My Cartoonist Girlfriend

Chapter 27: Eriri staying up late to read novels (Please collect it!!!)

That night, after Asakura Kaede returned home, he also received an invitation from Eriri to play games together.

This can be considered a regular show on weekends. Although Eriri is a homegirl and loves playing games, her level of playing many games can only be described as average, and she is a bad player.

As for Asakura Kaede, except for a few special games, she can play well after some basic research. It is not too difficult to bring Eriri along, and it is also quite fun.

Same thing tonight, playing The Division 2.

Although the reviews of this game are not very good and there are many shortcomings in the game, when taking Eriri, who is not very good at shooting games, Asakura Kaede's purpose is not the game itself, but the joy of playing the game as a team.

Whenever he saw Eriri unable to hit the enemy with her gun and instead being targeted by concentrated fire, and then she begged loudly for mercy and asked him to save her, Asakura Kaede always smiled happily.

Although it may not be very nice to say this, but in a team game, seeing your teammates get humiliated is indeed one of the joys of the game.

After playing for more than an hour, at around eight o'clock, Eriri was about to follow Asakura Kaede to the next destination when there was a knock on the door.

There was no other way, she could only say something to Asakura Kaede, took off her headphones, then turned around and saw her mother pushing open the door and looking at her with a smile.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"Erriri, are you playing games? I have something to tell you." Sayuri Sawamura glanced at the TV in front of Eriri, and the lit phone with headphones connected beside her, and smiled and lip-synced.

At work.

After Eriri understood, she puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction, and could only put on her headphones again and said, "Asakura, I have something to do here. Let's stop here for today. Sorry."

"It doesn't matter. It's not a big deal anyway. You can play it when you have time. Just go and do your own thing."

"Yeah, good night then."

"Good night, see you at school tomorrow."

After ending the voice call, Asakura Feng exited the game and thought, "Hmm... I think Editor Machida has contacted someone to talk about this matter. The speed is quite fast."

The view turns back to Eriri. Eriri exits the game, looks at her mother who walks in, and asks, "So, what kind of job is this?"

Sayuri Sawamura didn't say anything first, but looked at Eriri with a smile: "Boy?"

"Ugh?"

Ying Lili was stunned for a moment, then she reacted, stared at her mother with a red face and said, "He's just a classmate!"

"Ah, I didn't say what your relationship was. I just asked if the person you were playing with just now was a boy or a girl."

Sawamura Sayuri chuckled as she looked at her increasingly shy daughter. After noting down the boy's last name, she finally got to the point: "Okay, I won't tease you Eriri anymore. The job I want to talk about was contacted by the editor at the Fuzugawa Library."

"Fuzugawa?" Eriri knew all about light novel publishers, and immediately asked, "Is it a job as a light novel illustrator?"

"Oh, yes. It's a novel for the Rookie Bounty Award that just ended a while ago. They're looking for an illustrator before publishing it. But according to them, the rookie novelist Kasumi Shiko looked around and finally chose your style, Eriri. She said that if we can work together, the compensation is not a problem."

"So generous?" Eriri was also very clear about the price of doing light novel illustrations. Since the other party said so, it meant that there was still room for improvement in the remuneration. Eriri was still very confident in her own abilities.

"But... I don't know much about the other party's work. I can't just accept a job as a light novel illustration."

Sayuri Sawamura smiled and took out a USB drive and handed it to Eriri: "The club is also very clear about it. After negotiation, they agreed to let you take a look at part of the manuscript of the first volume. If you think the work is good, you can go to the library for an interview next week."

"You dare to publish a novel like this when it's not even published yet. It seems like you've really made up your mind."

Taking the USB drive, Eriri walked to her computer desk, turned on the computer and said, "Then I'll take a look at it first. If the novel is good, I don't mind chatting about it. Kasumi Shiko? So the new writer is a woman?"

"Yes, I heard she's still quite young."

"That's not bad. He's not some greasy middle-aged uncle. If the work is good, we can meet him then."

While muttering to herself, Ying Lili opened the document in the USB drive and started reading.

"Love Metronome... I wonder what kind of love novel it is."

After seeing Eriri looking seriously, Sayuri Sawamura also quietly left the room, went back to the study, took out her cell phone and made a call.

