Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 328 It's a man's nature to want to see swimsuit beauties!
The next day, Teitan High School.

As soon as Lin Xiuyi reached her seat, she felt a sharp gaze shooting at her from behind.

He turned his head slightly and caught a glimpse of Akane Koizumi staring intently at him, her fair cheeks flushed slightly with anger.

When Akane Koizumi first transferred to the school, she sat at Yukiko's desk and chair.

Later, due to Yukiko's protests and dissatisfaction, Hayashi Shuichi went to the school's warehouse and moved a set of tables and chairs for Koizumi Akane.

It just so happened that the two of them had agreed to ignore each other at that time.

Akane Koizumi then moved her desk and chair to the "main" seat in the last row by the window in the classroom.

That position was directly behind Lin Xiuyi.

For the rest of the morning, Lin Xiuyi could feel the scorching gaze coming from behind him.

Whenever he pretended to turn his head casually, he would always see the witch's angry gaze.

……

"Shuichi, didn't you say that Koizumi helped you yesterday?"

During his lunch break, Kogoro Mouri ate his curry rice while mumbling a question.

"But your relationship doesn't seem to be very good. The way she looks at you is like you owe her a lot of money?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiuyi paused slightly with her chopsticks in her hand. She scratched her face guiltily.

I do owe her two things, including what happened last night...

"You didn't agree to anything with her, did you?"

Eri Kisaki keenly sensed something was off about her childhood friend. She put down her lunchbox and pushed up her glasses.

"...In exchange for her help with divination, I promised to do two things for her,"

Seeing that she couldn't hide it any longer, Lin Xiu simply told the truth.

As for what happened last night, of course we'll try to keep it a secret if we can.

Even if he's not the one who suffers the loss, he'll definitely be in trouble if Eri finds out that Akane Koizumi kissed his butt.

"Two conditions? You're really generous!" Eri Kisaki rolled her eyes at him, annoyed.

“There was no other way at the time,” Lin Xiuyi said helplessly, spreading his hands. “Xiao Lü only knew that her friend had gone missing and that it was related to Beihu’s delinquency. There were no other clues, so I could only try anything in desperation.”

"What if she asks something outrageous?" Kogoro Mouri winked mischievously. "Like, asking you to be her boyfriend or something?"

"Impossible!" Eri Kisaki slammed her hand on the table and stood up abruptly.

At the same time, Akane Koizumi, who was sitting diagonally behind her, also stood up with a "bang," her chair scraping loudly on the floor.

"Who wants that bastard Lin Xiuyi as their boyfriend?!" Akane Koizumi shouted, her face flushed, her voice trembling slightly with excitement.

That shout was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, and the classroom fell silent instantly.

All eyes were on Lin Xiuyi and Koizumi Akane, and the air seemed to freeze for a few seconds.

Moments later, whispers spread like wildfire.

"Was Koizumi abandoned by Hayashi Xiuyi after they started something?"

"Lin Xiuyi is such a scumbag! Not only are he involved with Eri Kisaki and Yukiko Fujimine, but now he's even messing around with the new transfer student..."

"What a beast! Why are all three of the prettiest girls in school involved with him?! Why doesn't anyone like me?!"

……

The whispers among her classmates caused Akane Koizumi's face to turn from red to white, and then from white to green.

Finally, with red eyes and a face full of grievance, she rushed out of the classroom.

"It looks like Koizumi-san is crying?" Kogoro Mouri, with his sharp eyes, pointed to the door and said.

"Really?"

Lin Xiu instinctively glanced in the direction Koizumi Akane had left, but his view was blocked by Kisaki Eri's suddenly close face. The girl stared at him expressionlessly, her eyes behind her glasses flashing with a dangerous light: "You're worried already?"

"No! How could I possibly worry about her?" Lin Xiuyi chuckled dryly. "Didn't you see how awful her attitude was towards me just now?"

Eri Kisaki clearly didn't believe it. After snorting, she sat back down and poked at the food in her bento box.

"By the way, the weather's getting hotter and hotter lately, how about we go swimming this weekend?" Kogoro Mouri tried to ease the tension.

As he spoke, he fanned himself with his hand, and a small patch of his shirt collar was already soaked with sweat.

"You really want to go swimming because it's hot?" Lin Xiuyi looked at her friend with annoyance. "You obviously just want to see pretty girls in swimsuits again, don't you?"

"Hehe, that was me before," Kogoro Mouri said, patting his chest. "Now I'm taken, so how could I still have such thoughts?"

"Do you believe what he said?" Lin Xiuyi turned to look at Fei Yingli.

The girl rolled her eyes: "A leopard can't change its spots."

"Hey, why are you yelling at me again for no reason!"

Kogoro Mouri protested, then shamelessly argued back.

"It's in a man's nature to want to see beautiful women in swimsuits! Men who don't like to look at them either have psychological or physiological problems!"

After saying that, he stared at Lin Xiuyi meaningfully, his eyes full of provocation.

"...Go then."

What could Lin Xiuyi say but nod?
"But I won't go to the swimming pool. It's too crowded there in the summer, and it's not very interesting."

"If we don't go to the swimming pool, where should we go?" Kogoro Mouri looked surprised, forgetting to chew the food in his mouth.

Eri, standing next to her, also cast a questioning glance.

“Of course we’ll go to the beach,” Lin Xiuyi suggested. “The izakaya is closed this weekend, so let’s go to the beach for two days. I’ll cover all the expenses, how about it?”

"Shuichi!"

Kogoro Mouri excitedly hugged his friend tightly, almost choking him.

"You're truly my good brother!"

"He spends money recklessly as soon as he has a little bit of it!"

Eri glared at her childhood friend, but the slight upturn at the corners of her mouth showed that she was also satisfied with the suggestion.

Just as the three were excitedly discussing their weekend plans, a girl in the classroom suddenly stood up, clutching her stomach, her face as pale as paper: "What's wrong... my stomach suddenly hurts so much..."

She hunched over and ran out of the classroom in a panic.

Immediately following, as if in a chain reaction, students in the classroom cried out in pain and rushed out of the classroom to the toilet.

In the blink of an eye, the once bustling classroom became empty.

"What happened?" Kogoro Mouri's eyes widened. "Why does everyone have a stomachache?"

"Could it be food poisoning?" Eri asked with concern.

"Impossible, how many of them ate lunches they brought from home..."

Before Lin Xiu could finish speaking, she suddenly sneezed.

He rubbed his nose and suddenly realized something.

At this moment, Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mouri also changed their expressions.

The girl frowned, her slender fingers pressing tightly against her abdomen, while Kogoro Mouri knelt down on the ground, groaning with his forehead against the table.

"My stomach is starting to hurt too..." Eri Kisaki endured the pain and staggered out of the classroom.

Kogoro Mouri, clutching his stomach and hunching over, followed...

(End of this chapter)