Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 226 The Kind Director

Lin Xiuyi turned his head and saw a middle-aged man with a kind face.

"Director Tsukawa?" Kisaki Eri recognized him. "We're here to borrow extracurricular books for our younger brother who's in elementary school."

Director...has the shadow of childhood really appeared?

Lin Xiuyi blinked, unable to connect the middle-aged man in front of him with a gentle smile and a kind expression with the hideous nightmare image in his memory.

"It's you, Miss Fei," Director Jinchuan nodded, then looked at Lin Xiuyi, "This is..."

"I'm her boyfriend," Lin Xiuyi smiled.

"Have I seen you somewhere before?" Director Jinchuan narrowed his eyes slightly, looking a little confused.

"Really?" Lin Xiuyi pretended to be honest and scratched his head. "I've accompanied Yingli here a few times before. Director, you should have seen me then."

Director Jinchuan gave a noncommittal reminder: "If you two want to find books, please hurry up and don't disturb the children here."

"Please don't worry," Fei Yingli agreed and pulled Lin Xiuyi towards the bookshelf.

With the reflection of the window glass next to them, Lin Xiuyi noticed that Director Jinchuan, who was standing behind them, had been staring at the two of them.

"Director Tsukawa loves children very much," Kisaki Eri explained in a low voice, "When he's free, he always comes here to watch the children read."

Reading books with the flowers is fake, staring at those drugs is the real thing...

Lin Xiuyi sneered in his heart. The director was watching him from behind, so he collected his thoughts and put on a serious look on his face, as if he was really here to pick out books, and slowly flipped through the books one by one.

Director Jinchuan stared at him for a while, and when he saw nothing unusual, he walked out. However, the question in his mind still remained: Why do I feel that he looks familiar?

Walking back to the director's office on the first floor, Director Jinchuan reached out and picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of water, and a newspaper from this morning was placed under the teacup.

When Director Jinchuan put down his teacup, his eyes couldn't help but look at the huge headline above the newspaper: Pianist Keiji Aso was nearly murdered, and high school detective solved another major case!
Below the title is a photo of Hayashi Shuichi taken when he was interviewed at the gate of Teitan High School.

"It's that kid from before! Is he a detective?" Director Jinchuan's eyes widened instantly, and a look of shock appeared on his face.

His hands trembled slightly unconsciously, and he quickly picked up the newspaper and began to read it eagerly.

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On this side, after noticing that Director Jinchuan had left, Lin Xiuyi immediately began to check the bookshelf.

Although Kisaki Eri said that she didn't believe that drug dealers would be in this library full of books, she still ran to the other side with a sincere attitude to help Lin Xiuyi check the books on the bookshelf.

While checking, Lin Xiuyi suddenly realized something was wrong. The books on the other side of the bookshelf seemed to be too new, and they had hardly been flipped through.

"Eri, are all the books over there new?"

"No," Hibiki Eri replied doubtfully, "These are all old books. Yours should be new books, right?"

"Impossible, I have old books here too," Lin Xiuyi had an idea and hurried to Kisaki Eri's side, took out the books on the outside and looked inside.

Just as the girl said, from this side, the book covers on the other side are basically brand new as well.

"Is there any problem?" Kisaki Eri hadn't reacted yet.

Lin Xiuyi didn't say anything, he just raised his hand and took out the book.

At this point, Kisaki Eri immediately discovered the problem. After taking out the books inside, she found another row of books at the back: "This bookshelf actually has three rows of books on each shelf?"

Normally, a double-sided bookshelf would only have two rows per shelf, with the spines facing outward and the book flaps facing inward. This way, no matter which side you stand on, you can select books by their spines. If you were to place three rows of books, the middle row would be blocked by the sides, making it difficult for readers to select books.
"This row of books inside has no spine, and both sides are disguised book edges," Lin Xiuyi said, turning over the fake book in his hand. In the middle was a hollowed-out grid with a bag of white powder inside.

"Is this... drugs?" Kisaki Eri widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief.

She had never imagined that the library she often visited, a place full of knowledge and tranquility, was actually a drug trafficking den.

Lin Xiu nodded and was about to speak.

Suddenly, there was a noisy voice in the corridor, and someone shouted loudly: "Oh no, there's a fire, everyone, get out quickly!"

"Oh no! The drug traffickers want to destroy the evidence."

Lin Xiuyi reacted immediately. He closed the disguised book, lifted up the girl's shirt, and stuffed the book directly into her.
"Take this and leave the library immediately. Be careful not to let the librarian find the books inside!"

"What about you?" asked Hibiki Eri hurriedly.

"I'll try again to see if I can keep more evidence!" Lin Xiuyi said, and pushed the girl towards the door.

"Be careful!" After biting her lip and reminding worriedly, Kisaki Eri ran out of the children's book and newspaper area with the children.

The fire had become very large and the corridor was filled with black smoke.

As soon as she reached the third floor stairs, she ran into Director Jinchuan, who was running up quickly with a wet towel covering his mouth.
"Ms. Fei, where is your boyfriend?" Director Jinchuan's voice came out vaguely through the wet towel.

"Shuichi is directing the children to evacuate." Although Kisaki Eri didn't know why Hayashi Shuichi suspected the kind librarian, she still lied out of trust in her childhood sweetheart.

After saying that, the girl covered her mouth and nose, bent her body slightly, held the book in her clothes tightly with both hands, and ran downstairs quickly.

Covering your mouth and nose and bending over while walking can reduce the inhalation of smoke. This is the posture for escaping from a fire.

Director Jinchuan glanced at the girl's back and did not doubt it much. Instead, he continued to walk against the crowd towards the children's book area.

As soon as he walked into the room, he saw a scene that was eye-opening.

Lin Xiuyi used the spine of a book to break the glass on the outside of the room, and then threw out the books with disguised double-sided book covers around him one by one.

Director Jinchuan, who was standing at the door, looked pale, but the next second, he forced a kind smile on his face.
"What are you doing? Those are library property."

Still pretending... Since the other party was willing to act, Lin Xiuyi also cooperated and said: "These books must be thrown out, otherwise they will be burned in the fire and the evidence will be gone!"

"What evidence?" Director Jinchuan put his right hand behind his back and walked quickly towards Lin Xiuyi. "Can you tell me about it?"

"The problems in these books," Lin Xiuyi smiled slightly, "Director, you should be the most clear about them..."

Before he could finish his words, Director Jinchuan had already walked up to him, and his right hand, which was hidden behind his back and holding a dagger, was stretched out.

"go to hell!"

With a shout, Director Jinchuan looked ferocious, his eyes were red, and he stabbed Lin Xiuyi with the dagger in his hand like a beast that had lost its mind.

Lin Xiuyi was prepared for this and simply held the book in front of him.

"Pfft!"

The thick book cover blocked most of Director Jinchuan's force.

Before he could pull out the dagger, Lin Xiuyi had already kicked him out...

(End of this chapter)