From the beginning of his time travel,
Lu Wu kept trying.
Trying to climb towards the direction of becoming a Professional Summoner, trying to adapt to his current living environment, and making changes bit by bit.
However, for Lu Wu, the hardest change was undoubtedly the relationship with his family.
Because of the time travel, he always had a sense of guilt as if he were an intruder taking someone else's place.
This feeling was persistent, making him subconsciously avoid Li Ruyu at the beginning of the time travel, even wanting to distance himself from the family directly.
But as time passed, especially after Lu Wu noticed that his actions seemed to have hurt Li Ruyu, he slowly began to realize that although this behavior was convenient for him, it was extremely irresponsible.
It was a worse act than bullying Pang Duddu.
So Lu Wu started trying to change his mindset, trying not to avoid Li Ruyu, trying to transform that guilt into another emotional force, to care and make up for the former Lu Wu's family.
And the supper he brought back for Li Ruyu was the first step he took to make a change.
Little did Lu Wu expect.
If he hadn't tried to take this step, he might have come home limping tonight.
He only knew that when he got home and handed over the "Heavenly Silkworm Potatoes," which was Li Ruyu's favorite snack according to his memory.
Li Ruyu couldn't hold back her emotions anymore, and for the first time, her eyes turned red in front of Lu Wu.
Seeing this scene, Lu Wu finally understood what a bastard he had been during this time of the time travel.
An indescribable emotion surged in his heart, rendering the usually talkative Lu Wu speechless for a moment. In the end, he could only scratch his head and tell Li Ruyu to eat and then rest early, before hiding in his room as usual.
But this time, Li Ruyu, watching Lu Wu hide in his room, couldn't help but laugh.
Indeed, sometimes women are easy to soothe, especially those most close to you. No matter how much you upset her, as long as you make a slight change, treat her a bit better, she can be happy all day.
Lu Haikong, who had been closely following Lu Wu, couldn't help but smile when he saw his wife's happy smile, feeling equally elated. The thought of breaking Lu Wu's legs faded a little.
But thinking about how Lu Wu made his wife cry, Lu Haikong still felt somewhat displeased.
So, after coaxing his wife to sleep, Lu Haikong knocked on Lu Wu's door around midnight.
"Dad?"
Just about to go to bed, Lu Wu opened the door to see a perplexed Lu Haikong.
"Come on, let's go drink!"
Without giving Lu Wu a chance to refuse, Lu Haikong pulled his bewildered son out the door quietly and found a barbecue stall that was still in business to drink.
"Dad, it's so late. Isn't it inappropriate? I'm still a student. Besides, I have to go to work tomorrow!"
He knew Lu Haikong was back today, but since he didn't know how to face him, he pretended not to know, thinking he could avoid it. Unexpectedly, he was dragged out in the middle of the night.
Moreover, seeing Lu Haikong order a lot and get two cases of beer with a "we're not leaving until we're drunk" vibe, Lu Wu felt a bit panicked.
"What are you scared of? What's wrong with a man staying up all night drinking? I don't remember raising you to be this cowardly! Drink up!"
This old man was as unreliable as Lu Wu's previous memories.
As soon as he sat down, he pushed a bottle of liquor to Lu Wu, beginning to drink directly from the bottle even before the food arrived.
He was clearly intending to get himself drunk. How could Lu Wu dare to get drunk?
One reason was work tomorrow, another was the fear that if he lost consciousness and let anything slip out, it would be a disaster. So Lu Wu tried all kinds of ways to dodge the alcohol, using all the skills he had accumulated over two lifetimes.
No matter how much Lu Haikong urged him to drink or used his fatherly authority, it was of no use.
Enraged, Lu Haikong cursed Lu Wu, calling him a coward and an unfilial son!
At this, Lu Wu, who took tiny sips of his drink, felt speechless. He had never seen a father drag his son out in the middle of the night to drink, then curse him for not being a man when he resisted.
But there was no way around it. Who was Lu Haikong's father? Lu Wu could only endure in silence.
However, just when Lu Wu thought he would be cursed all night, Lu Haikong, after downing a few bottles of beer, seemed a bit drunk. He sat beside Lu Wu, draped an arm over his shoulder, and, with a slurred voice, asked, "Kid, tell me, do you resent your mom and me?"
"No! How could you think that?"
"Don't lie! You can't fool anyone! Your thoughts are written all over your face.
You must be resenting your mom and me, blaming us for being incompetent, dragging you down, making you summon this kind of thing, and yet not able to provide you with much financial support, putting you at a disadvantage in becoming a Summoner!
Lately, you've been studying hard, getting part-time jobs, isn't that because you don't trust us and want to rely on yourself?"
Lu Wu panicked. He really didn't think that way.
He wanted to explain, but Lu Haikong didn't give him a chance.
"You don't need to talk, don't explain.
Take this."
As he spoke, Lu Haikong grabbed Lu Wu's hand and placed two cards in it.
"Here are two cards, one from your mom, one secret stash card from me. The passwords are your and your sister's birthdays.
Together, they have a total of 512,210.8 yuan. This money was originally for buying a house, but it's all yours now!"
Lu Wu was shocked, "I can't take this…"
Slapping the table, Lu Haikong forcefully stated, "When I say take it, you take it. You're my son, it doesn't matter how incapable I am, I can't let you lose at the starting line.
Since you want to become a Professional Summoner, even if I have to sell everything, I will pave a path for you!
But you better know, the useless one is me, your father, not your mother. You can resent me, but if you dare give your mom any attitude, I'll break your legs!"
After saying this, Lu Haikong ignored Lu Wu and continued drinking.
He vividly depicted a father full of life regrets and self-blame.
Seemingly a lightweight, it didn't take long for Lu Haikong to drink himself unconscious, collapsing on the table with a 'thud', leaving Lu Wu utterly bewildered.
In the end, Lu Wu had no choice but to reluctantly pay for the barbecue, carefully bringing Lu Haikong home.
During the journey, Lu Wu was filled with mixed emotions.
This was his first real interaction with his father, and Lu Wu instinctively felt he got to know him.
He thought his father was a somewhat unreliable, disheartened man but extremely loving towards his family and himself; he just didn't know how to express it.
Lu Wu believed that Lu Haikong's fatherly love for him, or rather for his former self, was absolutely genuine and deep!
Yes, under the moonlight, a fairy-like presence thought so too.