My Cartoonist Girlfriend

"Oh, Feng-kun, I forgot to tell you. During the club activity this afternoon, Ruixi told me that she would talk to Uchimaki on the phone today to discuss going out for fun this weekend."

"Hmm? Is there such a thing? I see."

If this is the case, then Asakura Kaede can be basically 70% sure, and the rest will be known when we meet Uchimaki Subaru tomorrow and have a good chat.

Thinking of this, Asakura Feng couldn't help but shook his head: "This kind of situation that is unclear is the most complicated. For Senior Shirogane and Senior Shinomiya, it is much simpler. The complicated things are nothing more than the future. But the future, I believe that both Senior Shirogane and Senior Shinomiya will be able to solve it smoothly in two years."

Compared to the two seniors, Usami and Uchimura’s problems are not just about their own favorability, but also about other miscellaneous things. As outsiders, they can only discuss things with them briefly at most, but it still depends on them what to do specifically.

And so, the second day came.

Although there is a lot of work recently, it is not necessary to go out every day. Today is Asakura Kaede's rest time. After finishing class in the afternoon, he came to the art department leisurely.

After entering, he put down his schoolbag, turned on the air conditioner, sat on the chair, and said with a smile: "Yeah, it's still more comfortable to stay in the club. I have been running outside for the past few days. I'm really not used to that kind of rhythm."

"Hehe, Fengjun and I are the same. We prefer staying in one place rather than running around for work."

Eriri came over and sat down next to Asakura Kaede. "Although the space here is not big, it's very comfortable to stay here for a long time. I just wonder if the new students will be willing to join the art club when we are in the second year of high school."

"There should be some."

Asakura Feng nodded and said, "Although our school's art department is just a small club, we did win a place in the competition last year. But I guess if the director adopts the same strategy as last year when recruiting new members and is not willing to make a big fuss, then there will definitely not be many people coming. And we have to carefully screen those who come to register, and we won't allow those with bad personalities to join."

"Yeah, that's for sure!"

Eriri agreed with Asakura Kaede's statement very much. Everyone in the art club had good personalities, and they couldn't allow anyone who would ruin the current atmosphere to be recruited in the future.

Just as the two were talking about this, the door of the activity room opened and the head coach walked in with a smile: "Asakura is right. As for recruiting new members for next semester, we'll just go with the flow. It's great to have some good new members, but it's not impossible with just the few of us."

Later, Usami and Subaru Uchimaki also came over, and everyone expressed the same idea on this matter.

Everyone was present and started today's club activities in the activity room with the heating turned on fully.

Just as he was about to draw the storyboard, Eriri's little feet came over and kicked Asakura Kaede's calf.

Looking at Eriri, Asakura Kaede saw that Eriri was constantly making eye contact. He knew what she wanted to express, which was about Subaru Uchimaki.

With a helpless smile, Asakura Feng picked up his phone and sent a message to Eriri.

[How could I possibly talk to him about this so soon? The club activities have just started. I will find a chance later. Just focus on painting.]

After seeing Asakura Kaede's message, Eriri thought about it and made a small gesture of encouragement to Asakura Kaede, then started drawing.

Everyone was busy with their own things, and the minister on the sofa observed a few juniors, then started reading comics with a smile on his face.

He had slept a lot today. He had club activities in the afternoon and rarely planned to sleep.

After working for about twenty minutes and finishing the remaining storyboards for the episode, Asakura saved the file and sent it to Eriri, then stretched and stood up and said, "I'll go get some drinks. Does anyone want anything to drink? It's my treat!"

"Oh! There's something to drink? Great!"

The minister was the first to raise his hand and said with a smile: "Then I'll have a Coke. Thank you very much!"

Eriri followed suit and said, "I...then I want orange juice!"

Usami thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll have apple juice. Thank you, Asakura-kun."

Just as Uchimaki Subaru was about to speak, Asakura Kaede came over and pulled him up: "Uchimaki, come with me, and buy some snacks by the way."

"Huh? Ah, okay."

After watching Asakura and Uchimaki Subaru leave, Eriri breathed a sigh of relief. This seemed to be the opportunity Asakura had mentioned before. Indeed, if they wanted to chat, they had to go outside.

There was only one club member left in the activity room who was reading comics. Eriri became a little more courageous and moved her chair to Usami's side. She asked quietly, "Mizuki, I didn't ask you during the day. Did you call Uchimaki yesterday?"

"Ah, this."

