Lou Wei did not think this was Ye Tong pretending to be Ye Yao to play a trick on him.

This could not possibly be Ye Tong.

According to Lou Wei's understanding of Ye Tong, it was impossible for her to call him "Father" so naturally.

Ye Tong would call Xiao Jing "Mom," and she would call Fu Qi "Uncle"; even Chen Wanting received the affectionate title of "Auntie."

He was the only one who would never receive any title related to being family members.

This was Lou Wei's self-awareness.

If Ye Tong really did call out "Father," Lou Wei would instead suspect that Ye Tong was actually Ye Yao in disguise.

In short, Ye Yao was not the same as Ye Tong.

To distinguish between the two, one only needed to listen to how they addressed him.

"Maybe it's a coincidence."

Lou Wei could only force himself to calm down first.

He couldn't admit it yet—at least, not right now.

Ye Yao nodded thoughtfully.

"I think so too. Father is definitely better than that modern strongest. Let me tell you, that modern strongest once hurt my elder sister. Once Father becomes stronger, we'll go together to help my sister get justice! What does Father think?"

Ye Yao's sweet repetitions of "Father" were making Lou Wei feel completely numb.

In the past, his emotions were very thin and not easily shaken.

But now, having experienced a series of events involving Ye Yao and Ye Tong, he could no longer maintain an iron-man-like emotional state.

Just as a certain black-hole-loving pleasure-seeker could be punched into having feelings, Lou Wei was being pressured by the two sisters into developing excess emotions.

But the richer the emotions, the easier it was for things to go wrong.

Lou Wei carried a significant responsibility and viewed himself as the final line of defense, intending to be the safety net if things reached the worst-case scenario.

But the problem was... did he really still have the qualifications to be that safety net?

Perhaps he no longer did.

His strength was not yet great enough to settle a crisis of the World Destroyer level.

Even his own upper limits required Ye Tong to raise them.

Lou Wei fell into a state of self-reflection.

【Lou Wei has begun to re-evaluate what he is capable of doing】

Ye Yao blinked.

Great Fortune wasn't about to collapse under the pressure, was he?

If he broke down, what would she have left to play with?

"Ah! I didn't say anything just now! As expected, Father is too prone to getting serious; you take even a joke for the truth.

It's still too difficult to have Father face off against that modern strongest. I feel like it would only add unnecessary pressure to you. Father only needs to support me!"

Lou Wei's thoughts were interrupted by the small noise Ye Yao made. Noticing her gaze full of concern, he took a deep breath.

"Fine, I will support you."

Leaving aside her identity as a future World Destroyer, Ye Yao was indeed a likable girl.

No wonder Xiao Jing liked her so much.

With such a sensible daughter at home, any normal parent would feel very happy.

Unfortunately, Lou Wei was not prepared to be a father, and it was difficult for him to act as one.

Dinner time had passed.

Ye Yao and Luo Jianhua returned to their room.

Xiao Jing was clearing the table. Seeing that Lou Wei was still lost in thought, she couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

"Have you still not realized what you should be doing?"

"Your most urgent task right now is to be a qualified father."

"I will look for materials to use as a reference."

"It's not about acting, it's about genuine feelings!"

"..."

Seeing Lou Wei sink back into deep thought, Xiao Jing felt her fists tightening again.

Is... is this a real person?

Xiao Jing took a deep breath, as if trying to suppress her roiling emotions, but she failed.

She looked directly at Lou Wei, her gaze exceptionally sharp.

"Lou Wei, listen clearly. I'll only teach you once. Your priority right now isn't thinking about some world-ending crisis, and it's certainly not playing the role of a father.

It's to do it, to learn to be a real father!

Use your heart to feel, and respond to that child who calls you 'Father'!

Genuine feelings, do you understand? Not reference materials, not completing a mission, but truly loving and protecting her as your daughter!"

Xiao Jing really couldn't understand what was going on in Lou Wei's head.

This guy seemed to only think about using strength to protect everything; he didn't know how to put himself in others' shoes at all.

Did he not know what it meant to take an indirect route to save the day?

There wasn't only one way to save the world.

He wasn't just the 'Modern Strongest Ability User.'

Xiao Jing could turn her fake role as 'Ye Yao's mother' into reality, so why couldn't Lou Wei?

Times had changed.

Lou Wei's myth of invincibility had long been shattered.

If he had truly been able to overcome the 'Spirit of Vengeance' and ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ 'Nursery Rhyme' back then, perhaps he wouldn't need to consider these things.

In the end, 'Nursery Rhyme' saved everyone, including him.

Therefore, Lou Wei had to find a way to adapt.

"I didn't have parents."

Lou Wei said flatly.

Xiao Jing was left speechless.

Although she knew that, given Lou Wei's personality, he wasn't trying to gain sympathy but was stating that he lacked a proper reference, Xiao Jing still felt a deep sense of helplessness.

With this lion-like logic of his, making him a qualified father was indeed asking a bit much of him.

She opened her mouth to speak, then stopped, then tried again.

"Forget it, saying all this to you is useless. Just use your actions to express it.

Remember, no matter what, as long as you make her happy, that's enough!"

After saying this, Xiao Jing added another point.

"Also, you can't be too cold toward Ye Tong. You must treat her like a real daughter as well."

Lou Wei: "?"

Not just Ye Yao, but he had to make Ye Tong happy too?

What did that mean?

Inside the room.

Ye Yao was unaware that Xiao Jing was helping her pressure Lou Wei.

She was contemplating a very serious matter.

That was, when to launch a challenge against Great Fortune.

Her hands were itching; she was craving a fight.

Last time, the God Ascension Mode used borrowed stats from Lou Wei to cheat; it wasn't her true level. It was just used to get past the Spirit of Vengeance and Fu Qi.

This time, Ye Yao had to reclaim her dignity!

However, there was a very serious problem to face now.

A value of three hundred didn't seem enough to beat Lou Wei.

Thinking about it carefully.

During the last God Ascension Mode, in order to keep slacking off in the back, Ye Yao had raised the upper limits of several family members.

Simply put, she buffed Great Fortune, making him, who was already strong, even stronger.

When Ye Yao looked at Lou Wei's status panel just now, she discovered his Spiritual Power had reached over twenty thousand!

What did twenty thousand in his base state even mean?

He simply wasn't human!

The man's Superpower didn't have any messy mechanics; it was just pure, high numerical values!

Heaven knows how strong he would become once he activated his other Form Techniques.

"It's not enough. Three hundred is fundamentally not enough. Looks like I need an emergency stat boost."

Ye Yao glanced at the unallocated Attribute Points displayed by the system.

Exactly one hundred.

Originally there were only ninety, but with the help of the Countermeasure Bureau, the fame of Sequence Zero had spread overseas, so the system rewarded another 10 Attribute Points.

Now she had one hundred distributable Attribute Points.

Ye Yao was considering whether to use them all to crush Lou Wei.

Adding one hundred on top of the three hundred meant that a single Fission would result in a full one hundred and sixty thousand Spiritual Power. Surely that would allow her to clash with a full-status Lou Wei, right?

She would see how things went first!

At that moment, Ye Yao remembered something else.

It seemed Sequence Zero still had one last family member left to find.