Mrs. Chen

**Mrs. Chen** is a minor character in Candy Series and Richard's mother. She made her debut in Little Ladies: Courtesy.

## Biography

### Early Life

When Richard was expelled from his kindergarten because of physically attacking his class bullies, Mrs. Chen begged the principal of the kindergarten to not expel her son and believed that what he did was a misunderstanding.However, much to her dismay, the school only believed the parents of the class bullies, and expelled Richard.

### Little Ladies: Courtesy

Mrs. Chen made her debut in Book 15. She was invited to her friend's house along with her son and commented that Sofia looked like a doll but she had a stubborn personality as Mrs. Kwek served both of them with tea.

Mrs. Chen was later seen in Richard's flashback when he was expelled from kindergarten. She begged the principal of the school to not expel her son and believed that his actions were a misunderstanding. When she heard the principal's decision to expel Richard, she broke down into tears and believed that he would not attack other students without apparent reason.

### Rules of Popularity: Reputation

As Sofia was stuffing her mouth with desserts due to Richard staring at her, Mrs. Chen laughed and said to Mrs. Kwek that seeing their interaction with each other made her laugh. She told Richard that she was happy by seeing them getting along well together and she laughed when Mrs. Kwek told her that Sofia had become more mature and obedient ever since she befriended Richard. As Sofia was about to reveal Richard's true colors to the mothers, Richard managed to drag her to the kitchen with the mothers complimenting about their close relationship happily.

### Spick & Span: Cleanliness

Mrs. Chen was seen in Richard's flashback when he returned home from school and she welcomed him while asking who paid him a visit, which the visitor turned out to be Sofia. She asked her son the reason why he came back home late as Sofia was waiting for him for quite some time and Sofia said that it was her fault for not informing Richard that she would be coming and Mrs. Chen told her that boys are not supposed to let girls wait. Sofia told Richard that her time at his house was not boring as she got to chat with his mother. Seeing Richard and Sofia getting along well together, a happy Mrs. Chen told them that she was going to prepare dinner and they could take their time to chat.

## Appearance

Mrs. Chen is an adult around average height who bears a close resemblance to her son. She has brown hair in a bob-cut and gold eyes. She is normally seen wearing branded clothes.

In a flashback when Richard was younger, she had longer hair which reached down to her shoulders.

## Relationship

### Friends

#### Mrs. Kwek

Mrs. Chen and Sofia's mom were known to be close friends since their primary school years. The two still kept in close contact over the years and one often visits the other's home.

Because of their close friendship, they often encouraged their children (Richard and Sofia) to become friends and were seen quite pleased when their two children got along well.

## References

1. ↑ Little Ladies: Courtesy, page 96
2. ↑ Little Ladies: Courtesy, page 96