My Cartoonist Girlfriend

"Senior? Why are you here?"

Seeing the surprised expression on Asakura Kaede's face, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt a little unhappy. She narrowed her eyes and said, "Why, can't I just come to the supermarket to buy things?"

After saying that, he came to Asakura Kaede, took a box of beef tenderloin and put it in the shopping cart.

"Well... this is really the first time. In the previous times, I saw you and your aunt coming together."

This supermarket is the largest in the surrounding area. When Asakura Kaede and Eriri came here to buy things, they met Kasumigaoka Utaha and her mother shopping together several times, but today was the first time that Kasumigaoka Utaha came alone.

"I can't help it. My mother went shopping with her friends, and she left the task of buying groceries to me."

As she spoke, Kasumigaoka Utaha took out a piece of paper with a shopping list and showed it.

"You, on the other hand, came out alone? Eriri isn't probably still sleeping, is she?"

"Yeah, he should still be sleeping."

Asakura Feng nodded and said, "After returning home a few days ago, the girl complained about the hot weather and said that she would not go out during the rest of the summer vacation unless there was a special situation. She also left the task of buying groceries to me."

"It really fits her personality." Kasumigaoka Utaha said with a smile, "Asakura-kun, do you have a lot of things to buy? If you have enough time, can you give me some reference? It's easy to buy meat, but it's really difficult for me to choose vegetables."

Asakura Feng would naturally not refuse this small favor: "Sure, buy the meat first."

After buying the meat, Asakura Kaede took Kasumigaoka Utaha to the vegetable area again and helped her pick out a lot of vegetables.

Neither of them needed to buy any snacks or anything, they just went to the cashier to pay.

After they finished shopping, Kasumigaoka Utaha asked, "Asakura-kun, do you mind if I bother you today? I had already agreed with Eriri that I would come over once in the next two days to discuss the illustrations with her. Since we met today, why don't I come today?"

"Of course, if you come, we are welcome."

Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded with a smile: "Then I might need to trouble you to go home with me first. I'll put my things down and take the laptop with me."

"Okay, it won't take much time anyway." As he spoke, Asakura Feng took out his cell phone, "But I have to call Eriri first, otherwise when we go back, Eriri will see that I don't know anything and I haven't prepared anything, and she will definitely vent her anger on me."

"Well, this is really possible."

If it was the old Eriri, she might not be like this, but after being with Asakura Kaede, especially after moving in together, Eriri has become more mature in all aspects of her behavior. Especially when someone comes to visit, if she, the hostess, is still asleep and the guest arrives, Eriri will definitely not be happy.

Sure enough, when the call came, Ying Lili was still drowsy and I could tell she wasn't awake yet.

But after hearing Asakura Kaede say that Kasumigaoka Utaha would come over in a while, Eriri forced herself to sit up and said, "Yeah... I know, Kaede-kun, I'll get up right away. I'll hang up first and go take a shower."

After hanging up the phone, Asakura Feng shrugged at Kasumigaoka Shiyu: "Look, as soon as you heard that you were coming over, you got up immediately. Otherwise, you would definitely sleep until noon."

“What a huge change…”

After sighing, Kasumigaoka Utaha said with a smile: "Well, let's go, let's go to my house first."

Kasumigaoka Utaha's house is quite close to here, and it only takes ten minutes by bus to get there.

At Kasumigaoka's home, Kasumigaoka Utaha's mother went out shopping and would not be back until the afternoon. Her father was at work and would not be back until the evening. No wonder Kasumigaoka Utaha said she would come here today. It seemed like it was because she was alone at home and was awake anyway, so she might as well finish her work first.

After sitting in the living room and waiting for a while, Kasumigaoka Utaha was ready to go downstairs.

"Sorry for the waitting."

"Well...senior sister, why did you change your clothes again?"

She was wearing a light-colored dress before, but now she changed into another one.

"I can't help it. Actually, I'm just like Eriri. We're both afraid of the heat. I was planning to change clothes when I got home." Carrying the bag that hit the laptop, Kasumigaoka Utaha chuckled and said, "For girls, this is more troublesome. If I sweat or something, I'm afraid people will notice it."

This is true. Asakura Feng has never seen a few girls who are not afraid of heat.

"In that case, why not just call a taxi?"

They hailed a taxi and went straight to the apartment.

As soon as he opened the door and walked in, Asakura Feng saw Eriri drinking milk and eating bread in the living room. She had changed into a set of hot pants and a T-shirt, which showed that she was quite efficient.

