My Cartoonist Girlfriend

Eriri and Asakura Kaede would go out to appreciate the cherry blossoms with their family in previous years and were quite familiar with such scenes. However, due to Eriri's father's work, they always went to private places to appreciate the cherry blossoms and had never been to a public place like this.

Soon, the group arrived at the reserved cherry blossom viewing spot, under a huge cherry tree.

Usami looked up at the cherry blossoms in full bloom on the tree in front of her and said in surprise, "So beautiful!!!"

The minister put down the big bag he was carrying and said, "Okay, let's set up the place first."

As he spoke, he took out a large picnic blanket from his bag.

Asakura Kaede and Uchimaki Subaru also walked over, each holding one side, and spread the picnic blanket on the lawn.

After laying out the blanket, everyone sat down on the picnic blanket. I thought that was the end of it, but who would have thought that the minister would not only take out the juice he brought from his bag, but also take out a pillow that was stuffed inside!

When everyone saw his pillow, their expressions turned bad.

Usami looked at the minister with a look of collapse and said, "Minister, at a time like this today, you shouldn't be like this, right?"

"Ahahaha~~Don't worry about it, I'm not going to sleep now."

Putting the pillow aside, the minister said with a smile, "If you want to sleep, you have to wait until noon to take a nap after eating."

...But don’t you still need to go to sleep?

But that's the minister's nature. It's good that he didn't fall asleep as soon as he came.

After the five people sat down, they each poured some juice and took out the food they brought. Some brought snacks, some brought desserts, and some, like Asakura Kaede, brought sushi and fried chicken nuggets.

"Oh! It's very rich. Then I won't be sleepy anymore!"

Looking at the food in front of him, the minister became active for a rare time, and said eagerly: "Although it's still a little early, let's eat first, eat some and then start sketching. And since you all said so, I will also paint today."

As soon as the minister said this, everyone became interested, after all, no one knew what the minister's level was.

Chapter 23: Draw cherry blossoms, or draw... (Please collect!!!)

Although I am quite curious about the minister's ability, before that, let's just enjoy a leisurely cherry blossom picnic.

Picking up a piece of sushi and putting it into her mouth, Ying Lili squinted her eyes in delight: "Delicious! The shrimp meat is so tender."

The others also ate the sushi brought by Asakura Kaede bite by bite, and their expressions were all very satisfied.

Asakura Feng also smiled and said, "This sushi is my mother's specialty. She said that she likes to eat it, so she went to the store to learn it. The seasoning and ingredients are very particular."

As he spoke, Asakura Kaede opened the box under the sushi, revealing the fried chicken nuggets inside, and handed it to Eriri who was sitting next to him.

"Try this. It was fried this morning. The lunch box should be able to keep warm."

"Oh!!!"

Ying Lili also likes to eat fried food. When she saw the fried chicken nuggets, she immediately picked one with her signature, dipped it in some sauce and put it into her mouth.

“It’s still warm, and this sauce is delicious!”

After a while, the food that Asakura Kaede brought was eaten up by everyone.

After taking a sip of juice, Eriri exhaled and said contentedly, "It feels so good to sit under the cherry tree and eat delicious food."

Usami on the other side also nodded: "I didn't expect Asakura-kun's mother's cooking is so delicious. The sushi is really at the level of the store!"

"Hahaha, thank you for the compliment. I will tell my mother these words when I get back."

Looking diagonally opposite, Asakura Kaede also showed an expression of "as expected".

It was none other than their minister, who had now laid down with a peaceful look on his face, resting his head on the pillow and closing his eyes.

He murmured to himself, "Ah, I should have a good rest after I've eaten."

"Bullmaster, lying down right after eating is not a good habit."

"It's okay, it's okay." The minister raised his hand and waved it lazily. "It's torture for me to sit like this at a time like this."

This guy is really hopeless.

Asakura Feng tried hard to recall, but she couldn't seem to remember why the minister liked to sleep so much.

Is it really just to grow taller? But that's not the case.

I thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with an answer, so I finally decided to give up.

After resting for a while, it was just noon time and the sunlight shone through the tree branches, making people feel a little lazy.

However, everyone is not like the minister, who has fallen asleep now. They still remember the theme of today's club activities.

After each of them took out their sketchbooks, Usami asked, "What are our goals for drawing?"

Eriri put her pencil against her chin and said, "We must draw cherry blossoms today, but which ones should we draw?"

