What to do if you become the female lead's best friend?

EXTRA

(1. Previous Life)

Outside the hospital delivery room, several people paced back and forth anxiously.

Shao Chong stood a little farther away, glancing down at his watch, his brows gradually furrowing into a deep crease.

It had been over five hours since Cheng Xin entered the delivery room, and there hadn’t been any news from inside. They say that giving birth is like passing through the gates of hell. Cheng Xin had always been delicate and had never suffered before, and if…

No, no, there would be no "if." Shao Chong forced himself to dismiss the bad thoughts from his mind.

Cheng Xin’s prenatal checkups had always been fine; there wouldn’t be any complications.

But he couldn’t help worrying. Cheng Xin was only eight months pregnant. If it hadn’t been for her fall earlier that morning, the baby wouldn’t have been due for a while longer.

People often say, “A seven-month baby lives, an eight-month baby doesn’t…”

Shao Chong’s palms began to sweat again.

The situation had been sudden, and Jing Hao was on a business trip abroad. With Cheng Xin in a critical condition and no one else to accompany her, she didn’t trust the Jing family and didn’t want to worry her parents, so she had called Shao Chong to be with her during the delivery.

When he received the news, Shao Chong was both anxious and angry.

How could Jing Hao be so irresponsible? His wife was eight months pregnant, almost due, and yet he still had the mind to go on a business trip abroad?

He really wasn’t a qualified husband!

Shao Chong felt sorry for Cheng Xin. He stared at the delivery room door for a while before hesitantly dialing Cheng Xin’s parents.

They only had one daughter, and upon hearing that she had fallen and gone into premature labor, they immediately dropped everything and rushed to the hospital.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the hospital. Learning that Cheng Xin had been in labor for five hours without her husband by her side, their worry quickly turned into resentment towards Jing Hao.

Listening to Cheng Xin’s mother complain about Jing Hao, Shao Chong silently nodded in agreement. He made a mental note to himself: when Gu Jin became pregnant, he would definitely hand over the company to his father and stay by her side to take care of her.

However, knowing Gu Jin’s cautious and steady nature, she would probably be even more careful during her pregnancy. Even without him, she would take good care of herself.

Thinking about having a child softened Shao Chong’s heart.

He and Gu Jin had been married for five years, and whether it was his parents or friends, everyone spoke highly of her.

He wasn’t young anymore, and whenever he thought back to his infatuation with Cheng Xin in his youth, he still felt a slight flutter in his heart, but it was only for a fleeting moment, as if everything had become nothing but a distant memory.

On the contrary, Gu Jin’s image in his mind grew clearer and more vivid.

Indeed, time changes people the most. After being with someone for a long time, even if there was no love, your attention would naturally start to focus on that person.

Silently and subtly, like a frog being boiled in warm water, her presence gradually became a habit, and eventually, he found himself submerged in that warm water.