A Billionaire CEO Brings His Child Home: The Awakening of the Stay-at-Home Dad System

Chen Hao walked the carp to the shore but didn't rush to catch it.

He squatted down, looked at the group of small fish in the water, and felt a slight stirring in his heart.

He got it.

"Tingting, this big fish must be the mother fish."

These little fish are its babies, and they don't want to leave their mother.

Shen Xiaoting was stunned for a moment.

She looked at the big fish in the water, then at the group of small fish, and the expression on her face slowly changed—

Curiosity turned into understanding, and understanding turned into reluctance.

The little fish swam around with its mother, clinging tightly to her body, as if protecting her or begging her not to leave.

Her eyes reddened.

She squatted down, rested her chin on her little hand, and looked at the scene in the water. After a while, she looked up at her father.

"Daddy, it's so pitiful. Please release this fish's mother. Otherwise, these little fish will have no mother."

Chen Hao looked into his daughter's eyes. In those eyes was reluctance, tenderness, and a pure, untainted kindness.

He smiled and reached out to pat his daughter's head.

"Tingting is right. That's what Dad thinks too."

He removed the fishhook from the carp's mouth.

The carp struggled for a moment and flicked its tail.

He placed the fish by the water's edge, gently pushed it, and the carp flicked its tail and slowly swam away.

The group of little fish immediately followed, staying close behind their mother.

The big fish, leading the little fish, slowly swam towards the deeper water.

The little fish seemed to know the danger had passed, and they swam faster and faster, circling around their mother.

Shen Xiaoting squatted on the edge of the pond, watching the big fish lead the little fish away, and a big smile bloomed on her face.

She stood up, turned to look at her father, clapped her hands, and said, "Dad is so great!"

The chat room exploded!

"Release it? The streamer released the big fish? That was a wild carp weighing over two pounds!"

"Tingting said to release the mother fish, and the streamer did so. This father spoils his daughter too much."

"It's not a matter of spoiling or not, it's a matter of education. The fact that Tingting could say something like 'Little Fish doesn't have a mother anymore' shows that she has a kind heart."

The streamer didn't refuse for the sake of views or to eat fish, but respected her daughter's wishes.

This is true education.

"Those of you who are cursing the streamer in the live broadcast room, are your hearts made of stone? Even a three-year-old knows not to hurt the mother fish, you are not even as good as a three-year-old."

"Releasing animals back to life, that is the true meaning of releasing animals back to life."

"Well done, Tingting! Well done, anchor!"

Gifts started raining down on the screen—

[“Mommy Loves Taking Care of Kids” is giving away 1 Carnival!]

[“Tingting’s sister-in-law” gave away one Douyin account!]

[“Xiao Liu, a stay-at-home dad,” gave away two Porsches!]

Chen Hao squatted down and looked at the few small crucian carp in the live fish bucket.

Shen Xiaoting also squatted down and looked at the fish in the bucket.

"Tingting, what should we do with these little fish?"

Shen Xiaoting thought for a moment, then pointed to the pond: "Let them go."

They're too small; let's wait until they're bigger before fishing for them.

Chen Hao smiled, picked up the bucket of live fish, walked to the water's edge, and slowly tilted the bucket.

The water carried the small crucian carp into the pond. After entering the water, the small crucian carp flicked its tail and disappeared into the water plants.

Shen Xiaoting squatted down beside them, watching, and waved her little hand into the water: "Bye-bye, I'll come fishing for you again next time."

[Ding! Release operation completed. God-level fishing experience points +100!]

Chen Hao checked the time; it was almost eleven o'clock.

The sun was high in the sky, making people's backs feel hot.

He stood up and began packing his fishing gear.

The fishing rod was wiped clean section by section and put into the rod bag. The fishing line was coiled up, the float was put back into the float tube, the accessories in the fishing box were put away, and the folding chair was folded up.

He lifted the fish basket out of the water, and the big black fish flicked its tail in the net, splashing water everywhere.

He poured the blackfish into the live fish bucket and added half a bucket of water.

The big black fish circled once in the bucket and sank to the bottom.

"Dad, are we only keeping this big fish today?"

"This is enough for our whole family to eat."

I released all the other small fish; I'll catch them again when they grow bigger.

"Okay." Shen Xiaoting nodded, ran over, picked up her pink fishing rod, and followed behind her father.

Chen Hao put the fishing gear and the bucket of live fish into the trunk and closed the trunk door.

Just as he was about to open the car door, Shen Xiaoting suddenly grabbed his hand.

She pointed to the opposite side of the pond, where two boys, around fifteen or sixteen years old, shirtless and wearing shorts, jumped into the water from the bank with a "plop, plop," splashing up two large sprays of water.

"Dad, what are those two older brothers doing?"

Chen Hao glanced at them and said, "They're swimming."

"Swimming?" Shen Xiaoting's eyes lit up, and her voice became shrill. "Daddy, I want to swim too."

Chen Hao paused for a moment, then squatted down and looked into his daughter's eyes: "Tingting wants to swim in the pond?"

"Yeah! Just like those two older brothers!"

Chen Hao looked at the two boys in the pond, then at Tingting, and shook his head: "Swimming in the pond is too dangerous."

The water is deep, and there are aquatic plants, dead branches, and silt at the bottom, making it easy for accidents to happen.

"Daddy will build you a swimming pool when we get back, and we can swim in it, okay?"

Shen Xiaoting's eyes brightened even more, and her voice rose: "A swimming pool? Daddy's going to build a swimming pool?"

"Yes. Build a swimming pool just for Tingting."

When will it be built?

"Dad will take the big black fish home in a little while and cook it for Grandpa and Grandma."

Then we went to buy the materials, and when we got back, we started building.

"Great!" Shen Xiaoting jumped up happily, waving her hands in the air.

She ran over, opened the car door, climbed into the back seat, sat in the child safety seat, and fastened the seatbelt.

Her little face was full of anticipation, and she kept saying, "Swimming pool, swimming pool, Tingting is going to have a swimming pool."

The chat in the live stream—

"The streamer is going to build a swimming pool? Really?"

"The streamer built a swimming pool for his daughter who said she wanted to swim. This dad spoils his daughter too much."

"It's not about spoiling, it's about taking responsibility."

Swimming in a pond is indeed dangerous; building a swimming pool would be much safer.

"If the streamer can build his own house, building a swimming pool should be no problem for him too."

"Looking forward to it! I want to see the streamer build a swimming pool!"

Chen Hao got into the car, started it, and drove back to the convenience store along the village road.

The car was parked in front of the convenience store.

Chen Bingzhong was sitting on a plastic chair by the door, sunbathing. The gauze on his right arm had been removed, revealing a scabbed wound.

Meng Meiling was tidying up the countertop inside the room.

"Grandpa! Grandma!" Shen Xiaoting jumped out of the car and ran to her grandfather, her little face full of excitement.

"Dad caught a really big blackfish today! It's even bigger than the one we caught yesterday!"

Chen Bingzhong put down his thermos and stood up: "How big?"

"It's so big!" Shen Xiaoting spread her arms wide, gesturing with a very large length, so much so that she almost lost her balance and swayed a couple of times.

"Longer than my arm!"