu’s face.
There was also another thing that Lu Wu definitely wouldn’t know.
As soon as he left, Lee Ruyu who sent him off suddenly burst into tears after accumulating all these emotions for days.
As a woman and as a mother, Lee Ruyu was a very sensitive person, especially when it came to Lu Wu and Lu Wu had been a horrible bastard for the past few days!
From the moment that he teleported, he subconsciously alienated his family.
This was actually because Lu Wu felt guilty about living another person’s life and getting things that weren’t supposed to be his.
However, from Lee Ruyu’s point of view, it was a completely different scenario.
Because Lu Wu only started acting differently after the summoner’s ceremony, when Lu Wu summoned a skeleton as his initial summoned beast.
Lee Ruyu knew that Lu Wu badly wanted to be a professional summoner.
Summoning a skeleton would mean that it has ended Lu Wu’s dreams of being a professional summoner.
Therefore, Lee Ruyu thought that summoning the skeleton was a big defeat to Lu Wu.
And Lu Wu was blaming her for it.
Lee Ruyu once heard on the news that the first summoned beast was somehow related to genetics.
It was possible that she was the reason why Lu Wu had summoned a skeleton.
Therefore, Lu Wu was blaming her for it and started alienating her.
This was something that all mothers do. They would always subconsciously take the blame for something that wasn’t even their fault.
She really thought that she had failed Lu Wu because she didn’t pass down better genes to him.
She was the reason why Lu Wu didn’t get to summon a much better summoned beast and had crushed Lu Wu’s dreams of being a professional summoner.
If Lu Wu just gave up after having his dreams crushed, Lee Ruyu may still feel a little better.
But, the problem here was that Lu Wu was still trying.
This was why Lee Ruyu felt that she must do something about this.
Therefore, as soon as Lu Wu left the house, she took out her phone and called the one person that could help her.
“Hey, dear. Why did you call me so early in the morning?!”
On the other end of the call, Lu Haikong, who was awakened by the phone call, started yawning. But then, he immediately woke up when he heard Lee Ruyu crying.
“What’s wrong? Why are you crying? Who bullied you?”
Then, it was followed by complete silence.
“No, it’s about Lulu…..”
Lu Haikong was immediately pissed off and said: “Lu Wu? He’s the one who made you cry? That bastard! How dare he bully you when I’m not home. I’ll break his leg when I come home later!”
His son was definitely not as important as his wife!
Lee Ruyu became anxious and said: “Can you at least let me finish?”
“I’m sorry, go on!”
Lu Haikong immediately softened his tone.
“You’re aware that Lulu summoned a skeleton, right?”
“Of course!” Lu Haikong gloated as he replied: “That kid should be devastated, right? Is he crying all day long? He should be walking around like a dead person now, right? Has he finally given up on his dreams of being a professional summoner?”
“No, Lulu hasn’t given up yet. Ever since he summoned the skeleton, he became even more diligent. According to Tutu, he has been studying at the library every day. He would stay in school till late at night and as soon as he reached home, he’d continue studying until midnight before going to bed.”
Lu Haikong was shocked when he heard this; it didn’t even sound like the bastard he knew!
However, he realised what Lee Ruyu wanted to say.
“You’re thinking of helping him?”
“Yeap, I’ve heard that there’s summoned beast trainers that could help with improving a summoned beast’s quality. Why don’t we get one for Lulu?”
Lu Haikong shook his head and said, “Do you know how extremely expensive it is? Where would we get the money to hire one?”
Regarding this, Lee Ruyu had already thought about it and replied, “Didn’t we save up some money for a house before this?”
As soon as she finished her sentence, Lu Haikong narrowed his eyes.
That’s it! He had decided that it was time to disown his bastard!
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