Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 73 Are We Friends? (First Order Request)
Officer Matsumoto and Officer Megure went about their business. Seeing that there was nothing to do, Lin Xiuyi returned to the izakaya alone to make preparations before opening the store.

At about 5:40, the door of the izakaya was suddenly pushed open, and Fujimine Yukiko ran in breathlessly.

"Lin, Lin Jun, there's an incident over there in the river!"

"I know," Lin Xiuyi raised his head calmly, "The deceased was Miss Xichuan. She was strangled until she was unconscious and then thrown into the river and drowned."

"What? Miss Nishikawa was the one who died?" Fujimine Yukiko's eyes widened instantly. "She, she was in the store yesterday..."

"He must have been killed after leaving the izakaya yesterday," Lin Xiuyi asked, "Didn't you see the body?"

"When I passed by, I could only see the cordon. The body had already been taken away by the police," Fujimine Yukiko said with a downcast expression. "He was fine yesterday, how could he die suddenly... Something happened."

"There are unexpected changes in the world, and people are subject to misfortunes and blessings at any time. This is how unpredictable things are," Lin Xiuyi comforted him. "While we are still alive, being kind to our relatives and friends around us is the best we can do."

"Yeah," Fujimine Yukiko nodded in agreement, then her expression suddenly became strange. "Since you understand this, why do you still like to bully me?"

"When did I bully you?" Lin Xiuyi asked in surprise. "I've been very good to you. I let you work at the izakaya and even found Mr. Murakami and saved you a position as vice-class monitor."

"You're doing all this just to get me to work for you!" Fujimine Yukiko snorted, "Can't you be nicer to me like you are to the girl with glasses?"

"Sorry, that can't be done," Lin Xiuyi immediately shook his head.

"Why?" Fujimine Yukiko looked puzzled. "Is it because I'm worse than that girl with glasses, or am I not as likable as her?"

"It has nothing to do with you," Lin Xiu kept saying, "In my eyes, the people around me can be divided into several categories based on how close they are to me. Eri and Kogoro are my closest friends and relatives, like brothers."

"What about me?" the girl asked curiously.

"As for you, for now, you're just a little better than a stranger," Lin Xiuyi thought for a moment, "probably between classmates and friends."

"Between classmates and friends..." Fujimine Yukiko was stunned for a moment, then her face turned pale with anger, "I'm not even a friend!"

"We've known each other for less than five days," Lin Xiuyi said matter-of-factly. "We don't know each other well enough to be considered friends."

"Nonsense, true friendship isn't determined by how long you've known each other," Fujimine Yukiko retorted. "Isn't there an idiom, 'It's like old friends at first sight'? As long as we feel we're compatible, we should be friends."

"Do we get along well?" Lin Xiuyi asked back.

"This..." Fujimine Yukiko's cheeks flushed slightly, "How should I know?"

"That means we don't get along," Lin Xiuyi spread his hands, "So I said we're not friends, wasn't I right?"

"Uh……"

Yukiko Fujimine blinked and wanted to say that they got along well, but she was too embarrassed to speak out, so she could only hold it in until her face turned blue and red.

Seeing her like this, Lin Xiuyi felt funny and stopped teasing her.
"I just said that to remind you not to be easily deceived by so-called friends. Often, you may think you're compatible with someone, but in reality, they're just trying to please you and talk to you. You can be fooled if you're not careful."

"That's better than you constantly irritating me," Fujimine Yukiko curled her lips in dissatisfaction, but then couldn't help but be curious, "So, am I considered a friend?"

"Barely," Lin Xiu nodded. Seeing the joy on the girl's face, he continued, "But we can only be considered ordinary friends. Compared with Yingli, we are probably not as good as..."

He raised his right hand and made the letter C with his thumb and index finger.

"Only a tiny bit?" the girl said in surprise. "Yes, it is indeed a tiny bit," Lin Xiu nodded, "but within this tiny bit of distance, there is a universe hidden."

"what?"

Fujimine Yukiko was stunned. After seeing the smile on Lin Xiuyi's face, she realized that she had been fooled again.

"You, you're bullying me again!"

"Okay, come and help quickly," Lin Xiuyi urged, "Wait for Eri and Kogoro to come back, and then we'll open for business after dinner."

……

At around 5:50, Maori Kogoro ran into the store excitedly, stammering, "Xiu, Xiuyi, over there on the river..."

"Something happened, I know," Lin Xiuyi said helplessly, "The deceased is Miss Nishikawa who gave you 10,000 yen last night."

"What did you say? Miss Nishikawa is the one who died?" Maori Kogoro's face turned pale. "Shuiyi, I heard that if you owe money to the dead, their spirit will come to you and ask for it...Miss Nishikawa, you won't come to see me tonight, will you?"

The Japanese are superstitious. They not only worship gods and Buddhas, but also monsters and evil spirits. They even came up with the saying that there are eight million gods.

Lin Xiuyi naturally didn't believe all this, but looking at Maori Kogoro's expression, he knew that if he didn't find a way to comfort him, he would be worried for the next few days.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiuyi turned and walked into the storage room. A moment later, when he came out, he had an envelope in his hand with Miss Nishikawa's last name written on the front.

"This contains the 10,000 yen that Miss Nishikawa gave her last night," Lin Xiuyi handed the envelope to Maori Kogoro, "You can burn it. Once Miss Nishikawa receives the money, she won't come looking for you anymore."

Kogoro Mouri has always trusted Lin Xiuyi. After taking the envelope, he did not doubt it. He found a lighter and walked out of the izakaya.

"Hey, did you really let him burn the 10,000 yen?" Fujimine Yukiko asked in surprise.

"Yesterday's money was all put together. There were more than ten 10,000 yen bills. How could I possibly know which one belonged to Miss Nishikawa?" Lin Xiuyi said unhappily. "The envelope only contained a piece of white paper. I asked Kogoro to burn it to make me feel at ease."

"Tsk tsk, you even lied to the dead," said Yukiko Fujimine with a look of contempt on her face.

"The dead need peace, not money."

Just as Lin Xiuyi said this, he heard the roar of Kiyori from outside the store.

"Kogoro, you idiot, who told you to burn paper in front of the izakaya?"

"Oh, no, can't I?"

"What if guests see and misunderstand if we burn paper at the door?" Fei Yingli said angrily, "If you want to burn paper, go to the intersection. Only then will Miss Xichuan receive it."

Kogoro Mouri hurriedly picked up the burning envelope and ran towards the intersection.

Kisaki Eri looked at his back, shook her head speechlessly, and then walked into the izakaya.

As soon as she entered the door, she heard Fujimine Yukiko's ridicule.
"No way, you read so many books every day, and you're so superstitious?"

(End of this chapter)