Hearing Kazuha Toyama shouting outside, Chen impatiently opened the door and said irritably, "Didn't you hear what I said earlier?"
"Hmph, didn't you say you had a cold?" Kazuha Toyama asked Chen crossly.
"I was simply lying. Besides, you should've been able to tell, right?"
Chen shrugged at Kazuha Toyama.
"Also, I'm not really interested in going to school, and there's nothing I need to learn. Why do you insist on making me go with you?"
"Hmph, you're still a student. As a student, skipping class is wrong. Hurry up and come to school with me."
Kazuha Toyama grabbed Chen's hand, ready to drag him to school.
"Wait, are you planning to make me go to school in my pajamas?" Chen stopped and asked Kazuha Toyama.
"Then hurry up and change!" Kazuha Toyama followed him into his room, leaving Chen looking at her in confusion.
"You're still here? Don't tell me you plan to watch me change clothes too. You really aren't embarrassed, are you?"
"Of course I'm not embarrassed. What do I have to be embarrassed about?" Kazuha Toyama glanced at Chen and replied with complete calm.
"Besides, I'm actually afraid you'll suddenly shut the door and decide not to go to school."
Kazuha Toyama seemed to have seen right through Chen, and her words gave him a slight start. It looked like she really had seen through him.
That had been Chen's plan—to let her come in first, then shut her outside. But it seemed that wouldn't work now.
"By the way, where are Ran Mouri and the others?" Chen asked Kazuha Toyama.
"They've already gone to school, obviously. Did you think they were still at home?" Kazuha Toyama shot Chen a glance.
"Then why didn't you go with them? Why did you have to stay home