Seeing the two of them, Ying Lili immediately waved and said, "Feng Jun, Feng Jun, come and see, another celebrity is getting divorced!"

"..."

This maturity...really applies to all aspects, including gossiping.

Chapter 443 Envy (1/3)

Asakura Kaede and Eriri used to read gossip news, but Asakura Kaede didn't expect that Eriri would become so interested in reading gossip news now.

Even Kasumigaoka Utaha was the same. When she heard what Eriri said, she immediately ran over. The two of them sat on the sofa and started watching the news and chatting.

"Oh! It's these two. Weren't they showing affection in the news a few days ago?"

"Hehe, God knows, it's probably just acting."

“But this change is too fast.”

"I guess some journalist or paparazzi noticed something, so they just exposed it themselves."

Listening to the two people talking to each other, Asakura Feng shook his head helplessly and put the ingredients into the refrigerator one by one.

Then, he took out a large bottle of soda water and two lemons, made some lemon soda water and gave it to the two girls.

"Here, drinks and snacks."

After putting the things down, Asakura Feng patted Eriri's head and said, "Is that enough for breakfast?"

"That's enough~~~"

Picking up the cup and taking a sip, Ying Lili said comfortably: "It's not long until noon anyway, so I'll have a little snack and wait for lunch! Hehe, Fengjun, you see, the entertainment news nowadays is so interesting. At the beginning, they are still publishing news about celebrity divorces, and then they start to release news about love affairs. It's really fun!"

"Entertainment news is all the same."

Asakura Feng shrugged, stood up and said, "Then you guys just watch first, I should get to work too."

In addition to traveling around these days, Asakura Kaede has been helping Eriri with some comics work. She has fallen behind in her own work on novels, and she has to speed up her schedule, otherwise editor Nakajima will definitely urge her to do so.

Eriri also knew that Asakura Feng hadn't been busy with his own affairs these days, so she nodded and said, "Well, Feng-kun, you go ahead and do your work. I'll take care of Shiyu!"

Asakura Feng was still very confident about entertaining friends and so on, and Kasumigaoka Utaha had been here many times, so he didn't need to say anything more and just got up and went back to the studio.

After Asakura Kaede entered the room, Kasumigaoka Utaha said to Eriri, "Are you busy?"

"Well, I'm not particularly busy. It's mainly because Feng-kun didn't work much in the past few days, so the progress may be a little different from the original plan." Eriri shook her head and said, "Feng-kun has already finished writing the last volume of Suqing. He is anxious mainly because he doesn't want to hold a book signing event for Suqing, so after discussing with editor Nakajima, he wants to hand in the first volume of the new book before the end of August."

"The end of August. There's still a month left. It's definitely in time, right?"

"Well, it's still in time, but Feng Jun doesn't like to procrastinate until the last minute. He originally planned to write a part a week and finish it in three weeks, but he didn't write much before, so he can only work on it these few days."

"A new book..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but become curious: "I still don't know what type of book his new book is. You should know, right?"

"Hey, of course I know!"

Eriri raised her head proudly and said, "Although Feng-kun didn't let me tell you what kind of story it is, it's still set in another world like the last one, but it will be quite different overall. And let me tell you, I'll be in charge of the character design and illustrations this time, just like your novel!"

"This is the first time I've heard you say that."

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Eriri in surprise: "It's a comic, and then there are the character illustrations for two novels. Can you handle it?"

"Who do you think I am? I'm Kashiwagi Eri! Cricket, this is just a small amount of work!" Eriri said confidently, "I have almost finished the character design and illustrations for Fengjun's novel. The progress on your side has been very smooth, and I have not delayed the comics. What do you think of my work?"

After thinking about it, Kasumigaoka Utaha really couldn't find any fault with it, and said with a smile: "Well, you are amazing, I don't think I can do it. Now that we have finished reading the news, how about we discuss the illustrations first?"

"Okay, wait for me, I'll get a notebook!"

Soon, Eriri brought a laptop and a digital tablet from the studio, and the two began to discuss work matters in the living room while petting the cat.

Kaede Asakura worked in the studio until half past ten. After quickly typing almost ten thousand words, she stopped working and came out to prepare lunch.

Because of the hot weather, after asking Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha, Asakura Kaede did not prepare overly complicated and sumptuous dishes. He simply made some cold noodles, a dish of chicken wings and a vegetable salad, and the three of them had a simple meal.

The three of them were the type who didn't care about anything else when they were working. Besides, Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't come here to play today, so after lunch, everyone continued to work on the work at hand.

