48 Actually, this old Deng is a petty person.

On the way back to the residence from the restaurant, Jiang Lai was unusually silent.

While waiting for the traffic light, Shen Hean raised his hand and rubbed her hair: "What's wrong, dear? Are you unhappy?"

The dinner tonight was very pleasant. Shen Hean's friends deliberately let her participate in the conversation throughout the whole process. The atmosphere was very relaxed. Jiang Lai also heard a lot about Shen Hean's past. While listening, she ate the dishes that Shen Hean picked for her.

She ate until her belly was round and satisfied. It is said that the attitude of friends can also prove the attitude of boyfriends to some extent. Jiang Lai can feel that Shen Hean's friends value her, and she should be happy, but Jiang Lai can't help thinking about the past. She can't help wondering why Shen Hean didn't take her to meet his friends before. Didn't he say that he always thought they were in love before?

Jiang Lai was a little angry. She knocked away Shen Hean's hand that was touching her head and turned to look at him.

Chen Hean saw that Jiang Lai was holding back something to say. He was a little puzzled, but he still looked at Jiang Lai tenderly, and said "Hmm?" softly, indicating that Jiang Lai should say everything.

Jiang Lai took a deep breath. Perhaps it was because the atmosphere tonight was too good, or perhaps it was because Chen Hean's promise gave her confidence. While waiting for the traffic light for more than ten seconds, Jiang Lai asked the question that she had been holding back for a long time: "Why didn't you take me to meet your friends before?" Chen

Hean was slightly stunned. The traffic light turned from red to green, and the horn sounded from behind the car.

He started the car slowly, and then whispered before Jiang Lai's mood became low: "Because my friends are all abroad, I didn't have the opportunity to take my baby to see them before. My goodness... Why do you ask that?"

Jiang Lai was also stunned for a moment. She had never thought that it would be such a reason. But every time Chen Hean talked about dinners and social events, every night when he didn't go home and she didn't participate, weren't those people his friends?

Jiang Lai remembered that Meng Man had said in a tone similar to complaining that a person like Shen Hean who was so dull and boring could actually have friends all over the world, and everyone she knew could talk to Shen Hean.

Because of Meng Man's description, Jiang Lai always felt that Shen Hean should have friends in China, and they should often get together in their spare time.

Jiang Lai was a little confused. She stammered and stopped hesitating: "But..."

"But what, baby?" It was rush hour at this moment, and the traffic on the road was very heavy. Shen Hean's eyes were always on the road in front of him, but he was worried about Jiang Lai's emotions.

His voice was deliberately very soft. Jiang Lai knew that every time Shen Hean wanted to guide and coax her to say something, he would use this tone: "Tell me, okay? What are you thinking about, tell me?"

"But you don't have any friends in China? But haven't you been attending dinner parties before?" Jiang Lai was controlling it, but there was still resentment in her voice.

Chen He'an sighed softly, with a helpless expression on his face: "My dear, those are not dinner parties, they are social gatherings."

He paused for a second, and then continued: "My dear, I actually have very few friends. The two friends I brought you to meet today are the only two people I can call friends so far. They have lived abroad all year round. As for other people I interact with, they can only be called business partners."

Chen He'an thought that Jiang Lai probably didn't understand how dull and poor his love life was. He didn't have a group of friends like her who could be called out for a night of wine and women at any time, nor did he have any romantic yearning for friendship like her. In fact, he always held a relatively pessimistic attitude towards love, and it was only after Jiang Lai came to him that these concepts changed a little.

"Ah." Jiang Lai opened her lips slightly, and made such a sound with some surprise and embarrassment, and then said as if to make up for it: "Then you are a bit bored."

"Yes." Shen He'an responded with a gentle and calm expression: "Being with our Xiaoman makes me feel that life has become interesting."

Jiang Lai was choked by Shen He'an's sudden love words. She glared at Shen He'an lightly: "You are so greasy, and you are such a greasy old man!" Shen He'an

laughed sullenly, and couldn't help but raised his hand to touch Jiang Lai's hair. There was

a strange silence in the car for a few seconds. Shen He'an turned his head to look at Jiang Lai and found that she was looking at him with a tangled expression. Then, the moment she caught his eyes, she asked: "Really?" Shen He'an

took a second to react to what Jiang Lai was asking. He frowned slightly, and then realized that Jiang Lai cared about this matter much more than he imagined. Maybe Jiang Lai was upset because of this when he didn't have time to go home and have dinner with Jiang Lai because of work? Because she felt that he did not take her to meet his friends.

This also became a proof that he did not care about her.

Shen Hean realized that there were indeed some misunderstandings between them. He considered the choice of words and explained again in a serious tone: "Really, dear, I really don't have anyone in the country who can be called a friend. Darling, you thought I didn't take you to meet my friends before...you thought you were a lover, right?" Shen

Hean looked at Jiang Lai with the corner of his eyes, and she nodded slightly.

He laughed helplessly: "It's my fault. I didn't explain it clearly to the baby. Does the baby know now?"

Jiang Lai scratched her fingers and said in a muffled voice: "I know."

"Good baby." Shen Hean said this in a gentle voice as if appreciating, and then apologized softly: "I made the baby feel wronged. It's my fault. But in the future, if there is anything, the baby can tell me directly, right? I will explain it to the baby seriously."

Jiang Lai was about to be coaxed into an embryo by Shen Hean's gentle and pleasant voice. Her ears were red, and she stammered "Oh" for a long time.

Chen Hean was praising her again, saying that she was a good child.

Jiang Lai sometimes really felt that Chen Hean had the talent to be a father, a real father. She couldn't imagine how well he would teach his children if he had children in the future.

A big stone hanging in her heart was taken away so gently. Jiang Lai looked at the busy night scene in front of her with a dazed look, feeling a little unreal.

This unreal feeling has lasted since Chen Hean confessed to her until now. The sweet feeling of love later made her feel that the whole person was light and unreal.

Maybe the probation period she gave to Chen Hean was not long enough.

So although Jiang Lai had unilaterally decided to forgive Chen Hean in her heart, she still wanted to enjoy the feeling of being "chased" by Chen Hean again, anyway, Chen Hean was happy. The

phone was vibrating, Jiang Lai took a look, it was Meng Man asking her how she was doing and whether she was being troubled by Chen Hean's friends.

To be honest, Chen Hean was such a gentleman and polite to everyone, it is conceivable that his friends should also have such a personality. But there is no way, who made Meng Man have a deep-rooted prejudice against Shen He'an? After all, she saw how sad Jiang Lai was because of Shen He'an.

Jiang Lai told Meng Man that it was okay, and chatted a few more words about what happened tonight. Meng Man finally reluctantly let go of her worries, and asked Jiang Lai not to invite Shen He'an to go tomorrow, because she had invited a male friend to go with her tomorrow, and the male friend also brought a few handsome guys.

Meng Man said that with Shen He'an being like that, she would definitely be unhappy if she knew that there were boys going with her.

Jiang Lai agreed, and said that Lao Deng was indeed very petty.

While chatting with Meng Man, Shen He'an glanced at her lightly.

Jiang Lai felt a chill on his back, and he felt that Shen Hean had discovered that he was saying bad things about him.

Jiang Lai put away his phone and touched his nose in dismay