Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 120 The Girl with Purple Hair

It’s strange. If the other party was taking revenge, why would they pour out the soil separately?
Lin Xiu looked puzzled and found a wooden stick to dig at the soil.

Seeing this, Wangcai also came forward to help, digging with his dog paws.

Lin Xiuyi hurriedly tried to drive it away. Wangcai whimpered in grievance and turned his head to smell the discarded flowers and flower pots nearby.

"How is it, senior, have you found anything?" Orikasa Midori asked expectantly.

Lin Xiuyi pointed at the dirt, flowers, and flower pots with a wooden stick and asked, "Have you cleaned it up, or has it always been like this?"

"This is what it looked like this this morning when my mother and I came here," Orikasa Midori explained. "My mother just picked out some flowers and plants that hadn't died yet and might be saved and replanted them."

"By the way, Senior," the girl leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Do you think it was those hooligans from a few days ago who did it?"

Orikasa Midori was talking about the hooligans who tried to rob her but were taught a lesson instead. Lin Xiuyi even injured his forearm while trying to save her.

"Impossible," Lin Xiuyi shook his head. "The officer in charge told me that he won't be able to leave the Mihua Police Station for at least ten days or half a month."

"If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have offended anyone recently," Orikasa Midori muttered softly.

"Really?" Lin Xiu asked with a smile, "You haven't gone out to rob in the past two days?"

"Senior, how could I possibly do such a thing!" Orikasa Midori blushed as she defended herself, "They robbed me first last time, so I did that..."

"No matter what, don't do that kind of thing again," Lin Xiuyi warned. "Legally speaking, what you did is also considered robbery. Do you understand?"

"...I understand," Orikasa Midori responded somewhat unconvinced.

Lin Xiuyi and the girl weren't close enough to lecture each other, so he didn't say anything more and continued to think about the flower shop incident: "They deliberately separated the soil and flowers, as if they were looking for something in the soil..."

Having said this, he turned his head and looked around.
"Have you sold any of the flowers and plants outside or near the door these days?"

Orikasa Midori took inventory and said, "I think we sold quite a bit of champagne mint and lemon balm."

"Are these sold with the flower pots?" Lin Xiuyi asked.

"Of course," the girl said affirmatively, "I bought these to grow myself, so they must come with pots."

"Who did you sell it to? Do you know?" Lin Xiuyi asked.

"I'll have to ask Mom about that," Orikasa Midori thought for a moment, "I don't remember ever selling these two."

Lin Xiuyi walked out of the flower shop and asked Mrs. Orikasa about the customer who bought champagne mint and lemon balm.
"It was sold yesterday. I don't know the details of the customer," Mrs. Orikasa shook her head, "but I heard from them that it seemed to be sent to the amusement park. Maybe they need it for a store opening there."

"What kind of people usually buy these two plants..."

Lin Xiu had just asked half of his question when Wangcai, who had followed him out of the flower shop, suddenly started barking at a middle-aged bald man in the crowd.

"Stupid dog, stop making noise..." Lin Xiuyi scolded, but then he had an idea.

Wangcai had just sniffed the destroyed flowers and flower pots, and now he reacted so strongly. Could it be that he smelled the scent of the criminal?
"Sir, you..."

Lin Xiuyi was about to step forward to stop the bald man, but the other party quickly turned around and fled to the opposite street.

This was clearly a cover-up. Lin Xiuyi quickly ran after him, but Wangcai even got there first, running across the street and biting his calf. The bald man screamed in pain. At that moment, a motorcycle scurried out from the alley next to him and stopped beside him. The rider, holding an iron bar, struck Wangcai on the head.

"Stupid dog, let go!" Lin Xiuyi shouted hurriedly.

The criminal can be caught later. If Wangcai dies, he won’t be able to explain to Lingzi.

After hearing the order, Wangcai stopped struggling with the prisoner and immediately let go and jumped back, avoiding the attack of the iron rod and ran back to Lin Xiuyi.

The bald man took the opportunity to get on his companion's motorcycle, and the two of them quickly drove away.

Lin Xiuyi wanted to remember the license plate number so that it would be easier to investigate later, but suddenly he discovered that there was no license plate on the back of the motorcycle.

Only then did he remember that Japan's management of motorcycles was different from that of his homeland in his previous life. Motorcycles here under 50cc did not need to be licensed.

The two police officers on duty also chased after him: "Lin Jun, what's going on? Those two people..."

"They should be the culprits who vandalized the flower shop," Lin Xiuyi frowned. "Judging from the damage to the flower shop, this group of people must have taken advantage of Mrs. Orikasa's inattention and hid something in the flower pots near the entrance of the flower shop."

"Last night, they came looking for it, but they couldn't identify which pot of flowers and plants had hidden the item. So they simply destroyed everything near the door and dumped the soil in one place, hoping to find the hidden item."

"Did they find it?" asked the police officer named Kitano.

"Idiots, if they had found it, they wouldn't have come back just now," said another police officer, Yoshioka, unhappily.

"Mrs. Orikasa just said that the champagne mint and lemon balm placed near the entrance have been taken to the amusement park," Lin Xiuyi reminded him. "This group will probably go there again. You'd better notify the officer in charge of the amusement park."

"Don't worry, we'll report back as soon as we get back," Officer Kitano assured.

Lin Xiuyi walked back to the flower shop and saw a young girl with purple hair and sunglasses saying goodbye to Mrs. Orikasa.

Seeing Lin Xiuyi coming back, the girl smiled friendly.

The two passed each other, and Lin Xiuyi watched the girl disappear into the alley not far away and asked casually, "Who is she..."

"I don't know," Orikasa Midori shook her head. "But she was just asking Mom where to buy champagne mint and lemon balm."

Lin Xiu was stunned for a moment: "...you said it?"

"It's not a secret," Orikasa Midori replied. "Both champagne mint and lemon balm can be drunk by soaking them in water, juice, or wine. They're usually picked fresh in ice cream shops and then grown right there."

After she finished speaking, the girl noticed that Lin Xiuyi's expression was not right: "Senior, shouldn't Mom answer her?"

"Even if you don't tell her, she should be able to find out about this later," Lin Xiuyi said thoughtfully, "She is very likely related to the flower shop incident."

"Huh?" Orikasa Midori looked surprised. "Could it be that she is in cahoots with those two men?"

"Judging from their actions, they shouldn't be the same group," Lin Xiuyi reminded them. "I'm also going to the amusement park today. If the matter is resolved, that would be great. But if it's not, and they don't find what they want at the amusement park, they'll probably come back to cause trouble at the flower shop. You better be careful."

"Don't worry, Senior, my mother and I will be on guard," Orikasa Midori found his wooden sword and swung it vigorously. "If those people dare to come again, my mother and I will give them a good beating!"

(End of this chapter)