Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 20 Women's Curiosity
Izakaya.

Because of school matters, the store opened more than half an hour late today.

Fortunately, the impact was not significant. After seven o'clock in the evening, the izakaya gradually became lively. Office workers came over to drink together from time to time. There were also a few returning customers who had been there yesterday and thought the food tasted good, so they came back to the restaurant for dinner.

Lin Xiuyi, who was unaware that he had been plotted against by Principal Teitan, was the head chef, just like last night. Maori Kogoro greeted guests and cleaned the dishes, while Kisaki Eri was responsible for collecting money and settling accounts.

Mrs. Maori came down to take a look, and when she saw that her three children were running the izakaya very well, her eyes were immediately filled with relief.

"Aunt, it's windy downstairs..."

Lin Xiuyi originally wanted to ask Maori Kogoro to send his mother back to the third floor, but he saw that the boy looked listless and was obviously still worried about the gymnasium case, so he entrusted the matter to Kisaki Eri.

After the girl helped Mrs. Maori leave, Lin Xiuyi called Maori Kogoro to his side. While wrapping the shrimp with noodles, he casually asked, "Are you still thinking about the judo club?"

"Yeah," Maori Kogoro nodded gloomily. "Yesterday when I went to the judo club, Doi-senpai encouraged me, and Hoshino... Director Hoshino was also very kind. I didn't expect that Doi-senpai would die just one night later, and Director Hoshino would become so sinister and vicious..."

"You just met them yesterday, how can you know that's their true self?" Lin Xiuyi counseled. "It takes time to truly understand someone. Sometimes, it even takes a lifetime."

"If you really want to be a criminal police officer in the future, you have to learn to accept things like this. Otherwise, if you have to sigh and lament every time you handle a case, you won't be able to stay as a criminal police officer for long."

"……I see,"

Maori Kogoro sighed, patted his face with his hand, and then he managed to cheer up.

"Thank you very much. Every time I have trouble, you have to comfort me."

"Don't you often help me?" Lin Xiu said with a smile, "Didn't you say yesterday that without you and Yingli, I might still be withdrawn."

"Hehe," Maori Kogoro smiled smugly, then he remembered something and his expression suddenly became serious, "Shuichi, no matter what happens in the future, we are good friends and good brothers! Don't become like Doi-senpai and Hoshino-san!"

"Don't worry," Lin Xiuyi said with a smile, "Neither of us will become like Hoshino Teru."

Perhaps he had figured it out, Kogoro Mouri stopped worrying about it, and returned to his usual smiling self, starting to greet customers in the store.

Lin Xiuyi looked at his back and couldn't help feeling a little emotional. Although his appearance had changed a lot of things, a person's inner qualities were still difficult to change after all.

What Kogoro Mouri cares about most are always his family and friends. Even in the original world line, he is already middle-aged and always looks nonchalant and confused. But once something happens to someone around him, he will immediately become smart and capable and turn the tide.

"Shuiyi, table two, please give me another order of grilled chicken skewers, table three, please give me a salad, and table five, please give me fried tofu."

Kogoro Mouri shouted while busy serving wine to the guests.

"understood!"

Lin Xiu responded and started to get busy again.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Yukiko Fujimine, with messy hair and wearing bright yellow pajamas with kitten patterns, walked out of the bedroom yawning.

She went to bed very late last night. Just like the kitten in her pajamas, Yukiko is full of curiosity and her favorite thing to read is mystery novels.

Last night, she kept thinking about Lin Xiuyi and the other two. The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. The more confused she became, the more she thought about it. When she realized it was already late, it was almost three in the morning. The room was deserted. Yukiko's parents were both well-known actors. They were busy at work, and it was common for them not to come home for ten days or half a month.

Yukiko had long been accustomed to this kind of life. She opened the bread bag sleepily, took out two slices of toast and put them in the toaster, then took out milk from the refrigerator, poured a cup and put it in the microwave to heat it up.

Then I turned on the TV and listened to the morning news to see if I could get some news about my parents while brushing my teeth and washing my face.

"Gulu gulu..."

Yukiko first rinsed her mouth to moisten it, then put the toothbrush dipped in toothpaste into her mouth.

"The mystery novel 'Night Baron' has been a huge hit since its release and is currently topping the novel sales charts..."

Tomorrow is Saturday, so I'll go to the bookstore. I wonder if I can still buy "The Night Baron"...

Yukiko was brushing her teeth while listening to the news on TV and thinking about random things.

By the way, we also have to elect class committee members this afternoon!
I will definitely choose to be the class monitor!
Yukiko clenched her fists and waved them in front of the mirror to encourage herself.

She has a lively and competitive personality. She was the class monitor in middle school. After entering high school, she naturally did not want to fall behind.

"Yesterday, a murder occurred in the gymnasium of Teitan High School..."

When she heard the name of her school, Yukiko didn't care about the foam in her mouth, and ran into the living room with her toothbrush.

The TV was broadcasting live. Several reporters were blocking the entrance of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1. When they saw the police officers on duty, they started asking questions.
"There's news that the murder at Teitan Gymnasium yesterday wasn't solved by officers from the Investigation Division 1, but rather by a first-year student at Teitan High School named Hayashi Shuichi who found the murderer. Is this true?"

"I heard that this Lin Xiuyi has solved other cases for the Investigation Division. Can you tell us about it?"

"Some say that this Lin Xiuyi is a talented young detective. Do the officers in the Investigation Division agree?"

……

"...No wonder the police let Lin Xiuyi and the other two into the gym yesterday. So he was the one who solved the case? That gloomy pervert is actually a detective?"

Yukiko stared at the TV blankly. For a moment, she forgot that she was still rinsing her mouth and subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of toothpaste foam.

"vomit……"

She hurried to the sink to rinse her mouth, cleaned it up, and returned to the TV.

A police officer with a raised eyebrow was surrounded by reporters and was being forced to be interviewed by them.

Yukiko remembered him. Wasn't he the police officer who came to the gymnasium to investigate yesterday?

"That Lin Xiuyi student certainly made a significant contribution to yesterday's Teitan Gymnasium case," the officer with the strange eyebrows said sternly. "During the investigation, the police also..."

Before he could finish his words, a reporter interrupted him and said,

"Inspector Samezaki, please tell the audience in front of the TV clearly whether the murderer was found by that classmate Lin Xiuyi."

"……Yes."

(End of this chapter)