My Cartoonist Girlfriend

Fortunately, the work on illustrations is not very heavy. The character designs were all decided in the first volume, and the new characters for the second volume have also been finalized. According to Kasumigaoka Utaha, there will be no new characters added in the future, and it will be enough to just provide illustrations steadily.

Looking at Eriri busy with the illustration, Asakura Kaede, who was drawing the storyboard, was a little distracted.

When he went shopping with Eriri last night, he was thinking about something. It just so happened that Eriri was going out this afternoon, so he could make good preparations, but he couldn't let her know in advance.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, after lunch, Eriri changed her clothes, put on her bag, and said to Asakura Kaede who was sitting on the sofa: "Kaede-kun, I'm going out now!"

"OK, I might go out for a while and check out the library."

Eriri nodded: "You can go, otherwise the library will almost forget you are the author."

After saying that, he waved to Asakura Kaede and went out.

After Eriri left, Asakura Kaede made a phone call and then walked back to the room.

After changing clothes and waiting for another fifteen minutes, Asakura Kaede also went out.

However, he was not going to the library, but to make an appointment with someone.

After hailing a taxi and going straight to Shinjuku's commercial street, Asakura Kaede found a fast food restaurant, sat down, ordered a cup of Coke and waited, checking the time from time to time.

At 2:10 in the afternoon, the cell phone rang.

"Hello, Aunt Sayuri."

"Xiao Feng, I'm here."

Glancing out the window, Asakura Feng also saw Sayuri Sawamura's car and immediately said, "I saw it, come right over."

After leaving the restaurant, Asakura Kaede met Sawamura Sayuri who got off the car.

"Thank you, Aunt Sayuri. Please promise to help me with some advice."

"It's okay, Xiaofeng, I'm still very happy that you have such an idea. But I think that Eriri should be happier at that time. I didn't expect you to prepare such a surprise for her." Sayuri Sawamura said with a smile, "The store is just in front, let's go, I have already made an appointment with someone."

"Ok."

The destination of the two was a jewelry store, and a high-end one at that.

After entering, a female manager came over and said happily: "Sayuri, you haven't been here for a long time."

"Sorry, sorry, I have a lot to do."

After exchanging pleasantries, Sayuri Sawamura introduced Kaede Asakura next to her: "The protagonist today is not me, it's this kid who wants to buy something."

"I saw it, I saw it."

The manager glanced at Asakura Kaede and said with a smile, "This must be your daughter's boyfriend. How thoughtful of you! Eriri is really lucky."

After hearing this, Asakura Kaede looked at Sawamura Sayuri speechlessly, then said, "Hello, I'm Asakura Kaede, sorry to bother you today."

"It's okay, it's okay. I also want to thank you for taking care of my business."

Having said that, he brought the two of them to the counter.

Asakura Kaede's purpose today was very simple, which was to buy a gift for Eriri next month.

A few days after school started, it would be the hundredth day since he and Eriri started dating. Although he thought that Eriri might not remember it, it was the first hundred days after all, so he still had to commemorate it.

But he didn't have any good ideas for gifts. He couldn't just give games or figurines, right? So he contacted Sayuri Sawamura a few days ago and asked her to help him come up with some ideas, and then he was introduced to this place.

Chapter 171 Selection (2/3)

On the way here, Asakura Feng did some research, so she was not dazzled by the dazzling array of necklaces in front of her.

As for the price, Asakura Kaede never paid attention to it, as long as it was suitable for Eriri.

After looking around, Asakura Feng looked at Sayuri Sawamura who was standing beside him and said, "Aunt Sayuri, which one do you think is more suitable for Eriri?"

"Hmm~"

Sayuri Sawamura thought for a moment and pointed at the two necklaces inside: "Take these two out and have a look. To be honest, Eriri doesn't wear necklaces very often, and the same goes for accessories. But if you want to buy one, Xiaofeng, you don't have to buy something too complicated, just a simple style will do."

"I see."

Looking at the two necklaces that were taken out, Asakura Feng took them in his hands and looked at them, while comparing which one would look better when worn on Eriri's neck.

