Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 239 Auntie, do you want to find a high school student as the stepfather for the big sister?
Hayashi Shuichi rode his bicycle and took Orikasa Midori back to the flower shop in the shopping street.

The door of the flower shop was half-open, and a row of colorful flowers were placed at the door, which looked particularly beautiful under the sunlight.

Mrs. Orikasa heard the bicycle bell and came out. When she saw Hayashi Shuichi, her face was immediately filled with a warm smile.

She walked up quickly and took Lin Xiuyi's arm: "Mr. Lin, are you here to buy flowers? Come into the store and sit down!"

Looking at Mrs. Orikasa's enthusiastic look, it was as if Hayashi Shuichi was her own son.

Orikasa Midori stood aside, an embarrassed look on her face. She gently tugged at her mother's sleeve and sheepishly reminded her, "Mom, Senior's izakaya is almost open, and he has to go back and prepare to open it!"

"Oh, yes, yes, the business of the store is more important." Mrs. Orikasa finally realized what was happening and smiled apologetically. She then turned around and picked up a pot of lush green pothos from the doorway and stuffed it into Lin Xiuyi's arms. "Mr. Lin, take this back and put it in your store. It's not only beautiful, but it can also purify the environment."

"...Thank you." Lin Xiuyi was a little flattered. Seeing that he couldn't refuse, he took the green ivy with both hands and said goodbye.

"Tsk tsk, what a nice young man." Mrs. Orikasa stared at Lin Xiuyi's back, her eyes full of love.

"Auntie, you're not interested in him, are you?" The yellow-haired girl said with wide eyes, her face full of surprise. "Are you thinking of finding a high school student as a stepfather for Big Sister?"

As soon as she said this, Orikasa and her daughter froze in place, their expressions frozen.

The next second, Mrs. Orikasa's face turned livid. With a dark look on her face, she reached out and fiercely grabbed the yellow-haired girl's cheek, pulling it hard: "You stupid girl, I'm already so old, how could I possibly think that!"

"Meiyue, don't talk nonsense." Orikasa Midori also shook her head with a look of confusion, "Mom was so warm to Senior Lin because he helped us before."

"No, not so gentle..." The yellow-haired girl's cheeks turned red from being pulled, and she said incoherently, "I've been to the art shop before, and why isn't Ayi so affectionate to me?"

Mrs. Orikasa rolled her eyes at her unhappily: "You are Xiaolu's friend, he is Xiaolu's boyfriend, how can my future son-in-law be the same?"

"mom!"

Origami Midori's face flushed red, she stamped her feet, her eyes full of shyness and dissatisfaction.

"Senior and I are just ordinary friends, don't talk nonsense!"

"In your entire life, I've never seen you so close to a boy," Mrs. Orikasa said confidently, her arms folded across her chest. "Just now, you were sitting on the back of the bicycle, hugging that delicate girl, Lin Jun. From what I can see, even if you're not boyfriend and girlfriend now, you'll definitely be together in the future."

"Mom, what do you mean by 'getting together'?" Orikasa Midori said angrily, "How could you say that about your daughter?"

"That's right!" The yellow-haired girl quickly nodded in agreement. "What's so good about that guy! Besides being handsome and smart, he's also a great fighter..."

The more she talked, the more she felt something was wrong.
"Why are there only advantages? Big Sister, does that guy have any shortcomings?"

Orikasa Midori was almost driven crazy by this stupid teammate, but fortunately at this moment, the tawny puppy that had followed Orikasa Midori all the way back barked twice, breaking the awkward atmosphere and successfully diverting Mrs. Orikasa's attention.

"Where did this wild dog come from?" Mrs. Orikasa frowned, picked up a stick beside her and was about to drive the puppy away.

"Mom, this little guy is very smart." Orikasa Midori limped and hurriedly stood in front of the puppy. "It just did a great thing."

"It's really good news that it found a corpse." The yellow-haired girl interjected.

"Found a body? Why did you bring such an unlucky dog back home?" Mrs. Orikasa frowned even more tightly. "Hurry and drive it away."

"Mom, there are only two of us in the flower shop. Won't you be lonely when I'm not around?" Orikasa Midori persuaded, "Having it in the shop is just the right place to keep you company."

"Hmph, why do I need a dog to accompany me?" Mrs. Orikasa still had an unhappy expression.

Seeing that her mother was determined not to keep the puppy, Orikasa Midori had no choice but to move out with Lin Xiuyi.

"Oh, Mom, Senior Lin has a brown dog at his izakaya. If I keep it in the flower shop, then in the future..."

