My Cartoonist Girlfriend

"Wow... isn't that because we're partners?"

Grabbing the hand that was running through her long hair, Ying Lili said, "Feng Jun, please help me think about it quickly!"

"It's difficult. What kind of pen name should I choose?"

"Why don't I just use Kashiwagi Eri's real name, it's much simpler."

"But if you do that, everyone in the art department will know you're a doujin artist! Wasn't it because you wanted to avoid possible public discussion after the series was successfully published that you decided to change your pen name? It would be bad if people knew that a famous doujin artist in the industry was an underage girl."

"I know that, but there's no law that prohibits me from drawing!"

"Aren't you just quibbling?"

"Oh... Never mind, let's take our time to think about it. Anyway, I can think of a pen name before I get the serialization qualification. If I really can't think of one, I might as well tell everyone in the art club."

Ying Lili obviously had some tendency to give up on herself. She thought that since her hobby was already known, the worst that could happen was that she would just put the blame for the sketchbook on her mother.

Mrs. Sawamura, who was watching TV downstairs, suddenly sneezed.

.......

Let's put the issue of pen names aside for now. It's really difficult for Asakura Kaede to choose a pen name that is suitable for Eriri and matches her own.

In addition to accompanying Eriri at Eriri's house on Saturday, the two also made a simple plan for the progress of each chapter of the comics. After all, summer vacation would be here in about half a month.

The matter of submitting articles should also be put on the agenda.

When it was Sunday, everyone in the art department had agreed to go to the art gallery where the competition works were exhibited.

After going out in the morning, Asakura Kaede picked up Eriri, and the two set off for the art museum together.

"Hmm~~To be honest, I haven't been to a place like an art museum for a long time."

"Huh? Why? It's quite interesting to go when there's an exhibition." Eriri looked at Asakura Kaede in confusion. In the past, when there were large-scale exhibitions, Sayuri Sawamura would take Eriri with her, and she really liked it.

"Emm~~ If I really want to say, Eriri, you should definitely have an impression. Among Conan's cases, isn't there a murder case in a medieval art museum? That case can be regarded as a childhood shadow. Although I am not the timid type, this case, plus the art museum that is always filled with various unearthed cultural relics, always gives me a gloomy feeling, and I can't bring myself to go there."

"That case..."

After Asakura Kaede said this, Eriri remembered that there was indeed such an episode.

"I remember it was a case where an old museum director killed people while wearing medieval knight armor? Ugh... I feel a little scared now that you mentioned it."

As she said that, Eriri hugged Asakura Kaede's arm.

"Pfft... I was the one who brought it up first, why are you acting like this now? Could it be that Eriri can't handle scary things?"

"No, that's not the case. I just remembered it when you said that!"

Looking at Eriri's stiff expression, Asakura Feng knew that he had guessed it right, and immediately said with a smile: "Okay, it's decided. Let's watch horror movies together when we are free at home!"

"No way!!!"

After a lot of noise along the way, the two finally arrived at the art museum, and saw Subaru Uchimaki and Usami who had already arrived outside the museum.

After greeting, Asakura Feng looked around and said, "Is the Minister not here yet?"

Subaru Uchimaki said calmly, "Isn't this normal? It's not even half past nine yet. I just called the director, so I'll probably arrive on time."

"This is really the style of the minister. It seems that he sleeps to the limit before getting up in the morning."

Asakura Feng smiled, looked at the two people in front of him and said, "How are you, are you nervous about the results of the competition?"

Uchimaki Subaru and Usami looked at each other and both laughed, "Keep calm!"

After waiting for a while, as expected, at half past nine, everyone saw the minister rushing over.

"Ha...ha...are you not late?"

Asakura Feng looked at his watch and said, "Sure enough, it's half past nine, very punctual."

"That's great, let's go in quickly!"

No one was angry at the minister for being "punctual". After all, that was just his personality and people were used to it.

Because today is an art competition exhibition, you don’t need to buy tickets to enter the museum, you can go in directly.

There are already quite a few people in the art museum, many of whom are students and parents from the participating schools.

