Chapter 521: Gradually Drifting Away

Jiang Budu is a person with a high level of understanding, and has been like this since he was a child. He accepts new ideas quickly. After chatting with Zhao Yuan this time, he consciously switched his perspective.

Everything Zhao Yuan said made sense. Tang Qing didn't care about his feelings or how deep they were. He just wanted to prove it to her, but it was meaningless.

Perhaps, Tang Qing even expected him to forget her as soon as possible, so that she wouldn't have to worry about him disturbing her.

After meeting Zhao Yuan this time, Jiang Budu would make time to come once a week, and later it became once every two weeks.

Zhao Yuan also said that he was mentally healthy, at most he had a knot in his heart that had not been untied. Jiang Budu felt that he had gained a lot every time after chatting with Zhao Yuan, and the two of them became friends privately.

Zhao Yuan suggested that he should avoid actively participating in Tang Qing's world. Jiang Budu took note of it, so he never asked about the cooperation between Hengyuan and PE again.

Jiang Mozhou was surprised by this. One time, when Jiang Budu returned to the old house, Jiang Mozhou asked curiously. Jiang Budu smiled and asked him back: I am letting go of the past, shouldn’t you be happy?

After this incident, Jiang Mozhou never mentioned the cooperation to Jiang Budu again. However, Jiang Budu still saw the news reports about the successful project. The PE side became famous because of this cooperation and attracted many new contracts. Shi Chen's career also reached a new level and was booming.

North City is very big. Although Jiang Budu and Tang Qing have a common circle of friends, they can still meet if they consciously avoid taking the initiative to do so.

Ever since that time when he had dinner with Shi Chen in Hengyuan, Jiang Budu had not met Shi Chen and Tang Qing again.

Time passed by unknowingly, summer was over in the blink of an eye, and autumn was also very short. It seemed like just a blink of an eye, and it was midwinter.

On New Year's Eve, a heavy snow fell in the north city. The road outside was covered with a thick layer of snow, and the north wind was blowing.

Jiang Budu sat in the living room of the villa, staring at the snow scene outside through the floor-to-ceiling window for a while.

Then, he took out his cell phone and casually flipped through his Moments, and happened to see Song Yi's latest update.

She posted a photo with Tang Qing and Ying Xing.

Song Yi is due to give birth in two months, and her belly is already very big. In the group photo, she sits in the middle, with Tang Qing and Ying Xing holding her arms on either side, and all three of them are smiling happily.

Jiang Budu enlarged the photo, looked at the smile on Tang Qing's face, stared at it for a while, and then started laughing too.

In fact, Tang Qing looked very pretty when she smiled, but she almost never smiled when she was with him. He always thought that she had a lifeless personality, but it was not until more than half a year ago that he realized that she didn't smile only because she was unhappy when she was with him.

Jiang Budu knew that the three of them basically celebrated New Year's Eve together every year, rain or shine.

After staring at the photo for a while, Jiang Budu put down his phone, leaned back on the sofa, closed his eyes, and fell asleep unknowingly.

Perhaps because he had just seen Tang Qing's photo, he actually dreamed of her after falling asleep.

In the dream, she returned to the time when they first met. She was bullied by her boss and he helped her out. Then, she smiled at him, a bright and beautiful smile.

Then they had a normal relationship.

The last scene of the dream stopped when the two of them were having dinner together, and then he was awakened by a rapid ringing of his cell phone.

Jiang Budu opened his eyes and looked at the empty living room, his mind a little dazed.

He rubbed his temples, picked up the phone beside him, saw the caller ID on the screen, and finally realized that he was dreaming.

Jiang Budu smiled self-deprecatingly, pressed the answer button, and put the phone to his ear.

"Where are you today?" Jiang Mozhou's voice came from the other end of the line. "If you don't have any plans, come home for dinner."

Jiang Budu said "hmm" and said, "I'll go back in a while."

Jiang Mozhou: "It's snowing heavily outside, be careful, bring some clothes, and don't go back at night."

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This winter, there was frequent snowfall in the North City, with a snowfall every few days, and the temperature was also very low.

It wasn't until early March that the weather gradually warmed up.

As the temperature rises, Song Yi's due date arrives.

Song Yi was admitted to the hospital three days in advance, and Fu Xijing also put down his work early to go to the hospital to accompany her.

Song Yi's delivery date was one day later than the expected date. The child was born at ten o'clock the next evening. It was a boy.

Fu Xijing was slightly disappointed with the result of "opening the blind box", but after all, it was his own child, so he would not really dislike it.

After Song Yi came out of the delivery room, Fu Xijing went to accompany her first, and the child was handed over to the nurses and caregivers.

In the early morning, Fu Xijing rarely posted a message on his Moments, recording the time of the child's birth and a photo of him and Song Yi holding hands.

Jiang Budu saw this post on WeChat Moments before going to bed. After clicking "like", he chatted with the group and several friends made an appointment to visit him in the hospital early the next morning.

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At seven o'clock the next morning, Jiang Budu set off for the hospital with the gifts he had prepared in advance.

When he arrived, only Fu Xijing and the nurse were in Song Yi's ward. The nurse brought breakfast and Song Yi was eating.

Jiang Budu put the gift aside, walked to the crib, looked at the child inside, reached out and touched his face.

The baby was just born, his eyes were not fully open yet, and he was wearing a jumpsuit. He was a very small ball, as if he would break if touched.

Jiang Budu looked at him and couldn't help but think of the child he had planned to get Tang Qing pregnant.

Before it even took shape, it was completely lost.

Jiang Budu clenched his fists, his chest felt a little sore and his throat was tight.

He took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and did not let himself lose his composure.

Jiang Budu left the crib and gave his blessings to Song Yi and Fu Xijing.

Not long after, Shen Zheng and Zhou Qisheng also came over, and Zhou Qisheng brought Miki with him.

Miki said a few words to Song Yi and then ran to the crib to study the child.

When Jiang Budu was standing in the ward chatting with everyone, Tang Qing and Shi Chen also came over.

The door of the ward opened, and when Jiang Budu looked up, his eyes met Tang Qing's.

They hadn't seen each other for more than half a year. Tang Qing looked much better than before. When she came over with Shi Chen, she had a smile on her face and seemed to be in a good mood.

Perhaps he didn't expect to meet him here. After seeing him, Tang Qing paused for a few seconds, but quickly recovered.

She walked in with Shi Chen on her arm and placed the gift she brought for the child on the table.

After the two of them came in, everyone in the ward subconsciously looked at Jiang Budu, making the atmosphere a little subtle.

After Jiang Budu realized this, he found an excuse to go out: "I have a phone call."

He left the ward, took the elevator downstairs, and paced aimlessly in the yard.

Half an hour passed by unknowingly.

Jiang Budu walked into the convenience store, took a bottle of water from the freezer, and when he walked to the door to pay, he ran into Tang Qing.

She is alone.

Jiang Budu was stunned for a few seconds, looked at the things in her hand, and asked with a smile: "Didn't you have breakfast? You can finish it first."

Tang Qing nodded, paid the bill in front of him, said "thank you", and left with the shopping bag.

Jiang Budu just watched her back as she walked further and further away until she completely disappeared from his world.

——The extra chapter of Tang Qing×Jiang Budu is over, starting tomorrow Fu Shanzhan×Qiao Yunxue——