Frowning and thinking for a while, Asakura Feng said, "I always feel like it's still a little short of something."

After returning the necklace, Asakura Feng continued to search. After a long time, he finally saw a necklace in the corner, and his eyes lit up instantly.

"That's it!"

..........

After paying and packing, Asakura Kaede and Sawamura Sayuri left the store.

"Huh, I didn't expect to pick the right one." Asakura Feng breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Sayuri Sawamura and said happily, "Aunt Sayuri, thank you for bringing me here today, otherwise I really don't know how to choose a gift for Eriri."

Sayuri Sawamura was in a very good mood at the moment. She waved her hand and said, "It's mainly because of your hard work, Xiaofeng. I was a little worried that Eriri might be unhappy when she moves out to live with you. Now it seems that I don't need to worry too much. You will definitely take good care of Eriri."

Asakura Feng nodded vigorously: "Well, don't worry, I won't let Eriri suffer any injustice."

"Okay, I'll remember your promise, Xiao Feng."

Sayuri Sawamura smiled and said, "What's next, Xiaofeng, are you going back?"

"No, I'm going to the library." Asakura Feng smiled, "After all, I told Eriri that I was going to the library, so I might as well show my face. After all, I'm also an author of the library, so I have to go there regularly."

"Then I'll take you there. The weather is quite hot. Xiao Feng, don't squeeze into the train."

Asakura Kaede was not pretentious and accepted Sawamura Sayuri's help and took her car to the library.

After arriving, she said goodbye to Sayuri Sawamura and Asakura Kaede walked into the library.

What surprised him was that there was still one person missing at the front desk, just like the last time he came.

'Did you ask for leave?'

Without thinking too much, Asakura Kaede went straight to the editorial department.

The editorial department was as bustling as usual. When Asakura Kaede came in, the editors sitting near the door simply greeted him and continued to make phone calls, urging him to submit manuscripts.

Asakura Kaede didn't bother anyone else and went straight to editor Nakajima.

Editor Nakajima saw Asakura Kaede coming over and said with a smile, "You didn't contact me in advance to say you would come over today."

"I came out to do something and came to take a look."

After putting the bag down and sitting down, Asakura Feng said, "Have you found any good new people recently?"

“There aren’t that many good ones.”

Editor Nakajima smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm a Buddhist anyway. Besides this, I have a few other hard-working authors, so I don't have such high aspirations. I'll retire in a few more years anyway. However, Editor Machida is not having a good time. Apart from Kasumi Shiko, he hasn't found anyone else with potential."

As he said this, he gestured to Machida Sonoko who was still busy and exhausted over there.

Asakura Feng looked at it and chose not to disturb the other party at this time. He whispered: "It seems that the industry is also very difficult."

"Who says it's not true? Although there are a lot of works published, as many readers say, many of them are toilet paper."

As a veteran editor, Nakajima bluntly complained about the current situation in the industry.

Suddenly, he smiled and shook his head: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. The more I talk about it, the angrier I get. Xiao Feng, what about you? You've been doing pretty well in this area of ​​comics recently."

"I'm lucky. It was serialized directly."

Asakura Feng smiled and said, "It's just to find something more for myself to do. Of course, the main reason is that Eriri wants to be a cartoonist."

"It's a good idea indeed. Even if you stop being a light novelist in the future and switch to being a playwright, it should be quite smooth for you."

"That's exactly what I thought."

After chatting with editor Nakajima for a while, Asakura Kaede did not stay long. She grabbed a bottle of Coke and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, he thought of something and asked, "By the way, Editor Nakajima, did anyone at the front desk of the library ask for leave? Or did they resign?"

"Oh, this."

Speaking of this incident, editor Nakajima couldn't help laughing and said, "The previous front desk worker Kinoshita took her first leave because she was getting married. She took the wedding leave, but she found out she was pregnant not long after she returned to work. In addition, her husband's work was going well and he was recently promoted and got a raise, so she simply resigned and went back to rest and take care of the baby, and then became a full-time wife.