On the display wall, the entries were displayed one by one, but the ones you saw at first were not award-winning works.

Among the entries, there are portraits and landscapes, covering all the conventional subjects.

As she watched, Usami said in amazement, "There are so many amazing works!"

Eriri followed Asakura Kaede and after looking at some of them, she said, "It's not bad. I think Usami's paintings are better than these."

Asakura Feng also said: "That's right, although I am not good at oil painting, everyone has seen Usami's efforts these days. The progress is very obvious and is better than what we have seen so far."

Being praised by the two, Usami felt a little embarrassed, and a shy blush appeared on her face. She smiled and said, "Don't say that, I will be proud."

As the senior among the five, the director said something that was in line with his status: "Usami, you don't need to be too modest about your growth. We are not the kind of people who will give you a perfunctory welcome. You have indeed made great progress. The fact that we haven't seen your work yet gives us the answer! Ah, I saw Usami's painting."

Following the direction pointed by the minister, everyone saw the landscape painting painted by Usami. The content of the painting was selected by Usami herself.

"Bronze medal. As a first-time participant, this is pretty good!"

Although there were five bronze medals in this kind of competition, it was already a very good result for Usami, who had only been learning painting for a short time.

"Great! Bronze medal!"

Usami originally thought that she could only get an encouragement award or something, but she didn't expect it to be a bronze medal, and she became very excited.

Not far from Usami's painting, everyone saw the work of Subaru Uchimaki.

"...Gold Prize?!!"

Looking at this fairy girl drawn by Uchimaki Subaru, although the painting is very delicate, the gold medal...

Could there be any like-minded people among the judges?

wtm calls him an expert!

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Subaru Uchimaki was also very surprised that he won the gold medal. He stared blankly for three seconds and then smiled shyly: "Well, it seems that I am lucky?"

“Isn’t this already pretty good?”

Usami looked at Uchimaki Subaru excitedly and said, "Uchimaki-san, the gold medal, the gold medal! This is the gold medal!"

"I know it's the gold medal. Usami-san, you're really surprised, aren't you?"

Subaru scratched his head and said with a smile, "Yeah, I don't know what to say, but I'm really happy."

Asakura Feng touched his chin and said, "Nakimaki, is it true that there are no relatives of yours among the judges of the competition?"

"Of course not!"

The minister followed suit and said, "Well, I think this is possible, but the more likely possibility is that the paintings by Nejuan just happened to suit the tastes of some of the judges. I have to say that this is a lucky coincidence."

Indeed, this should be the truth.

But no matter what, this time Uchimaki Subaru won the gold medal, and Usami also won the bronze medal, which is a double happiness and we must celebrate it properly.

"Well, let's have a barbecue for lunch to celebrate!"

Asakura Kaede's proposal was unanimously agreed by everyone.

After viewing all the works on display in the art gallery, everyone went for a lively barbecue and then went home.

As for Asakura Kaede, she naturally took Eriri back to her home, hid in her room, played games and watched anime, and spent a pleasant afternoon.

........

Fast forward to the final exam.

The main reason was that this only took half a month. Because Asakura Kaede had an exam, he directly limited Eriri's time for drawing comics and focused on reviewing before the exam.

And today, the exam is finally over.

"Wow... I've been reviewing for a long time, so there shouldn't be any problems this time."

After the exam, she can officially have her holiday when the results come out tomorrow. Ying Lili let out a long breath, feeling extremely tired.

It would have been fine in the past, but now when I review, Asakura Kaede is watching me all the time. He doesn't care at all that I am his girlfriend and is very strict.

Although she knew that Asakura Kaede did this for her own good, and even predicted the questions before the exam, Asakura Kaede did it seriously and got some of them right, which made Eriri's results more stable this time, and she even ranked better than in the midterm.

But feeling unhappy is still feeling unhappy, and this is something that cannot be avoided.

After school, when Asakura Kaede arrived in the classroom, Eriri walked over with a puffy face.

Seeing Eriri like this, Asakura Kaede understood what was going on. He smiled and took her hand. While Eriri was dissatisfied, he kissed her in public. His explanation made Eriri break down.