"From now on, you can use asking for advice on raising a dog as an excuse to hook up with that guy!"

Mrs. Orikasa raised the corner of her mouth and nodded with satisfaction.

"Yes, you are as smart as your mother was when I was chasing your father. In this case, you can keep this dog."

Although Orikasa Midori felt a little helpless about her mother's words, she still felt relieved when she saw that her mother agreed to keep the puppy.

"Come on, little guy, I'll take you to take a bath. How did you get yourself so dirty?" Orikasa Midori led the puppy to the back of the flower shop. "The dog of our senior family is called Wangcai. What should you call yours..."

"Big sister, let me help you!" The yellow-haired girl hurriedly chased after her.

……

On this side, Lin Xiuyi returned with Luoluo in his arms, only to see Kisaki Eri waiting at the door of the izakaya. Even Mouri Kogoro and Reiko had returned.

"Onii-chan, you're back too late!" The little cousin pouted with some dissatisfaction.

"Shuichi, where have you been again?" Maori Kogoro complained, "It's almost time to open the store, and we haven't even eaten yet."

"Where did the green ivy come from?" Kiyoshi Eri frowned slightly and looked up and down at the plant in Lin Xiuyi's arms in confusion.

"Xiaolu came to see me just now..." Lin Xiuyi briefly recounted what happened. "After sending Xiaolu back to the flower shop, when I left, Mrs. Orikasa insisted on giving me this pot of green radish..."

"This is good, just..."

Just as Reiko was about to reach out to take the flowerpot, Kisaki Eri had already snatched the green ivy. After glancing around the store, Kisaki Eri placed it in front of the cash register.

"Onii-chan!" The little cousin looked at her brother aggrievedly, "I wanted to put it in the bedroom."

"Okay, I'll leave this pot in the store." Lin Xiuyi said soothingly, "I'll be free in a couple of days, so I'll go to the flower shop and buy you a few more pots."

Maori Kogoro was more concerned about the case that Lin Xiuyi mentioned: "Shuiyi, that body is not really the missing girl, right?"

"The shoes on the body are very similar to those worn by Nagashima Ryuko," Lin Xiuyi explained as he changed into his chef's uniform. "However, to confirm the identity of the body, we have to wait until the police open the concrete pillar."

"Onii-chan, who could have killed her?" Reiko asked curiously.

"I don't know." Lin Xiuyi shook his head. "But the construction site where the body was found is near the school. If the body is really Nagashima Ruko, the murderer is likely related to Sakuragaoka Junior High School."

"Sakuragaoka Junior High School is a mess," Maori Kogoro sighed. "Someone from my elementary school class went to Sakuragaoka. I heard that there are few students there who study hard. They are all hooligans."

"That little green sister seems to be a delinquent too," Reiko blinked and looked at her brother, "Onii-chan, you won't learn bad things from her, will you?"

"Don't talk nonsense, Xiaolu is a good girl." Lin Xiuyi knocked on his sister's head, "Academic performance doesn't represent character. There are bad guys among students with good grades." "Didn't Sakuragaoka Junior High School have a vicious case against girls two years ago?" Kisaki Eri pondered, "Could this incident be related to the case two years ago?"

"Who knows?" Lin Xiuyi waved his hand. "Let the police investigate first and see if they can find any clues."

"By the way, Onii-chan, you have to accompany me to the Science Museum this weekend." Reiko shook her brother's arm.

"Why are you going there?" Lin Xiuyi asked in surprise.

"There's an event there on Saturday, and the teacher asked us to go check it out," Lingzi said with anticipation. "I heard that many scientists will be presenting their findings and conducting scientific experiments on site."

……

The next day, school was over in the afternoon.

When Hayashi Shuichi and Kisaki Eri returned to the izakaya, they saw Orikasa Midori waiting at the door holding the tan puppy, with the yellow-haired girl beside her.

"Senior, you're back," Origami Midori greeted him, then grabbed the puppy's paw and waved it at Lin Xiuyi, "Pudding, you come and say hello too."

"Woof!" The puppy barked obediently and wagged its tail, looking very cute.

"This little guy is really obedient."

As soon as Lin Xiuyi finished speaking, several dog barks suddenly sounded from the second floor above.

"You guys come in and sit for a while. I'll go upstairs to put the things down." Lin Xiuyi opened the door of the izakaya and went upstairs.

After nodding to Orikasa Midori, Kisaki Eri walked into the izakaya on her own.

