Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Ono Kayoko remained seated, seemingly oblivious to what was happening.

Yoshida Aoi frowned with concern, then gently pushed her again, a little harder: "Kayoko!"

"what?"

Yoko Ono suddenly snapped out of her daze, her face showing a mixture of confusion and shock.

She blinked and looked at Yoshida Aoi: "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong with you today?" Yoshida Aoi looked at her with concern. "You look so pale. Are you feeling unwell? If you're really uncomfortable, why don't you go back to the hotel and rest? We can watch the Kabuki performance later."

Ono Kayoko's eyes flickered, and she quickly avoided Yoshida Aoi's probing gaze.

She rubbed her temples, her voice filled with exhaustion.
"...I'm fine, I just didn't sleep well last night and I'm not feeling well. Sorry, I'll go back to the hotel to rest now, you can take your time reading."

After saying that, without waiting for anyone else to respond, the girl got up and walked out of the theater.

Ono Kayoko's steps were somewhat unsteady, and her back view looked particularly forlorn.

"Ono, wait for me! I'll take you home!"

Upon seeing this, the Imperial Guard Commander immediately got up in a panic, wanting to chase after them.

In his haste to get up, he accidentally bumped into a chair next to him. A waiter carrying a tray was unable to dodge in time, and the edge of the tray knocked off Konoe Daiji's glasses.

With a soft "thud," the glasses fell onto the carpeted floor.

"Sorry! Sorry!"

While apologizing to the waiter, Konoe Daishi hurriedly bent down and groped around.

With severe myopia, his vision became completely blurry after losing his glasses, leaving him futilely searching aimlessly on the carpet.

After he finally managed to find his glasses and hurriedly put them back on, his vision cleared up. He then looked anxiously toward the door, but Ono Yoshiko was nowhere to be seen.

Konoe Daishi stared in the direction Ono Kayoko had left, his face full of disappointment and frustration, and he slumped down completely.

Seeing his expression, Maeda Yoto couldn't help but tease him, "Don't worry, she should be fine. It's too late for you to chase after her now, but you can just go to the hotel and wait for her!"

"Didn't Ono just say that she's going back to the hotel to rest? If you go now, you might still make it in time to bring her a hot drink."

"That's right! Why didn't I think of that!"

Konoe Daishi suddenly realized what was going on, immediately grabbed his coat, said to everyone, "I'm leaving now," and hurriedly ran out of the theater, his steps much lighter than before.

Kawada Yuko watched Konoe Taiji's retreating figure and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Anyone can see that Konoe has a crush on Kayoko, but he's still desperately trying to hide it. Wouldn't it be better if he just confessed sooner?"

Yoshida Aoi shook her head, her tone tinged with sympathy: "He's probably worried that he'll be rejected after confessing, and then he won't even be able to be friends with him anymore, so he's been too afraid to speak up."

"That's true."

Kawada Haeko nodded, glancing at Hattori Heizo beside her.
"It's a pity that Yoshiko likes a blockhead and didn't notice Konoe's feelings at all. Otherwise, this awkward love triangle would have ended long ago."

Hattori Heizo was deep in thought about the Mito family's affairs when he heard the words "love triangle." He looked up, his face full of confusion, and asked...
"A love triangle? Besides Konoe and Kayoko, who's the other one?"

Seeing his bewildered look, Kawada Haeko couldn't help but roll her eyes.

“And the other one is you, you blockhead! Every time Kayoko looks at you, her eyes are different. Don’t you even notice? You’re really wasting Kayoko’s feelings.” Hattori Heizo paused for a moment, then turned his head away somewhat uncomfortably, pretending to look at the stage: “Don’t talk nonsense. Kayoko and I are just ordinary classmates. How could she possibly like me?”

Just as everyone was making a ruckus, Tomizawa Chikage stormed in from outside the theater with a dark expression on her face.

Her hair was a little messy, and her cheeks were flushed with anger.

"Didn't you go to track Mito Hayato?" Lin Xiuyi asked with some surprise. "I thought you would stay with them and gather information. Why are you back so soon? Did something happen?"

Tomizawa Chikage took a deep breath, her voice full of annoyance: "...I followed them for a short distance and saw the two of them embracing and entering a love hotel!"

"How could I, a girl, possibly go into a place like that!"

"It's still broad daylight, how come those two..."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but stomp her foot, clearly quite angry.

"Love hotel?"

Kogoro Mouri's eyes lit up, and he immediately came closer.

"I can't believe Mito Hayato is so bold, daring to take his stepmother to a place like that. Betrayed by both his son and wife, Mito Shinzo is truly pitiful. Tsk tsk, this plot is even more exciting than a porn movie..."

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

"Ouch!"

Kogoro Mouri cried out in pain, grimacing as he turned his head, only to meet his girlfriend's fiery gaze.

Liuli pinched her boyfriend's waist hard, her pretty face frosty, and scolded him in a low voice.
"Don't say such nonsense in public! Be mindful of your behavior!"

She didn't want her boyfriend to look like a sleazy old man who was obsessed with low-class pleasures all day long.

"What son, what wife?"

Chikage Tomizawa was completely bewildered by their conversation. She had been following them and missed the most crucial information being revealed.
"What does the fact that those two went to a love hotel have to do with Shinzo Mito?"

“Chikage-nee, you weren’t here just now, so you didn’t know.” Midori Orikasa explained to her, “Miss Ikenami just told us that Miss Minamino is actually Mito Hayato’s father and Mito Shinzo’s wife. They just got married a month ago. Mito Hayato and Miss Minamino are actually stepson and stepmother.”

"what?!"

Tomizawa Chihaya was stunned, as if struck by lightning, and stood there for a long time without reacting.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't know what to say.

It took Tomizawa Chikage a while to recover. Pointing to the theater entrance, her voice was full of disbelief.

"So, Mito Hayato went to a love hotel with her stepmother? That's outrageous!"

At this point, she suddenly couldn't help but laugh, slapping her thigh and saying,

"Haha, Mito Shinzo deserves it! This is practically divine retribution for him!"

Lin Xiuyi shook his head helplessly as he looked at Tomizawa Chikage's angry yet amused expression.

Just then, the Kabuki performance on stage officially began... (End of Chapter)