Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 279 The Charm of the Little Male Bride
These words made Narumi's eyes light up. He said softly, empathizing with her, "Me too. Because of illness, I spend most of my time in the hospital."

Hearing that the other person was even more pitiful than himself, Rei Furuya's sympathy immediately welled up, and he mustered up his courage to ask, "Which hospital are you staying at? I can come visit you sometime!"

Looking at the children getting along so well, Tomizawa Chikage nudged Lin Xiuyi with her elbow in confusion: "Master?"

"This child was being bullied and insisted on learning to fight from me," Lin Xiuyi explained simply.

“So that’s how it is,” Tomizawa Chikage said with a sneer, her face full of disdain. “Japanese society is really deformed. Everyone, from top to bottom, wants to be European or American, but they discriminate against mixed-race people in every way.”

At this point, she suddenly changed the subject, a sly glint in her eyes.
"However, your apprentice's judgment is rather poor."

"What's wrong?" Lin Xiu asked, raising an eyebrow.

Just as Tomizawa Chikage was about to speak, she caught a glimpse of Furuya Rei blushing as she carefully handed Narumi water, the tips of her ears even turning pink.

She immediately covered her mouth with her hand, laughing so hard her shoulders shook: "Never mind, you'll find out later. Let's go to the art museum now."

After saying that, she walked towards the door first, leaving behind a string of meaningful laughter.

The Mihana Art Museum is not far from the izakaya, and the group strolled along the tree-lined path.

Tomizawa Chikage walked at the front, occasionally turning back to urge everyone to follow.

Narumi walked beside Furuya Rei, hesitating several times as if she wanted to explain her gender, but was interrupted each time by Tomizawa Chikage's clever joke.

In the end, he himself became somewhat confused and forgot what he was originally going to say.

Rei Furuya's mind was completely occupied by the "cute little sister" in front of him. He would steal glances at Narumi from time to time, and when he noticed that Narumi's cheeks were sweating from the sun, he would quickly hand her a tissue. When he saw that Narumi was walking a little slower, he would immediately slow down and carefully accompany her from the side.

On the contrary, Reiko, who has always been a clever little devil, quickly discovered the problem.

While Tomizawa Chikage was vividly telling Narumi and Furuya Rei stories about art, Reiko quickly pulled her brother behind.

"Onii-chan, what exactly happened to Narumi?"

Lin Xiuyi had long since discovered Tomizawa Chikage's little scheme. Instead of stopping her from trying to trick her apprentice, he found it quite amusing and joined in the fun.

When his sister asked him, he didn't hide anything. He bent down slightly, leaned close to Lingzi's ear, and told her the truth.

"What did you say? He is..."

Reiko gasped, then looked at Narumi in disbelief.

In the sunlight, the "girl's" profile was so delicate, like a porcelain doll; she looked like an adorable girl no matter how you looked at her.

"How about that? You didn't expect that, did you?" Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but chuckle. "I was also quite surprised when I first saw it."

"I really didn't expect that..."

Reiko nodded blankly, then breathed a sigh of relief—since Narumi was a boy, he wouldn't be a threat to her, "Onii-chan's only sister."

However, she quickly frowned and asked in confusion, "Naruma was probably trying to explain his gender, so why did Chikage keep interrupting him?"

Lin Xiuyi looked at Furuya Rei, who was still completely unaware of what was going on, and said with a malicious smile, "Watching the show, haven't you noticed that Narumi has some people so infatuated that they're almost lost?"

Reiko suddenly realized, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up: "...Onii-chan, you're such a terrible teacher."

Even so, a mischievous glint shone in the girl's eyes, clearly anticipating Rei Furuya's reaction when he discovered the truth. The twenty-minute walk was obviously quite strenuous for Narumi, who rarely exercised.

He was slightly out of breath, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and his pace gradually slowed down.

Rei Furuya immediately sensed something was wrong and looked anxiously at Shuichi Hayashi: "Master, Narumi is very tired. Let's go to the small park over there and rest for a while."

Lin Xiuyi looked at the boy's nervous appearance and nodded, suppressing a smile.

As soon as the group entered the park, they heard a clear voice calling out, "It's the big brother from last time!"

A little girl with pigtails came skipping and hopping from the edge of the sandpit, followed by a somewhat shy little boy.

The little girl ran up to Lin Xiuyi, looking up at him with her rosy cheeks: "Big brother, do you remember me?"

Lin Xiuyi stroked his chin, feigning confusion: "...Um, who are you?"

The little girl immediately puffed out her cheeks and looked at him with disdain: "Big brother has such a bad memory. Last week, when I met that bespectacled brother, he still remembered me."

"Haha, I was just teasing you." Lin Xiuyi squatted down and patted the little girl's head with a smile. "Your name is Miwako, and you're Officer Sato Masayoshi's daughter, right?"

“Yes,” the little girl, Sato Miwako, nodded happily, then pulled the little boy she was playing with in front of Lin Xiuyi, “Where is he? Big brother, do you remember him?”

The love story of the detectives in this department started twenty years ahead of schedule, how could I possibly forget it...

Lin Xiuyi muttered a curse to himself before saying Takagi Wataru's name.
"By the way, you just said you ran into Yusaku Kudo here last week?"

“Yes,” Sato Miwako nodded vigorously, “The bespectacled guy is still the same as before, staring at the passersby while writing something on a piece of paper.”

That guy is still working on his observation and judgment skills...

Lin Xiu shook his head speechlessly.

"Onii-chan, who is she?" Reiko tugged at her brother's sleeve, asking impatiently.

Chengshi was a boy, while the girl in front of her was a genuine little girl who kept calling him "big brother," which made Chengshi feel a little jealous...

"They are kids I met when I caught a thief in this small park before," Lin Xiuyi gave a brief introduction to both sides.

"Is that so?" Reiko drawled, her eyes narrowing into slits as she looked the little girl in front of her up and down.

Miwako Sato was oblivious and didn't notice anything wrong.

Instead, Takagi Wataru noticed that Reiko didn't seem to like them, and unconsciously took a half step back, hiding behind Miwako.

“That child isn’t feeling well and needs to rest here for a while,” Lin Xiuyi pointed at Chengshi and patted Sato Miwako on the shoulder. “Why don’t you go and play with him for a bit?”

“Hmm,” Sato Miwako saw that it was a pretty girl and, without thinking much, immediately pulled Takagi Wataru over.

So cute...

Looking at Narumi's delicate face, Takagi Wataru immediately fell for her, just like Furuya Rei...

(End of this chapter)