Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

"Still want to run?!"

Upon seeing this, Kogoro Mouri felt a surge of righteous indignation and rolled up his sleeves, ready to rush forward and stop this "shameless pervert."

However, just as he was about to take a step, his arm was suddenly grabbed by Lin Xiuyi beside him!

"Don't go there!"

"Why?!"

Kogoro Mouri turned around with a look of surprise, staring at his friend in bewilderment.

"That guy must be feeling guilty! Otherwise, why would he run away? Isn't it the right thing to catch this kind of social scum?"

Lin Xiuyi didn't answer directly, but lowered his voice and pointed ahead.

"Take a look at the woman who complained that she was touched, and pay attention to her expression."

Despite his doubts, Kogoro Mouri did as he was told and looked up. Taking advantage of his height, he looked over the crowd and quickly found the woman who had claimed to have been harassed.

At this moment, her face did not show the grievances, anger, or shock that a victim should have. Instead, she looked around nervously with shifty eyes, as if observing the development of the situation and the movement of the crowd.

When her gaze inadvertently met Kogoro Mouri's probing eyes, she immediately turned her head away in a panic, as if burned, avoiding his gaze.

"Uh... okay, something seems off."

Kogoro Mouri wasn't completely stupid; after being reminded by Shuichi Hayashi, he also keenly noticed the strangeness in the woman's expression.

Just as he began to have doubts, the woman who was being protected behind the crowd suddenly moved.

She squeezed through the wall of people blocking her way and quickly walked to the man who had just been blocked by other passengers who had rushed over after hearing the news.

Immediately afterwards, her face was filled with an apologetic and embarrassed smile as she repeatedly bowed and apologized to the indignant passengers around her.

"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry, everyone! It's all my fault!"

Her voice carried a deliberate hint of regret.
"Actually...actually he's my friend! We were just arguing. I was angry with him, so I hit him in a moment of impulse, and...and I even said those things to him on purpose to embarrass him...I'm so sorry for causing trouble for everyone!"

This sudden reversal silenced the entire carriage for a moment, before erupting into even louder discussions.

"What? Friends?"

"What's going on! It turns out it's just a couple arguing?"

"Seriously, what a waste of our feelings!"

Are you treating us like monkeys?

When the well-meaning passengers heard that the two were actually friends, they were furious that the woman had deceived and taken advantage of their sense of justice, and they all complained.

But after all, this is their "family matter," and it's not appropriate for outsiders to interfere too much.

The passengers who had been holding the man down tightly eventually released him amidst complaints.

Hearing the complaints and whispers of those around them, the man and woman were clearly too embarrassed to stay in the carriage any longer.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I've disturbed everyone..." The woman kept bowing and apologizing while reaching out to pull the man who had just been freed and was still angry. With her head down, she tried to leave the carriage quickly and walk towards the carriages behind.

However, when they hurriedly walked to the connecting area between the carriages, where Lin Xiuyi and Mouri Kogoro were standing, they found that their path was blocked by two tall young men.

"Excuse me, gentlemen, please make way." The woman looked up, forcing a smile, and said politely.

Lin Xiuyi, with his hands in his pockets and leaning slightly against the carriage wall, slowly shook his head.
"Well... I'm afraid that won't work."

"What do you mean?!"

Before the woman could speak, the man beside her had already spoken angrily, seemingly still consumed by the anger of being slandered and surrounded.
"Didn't you hear what she just said? We're friends! That was all a misunderstanding! There was no pervert involved at all! Get out of the way!"

As he spoke, the man impatiently tried to shove Lin Xiuyi, who was blocking his way, aside with his shoulder.

Passengers nearby, witnessing this scene, also spoke up:
"Young man, let it go, they all say it's a misunderstanding."

"That's right, it's just friends arguing, don't block the way."

"Let them pass."

Despite the crowd's persuasion and the man's reckless actions, Lin Xiuyi remained rooted to the spot, unmoved.

He smiled slightly, his sharp gaze sweeping over the man and woman before him, his voice carrying clearly throughout the entire carriage.

"I think you may have misunderstood. The reason I stopped these two people and wanted to hand them over to the next police station was not because of any 'pervert' incident."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Xiuyi's hand shot out with lightning speed and precisely grabbed the woman's wrist!
At the same time, his other hand moved like a snake emerging from its hole, heading straight for the bulging pocket on the side of the woman's coat!
"What are you doing! This is indecent assault!"

The woman was startled when her wrist was grabbed, then let out an even sharper scream and struggled desperately!

"Bastard! Let her go!"

Seeing this, the man became even more furious and tried to push Lin Xiuyi away with his fist, but Mouri Kogoro, who was prepared, stepped forward and used his stronger body to block him firmly, and then used his backhand to forcefully press the man against the side of the carriage wall!
"Behave yourself!" Although Kogoro Mouri didn't fully understand what was going on, he had absolute trust in Shuichi Hayashi's judgment.

The woman's struggles were futile in the face of Lin Xiuyi's power.

His hand swiftly reached into the woman's pocket, and almost instantly pulled out two leather wallets of different styles that clearly did not belong to her!

Lin Xiuyi held the two wallets high, facing the passengers in the carriage who were all stunned by this series of reversals, and asked loudly,

"Whose wallet is this?! Has anyone lost their wallet?!"

The passengers who had just been criticizing Lin Xiuyi for meddling were now completely bewildered.

In the crowd, the male passenger who had been the first to stand up and shield the woman from the "pervert" suddenly changed his expression, instinctively reached for his back pocket, and then screamed in horror:

"My wallet! My wallet is gone! That...that brown leather one, it looks like mine!"

Almost simultaneously, the middle-aged woman who had previously stood in front of the woman and righteously rebuked the "pervert" also gasped in surprise.

"Oh my god! My wallet is gone too! That black women's wallet is mine!"

The two hurriedly pushed their way through the crowd, took their wallets from Lin Xiuyi, and quickly checked the documents and cash inside. They immediately confirmed that these were indeed the items that had been stolen from them! (End of Chapter)