Putting down her brush, Usami whispered, "Well... I did call and chatted for a while, discussing where to go on Saturday."

"Go where?"

"..." Usami's face turned red as she replied, "Zoo."

"Oh~~~" Eriri blinked and continued to ask, "Ueno Zoo?"

Usami was immediately alert at this point, and asked, "Eri, what are you going to do? I'm warning you, don't follow me when the time comes!"

After saying that, he raised his little fist as if in demonstration.

If it were an ordinary girl, Eriri would not be afraid at all, but Usami was different. The strength contained in this girl's little fist was not something that everyone dared to withstand.

Eriri instinctively shrank her neck and said with a smile, "Ahahaha~ Of course not, Ruixi, don't worry, we are good friends, how could I disturb your date?"

Little did they know that the volume of their conversation gradually grew louder and was heard by the minister on the other side of the sofa.

Chapter 316: Straightforward Questions (2/2)

On the other side, after Asakura Kaede and Uchimaki Subaru came out, they went straight to the store and bought their respective drinks and some snacks. Uchimaki Subaru picked a bottle of Coke, the same as the minister's.

After buying things, Asakura Feng naturally did not go back directly. Instead, she patted Uchimaki Subaru on the shoulder and asked him to follow her to the end of the corridor.

It's club activity time after school, and there will basically be no one passing by here, so it's a good opportunity to chat.

After stopping, Uchimaki Subaru looked at Asakura Kaede in confusion: "Asakura, you pulled me out here not because you have something to ask me, right?"

"Yes, there is something wrong."

After opening the drink and taking a sip, Asakura Feng asked with a smile, "It's been almost a month since we went to Hokkaido. How are things going between you and Usami?"

"...well?"

Uchimaki Subaru was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Asakura Kaede to ask so directly. After a brief panic, he said with a slightly vague look: "I, um, I don't quite understand what you mean."

Asakura Feng looked at this guy speechlessly and said, "Do you know that your acting is very bad? From Usami's performance since then, I can say that everyone around us can see it. If you tell me that you don't know, I will never believe it. Now there are only two of us here, what's so bad about admitting it?"

"..."

Scratching his head, Uchimaki Subaru was obviously not used to talking about this topic. After hesitating for a long time, he said, "Well, of course I know. After all, when we were traveling in Hokkaido before, Usami..."

Although he didn't finish his words, Asakura Feng knew what the second half of his sentence was. He probably meant that Usami's performance was very obvious.

"Since you know everything and can see that Usami has a crush on you, what do you think? After all, you've all known each other for almost a year."

"This...can I not say this? It feels so awkward."

Subaru Uchimaki blushed, which was extremely rare.

Asakura Feng looked at him as if he had seen a new world. He stared at him curiously for a long time before saying, "Well, since you don't want to talk more, I won't force you. I just want to understand. After all, you have never thought about these things before. But I still have a suggestion. Do you want to listen?"

"Huh? What?"

"If you really don't have feelings for each other, then don't let the active party invest too much. This is disrespectful to the other party." After saying that, Asakura Feng took the lead and took the first step. "Let's go. If we don't go back, they will probably urge us."

Subaru Uchimaki also knew what Asakura Kaede meant to him. He nodded and followed Asakura Kaede's footsteps.

Soon, the two returned to the art department and shared the drinks and snacks.

Taking the orange juice handed to her by Asakura Kaede, Eriri opened it and took a sip, then began to give Asakura Kaede constant glances.

[Have you asked? Have you asked? Have you asked? ]

In response, Asakura Kaede said that chatting via mind chat was too tiring, so she just picked up her phone and sent a message to Eriri.

[I asked, I will tell you the details after the club activities are over. ]

This undoubtedly made Eriri's curiosity grow. She glared at Asakura Kaede with dissatisfaction, and then started eating snacks.

Even until the end of the club activities, except at the school gate, Eriri didn't speak to Asakura Kaede during this period of time.

After saying goodbye to Usami, the girl looked at Asakura Kaede, puffed up her face and poked Asakura Kaede's cheek with her finger: "Tell me, what's going on?"

Taking Eriri's hand and holding it, Asakura Feng said with a smile: "After we finished shopping, I asked him directly how he felt about Usami, but he didn't say anything. He was unexpectedly shy."

"Hey! Why don't you tell me? You should ask more questions... huh? Is he still shy?"

Eriri obviously understood, and a smile appeared on her face: "If you don't have any feelings, even if someone asks you about this, you are unlikely to feel shy. The most likely thing is that you are worried and thinking about how to refuse. Then Fengjun, are you saying that Uchimaki's reaction shows that he actually has a good impression of Ruixi?"