..........

Monday morning.

Asakura Kaede was riding her bicycle leisurely on the way to school.

When I was still some distance away from the school, I saw Eriri walking slowly on the side of the road.

This guy really doesn’t take the family car to go to and from school.

Thinking of this, Asakura Kaede rode his bicycle to Eriri's side and pressed the bell.

Eriri, startled by the ringing, turned around and saw Asakura Kaede. She raised her hand and patted her chest: "It turned out to be you, Asakura. You scared me."

"Is it really that serious? Are you frightened by this?"

He got off the car, pushed his bicycle and walked beside Eriri. Asakura Feng observed her expression and said, "Didn't you sleep well?"

"Um......"

Rubbing her eyes tiredly, Ying Lili said, "I read a novel last night. I read it quite late. Although the number of words is not that long, I have always been a slow reader. It was almost two o'clock when I finished it."

"That's really late."

Asakura Feng calculated that even if Eriri went to bed at two o'clock and woke up at 7:5 in the morning, that would only be about five and a half hours, which is really not enough for a teenager of this age.

And from what Eriri said, I guess she was watching Kasumigaoka Utaha's Love Metronome last night?

Looking at Eriri, Asakura Feng also said: "It's better not to stay up late like this, after all, you still have to go to school."

"Yesterday was a special case, it's just this one time, I'll just take a nap at noon."

"You're not going to ask me to sleep with you again, are you?"

"Baga! I'm not sleeping with you!!!"

Hearing Asakura Kaede's teasing words, Eriri picked up her schoolbag in shame and anger and threw it at the other person.

Little did they know that the interaction between the two was seen by Takasu Ryuji, who was also walking to school and was not far behind them.

Chapter 28: Premonition of Exposure (Please collect!!!)

Less than two minutes after I sat down in the classroom, Takasu Ryuji also entered the classroom, put down his schoolbag and walked straight over.

Asakura Feng looked at the other person's playful expression, and said with a chill in his back, "Please, can you have a more normal expression?"

"...My expression is already normal. You are the one who is abnormal, okay?"

Takasu Ryuji was not angry, he smiled and said: "On the way to school, I saw you and Sawamura from Class A, talking and laughing."

"You're following me?"

"No, no, no, how can you say that you're stalking me?" Takasu Ryuji shook his finger and said, "I just happened to see you on the way to school. I don't mean anything else."

After saying that, he patted Asakura Kaede's shoulder and said with emotion, "As expected of you, Asakura. I just found out the girl's name, and you're already flirting with the most famous beauty in the school."

Asakura Feng pushed his hand away unhappily and said, "Although I know you have good grades in Chinese, could you please use words more accurately? This word should not be used carelessly. It would be bad if someone heard it and misunderstood it."

"So, you haven't caught up with her yet?"

"I should say I haven't taken any action, understand?"

"Really? It doesn't look like it. From my perspective, your relationship is much better than that of ordinary male and female classmates."

"You're overthinking it. We just have some common topics."

"Emm~~~"

After seeing that Asakura Kaede didn't seem to be lying, Takasu Ryuji hesitated for a moment, then a smile reappeared on his face: "That's good, it seems that you and I are not much different!"

Where on earth does this guy get the confidence to say that?

Looking at Takasu Ryuji helplessly, Asakura Feng did not continue to attack him. After all, this guy finally became cheerful in high school and met a girl he liked. As a friend, he would not make fun of him at this time.

At least we have to wait until his confession fails, right?

But speaking of it, what will be the final outcome of this guy?

Looking at Takasu Ryuji sitting back in his chair, Asakura Kaede touched his chin, feeling a little unpredictable about where he would go.

Well, forget it, just let it be, after all, this is youth.

.........

In this way, three days passed and it was Thursday.

In the afternoon, Asakura Feng received a message from editor Nakajima, asking him to come to the library after school in the afternoon, saying that Kashiwagi Eri would come to the library today to discuss cooperation with Kasumi Shiko. He asked the other party if he could bring one more person. After hearing that it was teacher Hong Fengye who wrote Suqing, the other party also agreed directly and expressed the hope to get an autograph.

