Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 296 Lin Xiuyi: I swear, I will sleep obediently and will not do anything else!

"You can't drink this!"

Yukiko was startled and quickly took a step back, hiding the bottle behind her back.

"Why can't the barley tea be drunk?" Mr. Fujimine asked, puzzled. "I saw it; there's still more than half a bottle left."

But that's not barley tea!!!
Yukiko's lips twitched slightly. Feeling the temperature of the bottle, she quickly came up with a solution and said, "This...this isn't refrigerated! I took it out too long, it's already warm. Dad, if you want something chilled, you should go out and buy some yourself!"

After saying that, without waiting for Mr. Fujimine's reply, Yukiko quickly stepped aside to walk past her father and hurried towards the bathroom.

"Why did you take the barley tea to the bathroom?" Mr. Fujimine was even more confused.

"This doesn't taste good anymore, I'm going to throw it away!" Yukiko chuckled dryly and rushed into the bathroom as if fleeing.

Mr. Fujimine frowned and turned to look at his wife sitting on the sofa: "Why do I feel like Yukiko is acting strange tonight?"

"You noticed it too?" Madam Fujimine nodded in agreement. "The more I think about it, the more I feel that something is wrong with her."

"Was he bullied on set?" Mr. Fujimine guessed.

“Impossible,” Mrs. Fujimine shook her head. “Even for the sake of the two of us, no one would dare to bully her.”

At this point, she glanced thoughtfully towards her daughter's bedroom.
"Now that I think about it, it seems like Yukiko was hiding something in her room. When I was cleaning her room earlier, she was clearly afraid that I would find out."

"It can't be that they're hiding a boy, can it?" Mr. Fujimine joked, trying to ease the somewhat tense atmosphere.

"Do you think it's impossible?" Mrs. Fujimine glanced at her husband sideways.

"No way?" Mr. Fujimine's expression turned serious when he saw Mrs. Fujimine's stern face. "Should we go check on Yukiko's bedroom?"

"Don't rush," Mrs. Fujimine pressed her husband's arm, "Let's observe first, just in case we're overthinking it."

Yukiko, still in the bathroom, was unaware that her actions had aroused her parents' suspicion.

After emptying the bottle of liquid, she breathed a sigh of relief and left the bathroom to return to her bedroom.

Unexpectedly, as he passed through the living room, his parents called him to a stop.

"Is something the matter?" Yukiko asked guiltily, her eyes darting around.

"That Mr. Lin we met at the city hall last time, have you been in contact with him recently?" Mrs. Fujimine didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

"No, no!" Yukiko quickly shook her head like a rattle-drum. "I've been busy filming on set lately, I haven't had time to deal with him!"

"Really?" Madam Fujimine looked doubtful.

“Of course it’s true,” Yukiko chuckled dryly, a smile more like a grimace. “Alright, Mom, I’m so sleepy, I’m going back to my bedroom!”

After saying that, she hurriedly walked towards the bedroom.

Mr. Fujimine watched his daughter's retreating figure, his tense shoulders relaxing: "It's good that Yukiko isn't dating any boys. She's still too young."

"You believe everything she says?" Mrs. Fujimine said irritably. "Don't you even think about it? If she had nothing to do, why would she go home during filming?"

"You mean," Mr. Fujimine recalled his wife's earlier question, "that she went back to Beika because of that Hayashi Hideichi?"

"Otherwise what? Do you think they'd come back to see us?" Mrs. Fujimine scoffed.

"Alas, daughters grow up and leave home," Mr. Fujimine sighed. "Back then, you also secretly met with me often, keeping it a secret from your parents-in-law?"

"I must be out of my mind to have fallen for you!" Mrs. Fujimine glared at her husband. "It's fine for Yukiko to date, but she absolutely can't bring a boy home at this age. She's still young, what if something happens..." "We've met that Mr. Hayashi," Mr. Fujimine tried to defend Hayashi Hideichi. "He seems quite reliable, he shouldn't..."

“It seems reliable, but when the time comes, which man can resist?” Mrs. Fujimine reached out and pinched her husband’s waist, then stood up. “If you could have controlled yourself back then, Yukiko wouldn’t have been born.”

"Where are you going?" Mr. Fujimine asked, looking surprised.

"Where else could we go?" Mrs. Fujimine rolled her eyes at him. "Of course, we'll go check on our daughter's room again. I don't want to hold my grandson so soon!"

……

In the bedroom.

Yukiko and Hayashi Shuichi were already in bed, ready to rest.

Lin Xiuyi even set an alarm for the second half of the night, when the Fujimine couple should also be resting, so he could leave at that time.

"Are you really going to sleep like this?"

As Lin Xiuyi lay on the bed, she turned her head and saw the adorable teddy bear in front of her, completely oblivious to the girl on the other side.

"Of course I'm going to sleep like this!" Yukiko crossed her arms and gave a soft snort. "Don't forget what you promised me!"

“But this is too uncomfortable, we can’t even talk,” Lin Xiuyi suggested. “Why don’t we remove the doll in the middle?”

"No, what if you come closer without the plush toy in the middle?" Yukiko immediately objected warily, while gripping the teddy bear tightly with both hands.

"I swear!" Lin Xiuyi raised her hand, her eyes full of sincerity.

"I don't believe you!" Yukiko chuckled. "Once the plush toy is removed, will you swear again that you just wanted a hug and wouldn't do anything else? And then you'll say you just wanted to touch it, and then..."

By the end, the girl's face was flushed with embarrassment, and her voice grew softer and softer.

"You really know a lot, you're not easy to fool," Lin Xiuyi sighed, he had actually thought so just now.

The girl got up, lay on the teddy bear, leaned over to look at Lin Xiuyi's disappointed face, her bright eyes full of laughter.
"Hmph, you big pervert!"

Looking at her smiling face, Lin Xiuyi could no longer resist and suddenly reached out, wanting to pull the girl into his arms.

Yukiko giggled and quickly dodged in all directions.

Just as the two were playfully fighting, there was a sudden knock on the bedroom door.

"Yukiko? Who are you talking to?" Mrs. Fujimine's voice came from outside the door.

"N-Nobody's here!" Yukiko shuddered in fright, and the cheerful smile on her face vanished instantly.

"No one's here?" Mrs. Fujimine pressed. "Then how come I heard voices outside?"

Yukiko panicked immediately, unconsciously clutching the blanket with both hands, unsure of how to answer.

Lin Xiuyi quickly pointed to the script on the table.

The girl immediately understood: "I was memorizing my lines just now!"

"Really?" Mrs. Fujimine outside the door was clearly not convinced. "Open the door, I have something to tell you."

(End of this chapter)