"Hehe, Sonoko, do you really want to give it a try? If you truly do, I wouldn't mind at all."
Chen looked at Sonoko with a cold chuckle, genuinely frightening her. On second thought, she decided to forget it; there was no need to compete with Chen.
"Tch, I'm not competing with you now anyway. It's no fun at all," Sonoko said with a light click of her tongue.
"I don't think it's that you don't want to compete with me. Even if you did, you still couldn't beat me," Chen said with a smile.
"Come on, Chen. Do you really feel any sense of accomplishment from that?" Akako asked him.
Alright, that was practically a soul-searching question, and it left Chen speechless. It really did seem like there was no sense of accomplishment in it.
"Oh, right. Before we head back, I need to call Akemi first." Chen suddenly remembered and took out his phone.
"Why are you calling Akemi?" Akako asked Chen curiously.
"Of course, to have Akemi prepare more food. Otherwise, what are you all going to eat later?" Chen said to Akako.
After calling Akemi and explaining the situation, Chen and the others returned home before long.
It was not Sonoko and the others' first time at Chen's house, so they were not particularly reserved.
"Aunt Eri Kisaki, why are you here?" Sonoko stared at Eri Kisaki in astonishment, her face full of surprise.
How could Sonoko not recognize Ran's mother? But seeing Ran's mother here now still left her feeling startled. ...
"Mom took some time off for herself, so she came here to stay for a few days. Didn't I tell you about this before?" Ran said to Sonoko.
"You really didn't tell me about this before." Sonoko indicated that she truly had not