Our Family Is Rich Now!!

"Stay-at-home husband"—these were four words that Xia Yan used to scoff at.

The only type of man who can remain at home like this is probably a gigolo who can't be a successful man and can only live off women.

Being a man means working hard to earn money, shouldering the responsibility of the whole family, and transforming from a "boy who doesn't realize anything" into a "mature and stable man." That is the most important thing.

For Xia Yan, this has always been the goal he has been striving to achieve.

Whether it's maintaining a dual-track approach of working and earning money even during busy school days, or immersing himself in work upon graduation and even sacrificing time with Hua Xin, it's easy to see that Xia Yan's ambition has never faded.

In fact, Xia Yan did not allow himself to relax at all, and tried his best to make good use of his time in any situation so as not to waste his time.

Perhaps it was the "independence" that Xia Yan had been obsessed with since childhood that made her secretly yearn to prove herself.

However, Xia Yan truly experienced what it meant to suffer both mentally and physically during her work in the recent period.

If it's just that the work is a bit hard and tiring, he won't have any complaints, because it's essentially a reasonable exchange of labor for monetary compensation, which is perfectly acceptable.

However, the mental torment was far greater than Xia Yan had imagined, and it had even seriously affected his mindset and work efficiency, to the point that he began to feel disappointed and negative about the job.

If it were just occasional verbal harassment and jokes from single women who couldn't find a boyfriend, Xia Yan could feign indifference and anger to retort and show that he wasn't some easy young man to mess with, and wouldn't let her break down so easily.

Xia Yan missed Hua Xin terribly.

During the day, he could only see Hua Xin and spend about an hour with her. Because their work hours were different, their wake-up time and bedtime were not the same, with a difference of more than two hours.

In order not to disturb each other, they decided to sleep in separate rooms.

Since Hua Xin has been promoted to store manager, she no longer needs to rush to the store so early. She can simply go to work leisurely around 10:00 AM. However, this means she'll finish work much later, as she'll need to check what cat food and supplies the store is missing, what ingredients need to be stocked in the kitchen, and whether there's any damage to the board game area.

Then he wouldn't go home until the shop closed at 9 p. m., making him the last person to leave the shop.

Xia Yan usually has to rush to work at seven o'clock in the morning. Although she can get home around six or seven o'clock after work, she will just have time to spend the gap period when Hua Xin has not yet returned home.

So the time we spend together after getting home is often only an hour or two, and we have to rest before going to work the next day.

This meant that Hua Xin and Xia Yan could only spend one day on the weekend at home, spending time together and resting.

As a newlywed couple who had just received their marriage certificate, Xia Yan was already suffering such torment. Apart from resigning, he really couldn't think of any other way to change his current situation, which was causing him so much suffering.

After careful consideration, Xia Yan realized that simply saying "I want to spend more time with you" seemed weak and unconvincing. If he were to say it to Hua Xin, she might find some clues through her sharp eyes.

I might as well just use the excuse of "being harassed" that Hua Xin can Hua Xin and admit is not wrong, so that I can have the perfect reason to resign and end this kind of life.

They could talk and discuss what they really thought. Given their relationship, there was obviously no way they would have any disagreements or conflicts. Xia Yan also believed that Hua Xin would agree with his ideas.

After all, he also needs to save face.

He would feel a little embarrassed to give such a mushy reason in front of his own wife.

Thus began Xia Yan's period as a "stay-at-home dad," a time that was neither too long nor too short.

There's no need to worry about work, no need to deal with annoying colleagues, and no need to reduce the time spent with Hua Xin because of the off-peak work hours.

Every day, Hua Xin happily tidies up the house and does laundry. Based on what Hua Xin craves that day, he goes to the market to buy groceries and comes home to figure out new recipes. He feeds Chun Qiu and grooms him. In his spare time, he goes to the cat cafe to act as an unpaid NPC, and he can also stay by Hua Xin's side. It's a life that almost made Xia Yan lose his will to strive in the future.

But he did not forget the responsibilities he had to shoulder.

What kind of job could allow him to have enough time to spend with Hua Xin while also earning a decent income to balance the family's income distribution? After all, he couldn't let Hua Xin keep earning money while he remained a full-time househusband, could he? Wouldn't that just make him the gigolo he used to despise?

And so, a full month and a half had passed since he and Hua Xin got their marriage certificate, and he had resigned for a full month.

"If you ask me..."

"Why don't you try becoming an online celebrity streamer? After all, you're handsome and have a humorous personality that everyone hates. There's definitely a market for you as an abstract streamer."

Hua Xin said somewhat boredly, her eyes fixed on the computer screen in front of her, controlling the go-karts on it.

Multitasking is already a very common practice.

"What if your husband gets smitten and falls in love with another rich woman, just like before?"

"Sigh, after all, I'm so charming. As a boy, I really need to protect myself. This society hurts us boys so much..."

Xia Yan was also staring intently at the go-karts on the computer screen. As he spoke, he mischievously threw the item he had just obtained onto Hua Xin's car, causing her to fall several places behind.

"..."

Forcibly suppressing the narcissistic words from Xia Yan and the anger that welled up from dropping to last place in the go-kart race just before the final sprint, Hua Xin put down the controller, patted Xia Yan on the shoulder, and said in a somewhat threatening tone:

"If that happens, I'll take a knife and kill them."

Hua Xin paused for a moment, composed herself, and hesitated. Although she didn't know if this was the right time, it seemed there was no need to hide it from him any longer.

She looked at Xia Yan's face and slowly said:

"Actually..."

"Grandpa left us two million."

"How about... we just live a life of idleness and wait to die?"