My Cartoonist Girlfriend

Oosaka Taiga's face turned red and he nodded silently, which was considered as his agreement.

Before ten o'clock, Takasu Ryuji, Kushieda, Kasumigaoka Utaha, Uchimaki Subaru, and Usami Mizuki arrived one after another. Kitamura Yusaku and Kawashima Ami arrived on time at ten o'clock.

As the last two people to arrive, Kitamura Yusaku said after entering: "Sorry, I missed a bus, so I had to wait a few minutes longer."

Asakura Feng came over with a fruit plate in her hand and said, "It's okay. It won't cost a few minutes anyway. Let's eat some fruit first. Someone sent it to Eriri's house. Aunt Sayuri brought some over yesterday."

Girls who want to maintain their figure will always eat fruits, especially models like Kawashima Ami, who basically eat a lot of fruits every day to replace the various snacks they want to eat.

Picking up a strawberry and putting it into her mouth, Kawashima Ami couldn't help but narrow her eyes: "Well~~ This strawberry is so sweet. I usually don't want to buy strawberries because they are really expensive."

“It’s really expensive.”

Nodding, Ying Lili also ate the fruit and said: "Feng Jun and I have discussed that we will find time to go to China during the holidays. There will be a lot of delicious food, including fruits, and we don't have to worry about the language. With Feng Jun here, we can play for a month. Of course, we will make time to go to the beach. That is scheduled in advance. It only happens once a year."

It was the first time that Kawashima Ami heard about things at the seaside, and she became curious.

Kasumigaoka Utaha picked up a cherry and put it into her mouth, then said thoughtfully, "The beach, luckily it's a private beach, otherwise I definitely wouldn't go there."

"Of course I don't know you. If it wasn't a private beach, I wouldn't have invited you. I don't like going to public beaches myself."

On the other side, Kushieda Minori also explained everyone's summer plans to Kawashima Ami.

"Hmm~~Private beach, seems hard to reserve, right?"

"It's OK. I thought about it too late last year, so I didn't have the chance." Eriri nodded. "But this year, I asked my mom to make an appointment for me early. It's a big private beach, and there are villas by the sea. We can go there and have fun for a few days. Whether it's surfing or diving, there are special coaches. We can also have barbecues and fireworks!"

"seaside..."

While muttering to himself at the seaside, Oosaka Taiga suddenly trembled, put his hands on his chest, and became mad.

Seeing her like this, Kawashima Ami immediately showed a bright smile, pulled the collar of her clothes and said, "It's great to be able to go to the beach, but I should change my swimsuit too. Let's go buy it together when the time comes. I don't even know what size I should wear now."

When Oosaka Taiga looked at Kawashima Ami's body curves, he felt as if several arrows were piercing his heart.

Although she no longer cared about her height, her figure was something she could not get over.

Kasumigaoka Utaha also showed her true colors of rubbing salt into the wound and said, "Well, come to think of it, I haven't been to a swimming pool or something like that for a few years. When the weather gets warmer, let's go check out the new swimsuits. Girls, let's go together. It should be fun."

Oosaka Taiga's face darkened a little, and he said timidly, "Can I not go?"

"No~~~~"

Several girls, including Kushieda Minori, who was like a sister to Oosaka Taiga, joined in the rebuttal and stopped Oosaka Taiga from backing down.

They are really good sisters. They like to backstab each other at times like this.

Chapter 363: Almost Scared (1/4)

It’s almost noon and time to prepare lunch. Just like in previous gatherings, Asakura Kaede prepared a lot of ingredients, after all, everyone is a foodie.

But one difference is that today the kitchen was completely occupied by girls, leaving no room for Asakura Kaede and Takasu Ryuji to perform.

The main person in charge of cooking is naturally Eriri, and then Kushieda Minori. With these two as the main people, Kasumigaoka Utaha, Oosaka Taiga, Usami Mizuki and Kawashima Ami are the others helping out.

Kawashima Ami also came over to help, which was something no one expected.