"Wow...this is at school!"

"I can't help it. Who told you that Eriri is so cute even when she's angry? I just can't help it."

Ignoring the exclamations of the girls coming from the classroom, Asakura Kaede pulled Eriri towards the stairs. There were no club activities today, so Asakura Kaede could make other arrangements.

Looking at Asakura Kaede beside her, Eriri said with a blushing face: "Feng-kun, you are cheating!"

"Really? I'm just using the most effective method!" Holding Eriri's hand tightly, Asakura Feng smiled and said, "But it is indeed my responsibility to make Eriri so unhappy. Eriri, tell me how you want me to compensate you! It's all up to you!"

"Well... that's fine. The grades and stuff were already agreed upon, and mom has also told you about this."

Ying Lili thought about it and finally decided not to make any requests. If she did so, people would definitely think she was being unreasonable.

She is not a child anymore, and her mother also said that she cannot just think about herself, but should also consider Fengjun.

"I'm exhausted from helping me review with Feng-kun. After all, it's my own fault for not studying well. How about it, isn't Lady Eriri very generous?"

Looking at Eriri's look, Asakura Feng didn't expect that Eriri would really choose not to make any requests, and was a little surprised.

"In that case, how about we go out for a big dinner after the results come out and celebrate the arrival of summer vacation?"

"Hey, that's fine too. My grades will definitely be better this time."

"Don't you even look at who is reviewing for you and predicting the questions?"

“That’s also due to my own efforts!”

"Yes, yes, you are right~~"

"I always feel like you're just being perfunctory to me again, Fengjun..."

But it doesn’t matter. Now that the exam is over, being happy is the most important thing.

They talked and laughed, and even bought two cups of milk tea on the way. They arrived at the Fuzugawa Bunko after a long absence.

Glancing at the reception desk, which was surprisingly deserted on a weekday with only one employee, Asakura Feng walked in and said, "I haven't been here for a few days. After dating Eriri, I only came here once. I hope Editor Nakajima won't be mad."

"Hey, I don't think so. Didn't you say it was your vacation? It doesn't matter if you don't come. If you come, you might even get some weird work."

"That's true."

As they spoke, the two of them walked into the editorial department.

All the editors in the editorial department are here today, and so are several authors working under other editors.

The editors also learned from Machida Sonoko that Asakura Kaede and Eriri had started dating, and when they saw the two of them coming in holding hands today, the single editors were all shocked.

They have been working in the society for many years, but they are not as fast as a high school student. Others have already held hands, but they are still just sitting in the office with a miserable look on their faces.

Machida Sonoko also saw Asakura Kaede after a long time. After looking at the two of them with disdain, she left directly with a stack of materials.

After sitting down, Asakura Feng asked with a strange expression: "Emm~~~What's wrong with Editor Machida?"

"Hahaha, what else could it be?"

Editor Nakajima, who was drinking tea, smiled happily: "The social gathering two days ago failed again, and then I saw you two young people today and was stimulated. It's okay, I will recover after a while, this is not the first or second time."

What Editor Nakajima said was really heartbreaking. Only a senior like him would dare to say that. If other editors in the editorial department said that, they would definitely be beaten up by Machida Sonoko.

After sitting down, Asakura Feng didn't say much. He took out a USB flash drive from his bag and handed it over: "Here, I think the time is about right. I'll bring the manuscript after I finish the exam today. The full text of Volume 7, take a look."

Eriri was also frightened by Asakura Kaede's actions and asked in surprise, "When did you write this, Kaede-kun?"

"The outline has already been sorted out. It's just a matter of spending an hour or two every night. It will add up to a lot."

"Oh! I don't know!"

Editor Nakajima took the USB drive and plugged it into the computer, then said with a smile, "Xiao Feng is always very fast and the quality is guaranteed. Haha, other publishing houses just happened to have some new books coming out in the past two months, and they are waiting for your book, Xiao Feng, to let them recognize their status. By the way, Feng Jun, are you here to deliver the manuscript today?"