The three-year-old host decides to raise an emperor father for himself.

Fortunately, before Xuan Yuanjing could get angry because of the little girl's "injury," the maid Nuandong, who was carefully protecting him, explained the whole story in time.

The little girl had just fallen asleep when she rolled around in bed a few times and, unexpectedly in the mild winter weather, bumped her forehead against the bedpost.

That sound… Nuandong really wanted to say that it was the first time she had ever heard a bed make that sound.

However, what's even more surprising than this incident is that, even so, the little girl didn't cry when she woke up in a daze from the pain.

Yes, she didn't cry.

She just sat up with a confused look, looked at the spot where she had bumped into something, then at her bed, then at the anxious Nuandong, let out a soft groan, and then dragged her little pillow to find her father.

As Nuandong spoke, the little girl, already somewhat unsteady on her feet, stumbled into Xuanyuan Jing's arms. To make it easier for her to move, the man deliberately squatted down and opened his arms to prevent the little girl from falling to other places.

Nuandong, under Xuanyuan Jing's gaze, was extremely nervous and secretly swallowed: "This servant...this servant originally wanted to help Miss deal with it first, but after Miss woke up, she wanted to see you, this servant..."

She herself is a martial artist. She may not be very good at other things, but she is quite good at treating some external injuries from falls and blows.

The only thing to be careful about is that children are more delicate than adults.

Xuanyuan Jing gently embraced the little girl in his arms. Looking down, he saw that the little girl, who hadn't cried or made a fuss in Nuandong's mouth, had her eyes reddening in his arms in no time.

Looking at him like this, how could he not feel wronged?

Xuan Yuanjing swallowed back the words he was about to say, raised his hand to stop Nuan Dong, and ordered, "Go and fetch a basin of hot water. Chen Li, go and see if Doctor Fang is asleep. If he is not asleep, please come and take a look at Xingxing."

Chen Li: "Yes."

Warm Winter: "Yes."

The two men accepted the order and left.

Xuanyuan Jing gently lifted the little girl from the ground and walked towards the inner room while asking in a low voice, "You weren't crying when you came in, so why are your eyes red when you come to Daddy's?"

Xiao Lanxing turned around, leaned on Xuan Yuanjing's shoulder, and mumbled, "It hurts."

She was still clutching a small pillow in her hand. Xuan Yuanjing adjusted his posture and took the pillow from her with his other hand, freeing the little girl's hand.

The next moment, the little girl wrapped her arms around his neck, buried her face in his neck, and whimpered pitifully.

Even so, the little girl didn't really cry; she just let out the grievances she had been holding back all the way. Her eyes were red, but there were only a few tears.

The system felt both sorry for the system and speechless, finding it somewhat amusing at the same time.

Since Xuanyuan Jing wasn't present and had no telepathic connection with Xiao Lanxing, he naturally didn't know how the little girl had bumped her head while sleeping peacefully that night.

The system knew the reason—although the little girl was just a toddler, her identity as the host remained unchanged.

The world consciousness doesn't care in what form these outsiders who accept the commission will complete the task; it only cares about the result.

After Xiao Lanxing and Xuan Yuanjing's relationship developed further, and Xuan Yuanjing lowered his guard around Xiao Lanxing, the world consciousness began to send out fragments according to the original contract.

This is a pre-determined process, much like playing a game. Once you accumulate a certain level of affinity with a character, you can unlock features like bond storylines.

The fragments are usually distributed in the form of dreams, and the content is a segment of the target character's timeline, which may be something that has already happened in the past or something that will happen in the future timeline.

The little girl unlocked a segment of the future timeline this time, which, coincidentally, is the part of the story where Xuan Yuanjing is "bullied".

She had just fallen asleep when she dreamed that Xuan Yuanjing was poisoned and assassinated, followed by a chase, and the little girl, who was not originally a person, could only be an observer from beginning to end.

But the little girl had long forgotten that this process was part of the contract she signed with the world's consciousness. In her dream, she was extremely anxious, and when she saw Xuan Yuanjing injured, she rushed up to protect him.

And so, the little girl rolled around in bed a few times and woke herself up with a thud.

Xiao Lanxing: "Waaaaah, Daddy's been bullied, waaaaah..."

The little girl's eyes only appeared red, without actually shedding tears, but inside she was crying her heart out, clinging to Xuan Yuanjing and refusing to let go.

Xuan Yuanjing paused slightly, gently patting the little girl's back. She was so small that Xuan Yuanjing's palm could easily cover her entire back.

Earlier, when the little girl approached him and tried to touch him, Xuanyuan Jing felt somewhat awkward.

The main problem is that I don't know how to control the force when touching such a young child so that she doesn't feel uncomfortable or even in pain.

Now, Xuanyuan Jing has completed his apprenticeship.

"Did you bump your head and hurt it?" Xuan Yuanjing patted her gently, his voice deep and mellow, with a distinct gentleness in it. "Did you have a nightmare? Do you want to tell your father what you dreamed about?"

"Xingxing always sleeps very well. If she didn't have a nightmare, she wouldn't have bumped her head, right?"

Xiao Lanxing listened to his words and nodded sullenly.

The movement was very small, but Xuan Yuanjing perceived it very clearly.

Xuanyuan Jing: "Then, do you want to tell your father what kind of nightmare it was?"

The little girl rested on his shoulder and remained quiet for a while.

Throughout this process, the little girl remained completely at peace.

Just as Xuan Yuanjing thought the little girl might have fallen asleep on his shoulder, the little girl's voice and inner thoughts rang out at the same time: "I forgot, I just remembered, but, but, I can't remember."

As she spoke, the little girl's voice was filled with obvious grievance: "But, I remember, I remember Daddy was bullied, and I wanted to help, but I couldn't..."

That's all she remembers; she can't recall the specifics of the dream at all.

system:……

It wasn't that the world's consciousness was trying to trick her; it was simply because the girl was young.

The system hesitated for a moment, deciding against sending a notification.

The reason is simple: it's something that would have happened on the original timeline.

Now, Xuanyuan Jing has woken up six months earlier than expected, and some things have not even happened yet. The subsequent course of events is very likely to be completely different from the original timeline.

Even a host in a normal state wouldn't believe that the scene in that future fragment would inevitably happen; they would only try to gather information from various details.

For example, who assassinated Xuan Yuanjing, and whether the mastermind was Xuan Yuanlin or some other enemy.

An abnormal host...

Xiao Lanxing: "Waaaaah, poor Daddy, why does everyone bully you..."

Xuanyuan Jing: "..."

system:……

That's it.

The little girl's attention wasn't on that at all.