While revising the illustrations at hand according to Kasumigaoka Utaha's request, Eriri said, "Well~~ It's August now, and you still have half a year to graduate, right?"

"Yes, it will happen very quickly. Three years of high school will be over in a flash."

After typing a few times, Kasumigaoka Utaha looked up and said with some emotion: "I started to have the idea of ​​writing a novel when I was in the first year of high school. I tinkered with it little by little, participated in competitions, and then published it. It seems that the completion and the new book now all happened in the blink of an eye."

"I'm almost there too, hehe~~~"

Eriri smiled and said, "I never thought that I could become a cartoonist so quickly, and even the single volume has been released."

"I see more than that, right?"

Looking at Eriri, Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled and said, "I think the thing that makes you happiest is not this, but Asakura-kun, right?"

"Hmm~~~ It seems to be true."

Ying Lili's face flushed slightly, and she whispered, "It really feels like a dream."

"Some people probably can't even dream of being as good as you." Continuing to type, Kasumigaoka Utaha said, "Although I don't have many good relationships with girls in the senior year, I often hear people discussing you two. The most common thing I hear is all kinds of jealousy and envy. Everyone is complaining about how you get all the good things."

"Huh? Really?"

"Of course, there are many times that I heard, not to mention the times that I didn't hear."

"Hey, is there really such a thing?"

Eriri's eyes narrowed as she smiled, then she glanced at Kasumigaoka Utaha and asked, "Are you envious?"

"Me? It's impossible to say I'm not envious, but that's all. I won't spend all my time envying others."

Kasumigaoka Utaha shrugged and continued with the work at hand.

Chapter 444 Takasu Ryuji's Plan (2/3)

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Kasumigaoka Utaha did not accept Asakura Kaede and Eriri's invitation to stay at home for dinner, but directly called a taxi and went home.

After seeing off Kasumigaoka Utaha, Eriri returned to the apartment and hugged Asakura Kaede's arm, and told him with a smile what she had heard from Kasumigaoka Utaha in the afternoon.

"Huh? Is this true?"

Asakura Feng was also stunned after hearing this.

"Hehe, of course it's true, Shiyu has no reason to lie to me!"

This is true.

Asakura Feng nodded and couldn't help laughing. She didn't expect that their story would cause the third-year girls to express envy one by one.

Shaking Asakura Kaede's arm, Eriri asked, "Kaede-kun, what should we do in our studies from now on?"

"What can I say?"

Asakura Feng asked back, and said with a smile, "Whatever happens, it will be. Anyway, we don't live for the eyes of others. Besides, those seniors will graduate in half a year, and they won't have much time to see us. Let them see us more and leave some deep memories."

"Pfft! Feng-jun you are so bad!"

Leaning on Asakura Kaede, Eriri couldn't help but burst into laughter.

.........

After their initial trip to the seaside, Asakura Kaede and Eriri's life entered a stable period. The two of them basically stayed at home, working, playing games in the air-conditioned room, or just sticking together.

Occasionally, when their parents called, the two of them would stay here for two days, then there for two days, and they lived a very comfortable life.

After attending a fireworks party at the end of August, just like last year, we finally entered the new semester in September.

After putting on school uniforms for the first time in a long time, Eriri took Asakura Kaede's arm and asked, "Kaede-kun, no one has been hanging out much this summer. I only went shopping with Mizuki twice. Do you think Kitamura, Takasu, and the others have made any progress during the summer vacation?"

What Eriri meant by progress was naturally in the area of ​​love.

Asakura Feng didn't really know much about this. Kitamura Yusaku spent most of his time at school participating in the softball team's training, or doing student union work and part-time jobs, and he seemed to be learning from Shirogane Miyuki.

As for Takasu Ryuji, he would come to his house to play with Oosaka Taiga a few times, but he didn't ask too many questions about this method either. In his eyes, Takasu Ryuji and Oosaka Taiga were still relatively stable, so it just depended on when they would take a step forward.

"Well~~Don't worry. Let's not talk about Takasu and Taiga for now. I think you should at least be able to see Kitamura's results this semester."

When we went to the beach before, Kitamura said that he would definitely take action during the summer vacation. Today I can ask him about the results.

"I think so too."

Eriri nodded, looking at the school gate that was already visible in the distance and said, "He is now the student council president, and Kano-senpai is basically certain to study abroad. If we don't work harder, it will be really difficult."

As they were talking, the two came to the school and met Kitamura Yusaku who was standing guard here as the student council president.