Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 208: Kisaki Eri: So, you are still... that... a virgin?
After ten o'clock in the evening, the hustle and bustle of the city gradually faded away, and a quiet atmosphere filled the streets.

Lin Xiuyi tidied up everything in the store neatly, put the tables and chairs back in place, washed the dishes, and then gently closed the store door.

"Okay, it's done! Let's go back to sleep," Kogoro Mouri, who had already noticed that the atmosphere was not right, hurriedly slipped upstairs.

"Good night," Lin Xiuyi closed the shop door, said hello to Kisaki Eri, and prepared to go upstairs.

But he didn't expect the girl to stand in front of him and said, "You're willing to let me go home alone at night? You always walked me home before."

"It's only a little after ten o'clock. You've been alone lately..." Lin Xiuyi's voice became lower and lower under the aggressive gaze of Kiyomizu, "Okay, I'll take you home."

The two walked side by side on the street, the cool breeze gently blowing across their faces.

Lin Xiuyi narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly missed the time when he used to send Kisaki Eri home every night.

Ever since Fujimine Yukiko came to the izakaya, he would close the shop early every night because he couldn't send both girls off at the same time, and let Kisaki Eri and Yukiko go back separately.

Come to think of it, it has been a while since I sent Yingli home at night.

Apparently, Kisaki Eri had thought of this as well. She lowered her head slightly, looking at the familiar street, a hint of melancholy in her eyes.

"Ever since kindergarten, every time we played out late, no matter how tired you were, you would take the initiative to take me home, until that curly-haired fox showed up..."

There was a hint of complaint in the girl's tone, like a child whose favorite toy was taken away.

"We are all classmates, I can't favor one over the other." Lin Xiuyi laughed awkwardly twice, trying to ease the slightly solemn atmosphere.

Kisaki Eiri glanced at him with a flicker of displeasure in her eyes. She stopped dwelling on the topic and changed the subject: "What were you thinking about this afternoon when you were buried under the mudslide?"

"I didn't have time to think about anything else back then," Lin Xiuyi said with a wry smile, a look of lingering fear on his face. "The power supply of the sports car was destroyed by the landslide. It was pitch black inside the car. I couldn't see my hand in front of me. I couldn't even tell the time."

He frowned slightly, as if he had returned to the terrifying darkness.

"We were buried for just over two hours, but in the car it felt like we had endured two long days."

"So you showed your true love in times of trouble and had a relationship with that Miss Wynyard?" Kisaki Eri's voice suddenly turned cold, and her eyes were full of suspicion and questioning.

"What do you mean by having sex?" Lin Xiuyi waved his hands quickly. "How could I possibly do that under the circumstances?"

"Yukiko called me and told me she saw that American woman pulling up your pants," Kisaki Eri questioned with a dark face, her arms folded across her chest. "If it's really like you said, why did you take off your pants for no reason? It can't be that it's too hot in the car, right?"

"This matter..." Lin Xiuyi scratched his head awkwardly. Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, he could only bite the bullet and tell the truth. "At that time, Miss Wynyard probably thought she was going to die, and wanted to indulge herself before dying. She took off my pants without waiting for my consent..."

"And then?" Kisaki Eri demanded, her eyes blazing with fire. "You, you two did it?"

"Cough, cough cough." Lin Xiuyi almost choked, "Eri..."

"I want to hear the truth!" Kisaki Eri did not give in and stared at her childhood sweetheart.

"Of course not," Lin Xiuyi hurriedly explained sincerely, "Miss Wynyard was about to take action when Yukiko and the others dug the car out, so when I climbed out later, my pants were like that."

"...The curly-haired fox finally did a good thing," Kisaki Eri snorted, and her originally tense little face suddenly relaxed.

Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she lowered her head, twisting the corners of her clothes nervously with her hands. Her voice was as thin as a mosquito: "So, you are still...that...a virgin?" "...Yeah," Lin Xiuyi nodded awkwardly, "Can we not discuss this topic anymore?"

For the rest of the journey, neither of them spoke again, and the atmosphere was subtly awkward.

Finally, they arrived downstairs at Kisaki Eri's house. Just as Lin Xiuyi was about to say goodbye, the girl suddenly spoke and invited him to sit upstairs for a while.

"Let's just forget it, shall we?" Lin Xiuyi felt that there was something unusual about Kisaki Eri tonight. "It's already very late."

"My parents are at home, what are you afraid of?" Fei Yingli curled her lips, "It's not that I want you to go up, it's that they want to see you."

Lin Xiuyi was surprised: "They are fine, why would they want to see me?"

"How should I know?" Fei Yingli walked towards the apartment building entrance first, her steps a little hurried. "If you really don't want to come, forget it."

Lin Xiuyi hesitated for a moment, but still followed.

He had met Kisaki Eri's parents many times and was quite familiar with them. Although he was puzzled why they wanted to see him, the elders had already spoken, and it would be impolite if he didn't go up.

After following the girl into the apartment building, the two of them entered the elevator one after the other.

The lights in the elevator were dim, and there was a faint smell of disinfectant all around.

Hibiki Eri lives on the seventh floor, but for some reason, her hand suddenly shook and she directly pressed the button for the eighth floor.

Lin Xiuyi raised an eyebrow: "Wrong button."

"Ah?" Kisaki Eri came back to her senses, her face turned red, and she quickly pressed the button for the seventh floor again.

"What's wrong with you?" Lin Xiuyi reached out and gently patted the girl's shoulder, puzzled. "Why do you seem a little distracted?"

"Really? Hehe..."

Kisaki Eri forced a smile on her face, her eyes were wandering, she didn't dare to look directly into the eyes of her childhood sweetheart.

"You really don't seem quite right tonight," Lin Xiuyi reached out and touched the girl's forehead, "You don't have a fever."

"I'm not sick!" Kisaki Eri was a little angry and embarrassed, with a hint of irritability in her tone.

She turned around and faced Lin Xiuyi, not wanting him to see her expression at the moment.

The elevator stopped on the seventh floor. The two got out of the elevator and came to the door of 706.

Lin Xiuyi was about to ring the doorbell, but was stopped by Kisaki Eri: "Wait, let me find the key."

"Aren't uncle and auntie at home?" Lin Xiuyi's heart moved, "What you said downstairs just now, you are not lying to me, right?"

"So what!" Hibiki Eri blushed and opened the door with her key. "I just wanted you to come up and sit down and rest for a while. Who told you to be so reluctant?"

"Miss, it's already so late," Lin Xiuyi said helplessly, "Even if my uncle and aunt are not home now, they will definitely misunderstand me when they come back and see me in the house."

(End of this chapter)