Speaking of which, we haven't found a suitable receptionist these days. By the way, Xiao Feng, if there are people around you who are looking for a job, you can ask. I heard from the president that he hired several people, but the results were not satisfactory, so he asked us to ask our friends and relatives around us, and we are too lazy to go far away. "

"That's it..."

Asakura Feng thought about it, and suddenly a candidate popped up in his mind, but he didn't say it out immediately.

"I'll think about it and tell you if I have any idea."

After leaving the library, Asakura Kaede dialed Eriri's number.

Ying Lili quickly answered the phone: "Feng Jun, what's the matter?"

"Nothing, I just came out of the library and wanted to ask when you plan to go back. Or if you want to eat out, I'll come and meet you."

"Dinner? Wait a minute!"

After saying this, Eriri looked across at Kasumigaoka Utaha and said, "Have you decided on dinner? If you're not going back, how about we find a place to eat together? Feng-kun will be here later."

After hearing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was drinking coffee, shook her head without hesitation: "No, I have agreed with my family to go back for dinner today. Besides, I don't want to be a light bulb."

"Tsk, you talk as if you've never been one."

After complaining quietly, Eriri said to Asakura Kaede on the other end of the phone, "Kaede-kun, if she's not going, then let's go eat together. I saw a newly opened store on the way here!"

"Okay, then tell me the location, I'll be there now."

Although cooking together at home is great, occasionally going out to eat together is also a good choice and more romantic.

Chapter 172: Keep the wealth within the family (3/3)

After meeting Eriri, Kasumigaoka Utaha really didn't act as a light bulb and just said goodbye and went back.

After watching Kasumigaoka Utaha leave, Asakura Feng asked curiously, "Eri, did you say something? I feel like the senior has changed a bit from before. She doesn't even want to collect materials anymore."

"You can't blame me for this, Feng-kun."

Ying Lili swung her twin ponytails and said, "I was just chatting with her and telling her a little bit about our relationship. Who would have thought that her tolerance would drop so much."

No, it’s probably because the CD for the last time I ate dog food hasn’t passed yet, so I haven’t recovered yet.

But it’s not a big problem. After Kasumigaoka Utaha’s CD period is over, I will definitely come back to collect materials.

There was still some time left, so Asakura Kaede simply took Eriri to stroll around the nearby mall for a while, and then went to the restaurant when it was dinner time.

The restaurant that Eriri saw was a newly opened Thai restaurant. Although Asakura Kaede had not eaten Thai food very often, the food in this restaurant was still quite good.

After eating and drinking, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

After strolling around for quite a while last night and lazing around all afternoon this afternoon, Eriri didn't want to continue playing like this, so she pulled Asakura Kaede and said, "Kaede-kun, it's time to go back. I haven't done much comic drawing today!"

"Okay, let's go back then."

Sitting on the tram, the two began their return journey.

On the way back, when they passed a convenience store, Eriri stopped moving immediately, took Asakura Feng's hand and said, "Feng-jun! Let's go buy some cold drinks!"

"A cold drink?"

After hearing this, Asakura Feng smiled and said, "It won't be long before your menstrual period comes. Do you still want to eat?"

"Ah, there's still one week left!"

Shaking Asakura Kaede's arm, Eriri said in a rare coquettish manner: "Just this once!"

"Emm~~Okay then, but when you want to eat, I must supervise you, okay?"

"no problem!"

What does this little thing matter in order to eat what you want?

After agreeing on the conditions, Eriri excitedly pulled Asakura Kaede into the convenience store.

"Welcome~~~"

As soon as I came in, I heard a familiar voice.

When Asakura Kaede looked over, she saw Takasu Yasuko, who was wearing a convenience store clerk uniform, with blonde hair and a smile on her face.

"Aunt Taizi?" x2

Neither Asakura Kaede nor Eriri expected that they would meet Takasu Ryuji's mother, Takasu Yasuko, here.

The two walked to the cashier counter, and Asakura Feng asked curiously, "Is Aunt Yasuko working at the convenience store now?"