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

"I've been to Ningbo before and eaten local food a few times, so I roughly remember which ones were good."

As Chen Hao spoke, he ladled himself a bowl of seafood soup, which contained clams, shrimp, and squid rings, and tasted incredibly fresh.

He took a sip and nodded.

Yu Jingwen also filled a bowl and sipped it slowly. After drinking half of it, she remembered something and put the bowl down.

"By the way, Teacher Chen, what time does your competition start tomorrow? Let me check how the schedule is arranged."

Chen Hao looked at Wu Licheng.

Wu Licheng put down his chopsticks and wiped his hands.

"The preliminary rounds will begin at 9:00 AM tomorrow, and the finals will be held at 2:00 PM."

There were more than 30 contestants from all over the country.

Most of them were adults, but there were also a few teenagers.

The competition consists of two events: flight distance and time spent in the air.

Each athlete has three throws per event, and the best score is recorded.

The top eight from each preliminary round in the morning will advance to the finals, and the overall rankings will be determined in the afternoon.

Chen Hao nodded.

"Should the paper airplanes be folded on the spot or in advance?"

"Folding on-site. Before the competition starts, participants will be given uniform A4 paper to fold and throw on-site. This ensures fairness."

The paper specifications, weight, and dimensions are all standardized. A referee supervises the entire folding process, and the use of glue, scissors, staplers, or other auxiliary tools is strictly prohibited; it's purely based on folding.

"Understood."

Tingting overheard this and looked up.

"Dad, are we having a competition tomorrow?"

"Yes, we'll have a paper airplane folding competition to see who can fold the one that flies the farthest and the longest."

"We're sure to win tomorrow."

Tingting spoke with great certainty, and then went back to eating her rice, as if the matter didn't need to be discussed at all.

Wu Licheng smiled, and Yu Jingwen smiled too.

Chen Hao didn't say anything, but reached out and patted Tingting's head.

After finishing their meal, the four of them walked out of the restaurant.

The streetlights came on, illuminating the paving stones white, and music and children's laughter drifted from the square.

Tingting walked ahead, her pigtails swinging back and forth. After a few steps, she ran back and took Yu Jingwen's hand.

"Auntie, there's music over there. Are people dancing?"

Yu Jingwen listened.

"There must be people doing square dancing in the square."

"What is square dancing?" Tingting tilted her head.

"It's a lot of people dancing to music together, it's quite lively. Do you want to go check it out?"

Tingting nodded vigorously and pulled Yu Jingwen toward the square.

After walking for about five minutes, we passed a square.

A crowd had gathered in the square, with stalls set up in the middle selling socks, snacks, and small toys, all brightly lit.

One stall was particularly lively, surrounded by layers of adults and children, with cheers and sighs coming from time to time.

Tingting stood on tiptoe to look in that direction, but couldn't see anything.

She grabbed Chen Hao's hand and shook it.

"Dad, what's going on over there? There are so many people gathered around."

Chen Hao glanced in the direction she pointed.

"We'll find out when we go and see."

The four people walked over.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a ring toss game stall.

A rectangular area, about three or four meters wide and six or seven meters long, was cordoned off on the ground with ropes.

Inside were rows of toys: plastic cars, plush dolls, light-up balloons, Barbie dolls, and Kapibala dolls.

The furthest row had several large plush bears and a pink box containing a Barbie doll in a white wedding dress.

The stall owner was a man in his forties, with a round face and slightly overweight. He was wearing a red vest and holding a bunch of plastic rings in his hand, which were mixed together in red, green and yellow and glistened under the light.

A young couple was standing nearby, throwing rings into the pile.

The man threw five or six rings, but missed one. The woman threw four or five more, and the rings bounced up and circled the target, but she just couldn't get them in.

Several children nearby, clutching rings in their hands, watched nervously. One of the children threw a ring.

He caught a little frog in the third row and jumped up with joy, ran over, picked up the toy, and hugged it to his chest.

Tingting's eyes lit up.

She saw the toys on the ground and then saw several children playing ring toss nearby. She turned around and took Chen Hao's hand.

"Dad, I want to play the ring toss game!"

Chen Hao squatted down and looked into his daughter's bright eyes.

The light from the streetlights shone brightly in Tingting's eyes.

"Does Tingting want to try the ring toss game?"

"Yes!" Tingting nodded vigorously, pointing to the last row. "I want that one!"

Chen Hao looked in the direction she was pointing. There was a pink Barbie doll box with transparent packaging. Inside, a Barbie doll in a white wedding dress lay quietly, with fine sequins on the dress.

"Okay. Daddy will help Tingting with her outfit."

He took out his phone, turned on the live stream, and viewers flooded in like a tidal wave, instantly surpassing 30,000 viewers, and still climbing.

"It's on! Good evening, host!"

"Did you handle that matter this afternoon? Are you alright?"

"In the square? What kind of event is this? Why do I see toys on the ground?"

"What is Tingting holding? Is she going to play a ring toss game?"

"The streamer is taking Tingting on a ring toss game? I can't wait!"

"I remember playing ring toss games like those at night markets when I was a kid."

"Which one does Tingting want? The streamer will help her choose!"

Chen Hao sent a message using his mind—

"I took Tingting out for dinner, and as we passed the square, we saw a ring toss game stall. She wanted to play."

"What does Tingting like? Daddy will help you put it on!"

"Go Tingting! Win the big plush toy!"

"How's your luck, streamer? Ring toss is really hard. I spent fifty yuan on one last time and didn't get it."

Chen Hao walked up to the stall and asked the stall owner, "Boss, how do I play?"

The stall owner picked up a handful of plastic rings and showed them to Chen Hao.

"Fifty rings for thirty yuan. These toys are laid out on the ground; you can take whichever one you ring."

You can't touch the toy before the ring lands; touching it doesn't count.

The ring only counts if it completely lands on the ground and lassos the target. See, simple, right?

Chen Hao took out his phone, scanned the vendor's QR code, and transferred sixty yuan.

"Do a hundred circles."

The stall owner was taken aback for a moment, probably not expecting anyone to order a hundred directly. He then quickly counted out a hundred plastic rings, put them in two plastic bags, and handed them to Chen Hao.

Chen Hao took it and handed one of the plastic bags to Tingting.

"Tingting, this is yours. Try it first."

Tingting took the plastic bag, took out a ring from it, stood outside the rope with her toes touching the edge of the rope, took a deep breath, aimed at a small dinosaur toy in the second row, and threw it out with force.

The circle flew out at a fast speed, landed next to the little dinosaur, bounced with a thud, and veered to the other side.

She frowned, took a second ring, aimed at the same little dinosaur, and this time used a little less force. The ring hit the little dinosaur's head, bounced off, and rolled away to another place.