Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 172: Onii-chan, if I were Lin Daiyu, would you be willing to be my Brother Bao?
"Yes, your bedroom is right here."

Lin Xiuyi looked at his sister with concern. He was worried that the girl's brain was damaged and she couldn't tell the directions.

"It's not my bedroom," Reiko said like a spoiled kitten, hugging her brother's neck tightly with her arms, twisting her body slightly, "Last night, Onii-chan promised that if I caught a cold, you would hold me and sleep with me."

The little cousin's eyes were shining as she looked at her brother expectantly, with a hint of cunning in her eyes.

Lin Xiuyi frowned slightly and looked at the girl suspiciously: "You didn't catch a cold last night on purpose just to sleep next to me, did you?"

"Onii-chan, I'm not stupid! How could I possibly do something so stupid!" Reiko said angrily, "Only Yukiko-sister would do that..."

"Yukiko wouldn't do that," Lin Xiuyi said. Then, the quirky personality of Fujimine Yukiko emerged in his mind. He suddenly felt unsure and his tone softened unconsciously. "She wouldn't do that, would she?"

"Onii-chan, don't change the subject!" Lingzi snorted in dissatisfaction, "Hurry up and carry me back to the bedroom, or do you want to go back on your word?"

Pretending to be sick the day before yesterday has already led the little girl astray.

Lin Xiuyi no longer dared to go back on his word, so he could only carry his little cousin into his bedroom and gently put her on the bed.

After covering her with the quilt, Lin Xiuyi turned around and was about to go to the kitchen. Lingzi stretched out her little hand and grabbed his clothes, "Onii-chan, don't go."

"What's wrong again?" Lin Xiuyi gave a wry smile. In her heart, she felt that her sister was cute, but she was also helpless about her clinginess.

"Hmph, you're impatient already?" Lingzi pouted, her face sulking. She turned her head to look at the wall inside, her eyes full of grievance. "When I was sick at home before, you never got impatient."

"I'm going to get some medicine for you," Lin Xiuyi gently held his sister's hand and explained patiently, "and I'll boil some scallion and ginger water for you. Drinking it will help you get better soon."

"I don't drink ginger and scallion water. It tastes weird," Lingzi wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Onii-chan, I want you to tell me a story."

"You're already this old, and you still..."

Lin Xiuyi was halfway through her words when she saw her sister's pout getting higher and higher, with unhappiness written all over her face. She could only nod helplessly.
"Okay, since you're willing to listen, I'll tell you."

As he spoke, he sat down beside the bed. The little girl immediately came up to him, resting her head on her brother's thigh, and said expectantly, "I want to hear Dream of the Red Chamber. Did Jia Baoyu marry his cousin Lin Daiyu in the end?"

"The last forty chapters of Dream of the Red Chamber were lost long ago, but someone continued to write the ending," Lin Xiuyi thought for a moment, "I remember that in the end, Jia Baoyu should have married Xue Baochai."

"What about his sister Lin Daiyu?" Lingzi asked anxiously.

"On the day of Jia Baoyu's wedding, Lin Daiyu cried so much that she vomited blood and died." Lin Xiu said with a hint of regret in her tone.

"Onii-chan, I don't like this ending!" Lingzi clenched her fists in anger and pounded the bed hard. Her face flushed red, and she was obviously very dissatisfied with the ending. "Why did Jia Baoyu have to marry Xue Baochai? Cousins should marry cousins!"

Lin Xiuyi was so amused that she couldn't help but reach out and gently pinch her sister's chubby cheeks: "Who told you that a cousin must marry a cousin?"

"I don't care, Jia Baoyu must marry Lin Daiyu!" Lingzi insisted, "Onii-chan, tell me the story with this ending!"

Lin Xiuyi had no choice but to bite the bullet and make up a story: "According to the previous alliance between wood and stone, under the auspices of Grandmother Jia, Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu were engaged to get married..."

In terms of literary talent, Lin Xiuyi is far behind Cao Xueqin, let alone Gao E who wrote the sequel to the ending.

He told the story in a halting and dry manner, but Lingzi listened attentively, her eyes fixed on her brother without blinking. When Lin Xiuyi talked about Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu worshipping heaven and earth and entering the bridal chamber, the little girl buried her head in her brother's arms with embarrassment and said in a shy voice, "This is the ending. Onii-chan, how many children do you think Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu will have after they get married?"

Lin Xiuyi said with a smile: "Lin Daiyu's health is not good, so one child should be enough, right?"

"...Baby," the little cousin smiled foolishly, not knowing what she was thinking of.

"Okay, now that the story is over, it's time for you to have a good rest," Lin Xiuyi stood up and covered his sister with a blanket. "I'll go make you lunch."

When he was about to reach the door, Lingzi on the bed suddenly asked, "Onii-chan, if I were Lin Daiyu, would you be my Bao Gege?"

"I don't want to be Jia Baoyu!" Lin Xiu replied without thinking.

"Why?" Lingzi widened her eyes, her face full of disappointment.

"Jia Baoyu is nothing but a loser. How can he be a man like him?" Lin Xiu said with disdain, her tone full of contempt. "Not only can he not support the family, but he also made Lin Daiyu heartbroken."

"So, Onii-chan also thinks Jia Baoyu should marry Lin Daiyu?" the little cousin asked with shining eyes.

"Not only Lin Daiyu, but also Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun, Qingwen..." Lin Xiuyi read out a long string of names, "There are so many good girls, they should all be married home. As a man, you can't see the woman who likes you sad."

"Onii-chan!" Lingzi bit her lip angrily, "I'm ignoring you! Go find your Xue Baochai and Shi Xiangyun!"

……

On the first floor, there is an izakaya.

Lin Xiuyi stood by the stove, making Lingzi's favorite fruit porridge.

In the rice porridge cooked over low heat, fruits of various colors are floating and sinking, and the fragrance of fruit and rice are intertwined, creating a fragrant aroma.

"No way, we have to drink porridge at noon too?" Maori Kogoro walked in and was immediately disappointed when he saw Lin Xiuyi making porridge.
"Lingzi has a cold and a slight fever," Lin Xiuyi stirred the porridge with a spoon to prevent it from getting sticky at the bottom. "This is for her."

"Is the illness serious?" Kogoro Mouri asked with concern.

"It's okay. I probably caught a cold yesterday. I'll be fine after a day of rest." Lin Xiu replied.

"That's good," Maori Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief, "I was thinking of asking you to go out and play with me, but now it seems that you will definitely have to stay and take care of your sister, right, Reiko's good brother?"

"You're asking even though you already know the answer," Lin Xiuyi said unhappily. "By the way, where are you going?"

"Ahem," a trace of unnaturalness flashed across Maori Kogoro's face, "Yesterday when you were not here, I was bored being alone, so I called Liuli and asked her to come out and play."

"Isn't this just a date?" Lin Xiuyi suddenly realized and a funny expression appeared on his face.

He looked up and down at Kogoro Mouri and saw that he was wearing a neat shirt today and his hair was carefully groomed and combed sleekly.

Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but tease: "No wonder you are dressed so handsomely today, it turns out you have a date with a beautiful woman..."

(End of this chapter)