Chapter 7

For real?!

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

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

Overcome with grief, Li Yueya pitifully 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. The Doctor was practically a forbidden word within the Association. The moment she made a post there, her account would be banned and her dollmaker title revoked.

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

Sob, sob, why was she so miserable?!

Chapter 7

The Doll Enthusiasts Forum exploded.

It began when an original poster uploaded a picture. It clearly showed a small doll made by the Doctor. The Doctor's works had always been precious, and photos of them rarely circulated. If the little doll's appearance had not been revealed before, many people probably would have missed this god-tier picture.

The forum had long been embroiled in endless arguments over the status of dolls. When a perfectly ordinary complaint post got dragged into the issue, thousands of replies piled up in an instant as everyone fought fiercely. In the end, a moderator stepped in and locked the post, finally bringing the matter to an end.

By the time Qi Chao got home and opened the forum, the matter had already blown over without leaving a trace. Naturally, he had no idea what his photo with Lan Luo had caused.

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 grasped the ideal routine for dolls.

For example, to keep their energy circulating normally, it was best to synchronize a doll's meal 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 routine for a doll.

The routine was much the same as 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 had never objected to Qi Chao. He obediently nodded, then skipped up to the second floor, the antlers on his headband bobbing with each movement.

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

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

Qi Chao had planned to turn off the light for the kid 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 truly liked those antlers, but no matter how much he liked them, he could not keep wearing them all the time.

"You need to take off your headband when you sleep," Qi Chao gently persuaded.

"No."

Lan Luo lay beneath the covers, one hand gripping the headband on his head as his azure eyes watched Qi Chao warily. "The headband belongs to Lan Luo."

As if afraid Qi Chao would really take it away, Lan Luo immediately pulled the blanket over his head. He looked exactly like a human child throwing a tantrum.

Qi Chao laughed, quietly taking out his optical brain to snap a picture of the scene. At the same time, he compromised. "Then wear it. Just don't cover your head with the blanket, or you might not be able to breathe."

Dolls did not need to breathe, but energy circulation still required the help of air. That could probably be considered another kind of breathing.

Lan Luo lowered the blanket slightly, revealing his two azure eyes as though he were assessing the enemy's movements. Qi Chao smiled openly, as if he really had no intention of taking off the doll's headband. After turning off the light and saying goodnight, he gently closed the bedroom door.

The room was pitch-black.

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

Human children all had one, and so did he.

In the darkness, Lan Luo's eyes curved into crescents. In an excellent mood, he postponed his plan to kill Qi Chao by a few days.

That way, Father would not be angry either.

Meanwhile, since Qi Chao had promised the kid that he would not take off 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 earlier, and continued drawing beneath the light.

Qi Chao's spiritual power was A-rank, meeting the minimum spiritual-power requirement for dollmakers. But that did not mean he could start making dolls. If anything, the real difficulties began now.

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

[Has the host encountered some problem?]

The system had been next door comforting a delicate, effeminate host. Hearing movement on this side, it immediately crossed over from another plane.