Kawashima Ami explained: "I live alone now and usually order takeout. Although I want to learn how to cook, it's boring to learn alone. Today I just happened to have the opportunity, so I decided to learn it."

In the living room, the boys couldn't help but feel a little worried as they watched the kitchen start to get busy.

Especially Takasu Ryuji, he was almost restless.

"Um, Asakura, is it really okay if we don't go and watch? I feel like we can't handle it with just Sawamura and Kushieda. Not to mention the others, the destructive power of Taiga alone is terrifying. I almost failed when she asked me to teach her how to cook before."

"Long Er, what are you talking about? I heard everything!"

When Oosaka Taiga's voice was heard, Takasu Ryuji quickly covered his mouth and stopped talking.

Seeing that Takasu Ryuji had behaved himself, Oosaka Taiga snorted and continued to wash the vegetables seriously. However, when she washed the vegetables, she put a small stool under her feet, which was really interesting.

After two minutes, Takasu Ryuji observed again and again, and found that Oosaka Taiga was no longer paying attention to him, so he lowered his voice and whispered, "That's it. She obviously doesn't know how to behave when cooking, but she still doesn't listen to my instructions. When she rushes, she mixes up the salt and sugar jars. This is just the smallest mistake."

"Uh... is it that exaggerated?"

Uchimaki Subaru said in disbelief: "Now it seems that nothing has happened, right?"

"We are still in the process of preparation. If something goes wrong, there will be no hope." Kitamura Yusaku complained and then said with a smile, "But it's pretty comfortable now. I don't have to do anything and just wait to eat. Asakura, who cooks more at home now, you or Sawamura?"

After doing a quick calculation on his fingers, Asakura Feng said, "For us, it's about half and half. Out of the seven days a week, I'm responsible for two days, Eriri is responsible for two days, and we cook together for the other three days. As for housework, we never ask one person to do it all. We always divide it up or work together. Of course, this is also because we are all self-employed. If we choose to be office workers working from nine to five in the future, the pressure of housework will fall on Eriri."

"A company animal."

Thinking of this, Kitamura Yusaku couldn't help scratching his head and said with some relief: "Fortunately, this matter is far away from us. I haven't made a good career plan for the future. For now, I will consider studying abroad."

"Well? You want to study abroad?"

Takasu Ryuji said in surprise: "This is the first time you've mentioned this."

Kitamura Yusaku said with a smile: "Haha, the main thing is that I haven't thought about it specifically yet. If I want to study abroad, my grades need to continue to improve, and my English also needs to be improved."

Asakura Kaede knew a little bit about the reason why Kitamura wanted to study abroad. It was mainly because Kano Sumire had already decided to study abroad, and this guy would definitely go with her. She just didn't know how the progress was and what stage it had reached.

They were talking about studying abroad and Asakura Feng was still communicating with Kitamura Yu in English when suddenly the screams of girls were heard from the kitchen, forcing Asakura Feng and the others to stop and quickly run over.

However, when they looked over, they all had speechless expressions, because unlike Oosaka Taiga and Kawashima Ami who were screaming, Eriri was still standing calmly in front of the pan, staring at the frying chicken wings.

She even took the time to turn around and look at Asakura Feng, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Feng Jun, just a little bit of oil came out just now."

Asakura Feng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. I thought someone cut his finger."

"Hey, don't worry. The chopping is done by me, Minori, and Mizuki. The others just help wash the vegetables, prepare the seasonings, etc. Okay, okay, you guys go back, everything is going well here."

This made the boys sit back on the sofa.

After sitting down, Asakura Feng complained: "I thought I could be quite relieved, but when I called out just now, I really panicked."

"We can't help it. After all, we don't have as much confidence in everyone as we do in Sawamura." Kitamura Yusaku said with a smile, "But then again, when Sawamura first started learning to cook, didn't he fail?"

This question really suits Asakura Kaede.

