Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Yukiko placed the paper bag containing the meat buns on the dining table and then noticed the marks on the floor.

"They didn't even bother to wipe it up after they spilled it..."

Yukiko shook her head, then a thought struck her. She realized that if she could help Hayashi Hideichi clean up, she could show her virtuous wife and loving mother side and make him look at her in a new light.

Thinking of this, she quickly walked towards the washroom.

The layout of this apartment is such that the bathroom and washroom are adjacent to each other and share a short corridor.

Yukiko successfully found a clean towel in the bathroom, soaked it under the tap, and carefully wrung it out until it was half dry.

Holding a damp, soft towel, she was about to return to the living room to show off her skills when an unexpected incident occurred.

Perhaps because she was so focused on how to wipe the floor elegantly, the girl forgot to pay attention to the ground.

The ground was slippery because Lin Xiuyi had splashed water on her face to wash it earlier.

Yukiko stepped onto the puddle and immediately felt her foot slip, losing her balance instantly.

"what!"

The girl let out a short gasp, and like a puppet without its strings, she swayed uncontrollably to the side, her elbow and shoulder slamming heavily into the half-closed bathroom door next to her!

With a loud bang, she slammed the bathroom door open.

Yukiko fell heavily to the ground, luckily landing on her bottom first, so she wasn't injured, but she was in so much pain that she grimaced.

"I'm sorry! I... I didn't mean to!"

Ignoring the pain in her bottom, the girl frantically tried to get up, bracing herself against the cold floor, while repeatedly apologizing.

She lifted her slightly dizzy head and instinctively looked into the bathroom.

The next second, Yukiko's gaze froze, and her apologetic voice came to an abrupt halt.

Those beautiful big eyes were wide open in utter shock, as if they had seen something beyond their comprehension.

Their eyes met, and the air seemed to freeze for a moment, as if time itself had stopped flowing.

Lin Xiuyi's mind went blank with a "buzz". The expression on her face changed from shock to bewilderment, and then to a sense of collapse that was indescribable, a mixture of shame, embarrassment, despair and "how could this happen".

He felt as if all the blood in his body rushed to his head, burning his ears red, only to turn ice-cold in the next second.

In their haste, they completely forgot to lock the door!

Now that Yukiko has caught him, he's really wishing he were dead!
Why am I having such bad luck today?

……

A deathly silence fell over the bathroom. Yukiko was completely petrified.

She remained in an awkward, half-up position, her hands supporting her weight on the ground, even forgetting to exert any force.

"Ah...ah...!!!"

A scream, loud enough to lift the roof off, filled with terror, shame, and despair, suddenly burst from Yukiko's throat.

The girl recoiled violently as if struck by an electric current, collapsing completely to the ground.

After confirming that it was not a hallucination, more screams erupted, mixed with sobs and incoherent "ahhh" sounds.

The scream, like an alarm bell, finally jolted Lin Xiuyi out of her petrified state.

An overwhelming sense of shame engulfed him like a tsunami, and his guilt and embarrassment reached their peak in an instant.

"I'm so sorry! Are you alright?"

Lin Xiuyi didn't care about anything else, and rushed forward and squatted down.

"Get away! Don't touch me!"

Yukiko, her voice trembling with tears, waved her arms, trying to push him away; tears were already welling up in her eyes.

While dodging her slaps, Lin Xiuyi mumbled incoherent words of comfort, trying to defuse the extremely awkward atmosphere with science.

"It's okay! It's okay! Really! It's just... just...!"

Upon hearing this, Yukiko trembled with anger, and her voice trembled.
"How could these be the same!..."

This realization sent shivers down her spine, and tears finally streamed down her face.

"This……"

Lin Xiu was speechless for a moment, her hands stopped moving, and her face showed unprecedented embarrassment and helplessness.

This situation was completely beyond his life experience and knowledge.

Lin Xiu opened her mouth, racking her brains for words of comfort, but in the end, she could only offer a dry, tentative suggestion.

"Um... what was that saying again?? No, no... it's not appropriate here. Anyway... why don't you go wash up first?"

"Go to hell!! Lin Xiuyi!!"

Yukiko was completely enraged by his "comfort." Overwhelmed with shame and anger, she disregarded her image and rained down blows on Lin Xiuyi's shoulders and chest with her clenched fists. (End of Chapter)