Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

"I don't know much about movies, so I won't be of much help if I go with you."

Lin Xiu scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.
"Don't you have staff with you? They can go with you. If I go, I'll just get in the way."

"I just want you to come with me!"

Yukiko pouted, her tone tinged with grievance.

"Just think of it as being my bodyguard. You know, there are some really annoying people in the film industry. Yesterday at the movie press conference, someone..."

She paused halfway through her sentence, glancing at Lin Xiuyi to observe his reaction.

"Is someone bullying you?"

Lin Xiuyi immediately frowned, and his tone became serious.
"Who is it? Which director or actor? Tell me, I'm going to settle the score with him!"

"hey-hey,"

Seeing his nervous expression, Yukiko was secretly delighted.

The girl smiled and reached out to gently smooth Lin Xiuyi's furrowed brows, her tone tinged with a hint of smugness.

"No, it's just that an investor seemed interested in me and kept bothering me to chat. He even wanted to ask me out to dinner, but I ignored him, and he left in a huff."

"With you by my side, those guys definitely won't dare to bother me."

Do you know his name?

Lin Xiuyi was still a little worried and asked another question.
"If he harasses you again..."

“I wasn’t paying attention to what he was saying at all, and I’ve long forgotten his name.”

Yukiko contentedly wrapped her arm around Hayashi Hideichi's, gently resting her head on his shoulder, her tone slightly coquettish.

"Since you were so worried about me and even jealous just now, I'll let bygones be bygones for what happened this morning and generously forgive you!"

"It's clearly me who lost out, okay?"

Lin Xiuyi sighed helplessly, recalling the three conditions she had agreed to and the embarrassing incident that morning, and couldn't help but complain.

"You'll get used to that kind of thing sooner or later. I'm really losing out by having to agree to three of your conditions."

Before he could finish speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his waist.

Yukiko pinched him hard, her face turning bright red, glaring at him with a mixture of anger and embarrassment.
"What nonsense are you spouting! Who wants to get used to that kind of thing?! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll take back my forgiveness and make you agree to three more conditions!"

"Okay, okay, I won't say it anymore, I won't say it again," Lin Xiuyi quickly begged for mercy.

The two started playfully fighting on the bed in the bedroom. Yukiko would occasionally punch him, while Hayashi Shuichi would deliberately tease her. The embarrassment and unpleasantness from the morning gradually dissipated during this playful fight.

"Where do you think we should travel to?" Yukiko nestled against Hayashi Hideichi's chest, dreaming about their future trip. "Should we go to America to see the Statue of Liberty, or to France to visit the Eiffel Tower, or to Italy to eat authentic pizza and pasta?"

Lin Xiuyi watched her excited expression, gently stroking the girl's smooth, long hair with his fingers, and casually recited a line from a later generation's sarcastic remark about these countries.
"If you don't steal, you're not Italy; if you don't rob, you're not France; if you steal and rob, you're England; and if you finish off the robbed, you're America."

"It's not as exaggerated as you make it out to be!" Yukiko playfully punched his chest. "You're not thinking of backing out and not coming on the trip with me, are you? I'm really looking forward to it."

"Exaggeration?" Lin Xiuyi shook his head speechlessly. "Eri and I almost died on our trip to America. It's not an exaggeration at all."

"what happened?"

Yukiko sat up straight instantly, her look of anticipation replaced by surprise. "You encountered danger in America?"

"Don't you ever watch the news?" Lin Xiuyi patted her head helplessly. "There was a school shooting in the United States. Yingli and I were in a summer camp organized by that school, and then we got caught up in it."

"I've been busy filming a movie recently, leaving early and returning late every day, and I don't even have enough time to sleep."

Yukiko pouted angrily,
"I finally finished filming and was resting yesterday, but then I lost my necklace and encountered a thief. I'm not in the mood to watch the news."

Seeing her aggrieved expression, Lin Xiuyi's helplessness turned into heartache. He gently ruffled her hair and said softly:

"Alright, it's not your fault. Here's what happened..."

Just as he was about to recount his thrilling experiences in America, a crisp doorbell rang, shattering the cozy atmosphere in the bedroom.

Yukiko turned to look at the doorway in surprise: "Who is it? Coming at this hour?"

“It should be Reiko.” Lin Xiuyi got out of bed. “She went to that popular dessert shop next to the department store to buy dorayaki. She’s probably back now.”

When the door was opened, Lingzi was indeed standing outside.

The little girl's forehead was beaded with sweat, and she clutched a paper bag with the dessert shop's logo tightly in her hand. Upon seeing Lin Xiuyi, she immediately held the bag high, her face beaming with a look of smug satisfaction.

"Onii-chan! I bought it! This store was super crowded, I waited in line for ages to get it, and it's still warm!"

"Yes, Reiko is such a good girl. Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Xiuyi smiled and took the paper bag, reaching out to pat her head, but the little girl nimbly dodged him.

"Don't treat me like a child!"

Lingzi pouted in dissatisfaction, then threw herself into her brother's arms, rubbing her head against his chest, her tone slightly pleading.

"Onii-chan, I didn't dare stop on my way back, for fear that the dorayaki would get cold and not taste good. You should try it and see if it's the flavor you like."

"Okay, let's eat now." Lin Xiuyi patted her sister's shoulder affectionately.

"Reiko," Yukiko leaned closer and teased with a smile, "Going so far to buy snacks so early in the morning, aren't you being a bit greedy?"

"This isn't what I wanted to eat!"

Reiko immediately lifted her head from her brother's arms and retorted defiantly.
"My brother said this morning that he wanted to eat dorayaki from this place, so I made a special trip to buy it! I waited in line for more than half an hour, and my legs are sore."

"So it was you who was greedy." Yukiko rolled her eyes at Hayashi Hideichi. "You even made Reiko run so far. You really know how to order people around."

"Where's Eri-neechan?" Reiko looked around but couldn't see Eri. "Where did she go?"

"She had to go back first; she had some things to take care of at school," Lin Xiuyi quickly explained, her words even faster. "Alright, let's not talk about anything else. Let's eat our dorayaki quickly; I'm getting a little hungry."

"Glasses girl?" Yukiko raised an eyebrow. "She was here this morning? I thought she went home early last night."

"She didn't leave last night!"

Reiko, oblivious to her brother's nervousness, blurted out, her tone tinged with displeasure.

"And she slept in Onii-chan's bedroom last night. When I went in this morning, I still saw her lying in bed!" (End of Chapter)