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

When Li Wuqing faced Xuan Yuanjing, she bowed while unconsciously focusing her gaze on his legs.

At this moment, Xuan Yuanjing was sitting behind his desk. Even if Li Wuqing wanted to look, she wouldn't be able to see anything suspicious.

Xuanyuan Jing was naturally aware of this and sneered, "Lord Li seems to care quite a bit about me."

Li Wuqing broke out in a cold sweat and immediately knelt down to beg for forgiveness.

Xuan Yuanjing's eyes were dark and unfathomable as he coldly observed the disheveled appearance of the person in front of him, but his heart was not stirred by much emotion.

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"Why are you making so many rolling lights?" the system asked, puzzled.

Xiao Lanxing carefully assembled the bamboo rings of various sizes into a hollowed-out spherical lantern, answering the system's question as she spoke: "Daddy likes it."

The system asked in confusion: [Does Xuanyuan Jing like this?]

When did this happen? How come it doesn't know?

Xiao Lanxing reasoned logically: "Daddy was very happy when we made the lantern last time."

The system retrieved the previous incident from the data and pondered it.

what?

Xiao Lanxing picked up a small rolling lantern she had finished, fiddled with the candlestick in the center, and after confirming that everything was alright, she put the lantern aside and continued making a new one.

Xiao Lanxing: [Daddy doesn't seem to really like me making contraptions, but he's always happy when he sees something I've made.]

How could she not notice Xuan Yuanjing's emotional changes?

That's why Xiao Lanxing changed her original plan, deleting all sorts of traps and hidden weapons that popped into her mind and replacing them with the seemingly harmless rolling lantern.

There are also some other small items on the to-do list.

System: [It's probably not that they dislike it.]

Those things are definitely useful to Xuanyuan Jing; the system is certain of that.

System: [He just genuinely sees himself as a father figure and is worried about your mental health.]

Although people in this era don't have this concept at all, that's the gist of it.

Xiao Lanxing: [Anyway, Daddy isn't very happy, so I won't do it.]

She quite enjoys the fun of making things herself, but if Xuanyuan Jing thinks her creations are bad, then she'll put them aside.

I'll do it secretly from now on.

It was impossible not to do it. Xiao Lanxing didn't say it or think about it, but a voice in her subconscious told her to prepare sufficient firepower.

Regardless of whether the firepower is from firearms or melee weapons, she subconsciously felt that she couldn't be without something to protect herself.

The current situation doesn't seem that urgent, so we can put it on hold for a while, but it definitely needs to be done.

System: [Fine, whatever makes you happy.]

System: [By the way, I have some good news for you. Xuan Yuanjing's corruption level has recently stabilized at around 40%, which is below the danger line.]

Actually, 40% is quite dangerous, because the highest level of "darkening" a normal person can reach in their lifetime is probably around 20%, and this value can already lead some people to commit crimes of passion when provoked.

The "darkening value" isn't only dangerous when it reaches 100%; it's already very dangerous once it exceeds 50%.

Their mission is to reduce the target's corruption level to a normal level, which can be slightly higher than the average level, reaching 25% of the average level to complete the mission.

If it can be reduced to 10%, that would be a perfect achievement.

It's impossible to drop it to 0%. Apart from the Holy Father and Holy Mother, no one's corruption value can keep the average value at 0%.

nobody.

Even the protagonists who are good guys have some degree of "darkening" in them.

Because the "darkening value" data judged by their system is essentially a quantification of negative emotions.

As long as you are human, you will have negative emotions.

A person who has no negative emotions cannot be called a person.

Taking anything to extremes is a terrifying thing, whether it's good or bad.

However, little Lanxing didn't understand any of this at the moment. She simply asked, "Is Daddy unhappy every day?"

The system replied: "Not exactly. This is a seven-day average. His mood was generally positive when he was with you."

Rather, it's more accurate to say that Xuanyuan Jing himself was aware of his emotional fluctuations. When he was in a bad mood, he would occasionally come to Xiaolanxing for a breath of fresh air to calm himself down.

Is this a subconscious self-preservation behavior in humans?

As for other times... in the last seven days, Xuan Yuanjing's level of corruption reached a peak of 78%, to the point where he was ready to kill at any moment.

But he didn't kill anyone.

This is actually quite terrifying. Normally, people would start killing indiscriminately to vent their emotions if they had this much power, but Xuan Yuanjing doesn't show any signs of it on the surface.

System: [Keep it up, host! You're the best!]

Love may be out of the question, but the power of family ties is just as strong!

Xiao Lanxing slowly stopped what she was doing and stared blankly at the empty space in front of her for a while.

System: [Host?]

Xiao Lanxing pouted, lowered her head, and continued working on what she was doing. In her mind, she thought to the system, "If I can get rid of all the bad guys... Daddy won't be unhappy anymore."

Xiao Lanxing didn't understand anything else, nor did she know what was going on outside, but in her understanding, if her father was unhappy, it must be because he had been bullied by bad people.

But her father and everyone else forbade her from hitting bad guys.

Xiao Lanxing was also unhappy at this moment.

System: [...Xuanyuan Jing will handle the bad guys himself.]

Based on the system's recent observations, Xuan Yuanjing is not the kind of person who would swallow his anger and wallow in self-pity after being betrayed. He has secretly contacted many of his former subordinates and has already started planning some things.

However, the system glanced at the message and saw that what Xuanyuan Jing wanted to do was to drag some people down with him, reduce Xuanyuan Lin's power, and add a new charge to take revenge on Su Jianming's family, which could be considered "righteous revenge," so it didn't say anything.

If Xuanyuan Jing ever loses his mind and implicates innocent people, then the system will have to find a way to intervene.

Fortunately, Xuanyuan Jing is still upright at heart, and he only targets those who have grudges against him or are not good people.

Xiao Lanxing: [You don't understand.]

System: [What don't I understand?]

Xiao Lanxing: [If Daddy could really solve this himself, he wouldn't still be suffering like this.]

system:【……】

No, the one who truly doesn't understand is you, who's still a baby right now.

However, the system quickly recalled some of the host's previous shady dealings and fell silent.

Wait a minute, judging from the way the adult host acts, if she hadn't deliberately lowered her intelligence, she might have really used her advantages to do something big, dragging Xuan Yuanlin off the dragon throne and beating him up, then waving her hand and running away without leaving a trace.

It's estimated that by then, Xuan Yuanjing's rate of turning evil couldn't keep up with the rate at which she caused trouble.

She's capable of doing it.

She's really capable of doing it.

The system fell into deep thought.

I must say... thankfully, the host is more agreeable now, isn't he?