My Best Friend Begged Me to Be a Stay-at-Home Dad for the CEO Goddess - Chapter 7:

Chapter 7: Su Che, the Free-Raised Young Master of the Su Family

“System, why did I receive the advanced basketball skill this time? Why didn’t I get advanced-level skills for the others before?”

[Host, because you used to play basketball often during university and had a certain foundation, the reward this time was the advanced basketball skill.]

“I see.”

He had no drawing background, so he got Beginner-level drawing skill.

No carpentry experience, so he got Beginner-level carpentry skill.

No knowledge of fairy tales, so he got Beginner-level fairy tale proficiency.

No martial arts foundation, so it was Beginner-level martial arts skill.

But he often cooked, so he got top-level cooking skill.

He used to play basketball in college, so he got advanced-level basketball skill.

“System, but I’ve never had any childcare experience. Why did I gain proficiency in that?”

[That’s an exclusive reward level granted by the Super Stay-at-Home Dad System.]

“Alright…” At this moment, Jiang Ning regretted knowing so little. That’s why most of the rewards were Beginner-level.

The two of them played for an hour.

“Alright, Mengmeng, that’s enough for now. Let’s go home,” Jiang Ning said with a smile as he looked at the sweaty and flushed Mengmeng.

Children need exercise—this way, Mengmeng’s body would grow stronger and she wouldn’t fall sick so easily.

“Uncle Jiang, I want to play a little longer.” Mengmeng still hadn’t had enough fun.

“No, Mengmeng, you’ve already played for an hour. You need to go back and take a bath quickly, or you’ll catch a cold.”

“Okay…” Mengmeng was reluctant, but in the end nodded obediently.

Jiang Ning brought Mengmeng back to the villa and took her to the bathroom. He helped her bathe, wash her hair, and change into clean clothes.

“Mengmeng, come on, Uncle Jiang will teach you how to write now.”

“Ahh, Uncle Jiang, I don’t want to learn writing,” Mengmeng pouted.

“That won’t do. All kids need to study and learn how to read and write. Otherwise, when you grow up, you’ll be illiterate and won’t understand anything.”

“Uncle Jiang, what does illiterate mean?”

“Illiterate means not knowing a single character and not being able to read or understand the words in books. That’s really bad. It’s like being blind—you won’t know anything.”

“Ah! Then I don’t want to be blind. I’ll learn to write!”

“Good girl. Then today Uncle Jiang will teach you to write your name. How’s that?”

“Yay! Yay!” Mengmeng cheered, hopping up and down, clapping her hands.

So, Jiang Ning took Mengmeng out to the balcony and began patiently teaching her how to write.

Inside the Su Group, in Su Meng’s office…

Su Meng was speaking with a young man—Su Che.

“Sis, you met my classmate Jiang Ning today. What do you think of him?” Su Che asked with a playful grin.

“Su Che, what do you mean what do I think?” Su Meng asked, puzzled.

“I mean, what do you think of his looks? Is he handsome?”

“Su Che, I told you to find a babysitter. Your classmate Jiang Ning is here to take care of Mengmeng. What does being handsome have to do with it?” Su Meng rolled her eyes at her younger brother.

Unfortunately, the two of them didn’t look alike. Su Meng resembled their mother, Liu Mengyan, while Su Che took after their father, Su Yunlong. They were only a year apart, and when walking together, others wouldn’t even guess they were siblings.

Su Che had been raised by their maternal grandparents, who were in politics, so many outsiders didn’t even know the Su family had a young master named Su Che. That’s why Su Che had remained low-profile all this time.

It wasn’t until he graduated from university that Su Yunlong brought him back and had him start working from the bottom in the company. Su Yunlong didn’t want Su Che to grow into a spoiled second-generation heir who wasted the family fortune. Many wealthy families began their downfall from such successors.

In that regard, Su Yunlong handled things very well. So, when Su Che said he had known Su Meng since childhood, he wasn’t wrong.

Su Meng, on the other hand, had always lived with their parents. Su Yunlong doted on his daughter and couldn’t bear to see her suffer. After Su Meng graduated from university, she directly took over his position, with Su Yunlong guiding her from behind the scenes.

“Sis, I know what you’re thinking. You adopted Mengmeng just to fend off those rich young men pestering you, right?”

“Su Che, stop worrying about my business. Just handle your own,” Su Meng said irritably.

“Hehe, sis, Jiang Ning is really great. I know him well. He’s good-looking, and his family are farmers. The Su family doesn’t need his money anyway. You’ll be happy with him,” Su Che continued to persuade her.

Su Meng rolled her eyes at him again, “Su Che, I’ve told you already. Stop meddling in your sister’s affairs, you brat. Just do your job.”

“Alright, alright, I won’t say more. But sis, are you really not going back home and planning to stay in that villa?”

“Sigh, I’ll be on a business trip for three months starting tomorrow. Let’s talk about it when I return.” Su Meng sighed helplessly.

She thought of the conversation she had with her father earlier, and how firmly Su Yunlong opposed the idea. He didn’t want his beloved daughter to gain a reputation for already having a child. Even if they later clarified it was just adoption, rumors could still be damaging. Lies repeated often enough could become truth.

He couldn’t understand why his daughter, who only occasionally went to the orphanage to play the piano, suddenly insisted on adopting a granddaughter so adamantly. No matter how hard he tried to dissuade her, it was useless. That stubbornness—Su Meng clearly inherited it from him.

Su Che said, “Alright then, sis. You’d better think this through. Mom and Dad still hope you’ll move back home soon. It’d be nice for the whole family to live together.”

Su Meng held her forehead and said with a headache, “I want that too, but can Mom and Dad accept Mengmeng?”

Su Che looked down, “Yeah… that’s the hard part. You know their temper better than anyone. If even you can’t change their minds, I’m just their son—I don’t mean anything to them.”

“Don’t think like that, Su Che. They have high hopes for you. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to keep you away from home when you were young. They just didn’t want you to grow up spoiled. The entire Su family fortune will be handed to you one day—you need to learn well.”

“I know, sis.”

“Good. Now go, Su Che. I have a lot to deal with.”

Back at Su Meng’s villa…

[Ding!]

[Host, congratulations on acquiring Grandmaster-level calligraphy skill.]

At this moment, Jiang Ning was patiently guiding Mengmeng, stroke by stroke, on how to write her name, “Mengmeng.”

Because the character “Mengmeng” had many strokes, she had been practicing for a long time, and her writing was still shaky and uneven.

Five minutes later, the system’s voice suddenly rang in Jiang Ning’s mind. A flood of calligraphy knowledge poured into his brain, and even his hands felt subtly changed.

“Grandmaster-level calligraphy? System, how long until I reach Master-level?”

[Spend another 30 hours with Mengmeng, and you’ll achieve Master-level calligraphy.]

It seemed that since his handwriting was already decent, this time he directly received Grandmaster-level calligraphy skill.

He never expected that teaching Mengmeng to write could also improve his skill level. Jiang Ning was completely stunned.

It hadn’t even been a full day, yet he had gained so many skills. Life felt like a dream. The past 23 years now seemed like a total waste—or as if he’d lived them as a dog.