Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

"what?"

Yukiko's eyes widened instantly, and she turned sharply to look at Hayashi Hideichi, her voice filled with surprise and disbelief.
"You, you and the girl with glasses... you slept together last night!"

The girl's voice trembled slightly. Although she had long known that Lin Xiuyi and Fei Yingli were childhood sweethearts with an ambiguous relationship, she still couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy when she heard that the two were "sleeping in the same room".

"It's not what you think!" Lin Xiuyi quickly waved his hand. "I slept at Kogoro's house last night. Eri slept in my bedroom because it was too late yesterday."

To convince Yukiko, Hayashi Hideichi briefly recounted what happened the previous night.

After Eri Kisaki stayed overnight, he worried that it would be inconvenient for a man and a woman to be alone in a room, so he went to Kogoro Mouri's house and didn't return until the morning.

Seeing that he was so nervous his forehead was almost sweating, Yukiko's doubts gradually dissipated, but she still let out a soft hum, her tone carrying a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Even so, you shouldn't have let her stay at your house overnight! If word gets out, people will easily misunderstand, and you won't be able to clear your name even if you jump into the Tone River."

"Okay, okay, I promise I won't do it again."

Lin Xiu nodded hurriedly, like a primary school student admitting his mistake, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Reiko, watching the interaction between the two, secretly smiled.

The little girl is quite clever. She deliberately brought up the matter of Eri Kisaki staying overnight in front of Yukiko just now, hoping that Yukiko would "reprimand" Hayashi Shuichi.

Seeing that Yukiko had helped her achieve her goal, Reiko picked up a steaming dorayaki and handed it to her with a smile.
"Yukiko-neechan, try this! This shop has a lot of red bean paste filling, it's sweet but not cloying, it's so delicious! When I was in line, a lot of people bought several."

Yukiko took the dorayaki, took a bite, and felt the delicate outer skin wrapping around a generous amount of red bean paste filling. The sweetness slowly melted in her mouth, and her mood gradually improved.

She glanced at Lingzi's obedient appearance, then at Lin Xiuyi beside her who was looking at her with a fawning expression, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Yes, it is indeed quite delicious."

Seeing Yukiko regain her usual smile, Hayashi Hideichi finally felt completely relieved and picked up a dorayaki, taking a bite as well.

But he has never been a big fan of sweets, finding them too sweet. He ate one and then put it down, leaning back on the sofa and rubbing his stomach.

I haven't digested the meat buns I ate this morning, and now I've eaten a dorayaki. I'm already feeling a bit full.

"Onii-chan, why aren't you eating anymore?" Reiko noticed that he put down the dorayaki. "Didn't you say this morning that you really wanted to eat this dorayaki? Why did you only eat one and then stop?"

"One is enough to satisfy my craving, I..."

Before Lin Xiuyi could finish speaking, he saw a hint of disappointment flash across Lingzi's face, her small lips pouting slightly, and her eyes filled with grievance.
"Onii-chan, I queued up for almost half an hour to buy these. You should at least eat a few more."

Seeing her younger sister's aggrieved expression, Lin Xiuyi's heart softened immediately.

"Okay! I'll eat! I'll have a few more!"

He picked up the paper bag, opened it, and found that there were actually six or seven dorayaki inside.

Yukiko and Reiko don't have big appetites. After each eating one, they couldn't eat anymore, and he obviously had to "finish" the rest.

Why did this girl buy so much...?

Lin Xiuyi sighed helplessly and could only pick up a dorayaki and force himself to eat it.

With each dorayaki he ate, he felt the burden on his stomach increase, the cloying sweetness filling his mouth and esophagus, making him wince in discomfort. But seeing Reiko's expectant eyes, he didn't want to disappoint his sister, and he was even more worried that she would doubt his motives for asking her to buy dorayaki that morning, so he could only eat one bite after another.

Whenever he tried to slow down or showed a hint of reluctance, Reiko's big eyes, as if asking, "Onii-chan, is it good?" would immediately look over.

It's really self-inflicted, it's unbearable...

After finally managing to stuff the last dorayaki into his mouth, Lin Xiuyi leaned back on the sofa, clutching his stomach, his face pale.

His stomach was already protesting after the meat buns he had for breakfast, plus these seven or eight dorayaki.

"Onii-chan, is it not good?" Reiko noticed his expression was off. "Is it too sweet? Don't you like it?"

"It's delicious...it's really delicious..."

Lin Xiuyi forced a smile that looked more like a grimace, and squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth.
"It's just... it's a bit too dry, it's a bit choking..."

"Dry?"

Lingzi's eyes lit up, and she immediately got up and ran to the kitchen. She quickly took a carton of milk from the refrigerator and handed it to Lin Xiuyi.

"Onii-chan, drink some milk! Milk will soothe your throat and make it feel less dry."

"Milk... ugh!"

Sitting to the side, Yukiko, upon hearing the word "milk," almost reflexively recalled the embarrassing and infuriating scene from the bathroom that morning!
That slightly warm, sticky texture, that faint, fishy smell...

A strong sense of psychological discomfort swept over me again like a tsunami!

She suddenly covered her mouth, gagged, and without bothering to explain, stood up and rushed to the bathroom, leaving behind a puzzled Lingzi and a stiff-faced Lin Xiuyi.

"What's wrong with her?" Reiko asked, puzzled.

As Lin Xiuyi watched Yukiko's hasty retreat, and then thought back to the "incident" that morning, he felt both embarrassed and amused.

He suppressed the urge to twitch his lips and said in a serious tone, "Maybe...maybe she's allergic to milk? Hmm, that must be it."

"Allergic to milk?"

Reiko lowered her head, looked at the perfectly packaged, seemingly normal carton of milk in her hand with a puzzled expression, and muttered something under her breath.
"That's so strange..."

Then, she looked up and moved the milk towards Lin Xiuyi.
"Onii-chan, aren't you thirsty? Hurry up and drink!"

"This……"

Lin Xiuyi looked at the carton of milk and felt a wave of nausea wash over her.

He was so bloated that he felt it was a burden to drink even a sip of water, let alone milk.

But under his sister's pure and expectant gaze, he simply couldn't bring himself to refuse.

Lin Xiuyi reluctantly took the milk carton, inserted the straw, and, with a feeling of going to the execution ground, carefully took a small sip.

The cool, rich liquid slid down my throat, but instead of relieving the fullness in my stomach, it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, instantly triggering a strong urge to vomit! (End of Chapter)