Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

"Ugh~~~" Lu Yunshi, who was lying on the table, sat up and yawned, his eyes glazed over. "These odds and ends are really... annoying."

A hint of distress appeared in Lu Yunshi's eyes. It seemed that not only were his memories of his past life fragmented, but even in this life, his memories were also incomplete.

Come to think of it, such an important matter should have been noticed much earlier.

However, the forgetting of memories from the years before entering the academy was strange. It wasn't fragmented like memories from a previous life, but rather a kind of forgetting where one could recall the general outline but couldn't remember the more specific details. It was as if, as time went on, unimportant things were gradually forgotten.

That's why Lu Yunshi never paid attention to it before. In his opinion, it was just that he had forgotten some unimportant things. Everyone would do that. It was within the normal range and he didn't even need to think about it.

So what happened to me during those years?

Lu Yunshi frowned, his thoughts a jumbled mess.

According to my vague recollection, I had been staying at the Lu family's residence for those few years, so it was impossible for anything to happen to me. If something had really happened to me at the Lu family's residence, I would have lost my life.

So if something really happens, who would know?

Lu Yunxi?

He had spent a long time with her, and they used to have a good relationship. Even if he didn't know the reason for his memory problems, she would know that his memory was faulty, at least based on the situation when they last met.

However, she didn't seem to want to tell me.

Who else?

I don't have any other close relatives in the Lu family.

So, the most important question is whether one's memory was manipulated by someone else or whether there was a problem with oneself.

Is the problem with memories of past and present lives due to one reason, or are there two reasons?

If it's the latter, then I'm really unlucky. It's one thing to not remember my past life, but I've only lived for a little over ten years in this life, and my brain is already malfunctioning.

No wonder my brain is getting worse and worse; when I want to trick someone, I always have to think for a long time before I can come up with a plan. It turns out there's this factor at play.

Lu Yunshi sighed, completely clueless.

Just then, a creak sounded, the door opened, and a person walked in. Lu Yunshi heard the noise but didn't turn around and said something.

Didn't I tell you to knock?

"What? You want me to knock on the door to see you, you brat?" A strong voice came from behind Lu Yunshi, tinged with displeasure.

Lu Yunshi blinked, and a few beads of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead. He turned his head stiffly and saw a middle-aged man in gorgeous brocade clothes with graying temples standing in the room, his eyes fixed on him.

"Patriarch... Patriarch?" Lu Yunshi called out nervously, then as if he had just remembered, he immediately stood up and gave up the only seat in the room.

"Master, please have a seat!"

Intelligent people must have already figured it out, right?

The person in front of them was Lu Yunxi's biological father, Lu Yuan.

"Hmph!" Lu Yuan snorted coldly, glancing at the chair. Although it was simple and old, he didn't mind and plopped down on it, shifting his weight from side to side to make himself more comfortable.

"Master, you came here this time...for the young lady, right?" Lu Yunshi asked in a low voice.

"Otherwise, it's for you?" Lu Yuan asked calmly.

"How could that be?" Lu Yunshi gave an awkward smile and then shut his mouth.

"How is Yunxi lately?" Lu Yuan coughed lightly and asked about Lu Yunxi's recent situation. This was not the first time he had come, nor was it the first time he had asked, so Lu Yunxi quickly told him about Lu Yunxi's recent situation.

"Hmm... late stage of Nascent Soul?" Upon hearing that Lu Yunxi had broken through to the late stage of Nascent Soul and that her strength was among the best of all the average students, Lu Yuan nodded slightly, but it was unclear whether he was satisfied with this.

"This time, we must find a way to get her into the top of the rankings."

"This... I will do my best, but..." Lu Yunshi did not refuse, but he hesitated as he spoke, as if he wanted to say something but dared not.

“Speak!” Lu Yuanjin said.

"Then I'll be frank. In reality, Miss's strength is enough to make her a top contender in the assessment, or even a piece of cake. She doesn't need my help. Besides, as for my abilities... hahaha, you know that, Patriarch."

"Well, so what? You can't do it? What use are you then?" Lu Yuan looked at Lu Yun with a contemptuous gaze.

Do you even know what my strength is?

Faced with the other party's unreasonable attitude, Lu Yunshi really didn't know what to say. He still didn't know why Lu Yuan thought he could help Lu Yunxi in the mid-level student assessment.

Fortunately, his purpose in bringing these things up was not to make Lu Yuan understand him.

"This... I can only do my best, but this process might require some 'greasing the wheels,' but I've been rather..."

"Empty-pocketed?" As if seeing through everything, Lu Yuan uttered this word before the other party.

"Master is truly wise! You saw through my predicament at a glance." Lu Yunshi exclaimed, his eyes wide with surprise as he began to flatter him.

A hint of helplessness flashed in Lu Yuan's authoritative eyes. "How much!"

"Three hundred thousand," Lu Yunshi said directly.

“Hmm…” Lu Yuan chose to remain silent.

“130,000,” Lu Yunshi said again.

"Hmm..." Lu Yuan remained silent, but this time his chest heaved more.

"Then... thirty thousand?" Lu Yunshi asked again, and this time Lu Yuan finally gave an answer.

"I'll give you three thousand. You can decide how to use it."

When he said this, Lu Yuan also felt a pang of heartache. The Lu family had declined, otherwise he wouldn't have felt a pang of heartache for even a second over three thousand gold coins.

"Okay." Although it was a bit stingy, at least they gave it to him, so what was there for Lu Yunshi to hesitate about? Besides, the other party had said something very important.

How you use it is up to you.

This statement is incredibly valuable.

"By the way, I heard... you've been pursuing Yunxi for the past few years? That's quite interesting." Lu Yuan suddenly spoke up, a question that left Lu Yunshi speechless.

Lu Yunshi's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly spoke up. "Patriarch, please don't misunderstand, this is what happened."

After spending some time explaining the whole story, Lu Yunshi added a final sentence.

"I did all this for the young lady's own good. You wouldn't want her cultivation to be delayed by someone getting into trouble, would you, patriarch?"