"It's certain that I have a crush on you."

Asakura Feng nodded affirmatively: "Let me put it this way, boys are actually very frank when talking about girls, especially when there are no girls around. Whether they like someone or not may depend on the person, but if they don't like someone, 99% of them will say it directly. This guy Uchimaki obviously hasn't talked about this with others, or he has never met a girl he likes before, which is why I noticed him."

"Yeah! That's a good thing!"

Eriri jumped excitedly, hugged Asakura Kaede's arm and said, "In that case, these two will be dating soon!"

"About this..." Asakura thought for a moment and shook his head, "It may not be certain. It shouldn't be that fast. After all, you and I both know Uchimaki Subaru's previous personality. It may take a long time for him to think about how he feels about Usami. Besides, I didn't ask him about painting before. If I asked, my purpose would be too obvious. It's enough to know his current general situation."

"Yeah, I understand."

Eriri leaned on Asakura Kaede's shoulder and said with some regret: "If what you said, Kaede-kun, is accurate, then Mizuki will have to work hard for a while."

"Normal, this is also a rare experience. Just make sure that Uchimaki has a good impression of Usami."

"Hey, Feng-kun, let me tell you something. When you went out before, I asked Ruixi, and she told me that she and Uchimaki were going to the zoo on the weekend, and it was almost certain that it was Ueno Zoo. Feng-kun, we haven't been to the zoo for a while!"

Asakura Feng stopped walking instantly, looked at Eriri who was smiling brightly beside him, and said speechlessly: "Eriri, stalking is not a good thing, Usami will never agree to it."

"It doesn't matter. Isn't it okay as long as we don't get caught?"

"...I don't think we won't be discovered."

Asakura Kaede also knew about this kind of thing. Eriri was in the middle of her excitement and she couldn't stop her. She could only find a way to make Eriri change her focus by the weekend and forget about these current thoughts.

But how to do it...

Add some more work? That's one way, but Eriri will definitely be angry.

Or...let's make it impossible for Eriri to get out of bed?

This is possible!

Chapter 317 Saturday Morning (1/2)

It turns out that Asakura Kaede knows Eriri exactly.

On Friday night, after dinner, Ying Lili sat on the sofa with her mobile phone and checked the weather conditions for tomorrow.

After making tea, Asakura Feng came over and sat down next to Eriri, looking at her phone and asked, "What's the weather like tomorrow?"

“It’s a sunny day!”

Ying Lili looked at her phone and said happily, "Feng Jun Feng Jun, let's go to the zoo tomorrow!"

"Are you still thinking about this?"

"Well? Of course!"

Eriri's twin ponytails were undone, and her long hair hung down on Asakura's arm as she swung it. "It's a rare opportunity, and it's a fun thing to do. I haven't seen other people of my age date like this! I wanted to ask Kaguya-senpai and Shirogane-senpai how they dated, but they just wouldn't tell me, so Mizuki and Uchimaki are the best targets!"

"...You are such a goal-oriented girl. You even want to gossip about Senior Baiyin and his friends."

Asakura Feng smiled and shook his head, but still did not make any specific decisions about tomorrow. Instead, he said, "Let's talk about this tomorrow. Take a break now, because we still have to work later."

"Okay~~~"

Eriri didn't think much about it. Anyway, when she got up tomorrow, she would suggest going out. As long as there was nothing else, Asakura Kaede would definitely not object to her, so she happily held the teacup and started drinking.

"Feng Jun, what do you think will happen if the two of them go to the zoo?"

"Of course I don't know the details, but it's definitely different from the two of us. They haven't reached that stage yet. It may even take about three months or more for them to be like us at the beginning."

"Oh! Impossible?"

"If you consider the personalities of Uchimaki and Usami, you'll know that what I said is fundamentally conservative."

"... it's impossible to refute."

Leaning on Asakura Kaede, Eriri said with a smile: "Hehe, I hope they can have a good result."

If there is a good result, there will probably be one, but I don’t know how many interesting things will happen in the process.

After resting for half an hour, Asakura Kaede dragged the reluctant Eriri to the studio and started tonight's work.

Because it was Friday and Eriri was planning to do something again tomorrow, Asakura Kaede, who just wanted to stay home during the winter, decided to play more games with Eriri after work.

Well, not just computer games and console games, but of course other games as well.

........

The next day, Saturday.