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

"I want to learn how to stand up in the water."

Yesterday, when I was swimming, I couldn't touch the bottom with my feet, so I panicked, grabbed at the bottom with my hands, and even swallowed some water.

You teach me how to stand still in the water.

As Shen Xiaoting spoke, she gestured, making a couple of waving motions in the air with her hands.

"Walking in water. Okay, today I'll teach Tingting how to walk in water."

Chen Hao got out of bed, put on his slippers, and walked to the wardrobe.

Chen Hao took out swimming trunks from the closet and then helped Tingting take out her swimsuit.

A pink two-piece swimsuit, a pink swim cap, and pink swimming goggles.

Shen Xiaoting stood in front of the mirror, looked at herself, and then spun around with satisfaction.

She looked at herself in the mirror from left to right, put her swimming cap on properly, pulled the goggles up to her eyes to try them on, and then pushed them up again.

"Daddy, am I pretty?"

"Beautiful. Like a little mermaid."

Chen Hao squatted down and helped her tie the straps at the back of her swimsuit.

Chen Hao also changed into black swimming trunks and put on a white T-shirt.

Then, on a whim, he opened the live stream through the system.

As soon as the live stream started, viewers flooded in.

The afternoon session wasn't as crowded as the morning session, but the number of viewers still quickly surpassed 20,000.

The comments on the screen scrolled up rapidly.

"It's open! It's open! Afternoon session!"

"Tingting is wearing her swimsuit. Is she going swimming this afternoon?"

"Looking forward to it! Tingting learned the breaststroke very quickly yesterday, what will she learn today?"

"What will the host be teaching today? Can you give us a preview?"

Chen Hao sent a message telepathically: "Good afternoon. Today we'll continue teaching Tingting to swim. Let's warm up first."

After he finished posting, he fixed his phone to a stand by the pool and adjusted the angle so that the camera could capture the open space by the pool.

He took Tingting's hand and led her to the open space by the pool.

Today's warm-up exercises are different from yesterday's—shoulder circles, torso rotations, lunges, and side leg presses.

Chen Hao gave the commands, and Shen Xiaoting followed them.

She was doing shoulder circles too fast, so Chen Hao told her to slow down and do them in eight-count increments.

After warming up on the ground, we warmed up in the water.

He had Tingting sit on the edge of the pool, dip her legs into the water and splash up and down, creating white sprays.

Water splashed on her face, and she smiled with her eyes narrowed.

[Ding! Swimming warm-up tutorial completed. God-level swimming experience points +128!]

The audience in the live stream—

"The anchor always warms up before going into the water, which is a really good habit."

"Many people don't warm up before swimming, and only realize their mistake when they get cramps."

"The host is a professional coach, and he teaches children in a very systematic way."

I took my son to the swimming pool, and the coach immediately put him in the water. That's not very considerate.

"Tingting was very cooperative. Some children didn't want to warm up, but she obediently followed along."

After warming up, Shen Xiaoting couldn't wait to walk down to the shallow end of the pool, holding onto the edge.

The water was up to her waist. She stood at the bottom of the pool, holding onto the pool wall with both hands, waiting for her father to go into the water.

Chen Hao took off his T-shirt and hung it on the railing by the pool before walking into the water.

The water reached just above his knees, and he squatted down to be at eye level with his daughter.

"Tingting, today we're learning to tread water. Treading water is also called standing swimming. You stand upright in the water with your head above the surface, kick your legs underwater, and paddle with your hands underwater to keep yourself afloat."

This skill is very important. Once you learn to tread water, you won't be afraid in deep water anymore, and you can stop and rest anytime.

Shen Xiaoting looked up at him, blinked twice, and asked, "Like walking on a treadmill?"

"Almost, but it's not walking, it's stepping."

My feet were pedaling down like I was riding a bicycle, one pedal stroke at a time.

His hands moved like paddling water, stroking to both sides.

If your hands and feet coordinate well, your body won't sink, and your head will stay above water.

As Chen Hao spoke, he gestured with his hands, making paddling motions on the water's surface.

He demonstrated first.

Stand upright in the water, and use your hands to row along your sides, pushing the water outward with your palms facing outward, then turning your palms inward to collect the water.

I alternately tread water with both legs, maintaining a steady rhythm, and my body floats steadily on the surface of the water, with my head above water and everything above my chin dry.

He deliberately raised his head a little higher so that Tingting could see clearly that his neck was dry.

Shen Xiaoting's eyes widened, and her mouth formed an "O" shape.

"Dad, how can you stand in the water without sinking? Did you touch the bottom of the pool?"

"You can feel it if you don't touch the bottom." Chen Hao swam over and let Tingting reach out and feel the distance between his feet and the bottom of the water.

Shen Xiaoting bent down and reached out to check, and was even more surprised to find that her father's feet were still quite a distance from the bottom of the pool.

"This is wading. Tingting, come and try it. Daddy will hold you up."

Chen Hao went around behind his daughter, supporting her under her armpits with both hands to make her stand upright with her head above the water.

Shen Xiaoting's feet were kicking wildly underwater. After a few kicks, her body tilted and fell to the left.

Chen Hao quickly helped her to stand up straight.

She kicked a few more times, and her body leaned back again, but Chen Hao straightened her up.

"Tingting, don't kick your feet randomly. Take it slow, step on them one at a time."

Step on with your left foot, then step on with your right foot; step on with your left foot, then step on with your right foot.

"Like riding a bicycle, but your feet are pressing down, not pushing forward." Chen Hao's voice was calm and unhurried.

"You're pedaling too fast, slow down and find your rhythm."

Shen Xiaoting slowed down and pedaled slowly, one step at a time.

Left, right, left, right.

At first, there was no rhythm. After stepping twice, it became chaotic. I stepped twice with my left foot but only once with my right foot.

Chen Hao didn't interrupt her, letting her find her own feeling.

He gradually reduced the pressure on her hands, letting Tingting bear some of the buoyancy herself.

[Ding! Completed the beginner's treading water tutorial, gaining 132 points of divine swimming experience!]

"Daddy, I can't pedal anymore." Shen Xiaoting gasped for breath, her face flushed slightly. "My legs are sore."

"Take a break and watch Dad do it once." Chen Hao let go, stood upright in the water, gently paddled with his hands, and treaded water alternately with his feet, his body floating steadily on the surface of the water.

He deliberately slowed down the pace so that his daughter could see it clearly.

"See? You don't need to step very fast, just one step at a time."

You don't need to move your hands quickly, just gently shake them, like you're fanning yourself with a fan.

Relax your body and don't be tense.

The more tense you are, the heavier your body feels.

"Relax, and the water will lift you up."

Shen Xiaoting took a deep breath, her chest rose, and then she slowly exhaled.

She tried again.

This time she stepped much slower, left, right, left, right, with a steady rhythm.

Chen Hao slowly loosened his grip on her armpits a little.

She didn't notice and continued stepping on it.

He gently paddled in the water with both hands, his body didn't sink, and his head remained above the surface.

Her expression gradually changed from tense to relaxed, and the corners of her mouth even turned up slightly.

"Tingting, Daddy has let go."

Shen Xiaoting looked down and saw that her father's hand had left her armpits. She was standing in the water on her own and had not sunk.

She paused for a moment, then her body sank a little, the water reaching her chin.

She quickly continued treading water, and her body floated up again, while the water receded back to below her neck.