Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 275 The Bullied blond boy

Eri can't see it?
Was it because Akane Koizumi cast some kind of magic?
Lin Xiuyi stared at the girl's figure that had disappeared into the sky, and countless questions welled up in his mind.

“Let’s go,” Eri said coquettishly. “No matter how well you pretend, I don’t believe that anyone in this world can actually fly on a broomstick.”

“…I don’t want to believe it either,” Lin Xiuyi muttered.

……

In the following days, as agreed beforehand, Lin Xiuyi and Koizumi Akane kept their distance from each other and tried to avoid unnecessary contact.

June arrived quickly, bringing with it the rainy season, and the rice fields began to drizzle every few days.

Saturday morning, the weather was unusually clear.

Lingzi woke up early and, like a kitten, tiptoed stealthily toward her brother's bedroom, afraid of making the slightest sound.

As soon as she pushed open the door to her brother's bedroom, the little girl heard Lin Xiuyi's still sleepy voice: "Why did you get up so early and come here to do something?"

"Onii-chan, you're awake?"

Lingzi peeked her head in and saw that Lin Xiuyi, who was lying on the bed, had already opened his eyes. A hint of regret flashed across her face, and she was annoyed that she had failed to launch a "night raid".

Lin Xiuyi responded, sat up from the bed, and stretched.

"Onii-chan, let's go home today, okay?"

Lingzi ran to the bedside, grabbed her brother's arm with both hands, and shook it affectionately.

"Mom's on vacation today, let's go back together, she'll be so happy..."

“Well,” Lin Xiuyi smiled apologetically, “I’m going to Beika Library with Eri today.”

The little girl pouted and asked reluctantly, "Can't I not go?"

“I promised Eri last night,” Lin Xiuyi spread her hands, “I can’t go back on my word.”

“Then I’ll just go back by myself,” Reiko said, lowering her head sadly. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her words were full of disappointment. “Mom hasn’t seen Onii-chan in a long time. She must miss you too. Maybe she’s looking forward to your return.”

"……tomorrow,"

Although Lin Xiuyi knew that his little cousin was most likely faking it, his heart softened instantly at her heartbroken expression.
"I'll go back with you tomorrow, okay?"

"It's a promise!"

Reiko immediately looked up, a bright smile spreading across her face.

Before Lin Xiuyi could react, she leaned over and planted a quick kiss on her brother's cheek.
"I'm going to call my mom right now and tell her the good news."

"Wait a minute," Lin Xiuyi quickly reached out and grabbed her, "Auntie works so hard, it's not easy for her to have time to rest, so please let her sleep a little longer and don't disturb her."

“Hehe, Mom has to go to work today,” Reiko said with a sly smile. “Actually, I heard everything last night when Eri asked you to go to Beika with her.”

"You said that on purpose just now, hoping to make me feel guilty towards you so that I would agree to your request?"

Lin Xiuyi smiled and pinched his younger sister's rosy cheeks.
"You've used all your little tricks to deal with me."

"It's all because Onii-chan is getting busier and busier," Reiko snorted in dissatisfaction. "If I hadn't told you sooner, you might have had to go with Eri-neechan, Yukiko-neechan, and Midori-neechan tomorrow..."

"Okay, I'm not that busy!"

Lin Xiuyi chuckled awkwardly, picked up his younger sister, and spun her around in the air.
"I'll spend the whole of tomorrow with you, okay?"

……

Beihu, although it was only a little past ten in the morning, the weather was already unbearably hot.

"It's so hot. It would be better if it rained; at least it would cool down. Right now, it's like walking in a steamer."

As Lin Xiuyi spoke, she wiped the sweat from her forehead. "I came to borrow books today; it wouldn't be convenient if it rained,"

Fei Yingli rolled her eyes at her childhood friend, who was wearing a white dress and carrying a small parasol.
"It's all because someone didn't catch the drug dealer sooner, and he even burned down the Mika Library. Otherwise, I wouldn't have needed to travel so far to borrow books."

"I wonder when the Mika Library will be repaired," Lin Xiuyi sighed regretfully.

“It’s still a long way off,” Eri Kisaki said with a helpless expression. “I went there the day before yesterday. The ruins of the library haven’t been cleared yet. It will need to be rebuilt, which will take at least two or three years.”

Before they knew it, the two had arrived at the entrance of Beika Library.

"You go in first," Lin Xiuyi glanced at the convenience store not far away, "I'll go buy some water."

“I’m in…” Eri Kisaki was interrupted by Hideaki Lin before she could finish speaking, “I know about the law books section, so you can go there without worry.”

The girl wanted to specify which floor it was on, but Lin Xiuyi had already strode towards the convenience store.

Eri Kisaki shook her head with amusement, then turned and walked into the library alone.

After buying two bottles of water, Lin Xiuyi couldn't wait to unscrew the caps and take a big gulp as soon as she stepped out of the convenience store.

Then he splashed some water on his head, and immediately a cool sensation washed over him.

"Ah..." Lin Xiuyi let out a long sigh of relief.

He had just cooled off when he heard children arguing nearby.

Turning around, I saw five children, around seven or eight years old, surrounding a child of the same age with light blond hair, constantly laughing at him.

"Furuya's hair is actually yellow, he's practically a monster!"

"A foreigner's bastard!"

Go back to your hometown!

……

"Get out of the way," the blond boy clenched his fists, barely containing his anger. "I don't want to fight you."

"This is Japan, why should we move aside? You freak are the one who should leave!"

"Get out of here! This is not a place for you!"

"I heard even his mother doesn't want him anymore!"

"You can say whatever you want, but you're not allowed to talk about my mother!"

The little boy with light blond hair could no longer hold back. He roared and, filled with anger and grievance, lunged at the chubby boy who was laughing the loudest.

Before he could get close, another tall, thin boy suddenly reached out and shoved him hard.

The blond boy staggered a few steps before falling heavily to the ground, his knees hitting the rough surface and immediately bleeding.

"How dare you talk back?"

The tall, thin boy looked down at him with disdain on his face.

The other children gathered around and continued to mock him, one after another.

The blond boy stubbornly got up, his face covered in dust and streaked with tears. He glared fiercely at his surroundings: "I'm not a freak..."

"Hmph, we say you are, so you are!" the fat boy shouted. "If you're not a freak, how come you look different from us!"

"I told you last time, every time I see you, I'll beat you up!" The tall, thin boy gestured with his fist. "Looks like you haven't learned your lesson!"

(End of this chapter)