Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chikage Tomizawa pursed her lips and succinctly gave her assessment.
"Hmph, no wonder she's in the entertainment industry, she's such a green tea b*tch."

“Yukiko-neechan isn’t that bad!” Reiko immediately protested. “She was just telling the truth! Eri-neechan is just like that! Petty and vindictive! And she’s always nagging Onii-chan!”

The little girl got emotional and didn't pay attention to controlling her volume. The tone of the last few words unconsciously rose a bit, which sounded particularly clear in the quiet night and under the relatively enclosed dining table!
"Ugh——!"

The moment the words left his mouth, Orikasa Midori's expression changed drastically!
She reacted extremely quickly, almost instinctively, and immediately reached out and accurately covered Lingzi's still chattering mouth, silencing her from saying anything more.

"Woooo...!"

Lingzi's mouth was covered. Confused, she struggled and twisted unconsciously, making indistinct protests.

"Idiot! Keep your voice down! Do you want people outside to find out we're all here?!"

Chikage Tomizawa was also startled and quickly leaned close to Reiko's ear, nervously whispering a reminder.

Upon hearing this, Lingzi realized what was happening and quickly stopped struggling.

When Midori Orikasa sensed that the girl was no longer resisting, she carefully released her hand from the girl's mouth.

The three girls held their breath in unison, pricked up their ears, and listened intently to the sounds outside.

……

In the restaurant, Yukiko, who was about to continue her accusations against Eri, suddenly stopped speaking.

A hint of doubt flashed across her charming face, her beautiful ears twitched slightly, and she glanced around the empty restaurant with a puzzled look.
"Why do I think I heard Reiko's voice?"

Lin Xiuyi quickly coughed, trying to cover it up with the most natural tone: "Cough...maybe she was having fun in one of the rooms. The soundproofing in this house doesn't seem to be that good. Kids have lots of energy."

He paused, then immediately changed the subject, looking at Yukiko with concern.

"By the way, it's getting late. You should go home and get some rest. Don't you have to attend the celebration tomorrow?"

"how?"

Yukiko's attention was indeed diverted. She pouted her red lips in dissatisfaction and looked at Hayashi Hideichi with a hint of coquettishness.

"So you're already kicking me out? You think I'm being long-winded? I even kindly brought you a pillow and blanket!"

She pointed to the things she had just put down, her tone tinged with grievance.

“That’s not what I meant,” Lin Xiuyi quickly explained, his tone sincere. “I was worried that if you stayed here too long, Yingli might come out and see you, and she might laugh at you for the rest of her life.”

"That's true..."

Yukiko couldn't help but shudder at the thought of Eri Kisaki's cold, reflective glasses and her mocking, half-smiling expression.

Just imagining that scene made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

In comparison, staying here to "compete for favor" doesn't seem so important anymore.

"Then...then I'll go back now."

Yukiko made a quick decision and prepared to leave this place of trouble.

"Be careful when you sleep tonight, cover yourself with a blanket, and don't catch a cold."

After saying that, the girl turned around and walked towards the restaurant entrance.

However, fate seemed to be playing a particularly cruel joke tonight. Just as Yukiko's hand was about to touch the doorknob...

“Da…da…da…”

That menacing footstep, like a death knell, echoed once again from the corridor outside the restaurant!

"Haha! They're here! Eri's here too!"

Kogoro Mouri, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, suddenly perked up. He abruptly sat up from his "luxury bed," his face revealing an excited, gossipy expression that seemed to thrive on chaos.

Although Yukiko didn't know why Kogoro Mouri was so sure that the person coming was Eri Kisaki, she panicked as she heard the footsteps getting closer and closer outside!
Finished!

If the girl with glasses sees me sneaking over to deliver something to Shuichi late at night and gets caught red-handed...

"How to do how to do……"

Yukiko stamped her feet in panic, her beautiful face filled with shock and helplessness.
"I can't let the girl with glasses find out! Absolutely not!"

Seeing her like this, Lin Xiuyi was about to say, "You two are both here now, so who can laugh at whom?"

Unexpectedly, Kogoro Mouri, who was watching the show and enjoying seeing his good brother suffer, suddenly had a brilliant idea.

He quickly pointed to the long dining table in the center of the restaurant, a table that had witnessed too many "secrets," and in a tone that seemed to say, "Praise me for being smart," he whispered to Yukiko.
"Get down there and hide! Quick! People can hide there!"

In a panic, Yukiko's mind went almost blank. Hearing that there was a place to hide, she rushed to the dining table without thinking, then unhesitatingly lifted the heavy tablecloth and crawled inside as fast as she could!

"Hey! What are you doing?!"

Seeing Yukiko disappear behind the tablecloth, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but glare angrily at Kogoro Mouri.

Now you can actually play mahjong under the dining table!

"I'm trying to help!"

Kogoro Mouri, with an innocent expression that said, "I'm doing this for everyone's good," quietly and righteously defended himself.

"Yukiko didn't want Eri to see this either! I was just trying to help..."

Before he could finish speaking, a cold, questioning female voice rang out from the restaurant entrance.
"What do you not want me to see?"

With that familiar sound, the restaurant door was pushed open with a "whoosh," more forcefully than ever before.

Standing at the door was Eri Kisaki, just like the other girls, holding a fluffy pillow and a wool blanket that looked to be of good quality.

"This……"

Just moments ago, Kogoro Mouri was eager to watch Yukiko make a scene, but the moment he met Eri Kisaki's icy gaze that seemed to pierce through to the heart, all his desire to watch the show vanished, and his heart skipped a beat.

He quickly burrowed deeper into the covers, leaving only half his head exposed, and mumbled indistinctly, trying to completely distance himself from the problem: "Ah... I'm so sleepy, I want to sleep, you guys talk, you guys talk..."

After saying that, he actually closed his eyes and began to make exaggerated sounds, trying to imitate snoring.

"what happened?"

Eri Kisaki completely ignored him, walked directly to Hideaki Lin, stared intently at him, and repeated her question in an unquestionable tone.
"What do you not want me to see?"

Lin Xiuyi coughed lightly and began to improvise.
"Cough... He's right. I was just talking to myself, saying I didn't want you to see me in this miserable state. I was just worried that if you saw me, you'd feel sorry for me." (End of Chapter)