"Hmm~~~ I really don't know about this." After frowning and thinking for a while, Asakura Feng said, "When I first knew that Eriri learned to cook, she made me a very good lunch. I really don't know what it was like before that. At that time, she learned from Aunt Sayuri."

Looking at Eriri who was serving a dish to the applause of the girls, Asakura Kaede scratched his cheek and kept the incident in mind.

When it was almost twelve o'clock, the lunch for the whole table was ready, and everyone sat around the table and started eating today's lunch.

Picking up a piece of pork ribs and taking a bite, Kawashima Ami widened her eyes in surprise: "Yeah! It's delicious, sour and sweet!"

"Hey, it's delicious~~~"

Eriri said proudly, "I made this according to the recipe Aunt Reiko gave me. I practiced for a long time. Compared to Japanese food, Chinese food, even home cooking, requires many more steps. It also requires a lot of attention to the firepower and ingredients."

While chewing on a chicken wing, Oosaka Taiga glanced at Takasu Ryuji standing across from him and said, "Ryuji, hurry up and learn how to cook Chinese food too. I want to eat it!"

Takasu Ryuji twitched his lips and said, "I'm already learning, but it takes a lot of time. I've asked Sawamura for many recipes for home cooking, but I can only study them on weekends. Let's wait a little longer."

"Tsk, how stupid."

"..."

Taking a deep breath, Takasu Ryuji knew that Oosaka Taiga's body had not yet fully recovered, so he forced himself to endure it.

Chapter 364: Learning to Cook (2/4)

After lunch, the afternoon is time for rest and entertainment.

Although Eriri excitedly suggested that everyone watch a horror movie together, she was refuted by the other girls and had to give up. In the end, everyone voted and played poker.

Holding a handful of cards in her hand, Ying Lili said depressedly: "You are really cowards. There are so many people together, but you don't dare to watch a horror movie. It's spring now, not winter. Even if we watch a movie here in winter, we will turn on the air conditioner."

"Let's not talk about horror movies."

Shaking her head, Kasumigaoka Utaha drew a card from Eriri's hand and threw it out with a pair. Then she said, "After watching a horror movie here last time, I became interested. Then I watched five horror movies in one weekend. I almost couldn't sleep at night. After that, I just didn't dare to watch them anymore."

"Then you are really amazing. I don't even dare to watch so many horror movies at once."

Pursing her lips, Eriri drew a card from Oosaka Taiga, and it turned out to be a joker card. She immediately put on an expression of doubt about her life, while Oosaka Taiga showed a bright smile.

The boys did not participate in the game of drawing joker cards, because the bet of the girls was that if they lost, they would draw turtles on their faces. Even though the pen could be easily washed off, they were not very interested, so they just got together to play the game.

Playing Nintendo Super Smash Bros., Asakura Feng, who is the best at gaming among the group, dodged the attacks of the others easily while saying, "We talked about going to the beach in the summer, everyone should have time, right?"

"Have."

The others all nodded in sync. Kitamura Yusaku said, "I'm ready. I'll ask for leave early for my summer job. There are very few opportunities like this, a private beach and a seaside villa. Wow, it's great to have a rich friend."

"It's really not the case for the local tyrants."

Shrugging, Asakura Feng said with a smile: "I made an appointment in advance, and I got it because of my connections. If you were really rich, you would have your own private beach and seaside villa."

"I guess Asakura you should be able to have one in the future, right? A private one?"

"Yeah~~~"

Tilting his head, he easily knocked away Mario controlled by Takasu Ryuji, and said, "It seems that it is not necessary? Eriri's family seems to have a private beach abroad. Eriri, I remember you said there is a private beach, right?"

Eriri, who was sitting back to back with Asakura Kaede on the other side, nodded and said, "Yes, there is, at my dad's house. But it's not necessary to go abroad and take a plane to play at the beach. If you really want to go abroad, there must be better places, and you won't choose your own home."

