Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 280 Qianying: If I won't bully children, then I'll bully you, little brother Xiuyi!

Reiko leaned against her brother unhappily and asked jealously, "Onii-chan, how many other girls do you know outside?"

"Besides you, who else do I have?" Lin Xiuyi chuckled and ruffled the little girl's hair. "Today is only the second time that Miwako and I have met."

Upon hearing this, the little girl smiled happily, wrapped her arms around her brother's arm contentedly, and looked at the children playing not far away with sparkling eyes.

“Narima is really charming,” Tomizawa Chikage chuckled as she watched Furuya Rei and Takagi Wataru surrounding Narumi. “These two little guys will never forget Narumi’s true gender.”

"Is it really that fun to bully children?" Lin Xiuyi looked at her speechlessly.

Upon hearing this, Tomizawa Chikage not only didn't restrain herself, but instead leaned closer with a playful smile.

She swayed her slender waist and deliberately moved closer to Lin Xiuyi, saying in a coquettish voice, "If I won't bully children, then I'll bully you, little Xiuyi!"

Seeing that Chikage Tomizawa was about to lean on her brother, Reiko panicked and quickly squeezed into the middle, even deliberately fanning herself with her hand.
"It's so hot, Sister Qianying. Wouldn't it be better if we sat a little further away? Look how bright the sun is, it's almost melting us."

As she spoke, she deliberately nudged Tomizawa Chikage outwards with her shoulder.

"Tch," Tomizawa Chikage curled her lip, reluctantly moving aside. "By the way, those things I left with you..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Xiuyi suddenly looked up, her sharp gaze fixed on the park entrance.

He then shook his head almost imperceptibly and gestured to Tomizawa Chikage to be quiet: "Be careful, a very troublesome person has come. He has excellent observation skills, so don't let him see through your problem."

After whispering a reminder, Lin Xiuyi stood up and walked towards the person who had come.

Although Chikage Tomizawa didn't quite understand, seeing Lin Xiuyi's serious expression and thinking that he probably wouldn't harm her, she took the warning to heart.

She subconsciously straightened her skirt, her playful expression vanishing, and she instantly became dignified.

The person who could make Hayashi Hideichi so wary was naturally Kudo Yusaku.

This guy is one of the smartest people in the Conan world.

When they first met, he had suspected that Lin Xiuyi was not an ordinary student, thanks to his keen observation skills.

Miwako, who was over there, also saw Kudo Yusaku and immediately ran over with a cheer: "Glasses-wearing brother, you're here too!"

“Yes,” Yusaku Kudo nodded with a smile, “I’m having writer’s block when I’m writing novels, so I come here to find some inspiration.”

After patting Miwako's head, he looked at Hayashi Xiuichi who was walking over and said, "It's been a long time, Hayashi-kun."

The last time the two met was when Miho held an international film festival, when the Black Organization assassinated a famous director.

Although Lin Xiuyi and Kudo Yusaku immediately gave chase, they still managed to let their opponent escape.

After chatting for a few minutes, Kudo Yusaku pushed up his glasses, his gaze passing over Hayashi Shuichi and landing on Tomizawa Chikage: "Hayashi-kun is really popular with girls, and this is another beautiful girl I've never seen before."

"Really?" Lin Xiuyi raised an eyebrow and asked in return, "You are a famous novelist, young and rich. Don't tell me that no girls like you in college."

"Liking a girl and a girl liking you are completely different things," Yusaku Kudo said solemnly, then casually asked,
"By the way, what about Ms. Fujimine? I heard she officially entered the entertainment industry after the last Beika Film Festival."

"Yes, Yukiko went to film a movie," Hayashi Hideichi replied briefly.

"Ms. Fujimine is quite lucky to be able to film a movie so early in her career," Yusaku Kudo casually inquired. "Does Mr. Hayashi know the name of the movie?"

Of course I know, but why should I tell you? Lin Xiuyi rolled her eyes inwardly.

At the film festival last time, Yusaku Kudo tried to outdo Yukiko in front of her, and Hideaki Hayashi saw through the kid's intentions.

"I'm not sure," Lin Xiuyi shook his head directly. "When it comes to filming a movie, a lot of things have to be kept secret before it's released, and Yukiko didn't tell me much either."

"Is that so?" Kudo Yusaku gave Hayashi Shuichi a deep look, clearly having noticed that the other man was not being sincere, but he wisely did not press further, instead changing the subject, "By the way, Hayashi-kun, what brings you to the park today?"

"We were on our way to the art museum, but one of the children got tired and we stopped here to rest," Lin Xiuyi explained simply.

“I heard there’s an art exhibition at the art museum these days,” Yusaku Kudo said with a smile. “It would be convenient for me to go along too. Adding some artworks to my novel should have a good effect.”

You're clearly up to no good at the bar, aren't you?
Lin Xiuyi mentally complained, but since Yukiko wasn't around today, he simply nodded in agreement.

"Big brother, are you going to the art museum?" Miwako asked curiously after overhearing their conversation. "Is it fun there?"

"They're all paintings or sculptures or something like that," Lin Xiuyi explained patiently. "Whether they're fun or not depends on whether you like them or not."

Miwako clearly wasn't interested in any of this, and her face immediately fell: "It must be so boring."

After saying that, she turned around and went to find Chengshi and the others.

Lin Xiuyi led Kudo Yusaku back to Tomizawa Chikage and his little cousin: "Miss Tomizawa, and my cousin, Reiko."

"This is the famous mystery novelist, Yusaku Kudo, whose novel, The Baron of the Night, is currently selling very well."

"Hello, you two beautiful ladies," Yusaku Kudo greeted politely.

Although Tomizawa Chikage remembered Lin Xiuyi's instructions, she nodded shyly.

However, after learning that the other party was the author of "The Baron of the Night," he couldn't help but chime in with his thoughts and opinions on the book.

There's nothing we can do about it; after all, the protagonist of "The Dark Baron" is also a phantom thief who operates in the night.
As a fellow traveler, Chikage Tomizawa naturally couldn't help but speak up and correct Yusaku Kudo's inaccurate portrayal of the phantom thief.
"I think your portrayal of the phantom thief is too simplistic. Phantom thieves are human too; they have feelings and preferences. From their perspective, their actions shouldn't be considered stealing..."

"And in your book, the equipment the Dark Baron brought before the operation was clearly insufficient..."

This idiot!

Lin Xiuyi covered his face speechlessly, then quickly coughed to interrupt, "Qianying, Kudo must have had his reasons for writing it that way! Maybe it's foreshadowing for later plot developments..."

(End of this chapter)