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

Every time Tingting successfully completed a test flight, a wave of gifts would appear on the screen.

[“Xiao Liu, the stay-at-home dad,” gave away 5 lollipops!]

[“Tingting’s sister-in-law” sent 10 hearts!]

[A-Qiang, a paper airplane enthusiast, gave away 3 pairs of sunglasses!]

[“Mommy Loves Taking Care of Her Kids” sent 2 heart emojis!]

The system notifications rang in Chen Hao's mind all day, but he didn't bother to look at the numbers carefully.

At 4:30 p.m., Chen Hao laid the last permeable brick, dusted off his hands, and walked to his daughter's side.

Shen Xiaoting was squatting next to a small square table, holding a freshly folded paper airplane in her hand, checking the curvature of the wings.

"Tingting, look at the garden and vegetable garden that Daddy made." Chen Hao pointed to the east side of the yard.

Shen Xiaoting looked up and followed her father's finger—

A semi-circular garden, square vegetable plots, gray paths, bamboo fences, and anti-corrosion wooden flower stands.

Her little mouth was open in an "O" shape, and her eyes were wide open.

"Wow--"

She jumped off the stool, ran to the edge of the garden, squatted down, and touched the red bricks along the edge of the garden.

She stood up again, looked at the soft soil in the vegetable patch, then ran around along the permeable brick path and ran back to her father.

"Daddy! It's so beautiful! This garden is so beautiful! The vegetable garden is beautiful too!"

"Daddy will plant flowers and vegetables here in the future. What kind of flowers does Tingting like?"

"Rose! The red kind!"

"Okay, Daddy will plant roses. What vegetables does Tingting like to eat?"

"Tomatoes! Cucumbers! And corn!"

"Okay, plant them all." Chen Hao bent down and picked up his daughter. "When the flowers bloom and the vegetables are ripe, Tingting can pick them."

Shen Xiaoting hugged her father's neck, looking at the beautiful garden and vegetable patch, her little face full of a happy smile.

At this moment, Meng Meiling walked over along the village road.

She was carrying a plastic bag containing several bowls, probably to call them for dinner.

She walked to the gate of the courtyard, glanced to the east, and froze.

"This...you did this?" She pointed to the garden and vegetable patch, her voice filled with disbelief.

"Yeah, I did it today," Chen Hao said.

Meng Meiling walked over, circled the permeable brick path, squatted down to touch the cement surface of the field ridges, and then stood up to look at the bamboo fence and the anti-corrosion wooden flower stand.

She turned around, looked at Chen Hao, and opened her mouth several times before finally uttering a single sentence.

"Haohao, your skills are better than the professional bricklayers in our village."

Chen Hao smiled and said, "Mom, you flatter me."

"I'm serious," Meng Meiling shook her head.

"Your dad has worked on the farm his whole life, and he can't even build a straight wall. But your field ridges are perfectly straight, and the cement surface is as smooth as a mirror."

Shen Xiaoting peeked out from her father's arms and said to her grandmother:

"Grandma, Dad can do everything! He can even fold paper airplanes! The paper airplane Dad folds can fly for a minute!"

Meng Meiling smiled as she looked at her granddaughter's proud little face:

"Okay, your dad's the best. Let's go back for dinner, your grandpa's waiting."

"Okay!" Shen Xiaoting patted her father's shoulder. "Dad, come home for dinner!"

Chen Hao carried his daughter and followed his mother back along the village road.

……

That evening, after putting his daughter to sleep, Chen Hao returned to his bedroom and lay down on the bed.

Instead of going to sleep immediately, he picked up his phone, opened the backend of the live streaming platform, and checked today's data.

Today's live stream will last eleven hours.

The broadcast started at around 7 a.m. and ended at around 4 p.m., with only a one-hour break for lunch in between.

He opened "Income Details" and saw today's gift income. After deducting the platform's commission, he received 3115 yuan.

Chen Hao stared at the number for several seconds, his heart beating slightly faster.

3115 yuan.

one day.

He used to work as a programmer at a major company in Beijing, where he worked much longer hours and faced much more pressure. His daily after-tax income was just over a thousand yuan.

Now, he lives with his daughter in his hometown, renovating the house, planting flowers and vegetables, and folding paper airplanes. He earns more than 3,000 yuan a day from live streaming.

If his livestreaming income remains this stable, he can completely quit his original job.

He had previously applied for a leave of absence without pay, so theoretically he still had a job waiting for him in Beijing.

But he doesn't want to go back to those endless overtime days, those pressures that caused him heart ischemia, or those days of squeezing onto the subway and rushing through the morning rush hour.

He took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed the thought—

No rush, observe for a while longer. If the income remains stable, then officially resign.

He glanced at the system panel again.

Today's popularity score increased by 42036 points, bringing the total popularity score to 288088 points.

After deducting the popularity points used to exchange for skills, the remaining available popularity points are 268088.

The number of followers increased by 41893 today, bringing the total number of followers to 286645.

Chen Hao put down his phone, closed his eyes, and began to plan what he needed to do tomorrow.

The garden is finished, but it's still empty; we need to buy seedlings to plant it.

The vegetable garden is ready, but we need to buy vegetable seeds or seedlings.

But he soon realized a problem—

Although he grew up in the countryside and did farm work with his parents when he was young, that was more than ten years ago.

He had long forgotten what flowers to plant, what season to plant them, how to water and fertilize them, and how to prevent and control pests and diseases.

As for growing vegetables, he only knew how to bury the seeds in the soil and water them, but he knew nothing about how to cultivate seedlings, how to transplant them, or how to build trellises.

On a whim, he opened the system shop.

Type "planting" into the search bar, and a row of products immediately pops up—

[Planting Basics: 500 popularity points.]

[With basic planting knowledge, you can grow common vegetables and flowers.]

[Planting Mastery: 2000 popularity points.]

Mastering intermediate-level planting techniques enables one to handle common pests, diseases, and soil problems.

[God-level cultivation: 5000 popularity points.]

[Master top-level planting techniques, including: plant physiology, soil science, fertilization, pest and disease control, grafting techniques, cutting propagation, seed identification, and seedling evaluation. Achieve optimal growth for any plant.]

Without hesitation, Chen Hao selected "God-level Planting".

[Ding! You have spent 5000 popularity points to exchange for a god-level planting skill!]

[Skill import in progress... Import complete.]

In an instant, a flood of information rushed into his mind—

The structure and function of plant cells, the mechanisms of photosynthesis and respiration, and the light, temperature, and water requirements of different plants.

Soil physicochemical properties and improvement methods, principles for the ratio of organic and inorganic fertilizers, symptoms and control measures of common diseases.

The life habits and integrated management of pests, seed germination conditions and preservation methods, grafting and cutting techniques for seedlings...