Chapter 7

Seriously?!

Li Yueya's face was practically pressed against the photo. There was no way she could be mistaken—this little boy was definitely the third doll made by Doctor! Even with his ball joints hidden beneath his clothes, she could still recognize him!

Aaaah! If only she had been a little earlier, she could have seen him in person! This was too tragic!!

Overwhelmed by grief, Li Yueya miserably ran to the Doll Enthusiasts Forum to make a post.

As for why she did not post on the Association Alliance, she was not stupid. Doctor was practically a forbidden word within the Association. The moment she posted there, her account would be banned and her humanoid master title revoked.

Though the Doll Enthusiasts Forum was a chaotic mess full of shallow content, its one advantage was its exceptional privacy. No one would recognize her there.

Sob, sob, how could she be this unlucky?!

Chapter 7

The Doll Enthusiasts Forum exploded.

It began when a thread starter posted a picture that clearly showed a little doll made by Doctor. Doctor's works had always been precious, and photos of them rarely leaked out. If the little doll's appearance had not been revealed before, many people would likely have missed this god-tier image.

The forum had long argued endlessly over the status of dolls. Once a perfectly ordinary complaint thread got dragged into the matter, the argument quickly soared into the thousands of replies, with everyone fighting fiercely. In the end, a moderator stepped in and locked the thread, finally bringing the matter to an end.

By the time Qi Chao got home and opened the forum, the whole matter had already blown over without leaving a trace. Naturally, he had no idea that the photo of himself and Lan Luo had caused such a stir.

Completely unaware, Qi Chao browsed the forum for a while before getting up to put the little doll to bed. He had learned a great deal from the forum by now and had fully mastered the ideal routine for dolls.

For example, to keep their energy circulating normally, it was best to align a doll's meals and sleep schedule with that of humans. Eating small amounts in the morning and at noon would not make a doll sleepy. At night, they needed to consume over five hundred grams of High-Grade Energy Stones, go to bed three hours later, and sleep continuously for eight hours. That was the most ideal schedule for a doll.

This routine was much like that of a human child. Qi Chao considered himself a qualified guardian, so when the time came, he began urging the little doll at home to go to bed.

Lan Luo never argued with Qi Chao. He obediently nodded, then skipped up to the second floor, the antlers on his headband bobbing with every movement.

Watching Lan Luo's retreating figure, Qi Chao's heart softened. He did not follow immediately. The child at home was smart; even without being taught, he would change clothes and go to bed on his own.

Sure enough, when Qi Chao arrived at Lan Luo's bedroom some ten minutes later, the little doll had already obediently changed into pajamas and climbed into bed.

Qi Chao had originally planned to turn off the lights for Little One and go to sleep himself, but when he caught sight of the headband on Lan Luo's head, he could not help laughing. The little doll really did like those antlers, but no matter how much he liked them, he could not wear them all the time.

"You need to take off your headband before sleeping," Qi Chao patiently advised.

"No."

Lan Luo lay under the blanket, one hand clutching the headband on his head as his azure eyes warily watched Qi Chao. "The headband belongs to Lan Luo."

As if afraid Qi Chao would really take it away, Lan Luo pulled the blanket over his head. The stubborn way he acted was exactly like a human child throwing a tantrum.

Qi Chao chuckled and took out his Light Brain to secretly capture the moment. At the same time, he compromised. "Then wear it. Just don't cover your head with the blanket, or you'll have trouble breathing."

Dolls did not need to breathe, but their energy circulation still relied on air. That probably counted as another kind of breathing.

Lan Luo pulled the blanket down a little, revealing two azure eyes that seemed to be assessing the situation. Qi Chao smiled openly, as though he truly had no intention of taking off the doll's headband. After switching off the lights and saying goodnight, he gently closed the bedroom door.

The room went completely dark.

Lan Luo raised a hand and touched the antlers on his head, feeling rather satisfied.

He had something that human children had too.

In the darkness, Lan Luo's eyes curved as he happily postponed his plan to kill Qi Chao by a few days.

That way, Father would not be angry either.

On the other side, since Qi Chao had promised Little One that he would not remove his headband, he would not go back on his word.

It was only ten o'clock, still early. Qi Chao had no intention of sleeping. He went to the study, took out the character design sketch he had only half finished before, and continued drawing beneath the light.

Qi Chao's Mental Power was A-Rank, meeting the minimum Mental Power requirement for a humanoid master. But that did not mean he could begin making dolls yet. Rather, the real difficulty started now.

With something weighing on his mind, Qi Chao could not focus no matter how he tried while planning the design. He simply set down his pen, kneaded his right wrist with his left hand to loosen his muscles, and called out the system's number in his mind.

[Has the host encountered some problem?] The system had been next door comforting its delicate, effeminate host when it heard the activity here and immediately crossed dimensions.