Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Lin Xiuyi held a dinner knife and carefully cut the cream-covered birthday cake into even pieces.

Suddenly, he felt a light touch on his elbow. He turned his head and met Eri Kisaki's eyes, which were filled with a sly smile.

"You really know how to act," Eri Kisaki said, raising her chin slightly with undisguised sarcasm. "You've been acting all excited since you walked in the door. You're really into it."

Where did I act?

Lin Xiuyi blinked innocently, her hand still slowly slicing with the knife.

"Shouldn't you be happy to see so many friends celebrating your birthday?"

"Hmph, you think I can't see through it?"

Eri Kisaki gave a soft hum, leaned forward, and lowered her voice.

"You already guessed we were preparing a birthday surprise for you, didn't you? Even though we were already downstairs at your apartment building, you deliberately dawdled for a while before coming up. Did you think I didn't notice?"

"My Eri is the smartest; she can see right through you."

Lin Xiuyi smiled, put down her knife, picked up a small spoon, scooped up a piece of chocolate-covered cake, and held it to Fei Yingli's lips.

"Keep this to yourself, and don't tell anyone else, or you'll disappoint others."

“I’m not stupid,” Eri Kisaki rolled her eyes at him, then opened her mouth and ate the cake.

Then, following Lin Xiuyi's example, she scooped up a piece of cake with strawberries and handed it over.

"Here, try this. I asked the chef to add extra strawberries."

The fact that the two of them were whispering to each other was already quite eye-catching, but now that they were openly feeding each other cake immediately made others unhappy.

"Onii-chan, I want one too!"

Like a nimble little eel, Lingzi darted between the two, opened her mouth, and stared intently at the cake in Lin Xiuyi's hand.
"what--"

Yukiko, who had just come out of the kitchen carrying a fruit platter, also walked over quickly, puffing out her cheeks, and glaring at Hayashi Hideichi with her hands on her hips.

"I know, I know."

Lin Xiuyi nodded with amusement, picked up a spoon and scooped up a piece of cream from the top. He fed Lingzi a bite first, and the little girl immediately squinted her eyes in satisfaction.

Then he looked at Yukiko and was about to pick up his spoon when she stopped him.

"Use mine!"

Yukiko handed him the spoon from her plate.

"I don't want anything that the girl with glasses has used."

"Heh," Eri Kisaki curled her lip dismissively, slowly wiping her mouth with a tissue. "How many of Shuichi's firsts were mine? Do you want to hear about them? Still trying to avoid me?"

"you!"

Yukiko gritted her teeth in anger—Damn it, so what if they're childhood friends!

Isn't it said that a gift from heaven always wins over a childhood sweetheart?
Why does it not work at all for her?
"Alright, today is my birthday."

Lin Xiuyi quickly took Yukiko's spoon, scooped up a piece of cake covered with mango chunks, and held it to her lips, trying to smooth things over.
"Please, both of you, stop arguing for my sake, okay?"

The two girls gave a soft snort at the same time, which was a way of giving Lin Xiu face. Although they still turned their faces away from each other, they did not continue to make sarcastic remarks as usual.

Lin Xiuyi had just breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the atmosphere had finally become more harmonious, when two spoons were simultaneously handed to him.

Eri Kisaki's spoon is filled with cake covered in chocolate shavings. Yukiko's spoon is topped with a whole strawberry.

The two girls shouted in unison, "Shuichi, eat mine!"

Their voices were clear and crisp, their movements were synchronized, and even the expectation in their eyes was identical.

No matter which side you eat first, it will definitely make the other side angry!
Lin Xiu felt a chill run down her spine, and almost dropped the spoon in her hand.

Fortunately, he has a caring younger sister.

Seeing that Eri and Yukiko were vying to feed their brother cake again, Reiko immediately scooped up a large spoonful of cake and handed it to him, not wanting to be outdone.
"Ouni..."

Before she could even utter the word "sauce," Lin Xiuyi had already swiftly opened her mouth and devoured the cake that Lingzi was spooning in one bite.

"you!"

Eri Kisaki and Yukiko both widened their eyes at the same time.

“The cake that Lingzi scooped was too big, and I was worried it would fall,” Lin Xiuyi explained with an embarrassed smile. “It’s not good to waste food.”

Tch, you womanizer, you'll get what's coming to you sooner or later!
Sitting on the sofa, Akane Koizumi saw everything clearly. While eating her cake in small bites, she secretly drew circles around Lin Xiuyi in her mind.

Not far away, Narumi and Furuya Rei, the two little ones, had already eaten themselves into little smears, with cream stuck to their noses, chocolate sauce on their mouths, and even cake crumbs on their foreheads.

Tomizawa Chikage helplessly wiped their faces with wet wipes.

Just as she finished cleaning the two little ones' faces, Tomizawa Chikage looked up and saw Orikasa Midori holding a spoon, her eyes glancing at Hayashi Shuichi from time to time. She hadn't eaten much cake, and her cheeks were flushed, clearly wanting to go over but too embarrassed to do so.

Tomizawa Chikage glanced at the four people huddled together eating cake and found them quite an eyesore, so she hatched a mischievous plan.

She quietly moved closer to Midori Orikasa.

Seeing that Eri and Yukiko were offering the cake to Hideaki again, waiting for him to make a choice.

Tomizawa Chikage deliberately slipped, exclaimed "Ouch!" and reached out to "frantically" help Orikasa Midori next to her, but actually gave her a push.

Caught off guard, Midori Orikasa only had time to exclaim in surprise and instinctively raise the cake in her hand, but her body uncontrollably crashed into Hideaki Hayashi.

With a soft "bang," she bumped into Lin Xiuyi's arms, and the cake in her hand flew out, tracing an arc in the air, and landed steadily on Lin Xiuyi's head like a small hat.

Cream dripped down his hair, chocolate chips landed on his shoulders, and even his nose was smeared with pink strawberry jam.

"Haha... I'm so sorry," Tomizawa Chikage covered her mouth, her shoulders shaking with laughter. "I... I didn't mean to, my foot slipped..."

"senior……"

Orikasa Midori hurriedly pulled a tissue from her pocket and stood on tiptoe to try and wipe the cake off Hayashi Hideichi's head.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"Why wipe it off?" Tomizawa Chikage winked at Orikasa Midori teasingly. "Why not just feed it to him? Midori, wasn't that what you were thinking of doing just now?"

"Sister Qianying!"

Midori's face flushed bright red instantly. She stamped her foot in embarrassment, "Stop teasing me!"

Although Lin Xiuyi's head was covered by the cake and most of his vision was obscured by cream, he was secretly delighted.

At least, Eri and Yukiko are busy cleaning his hair right now and don't have time to force him to choose one side.

This little farce was witnessed by Kogoro Mouri and Ruri, who were hiding in the corner of the living room. (End of Chapter)