"Tsk, how rude." The yellow-haired girl looked at Kisaki Eri's back and snorted disdainfully, "She's just a student of Teitan, what's so great about her?"

"Senior Kisaki has a cold personality to begin with, she didn't mean it," Orikasa Midori explained to Kisaki Eri, then walked into the izakaya holding the puppy.

The yellow-haired girl curled her lips and followed him in.

Orikasa Midori and the yellow-haired girl found a place to sit down. After Kisaki Eri poured them each a glass of water, she wanted to leave, but the puppy named Pudding suddenly stuck its head out and rubbed against her hand.

"It seems that Pudding likes you very much, senior." Orikasa Midori said with a smile.

"Yeah." A hint of joy appeared on Kisaki Eri's face.

As a girl, she naturally likes cats and dogs very much, but unfortunately the apartment where she lives does not allow cats.

Although when Kisaki Eri was young, she and Hayashi Shuichi picked up a puppy together, but under Reiko's "education", the puppy regarded her as an enemy.

Seeing that she liked it, Orikasa Midori handed the pudding to her arms.

As Kisaki Eri held the puppy, the smile on her face became even brighter, and even her eyes revealed a hint of tenderness.

At this moment, Wangcai rushed into the store in a hurry. After seeing Pudding, his ears stood up, his eyes widened, and he looked fierce. He kept yelling at Pudding.

Although Pudding is much smaller than Wangcai, it is not afraid of Wangcai at all and immediately calls back loudly.

The izakaya was suddenly filled with the sound of dogs barking, which was so loud that it was almost unbearable for people's ears.

Hibiki Eri looked annoyed and wanted Wangcai to shut up, but he didn't listen at all and continued to provoke her.

On the other side, Orikasa Midori was also trying to comfort Pudding, but it was also ineffective.

"Damn it, you're killing me!" The yellow-haired girl covered her ears with her hands in annoyance. "If you keep yelling, I'll kill you all and eat your meat!"

Just when the three girls were having a headache, Lin Xiuyi walked in.

Seeing his owner coming, Wangcai immediately stopped barking, rubbed against Lin Xiuyi's leg with an aggrieved look, and glanced pitifully at the puppy in Fei Yingli's arms, as if it had just been bullied by Pudding.

"Humph, as expected, you are what you are." Fei Yingli bit her lip in anger. "Wangcai is just like your precious sister. He only knows how to act pitiful and complain."

"Okay, what does this have to do with Lingzi?" Lin Xiuyi defended his sister and then patted Wangcai on the head. "Don't bully Pudding anymore."

Wangcai nodded his head angrily, his eyes fixed on Pudding, obviously still thinking about how to drive this fellow out of his territory.

"Senior, I came here today just to ask, has there been any result on yesterday's incident?" Orikasa Midori asked.

"I don't know. The police haven't told me anything yet," Lin Xiuyi shook his head. "What about your school? This matter should have spread too, right?"

"It's more than just spread," the yellow-haired girl shouted triumphantly. "This morning, all the students in our school were discussing this matter. Teacher Beicun even called me and the leader over for questioning."

"He is very concerned about this matter." Lin Xiuyi said thoughtfully.

"Hehe, of course he cares. After all, he has a special relationship with Nagashima Ruko..." The yellow-haired girl laughed strangely.

"Why is it unusual?" Lin Xiuyi asked.

Orikasa Midori was about to answer when the yellow-haired girl held her back. She snorted, "I'm the one who found the body. If I hadn't gone after Pudding yesterday, you wouldn't have found the body. Detective Lin, don't you have to show some appreciation as well?"

"Meizuki!" Orikasa Midori glared at her friend in reproach.

Lin Xiuyi didn't care too much: "How about this, I'll treat you to dinner at the restaurant this afternoon, okay?"

"It's okay," the yellow-haired girl nodded cheerfully, "Do you know why Mr. Kitamura was so anxious to get you out yesterday?"

"Why?" Lin Xiuyi asked following her words.

"Of course it's because there's some inside information," the blond girl said with a wink. "This morning, I heard from the sisters on the team that Mr. Kitamura and Nagashima Ruko are having an improper relationship..."

"Improper relationship?" Lin Xiuyi asked uncertainly, "What does this mean..."

"What else could it mean? A relationship between a man and a woman, of course!" the yellow-haired girl sneered. "I heard they've been together for over half a year. Some time ago, Nagashima Ryuko was even taken by Kitamura-sensei to have an abortion!"

Lin Xiuyi glanced at Origasaga Midori, and the girl nodded silently, confirming the yellow-haired girl's words...

(End of this chapter)