When seeing this news, especially the second half, Asakura Kaede almost laughed out loud.

He had known for a long time that Eriri had read Soharu and liked the Explosive Chuunibyou Magician Huihui very much, but he didn't expect that she would agree to let him come over and even wanted an autograph.

No, I can’t think about this anymore, I’m really about to laugh out loud.

He quickly put away his phone, adjusted his mindset, and prepared for the last class of the afternoon that was about to begin.

After class, it was Asakura Kaede's turn to be on duty today, which happened to allow her to avoid meeting Eriri at the library at a different time.

After cleaning the classroom and throwing away the garbage, Asakura Kaede came to the art department with her schoolbag on her back.

After pushing open the door of the activity room, I saw that the three of the minister had already arrived. Uchimaki Subaru and Usami Mizuki were drawing, while the minister was lying on the sofa as usual, reading comics.

After coming in, Asakura Feng said directly: "Minister, I'm going to take a leave today. I have something to deal with."

"Ask for leave? No problem."

The minister turned his attention away from the comics, looked at Asakura Kaede and said, "But what a coincidence, you and Sawamura both took leave today."

Asakura Feng shrugged and said, "Sometimes it just happens by chance. Well, I just came to say that I have to leave quickly. See you tomorrow."

After saying hello to the three members of the club, Asakura Kaede left the school and headed for the library.

After getting off the train, Asakura Kaede still had some distance to go before she felt a little hungry, so she went to a nearby croquette shop, bought some croquettes, and ate them while walking to the library.

Eating fried food makes people happy. And since they will soon see Eriri's identity exposed, Asakura Kaede feels doubly happy.

After entering the library, I went straight to the editorial department. However, as soon as I came in, I found that there was a heavy atmosphere in the editorial department.

"Crack!"

After eating the last bite of croquette, Asakura Feng came to a male editor and asked, "Editor Kimura, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Asakura Kaede coming over, he handed him a croquette. The editor named Kimura took it and thanked him. He pointed to the reception room over there and whispered, "Asakura, the people are here, and Kasumi Shiko and Kashiwagi Eri have met. But we didn't expect that Kashiwagi Eri is actually a beautiful girl, and she knows Kasumi Shiko and is even from the same school as you."

Have you arrived yet? Or have you entered the reception room?

Asakura Feng nodded and said, "I see, but do you really have to do this?"

"Uh, I didn't want to do that, but who knows, the relationship between those two teachers doesn't seem to be that good. As soon as they met, they started arguing, but teacher Kasumi Shiko was obviously better and overpowered teacher Kashiwagi Eri. The two editors are mediating inside now. Asakura, do you want to go over now?"

"Of course, I was called here because of this matter." Asakura Feng said with a smile, "Editor Nakajima said that Kashiwagi Eri is also my reader. I think I can be of some help in the past. Just leave it to me."

Of course, it could also be more of a hindrance than a help.

"Then I'll leave it to you! It's rare that there's another beautiful girl painter in the industry. If we get along well, it would be a great pleasure for her to come to our place more often in the future!"

Hearing the other party say this, Asakura Feng also showed an emotional smile.

This is true. There are not many women in the light novel industry, whether they are authors or editors, let alone those with good looks.

But wait, Editor Machida isn’t bad looking, so why doesn’t anyone want her?

I don't understand, let's go and take a look at the situation first.

After putting his schoolbag on Editor Nakajima's chair, Asakura Kaede first sent a message to Editor Nakajima, and then followed him in after the other party came out.

In the reception room, Ying Lili also knew that Teacher Hong Fengye had arrived, and her face was full of excitement.

Only Kasumigaoka Utaha figured out some things after meeting Eriri. She looked at this girl who didn't get along with her with interest, ready to watch the fun.

Chapter 29: So cute, Eriri (Please collect it!!!)

The door to the reception room opened, and Editor Nakajima came in and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, everyone is finally here."

Behind him, Asakura Feng also walked in with a smile.

But after he came in, Eriri, who was originally smiling, suddenly stopped smiling.

She stood up quickly, pointed at Asakura Kaede who came in, and asked in disbelief: "Asakura, why are you here?"

"Hmm? Didn't you ask me to come here?"