"Actually, you shouldn't have said it to Chen like that. You should've phrased it differently. If you hadn't mentioned going shopping, you definitely could've tricked Chen into coming over," Yukiko said.
Yukiko knew Chen extremely well. She knew he hated shopping, so the moment Ran mentioned it, Yukiko knew there was no chance.
"Trick him over? Wouldn't that be a bit wrong?" Ran said awkwardly.
Ran was not good at lying. After all, she was a good girl—especially when the person she would be deceiving was Chen. She wanted to do it even less.
"If you don't do that, of course he won't come."
Yukiko said gloomily. If she had known, she would have called Chen herself.
She could have simply told Chen that Ran was here. Chen definitely would have come over, and then they could drag him shopping. He wouldn't have been able to refuse even if he wanted to.
"Sigh, Ran is just too honest."
Yukiko sighed again and shook her head at Ran.
"Is being honest such a bad thing?" Eri shot Yukiko an annoyed glare.
"Being honest makes you easy to deceive." Yukiko looked at Ran meaningfully, making Ran feel a little embarrassed.
She felt as though Yukiko had seen right through her.
"Why are you embarrassed, Ran?" Yukiko teased.
Yukiko swore that she was doing it on purpose—she deliberately wanted to see Ran blush.
"Stop bullying Ran." Eri glared at Yukiko irritably before speaking.
Bullying her precious daughter right in front of her mother? Eri absolutely could not pretend she had not seen it.
"I wasn't bullying Ran." Yukiko blinked and replied.
"Ran, if she tries to bully you, don't be polite to her," Eri told Ran.
Meanwhile, Chen let out a sigh of relief.
"Looking at how relieved you are, if Ran saw