So this is what a real rich person is.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Eriri shrugged and said, "Don't look at me like that. I've already said that it's from my father's family, and it has nothing to do with me. Didn't you see that my last name is Sawamura first? My father has brothers and sisters, and most of the family property over there will not be mine, and I have never thought about it."

Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled and bumped Eriri's shoulder: "In the near future, it will be changed to Asakura, right, Mrs. Asakura?"

"No Road Race!"

Then everyone started taking turns teasing Eriri by calling her "Mrs. Asakura," which made Eriri blush but she couldn't object.

Amidst the laughter, Kitamura Yusaku discovered that Kawashima Ami, who had been a little unsociable before, had unexpectedly become very relaxed here today and was able to quickly integrate into everyone's communication, and even her awkward personality was not revealed.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that Kawashima Ami is pretending. Her current appearance is the most ordinary appearance of Kawashima Ami that Kitamura Yusaku has seen before.

So Kitamura Yusaku can be sure that in such an environment, Kawashima Ami is very relaxed and doesn't have to think about anything else.

Although we haven't gotten rid of the extra work, the atmosphere of this small circle over the past year is really contagious. Including Oosaka Taiga, who had a bad temper at the beginning, now has improved a lot and has become a very cute little girl, playing happily with everyone.

Just as he was thinking this, Takasu Ryuji suddenly said, "Good opportunity!"

Then, Kitamura, who was originally sure of victory, was defeated by Takasu Ryuji, and the situation on the field turned into a one-on-one duel between him and Asakura Kaede.

"Damn, Takasu, you sneak attack!"

"How can it be called a sneak attack?" Takasu Ryuji laughed happily and rushed over to have the final showdown with the long-awaited Asakura Kaede. "Who told you to be distracted just now? You dare to be distracted on the battlefield, that's a big taboo!"

"..."

Putting down the handle, Kitamura stood up silently, poured himself a glass of Coke, and drank it dejectedly.

In the evening, everyone said goodbye and left after a happy day of playing.

After closing the door of the apartment and sitting back on the sofa, Asakura Feng waved to Eriri: "Eriri, come here."

"Huh? Here I come!"

Putting the cat down, Eriri trotted over, jumped onto the sofa, and leaned into Asakura Kaede's arms: "What's the matter?"

"I want to ask you something."

After smoothing the single ponytail that Eriri had tied today, Asakura Feng chuckled and said, "Do you remember the first time you cooked for me?"

"Of course I remember!"

After thinking for a while, Ying Lili nodded and said, "That was after I learned it from my mother. I made it for you when I came to your house. But now when I think about it, my cooking skills were really just average, nothing compared to what they are now. Hehe, Aunt Lingzi said before that my cooking skills are already 70% of hers. Isn't that amazing!"

"Yeah, that's great."

Gently pinching Eriri's cheek, Asakura Feng continued, "But that's not what I want to ask. I want to ask, how long did it take you to learn from scratch before you successfully learned it?"

"Start from scratch?"

Ying Lili didn't think much about it, shook her head and said, "It's not long, but it's not short either. Every day when I get home from school, it's almost time for dinner. I use this time to rest, pestering my mother to teach me how to cook while taking notes. When I have more time, like on weekends or when I get home early, I'll ask my mother to teach me and I'll do it. I was very nervous when I started cooking, for fear that the oil or high temperature would hurt me, but now I'm not so worried. Fengjun, why are you asking me this all of a sudden?"

"Because when we were cooking at noon, someone from your side called out, right? So we boys started talking about this, and I kept it in mind. I wanted to ask you about what happened when you first started learning."

Rubbing Eriri's cheek, Asakura Feng said softly: "Thank you, Eriri, for being willing to cook for me."

"Hehe, it's nothing. Fengjun, won't you do it for me too?"

Ying Lili's face turned slightly red, and she squinted her eyes happily and said, "My mother taught me that love requires both parties to make sacrifices, so I have to pay attention as well. But Fengjun, I still have to teach Da He and the others when I cook lunch. I'm already very tired."