Opening the sketchbook, Asakura Feng casually said, "Just draw whatever you think is good-looking. It's not a hard and fast task. After you finish, you can just look at each other's results. It's meaningless to draw the same thing, right?"

After thinking about it, everyone looked around, adjusted their target, and started drawing.

Holding a paintbrush, Asakura Kaede looked at the equally spectacular cherry blossom trees in the distance and painted carefully, stroke by stroke.

Sketching and life drawing are the things he has been exposed to the most since he started learning to paint, so he is not unfamiliar with them at all and paints very quickly.

Half an hour later, the cherry tree was finished. After the tourists under the tree made a simple outline, Asakura Kaede stopped and stretched.

Looking at the others, the minister was still sleeping, and the other three were drawing seriously, not paying any attention to their surroundings.

Turning his head, he looked at Eriri, who started drawing and then kept some distance from others so that others could not see what she was drawing. Asakura Kaede's attention was gradually attracted by Eriri.

To be honest, after these days of interaction, Eriri's tsundere nature really wasn't played out too much, and the feeling she gave to Asakura Kaede was much better than she had imagined.

Touching his chin, Asakura Feng thought, when it comes to the so-called tsundere, is Eriri more of a tsundere or more of a coquettish person?

I don’t know, I haven’t encountered it much, but I’m getting more and more curious.

He pulled his gaze back and looked at the contents of his sketchbook. After thinking about it, Asakura Feng sped up and finished drawing the rest.

The others were probably drawing slowly at this moment, so Asakura Kaede turned the page in his sketchbook and started drawing something else.

Draw two strokes, look up to the side, and then draw two more strokes.

As for what is being painted, it goes without saying.

As she was painting, a smile unconsciously appeared on Asakura Kaede's face.

"I can't show Eriri the drawing now. I'll show it to her when the time is right. I think her expression will be very interesting then."

Asakura Feng also had some ideas in mind, but he was not in a hurry. He was still quite confident in himself.

Because there was no need to draw a large scene, while others were finishing their paintings, Asakura Kaede also completed the second painting and then turned the page back to the previous page.

Subaru Uchimaki was the last one to finish. When he put down his brush and exhaled with a smile, he said, "It feels good to paint like this."

Usami held up her sketchbook and said with a smile, "Then let's show our drawings, shall we? 1, 2, 3!"

The four of them simultaneously moved their sketchbooks forward, and their works were displayed.

Asakura Kaede: “…”

Ying Lili: “…”

Usami: "Uchimaki-kun...what are you drawing?"

"Hmm?" Glancing at Usami in confusion, Uchimaki Subaru said with a smile, "Of course what I drew was cherry blossoms, but I thought cherry blossoms alone were too boring, so I added a new wife on top of it. What do you think?"

On Subaru Uchimaki's drawing paper, a girl with pointed fairy ears and wearing a flowing long skirt is standing under a cherry tree with a smile on her face. The picture is very beautiful.

Asakura Feng pursed her lips and said, "This drawing of Uchimaki... I can only say that it is much better than the one I drew when I was in the club before. At least there are many rich backgrounds, not just one person."

Eriri also nodded in agreement. At least this time, Uchimaki Subaru still remembered that they came out mainly to enjoy the cherry blossoms, and he didn't just draw a two-dimensional wife without adding anything else.

Usami Mizuki took a deep breath, adjusted her breathing and said, "I knew I shouldn't have too high expectations for Uchimaki-kun. Ah, but this is not bad. I'd better take a look at Asakura-kun and Eriri's paintings. Although Uchimaki-kun also drew cherry blossoms, it feels like the main content is still your two-dimensional wife."

"Isn't that natural?"

Subaru Uchimaki's affirmative tone choked Usami again, and the girl's expression was almost at its limit.

Chapter 24 Photo (Please collect!!!)

After a day of going out to view cherry blossoms and sketch, the minister didn't start painting at the end and slept until the afternoon.

No one really had much hope for this minister, but at least their trip today was not in vain.

Facing the speechless looks from everyone, the minister touched his head awkwardly and said, "Ahaha, I'll definitely do it next time, I'll definitely do it next time."

It's almost time to go back.

But before packing up and leaving, the minister said to everyone: "Everyone wait a moment."

