When Lu Wu adjusted his mindset and stopped thinking about the pie that fell from the sky when Li Kai went blind,
Lu Wu started to work on gathering the materials needed for Little Skeleton's second bone boiling.
The little guy needed 1300 yuan for one bone boiling.
Lu Wu really didn't want to ask his family for this money.
To be honest, there were only two people he could confidently ask for money—one was Pang Duddu, and the other was Li Kai.
The second one was asking him for an advance on his salary.
In this regard, Li Kai was pretty agreeable.
He changed Lu Wu's salary from a monthly one to a daily one and even gave Lu Wu a 500-yuan raise, which meant Lu Wu could get 150 yuan a day.
Well, Lu Wu seriously suspected that the reason Li Kai added the 500 wasn't because he was efficient and worked well but simply because it made the daily calculation easier.
Of course, these things weren't important. What was important was that after the daily salary calculation, Lu Wu would have 150 yuan coming in every day.
Six days, 900 yuan, though there was still a gap of a few hundred yuan from the 1300, at least the bulk was settled.
With the main part taken care of, the remaining few hundred yuan was relatively easy to handle.
Every night after getting off work from the grocery store, Lu Wu would look for temporary jobs that paid daily.
Lu Wu wasn't very lucky; he couldn't find a suitable job for several days in a row.
It wasn't until the fifth night that Lu Wu found a job at a barbecue stall, skewering sticks and being paid five cents per stick.
To ensure that Little Skeleton could have the second bone boiling on time, Lu Wu pulled Pang Duddu over to help.
The two of them worked at the barbecue stall for four or five hours, their hands getting pricked countless times, bleeding profusely. At last, they got 500 yuan from the barbecue stall.
As soon as Lu Wu got the wages, Pang Duddu handed the money to him.
The barbecue stall owner and someone in the corner of the stall saw this and held their breath.
When they saw Lu Wu take the money from Pang Duddu's scarred hands without any guilt,
the barbecue stall owner's eyes were filled with contempt, and the other person was already looking for a brick on the ground.
Lu Wu was not self-aware of being seen as a scumbag at all. After taking the money, he even bargained with the owner, selling his cuteness, asking if they could get two chicken drumsticks for their hard work all night.
The owner initially didn't want to give them and even wanted to throw the "scumbag" Lu Wu out.
But looking at the starving Pang Duddu beside him, the owner finally handed two chicken drumsticks to Lu Wu with a scowl.
Lu Wu, without any shame, thanked the owner cheerfully and took the drumsticks, then gave both to Pang Duddu.
"Here!"
"Aren't you eating?"
"No, this barbecue doesn't suit my taste!"
Lu Wu completely ignored the fact that the owner was right beside them, watching.
Pang Duddu reluctantly took his eyes off the drumstick: "Then I won't—"
"Eat when I tell you to eat!"
"Okay!"
"Let's go, it's getting late, eat while we walk home!"
Finally, Lu Wu, with hands covered in injuries too, walked ahead with Little Skeleton.
Behind him was Pang Duddu, hugging the chicken drumsticks like they were treasures, nibbling happily at them, trailing like a little tail.
Under the dim light, Lu Wu's lanky shadow and Pang Duddu's rounded shadow merged together, slowly drifting away into the street.
Watching this scene, the barbecue stall owner and the guy who had found a brick both let out a long sigh.
They exchanged glances.
The owner put away the disdain on his face, and the guy holding the brick shook his head, then threw the brick and walked away.
His back was full of stories, making the owner immerse in thought until the guy disappeared down the street. Then the owner remembered that guy hadn't paid.
The direction the brick-throwing guy was heading was precisely where Lu Wu and the others went.
This guy was following Lu Wu and the others, specifically tracking Lu Wu.
The reason for tracking Lu Wu was to find a chance to beat him up.
Yes, in order to ensure secrecy, he even prepared a sack.
He was quite skilled in this kind of job, had done it several times, never got bad reviews!
As long as he found a suitable place, with one swoop of the sack, he guaranteed Lu Wu wouldn't know it was his own dad who beat him.
Yes, that's right. The guy following Lu Wu was none other than Lu Wu's cheap old man, Lu Haikong.
His "gathering materials" ended today; Lu Haikong came back right after Lu Wu left for work in the morning.
Upon his return, he found the situation on Lu Wu's side more serious than he anticipated.
As soon as Li Ruyu saw Lu Haikong come back, she couldn't control her emotions and burst into tears, making his heart ache.
The woman he cherished most in his life, whom he had pampered for twenty to thirty years without letting her shed a single tear, had cried because of Lu Wu?
How could this be?
Could Lu Haikong endure this? Absolutely not!
Even though Lu Wu was his son, so what? For making his wife sad, he would still beat the son!
So, Lu Haikong coaxed Li Ruyu and went out to find Lu Wu.
He wanted to see what kind of gall his rebellious son had to make his wife unhappy.
Of course, after watching the whole day, he didn't see Lu Wu show any courage. Instead, he saw him genuinely trying to make progress.
It was like his son had turned into a different person.
From being lazy, he had turned into this hardworking guy trying to better himself.
Working hard at his job every day, diligently enhancing the items in the store.
After working hours, he'd go out to find part-time jobs, apparently trying to save money to buy materials to enhance Little Skeleton's quality.
He didn't even want to ask his family for money, intending to be self-reliant.
Admittedly, when Lu Haikong learned about this, he felt his son seemed slightly more acceptable than before.
But for Lu Haikong, these changes weren't important. What mattered was that Lu Wu's changes made Li Ruyu sad.
For this reason alone, Lu Haikong felt he needed to beat Lu Wu.
Moreover, Lu Wu's recent behaviors made Lu Haikong very angry.
He definitely didn't recall ever teaching Lu Wu to become a scumbag!
The Lu Family never had any scumbags; he wasn't one, and Lu Wu couldn't be one either!
Therefore, although Lu Haikong threw away the brick, his determination to beat Lu Wu didn't waver. He was going to wake his rebellious son up that day!
If it wasn't for Pang Duddu being with Lu Wu, he would've already acted.
He waited until Lu Wu and Pang Duddu parted ways, leaving Pang Duddu at her building.
As soon as he saw this, Lu Haikong thought it was his chance.
He saw Lu Wu turn around and go into a snack shop, meticulously ordering Li Ruyu's favorite snack, buying himself only a bottle of water and a piece of bread, and then taking the snacks home.
Seeing this scene, Lu Haikong thought for a moment and finally threw away the sack.
Well, observe first, beat later if necessary!