Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 133 I Don’t Want to Compete with Others for a Man
Lin Xiuyi naturally heard the warning from Kisaki Eri. The so-called chivalrous thief might have a good reputation among the people, but in the eyes of the officials, he was still the same as an ordinary thief, or even more hateful.

At the very least, ordinary thieves are easy to catch, which will not make the authorities appear incompetent.

"Don't worry, I don't want to get involved with her any more," Lin Xiuyi assured, "This was just an accident."

After all the matters were resolved, the four of them set out to return to the izakaya. On the way, Lin Xiuyi also went to the flower shop on the commercial street and told Orikasa and her daughter the truth about the flower shop being smashed last night.

"Is that really the case?" Mrs. Orikasa asked in surprise. "I thought the other flower shops were jealous of our business and sent people to cause trouble."

Lin Xiuyi took a look at the small sword in the hand of the former bad girl. The blade, polished to a shine, fully demonstrated its lethality.

"This knife was left by Kasa-chan's father,"

Mrs. Orikasa gently stroked the blade, her face full of coldness.

"I was planning to wait for those robbers to come again and fight them to the death with this knife. But since they want to destroy the flower shop and make life difficult for my mother and me, we will never let them live!"

As expected of a bad girl, she is quite powerful when she gets ruthless.

Lin Xiuyi quickly spoke up to remind her: "Madam, now that the matter has been resolved, you should put the knife away."

"Also, although what you just said could be considered self-defense, if someone dies, it will still cause a lot of trouble, especially for Ms. Orikasa."

"Hmph, if I don't fight back, I'll be in trouble," Orikasa Midori waved the steel pipe in his hand. "If you allow yourself to be bullied without resisting, they will only think you are weak and can be bullied. Then they will become even more aggressive."

"Li-chan!" Mrs. Orikasa scolded, "Lin-jun said that for your own good!"

"I know Senior Lin is doing this for my own good," Orikasa Midori snorted, "but what he said is not right in the first place."

"You still dare to say that!" Mrs. Orikasa glared at her daughter angrily, "Apologize to Mr. Lin immediately!"

"No! I didn't say anything wrong!" Origami Midori's face was full of dissatisfaction.

Seeing that the mother and daughter were about to quarrel again, each holding a weapon, Lin Xiuyi hurriedly persuaded them to calm down.
"Orikasa is right. We really shouldn't give in blindly."

"Did you hear that, Mom?" Orikasa Midori smiled smugly.

Mrs. Orikasa glanced at her daughter unhappily, then bowed to Lin Xiuyi: "Mr. Lin, no matter what, I'm sorry to trouble you with this matter."

Orikasa Midori beside him also hurriedly followed suit and saluted: "Thank you, Senior Lin, for your help."

After Lin Xiuyi said a few polite words, he said goodbye and left.

After the mother and daughter were sent to the door, Orikasa Midori saw her mother staring at Lin Xiuyi's back and couldn't help but feel a little strange: "Mom, Senior Lin has left, why are you still looking at him?"

"When did you hook up with such a nice guy?" asked Mrs. Orikasa.

"Mom!" Orikasa's face turned pale. "What do you mean by hooking up?"

Mrs. Orikasa then realized that she had chosen the wrong word and quickly corrected herself: "When did you two meet?"

"It was just a few days ago," Orikasa Midori said helplessly, "Didn't I tell you that a few thugs robbed me..."

"So he's the one who saved you," Mrs. Orikasa glanced at her daughter with dissatisfaction. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? He's helped us so much, we should at least invite him to dinner. Otherwise, if word gets out, people will think our Orikasa family is ungrateful!"

"I've already delivered medicine to Senior Lin twice," Orikasa Midori said nonchalantly, "Senior Lin runs an izakaya, and it's almost opening time. Even if we try to persuade him to stay, he'll refuse." "You silly girl!"

Mrs. Orikasa was so disappointed that she made a knife with her hands and hit her daughter on the head.
"If you don't take the initiative to make a move on such a good guy, if he is snatched away by another girl, it will be too late for you to regret it!"

"If I hadn't acted quickly when I met your father, where would you be now?"

Upon hearing this, Orikasa Midori immediately retorted, "Leaving his wife and daughter behind, can he be considered a good man?"

Mrs. Orikasa was speechless after being rebuked. After a long pause, she said in a low voice with a sad expression, "Your father had no choice back then. So many brothers asked him to come forward, and he couldn't refuse, so..."

"Brothers?" Orikasa Midori's face was icy. "After Dad got into trouble, did his brothers ever help us? Over the years, no matter how big the difficulties were, you carried them all by yourself, Mom!"

"If Dad's brothers were reliable, we wouldn't have had such a hard time these years!"

Mrs. Orikasa was shocked. It was the first time she heard her daughter's true feelings: "...If that's the case, why did you become a bad girl too?"

"I became a bad girl just because I didn't want to be bullied!"

Speaking of this, thinking of the hard work her mother had put in taking care of her for many years, Orikasa Midori's voice couldn't help but soften.

"Mom, please don't worry about my affairs. Even if I find a boyfriend, I must find someone who is devoted to me, who can protect me and won't abandon me."

"Didn't Mr. Lin protect you?" Mrs. Orikasa asked puzzledly.

"Mom, you haven't been to Senior Lin's izakaya, so you don't know the situation," Orikasa Midori said with a smile, "Several girls already like him, and I don't want to compete with others for a man."

"Also, although Senior Lin isn't a police officer, he has a very good relationship with the police... If he hadn't been a police officer, my father wouldn't have had the accident. I would never date a boyfriend who has connections with the police."

……

Izakaya,
Business was still good on weekend nights, and the shop was open until nine o'clock. Inspector Samezaki brought Officer Megure, Officer Matsumoto, and Officer Morimura to have a midnight snack and handed over a document.

Lin Xiuyi took it and opened it. It was a document in which the police hired him as an investigation consultant.

"This is something Manager Odagiri secured for you," Inspector Samezaki said with a smile. "Investigation consultants don't have a fixed salary. Every month, the Metropolitan Police Department pays your consulting fees based on the number of cases you handle for the police."

"How much is the consulting fee?" Yukiko Fujimine came over and asked.

"One case can cost around 20,000 to 30,000 yen."

After Inspector Samezaki finished speaking, he saw that Fujimine Yukiko was a little disgusted, so he quickly explained,

"The funds of the Investigation Division have always been tight, and it's not easy to squeeze out this much."

"But this is too little," Fujimine Yukiko said, still trying to help Hayashi Hideichi bargain, "Can't we..."

"Okay," Lin Xiuyi stopped the girl, "That's it, I agree."

Japanese bureaucrats are rigid and conservative, so Manager Odagiri must have exhausted all possible means to make an exception and agree to hire him.

"That's good," Inspector Samezaki breathed a sigh of relief. "We'll be colleagues from now on. Hayashi-kun, I'll leave the Investigation Section to you."

(End of this chapter)