After saying that, he got up and ran away, went to a cherry tree not far from them, found the male owner of a family of four who were also there to enjoy the cherry blossoms, and said a few words to him. After listening to him, the other party readily agreed and followed him over.

After returning, the minister took out his mobile phone and said, "To commemorate today's club event, let's take a group photo!"

Usami suddenly realized, clapped her hands and laughed, "I was wondering why I felt like something was missing, it turns out to be this!"

During the trip, they took some photos with their phones, but they didn't take any group photos. Today was a club activity outside, so they had to leave some memories.

Subaru Uchimaki also nodded in surprise and said, "Bullmaster, it seems you are still of some use."

"Don't talk like I'm a loser, okay?"

After glaring at Uchimaki Subaru, the minister spoke to the middle-aged man who came to help, then came behind the two girls who were already seated, and pulled Asakura Kaede and Uchimaki Subaru.

"Stand still, stand still. This is our first club activity outside the home."

The middle-aged man also smiled at the students, took the minister's phone, pointed it at them and said, "Remember to smile. Ready, 1, 2, 3!"

With the sound of shutter clicks, today's art department club activities came to a successful conclusion.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Kaede Asakura rode her bicycle back home.

As soon as I came in and changed my shoes, I saw my mother coming out of the kitchen with a spatula in her hand.

"Are you back? How was your day?"

"Well, it's not bad, I'm quite happy."

Asakura Feng walked in with a smile, then took out the lunch box from her bag and handed it to her mother. "Sushi and fried chicken nuggets, everyone who has tried them says they are delicious."

"That's good!"

Asakura Reiko was also very happy. After taking the lunch box, she said, "Dinner will take some time. Xiaofeng, go take a shower first."

"Well, I'll go upstairs first then."

After going upstairs and putting down her bag, Asakura Kaede went straight to take a comfortable bath.

After dinner, Asakura Kaede did not go back to her room directly, but was pulled by her parents to stay in the living room.

Facing the gazes from his parents sitting on both sides of him, Asakura Feng felt uncomfortable all over and said vigilantly: "Do you want to ask something?"

Asakura Reiko smiled and said, "I just want to know about your club activities today, Xiaofeng. After all, you never joined any clubs when you were in junior high school."

"I don't think you guys are asking this at all."

Both parents smiled frankly. The father patted Asakura Kaede on the shoulder and said, "You should know that we have no objection to you dating in high school. After all, you have been very sensible and self-disciplined since you were a child. Now you are already a best-selling light novel writer. As for your future career, your parents don't need to worry about you. There is only one aspect left for you to consider."

Although Asakura Feng understood all of this, and the family atmosphere was quite relaxed and comfortable without the so-called generation gap, he still felt quite annoyed by being asked in such indirect questions by his parents all day long.

As luck would have it, the cell phone started ringing again at this moment, and it wasn't just once, but several times in a row.

With a deep sigh, Asakura Feng took out his phone and took a look. It was indeed a message from Usami in the chat group. Before they parted, she had said that she would organize the photos she took today and send them to the group after returning home.

One photo after another of cherry blossom viewing in the afternoon was also shown to Asakura Kaede and her parents.

As soon as she saw Eriri in the photo, Asakura Reiko was immediately attracted by her. Judging from her appearance, Eriri is indeed a very cute type. Although she is a blonde mixed-race, she is not as tall as other mixed-race people. Judging from her sitting posture and the comparison with Asakura Kaede next to her, her height should be a little over 1.5 meters.

With Asakura Feng's expression of as expected, she pulled her son's arm and asked curiously, "Xiao Feng, who is this child? The interaction between you two seems to be very good, you are talking and laughing."

In the photo, Asakura Kaede is chatting with Eriri who is eating Japanese confectionery, and both of them have smiles on their faces.

"Ah, one of the two girls in the club. Her name is Sawamura Spencer Eriri. She's of English and Japanese descent."

On the other side, Asakura Takaichi was stunned for a moment after hearing Eriri's name, and said, "Spencer? Could it be the Spencer of the diplomat?"

"Dad, do you know? She is indeed the daughter of that Spencer diplomat."

Asakura Takashi nodded and said, "I saw him at a dinner party last year. Mr. Spencer came with his wife, but I didn't see their daughter. I didn't expect that you and Xiaofeng are in the same school and grade."

Asakura Feng understood that his father was a manager of a foreign trade company, so it was not strange to meet this diplomat on some occasions.