Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 154 Who is the Izakaya Owner?

"Kogoro may be a bit clumsy, but he's not as stupid as a three-year-old child,"

After Lin Xiuyi defended his friend, he saw that Kisaki Eri had a gloomy face and obviously did not believe what he had just said.

He pondered for a moment, then reached out and grabbed the girl's right hand, placing it on the artery of his neck.
"Everything I did this morning was really all for you. I didn't mean to hide it from you, I just didn't want you to be angry."

Kisaki Eri held her breath, staring at Lin Xiuyi's pupils while carefully feeling the pulsation of his carotid artery.

This was a method that Lin Xiuyi had taught her before, used to determine whether a person was lying.

When people lie, their pulse rate will quicken, their pupils will dilate, and their eyes will look around restlessly.

Lin Xiuyi didn't expect that the first time it would be used would be on himself.

"Well, I didn't lie, did I?"

"...This is the method you mentioned. Who knows if you have any tricks to deal with it?"

Although Kisaki Eri still had a stern face, her tone was obviously much softer.

She was right. Similar lie detection methods might work on ordinary people, but they are useless against specially trained people.

When Lin Xiuyi first traveled through time, he had some paranoid delusions and was always worried that his travel through time would be discovered and he would be captured and studied.

To this end, he stared at the mirror and practiced lie detection for a period of time.

However, what Lin Xiuyi said just now was indeed true.

He went to great lengths to create proof that he was at home, because he really didn't want to make Hibiki Eri angry.

"If you really want to do this for my own good and don't want me to get angry," Fei Yingli glared angrily, "you shouldn't have skipped school with that curly-haired fox!"

"Today is Yukiko's first audition, and it's her first step into the entertainment industry," Lin Xiuyi explained. "She was nervous, so she asked me for help."

"As a classmate and friend, I can't just abandon her, right?"

"Classmate and friend?" Kisaki Eri narrowed her eyes. "Besides these, do you have no other feelings towards her?"

"What else?" Lin Xiuyi said with a smile, "I told you before that I won't fall in love in high school."

"I admit that I do have some feelings for her, but in high school, our relationship will only be classmates and friends."

Kisaki Eri stared carefully at Hayashi Shuichi's reaction. Her pupils did not dilate, her eyes showed no guilt, and even her pulse remained steady.

Did he really not lie? Did he just treat Yukiko as an ordinary friend?
After thinking for a long time, Kisaki Eri was still unsure about Lin Xiuyi's thoughts.

"Even if you think so, what about the curly-haired fox?" The girl bit her lip. "She's not that simple to you, is she? Besides, you just said that you're moved!"

"I can only control myself, how can I possibly control others?" Lin Xiuyi said sincerely, "As for being moved, Yukiko is so beautiful. If I don't feel moved, am I still a man?"

After hearing the last sentence, Hibiki Eri felt annoyed and couldn't help but snort coldly.

However, although she was angry, the balance in her heart had unconsciously tilted towards believing Lin Xiuyi.

After all, he admitted that he was moved, so the rest of his words should also be true, right?

"Whether you can manage it or not is your own business," Hibiki Eri retracted her right hand, "I don't care about you."

"...You're not angry anymore?" Lin Xiuyi asked cautiously.

"Who am I to be angry with you?" Kisaki Eri said with a straight face, "Aren't you attracted to the curly-haired fox? You should go and care about her."

This was so bitter that Lin Xiuyi almost laughed out loud. Fei Yingli glared at him in embarrassment and turned around to leave.

Lin Xiuyi quickly grabbed the girl's arm and said, "Let's go back to the izakaya together. You are in charge of the financial power of the izakaya. Without you, how can the izakaya survive?"

"Isn't there still the curly-haired fox?" Hibiki Eri crossed her arms and said sarcastically, "Since you're attracted to her, just let her be the boss lady from now on! I'm nothing, at most a classmate you grew up with!"

"My attraction to Yukiko is just a normal reaction for a man seeing a beautiful girl," Lin Xiuyi assured, patting his chest. "If there was a proprietress at the izakaya, it would definitely be you. Yukiko is, at most, the restaurant's cook."

"...That's better," Kisaki Eri muttered softly, then picked up the book and was about to leave, but her arm was still held by Lin Xiuyi.

Seeing that he still refused to let go, the girl could only snort: "Let's go back to the izakaya."

Only after hearing her say this in person did Lin Xiuyi feel completely relieved.

As the two walked out of the library one after the other, Hibiki Eri couldn't help but wonder, "How was the Curly Fox audition? Was it a success?"

"We'll know the results in two days," Lin Xiuyi replied, "but normally, there shouldn't be any problems."

"If she joins the crew and is filming a movie, she probably won't be able to come to school, right?"

"That's for sure. It's difficult to balance acting and studies."

Curly-haired fox, you must pass the audition!
Just as Kisaki Eri finished muttering in her heart, she saw her homeroom teacher, Murakami Yui, walking towards them not far ahead.

"Oh no!" The girl's face suddenly changed. "If Mr. Murakami sees you skipping school, you'll have to take a qualification test to study abroad..."

Fei Yingli was in a panic, and her only thought was to prevent Lin Xiuyi from being discovered. Seeing that there was a public toilet next to them, she pulled Lin Xiuyi in without thinking.

She was a girl, so she subconsciously pulled Lin Xiuyi into the women's restroom.

Lin Xiu was caught off guard and was dragged into the women's bathroom, and her heart immediately sank.

If Mr. Murakami saw him, at most he would be considered skipping school. But if other people saw him walking into the girls' restroom, he would definitely be considered a pervert!
Kisaki Eri also reacted and hurriedly tried to push Lin Xiuyi out.

But as soon as they reached the door, they saw Mr. Murakami also coming towards the public restroom.

In the current situation, it is obviously impossible to go out.

Lin Xiuyi could only pull Kisaki Eri and walk deeper into the bathroom.

Fortunately, the women's restroom was full of cubicles, and there was no one inside when the two of them came in.

Lin Xiuyi casually opened the door of a compartment and hid in it with Kisaki Eri.

The bathroom cubicle was not big to begin with, and there was a toilet inside, so it was obviously difficult to fit two people inside.

Lin Xiuyi sat on the toilet by himself and held Kisaki Eri in his arms.

"You just need to hide, why should I hide too?" Only after Kisaki Eri came in did she realize this problem.

"Shh!" Lin Xiuyi signaled her not to speak.

He had already heard footsteps entering the bathroom.

Mr. Murakami came in to urinate, and the gurgling sound of the water made Lin Xiuyi feel embarrassed.

Seeing this, Kisaki Eri quickly raised her hands to cover her childhood sweetheart's ears.

Don't listen!
(End of this chapter)