Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 571 I'm a Good Kid

Although a peephole cannot allow outsiders to see clearly inside the house, it can still capture changes in light intensity.

Yui Murakami stood outside the door and saw a light suddenly flash through the peephole. She immediately concluded that someone inside was peeking through the peephole.

She was immediately annoyed and raised her hand to knock heavily on the door again.
"Lin Xiuyi, I know you're in there! What are you dawdling for? Open the door now!"

Lin Xiuyi, inside the house, sighed helplessly. Now that they had been discovered, hiding was no longer an option.

He could only adjust his coat around his waist to make sure there were no flaws before reaching out and turning the lock.

"What are you dawdling about?"

As soon as the door opened, Murakami Yui frowned and glared at Lin Xiuyi, her tone carrying a hint of dissatisfaction.

"I've been waiting at the door for so long, did you just hear the knocking?"

"Sorry, teacher," Lin Xiuyi forced a look of confusion and weariness on her face, as if she had just been woken up. "I just woke up and I'm still a little groggy, so I didn't react immediately."

"You don't look like you just woke up."

Murakami Yui pursed her lips, her gaze drifting over the students' shoulders as she tried to peek inside the room.

"What? Why are you blocking the doorway? Don't you want me to come in?"

Lin Xiuyi's heart tightened, and she quickly turned around to look.

Seeing that Eri had quietly closed the bedroom door, he breathed a sigh of relief, stepped aside to make way for the doorway, and forced a smile.
"How could that be? Please come in, teacher."

Seeing Yui Murakami enter the house, Kogoro Mouri, who was standing on the stairs, breathed a sigh of relief and quickly and quietly retreated to the third floor.

As soon as Lin Xiuyi closed the door, she turned around and saw Murakami Yui scanning the living room, as if checking for anything unusual.

There seemed to be a faint, sweet fragrance lingering in the air, unlike the smell of breakfast, more like... a young girl's shower gel or skincare product.

She looked suspiciously at the slightly messy sofa and the dishes on the dining table that hadn't been completely cleared away.

"You don't...have anything hidden in your house, do you?" Murakami Yui asked, half-jokingly and half-seriously. "Even though it's summer vacation and the school isn't too strict about your personal time, you still can't do whatever you want. Especially at your age, you're most prone to impulsiveness..."

"Don't worry, teacher," Lin Xiuyi quickly assured him, "I'm a good child, how could I do anything reckless?"

"Are you a good child?"

Murakami Yui scoffed, her tone full of disbelief.
"If you were a good child, there would be no bad children in the world."

Lin Xiuyi felt a little embarrassed by what was said and quickly changed the subject: "Teacher, what brings you here so early in the morning? You didn't just come to tease me, did you?"

"Do you think I wanted to come?"

Yui Murakami looked helpless and took a document out of her bag.
"It's because the school is worried about you students who went to the US for summer camp, because the shooting incident there left you with psychological trauma. They asked me to visit each of your homes to check on your mental state."

“I’m fine, teacher,” Lin Xiuyi quickly said. “I’ve been helping the Metropolitan Police Department with cases before, and I’m used to all kinds of murder scenes. The school shooting incident in the United States didn’t affect me at all, so don’t worry.”

"Shouldn't that be the more problematic thing?"

Upon hearing this, Murakami Yui not only didn't feel relieved, but instead frowned and her expression became serious.

“Normal children, at your age, would be more or less affected and suffer psychological trauma from such a life-threatening incident.” “The parents of the students I visited yesterday said that their children still have nightmares at night and seem somewhat dazed during the day.”

"Your... being too calm seems abnormal."

“Teacher, I’m different from ordinary students,” Lin Xiuyi explained. “I often deal with cases, so my psychological resilience is much stronger than that of the average person. In addition, the Metropolitan Police Department has professional psychologists. If I have any problems, I can consult them at any time. You don’t need to worry about me.”

Murakami Yui remained silent for a moment. Seeing that Lin Xiuyi looked calm and didn't seem to be lying, she nodded, picked up her pen, and filled in "Mental state normal" in Lin Xiuyi's column on the document.

"Teacher, since there's no problem, then you might as well..."

Lin Xiuyi stood to the side, leaning slightly forward, clearly indicating that he was seeing the guest off.

All he wanted now was for Murakami Yui to leave so he could continue being alone with Kisaki Eri.

"Hey, are you so eager for me to leave?" Murakami Yui said irritably. "I came all morning to see you, it must have been really tiring. And what do you do? You can't even afford to pour your teacher a glass of water? Is this how you treat your teacher?"

As she spoke, she deliberately rubbed her temples, feigning exhaustion.

"Teacher, you've worked so hard! I'll get you some water right away!"

Lin Xiuyi said quickly and turned to run towards the kitchen.

He had just stepped into the kitchen when he heard Murakami Yui's voice coming from the living room.

"This meat bun looks good. I haven't had breakfast yet, so I'll try one first."

When Lin Xiuyi came out of the kitchen with a water glass, she saw Murakami Yui eating a meat bun with relish, nodding occasionally.
"It tastes really good. Which store did you buy it from? I'll buy some too."

Just as Lin Xiuyi was about to answer, he saw Murakami Yui's gaze fall on the floor.

Eri hadn't had time to clean up the milk she spilled on the floor, leaving a white mark that stretched from the living room all the way to the bedroom door.

"That was milk I accidentally spilled while eating breakfast, and I haven't had time to wipe it up yet," Lin Xiuyi quickly explained, afraid that the teacher would become suspicious.

"Really?"

Yui Murakami glanced at the milk stain, then looked towards the bedroom, but didn't ask any further questions, perhaps thinking it was just a minor matter.

But her gaze quickly fell on Lin Xiuyi's coat at her waist.

"By the way, why are you wearing a coat around your waist while you're at home? Even though it's morning, the temperature isn't low. Aren't you hot wearing that?"

"This……"

Lin Xiuyi couldn't think of a good excuse for a moment, so she could only make one up on the spot.
"It was a bit cold when I first woke up, so I put on a jacket, thinking I'd take it off later."

"cold?"

Murakami Yui chuckled as if she had heard something unbelievable, and pointed to the bright sunlight outside the window.

"Are you still half asleep? Even though it's morning, the weather forecast said it would be very hot today. The air conditioning isn't on in the room, how could you possibly be cold?"

At this point, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked behind Lin Xiuyi with a surprised expression, as if she had seen something incredible.

(End of this chapter)