My Cartoonist Girlfriend

"That's right!" Takasu Yasuko said with a smile, "Because of Ryuji's part-time job before, I thought a lot. Because of work, I really lacked communication with Ryuji. He went to school during the day, and then I had to go to work after he came back at night. It really couldn't go on like this. So after thinking about it, I quit my job at the bar and found a job at the convenience store here. And I mainly work the day shift, and occasionally work the night shift at night."

This is indeed a good thing. With Takasu Ryuji's part-time job, the family's financial situation will definitely get better little by little.

After chatting for a while, the two went to choose cold drinks.

While Eriri was choosing, Asakura Kaede thought for a moment and told Eriri what Editor Nakajima had said to him in the afternoon at the library.

After hearing this, Eriri smiled and nodded: "Front desk? Isn't that great? I'll talk to Auntie Yasuko later!"

"Hmm...does that make me seem a bit nosy?"

"Of course not!"

Eriri said, "As the saying goes, good things should stay in the family. Anyway, the publisher has considered this, right? And with Auntie Yasuko's looks, there is no problem for her to be a receptionist at a library, so just mention it. Compared to working at a convenience store, a receptionist at a publishing house is definitely better! This is just a coincidence, otherwise we wouldn't have such a good job opportunity for Auntie Yasuko, right?"

After hearing this, Asakura Feng nodded and said, "Okay, then go talk to Aunt Yasuko."

After selecting the cold drinks, they came to the front desk, where Yasuko Takasu skillfully helped them pack their items.

After paying the money, Asakura Feng said, "Aunt Taizi, there is something that I think is very good, so I want to tell you about it."

"Huh? What is it?"

Takasu Yasuko was smiling as always.

"It's like this, Aunt Yasuko, you know I'm a light novel writer. Today I went to the library, and the editor told me that a receptionist at the publishing house resigned not long ago, so there is a vacancy for the two-person receptionist position, and they are recruiting. So Aunt Yasuko, you can consider it. If you are interested, tell me and give it a try."

"Huh? The front desk of the publishing house?"

Takasu Yasuko didn't expect this to happen, and showed a distressed expression: "But, I haven't been in this job for long, and I don't know if I can do a good job at the front desk."

Yasuko Takasu was very excited about this opportunity, but she did not have much confidence in herself.

Asakura Feng smiled and said, "It's okay. This job is not difficult, and there will be training after acceptance. As long as Aunt Taizi is willing to try, it will be fine."

After hearing this, Takasu Yasuko nodded gratefully: "Okay, I understand. Thank you, Xiao Feng-kun. Then... I'll try it then?"

There was a better job to improve the family's conditions, and Takasu Yasuko finally decided not to let go of this opportunity. Although Takasu Ryuji was also working hard, as a mother, she couldn't leave all these things on her son's shoulders and had to work harder.

Seeing that Takasu Yasuko agreed, Asakura Feng smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll go outside and call my editor to tell him about this."

When they arrived outside the convenience store, Asakura Kaede directly called editor Nakajima, while Eriri opened a cold drink and ate while waiting.

Things went quite smoothly. After hearing that there was a more suitable candidate who met the requirements in both personality and appearance, editor Nakajima, out of trust in Asakura Kaede, agreed without hesitation to let Takasu Yasuko go for an interview in the next two days.

After setting the date for the day after tomorrow so that Yasuko Takasu would have time to prepare tomorrow, Asakura Kaede hung up the phone and went to the store to tell Yasuko Takasu about the matter.

Although the salary at the front desk is not particularly high, it is much better than that at a convenience store. In addition, it is a stable nine-to-five job, which is quite suitable for Yasuko Takasu now.

And thanks to the relationship with Asakura Kaede, as long as Takasu Yasuko doesn't perform poorly, she will basically be admitted.

Considering the profits that Asakura Kaede created for the publishing house, this amount of money probably can't even be considered a favor.

After learning about it, Takasu Yasuko said gratefully: "Thank you, Xiao Feng-kun. I will definitely treat you to a meal after I am successfully admitted."

"Okay, but just let Takasu cook. I haven't tasted his cooking yet."

After saying goodbye to Takasu Yasuko, the two returned to the apartment.

While Eriri put the cold drinks in the refrigerator, Asakura Kaede quickly went to hide the necklace she had bought. She couldn't let Eriri find it in advance.

Chapter 173 Free Meals (1/3)

After a few days of leisurely life, the day of the fireworks display will soon arrive.

Takasu Yasuko's interview went smoothly. With the help of Asakura Kaede as the middleman, and because she herself valued the job very much and had good looks, there was no problem for her to be a receptionist, so she was accepted directly.

After three days of induction training, Yasuko Takasu has successfully taken up the front desk position at the publishing house.

After knowing this, Takasu Ryuji went straight to Asakura Kaede, said a lot of words of thanks, and then said that he would treat him to a meal, so this matter was scheduled, and he and Eriri would go to his house for dinner tonight.

At home, just after lunch, Asakura Kaede and Eriri were resting on the sofa in the living room.

At this moment, Asakura Feng took out the Blood Source disc again and prepared to go through it again.

Just after passing the first clergy monster, he looked at Eriri beside him and said, "Chatting in the group?"

The group Asakura Feng was talking about was not their art club group, but a chat group created by everyone who participated in the fireworks festival. Asakura Feng took a look and saw that the girls were discussing the new yukatas they had bought.

Holding the phone, Eriri said with a smile: "Hehe, you guys will be in luck then, there will be so many girls wearing cute yukatas."

"Really?" Asakura Feng leaned over, touched his forehead with Eriri, and smiled, "For me, just looking at Eriri is enough."

"Ugh... What? You're saying something like that all of a sudden!?"

The sudden words made Ying Lili very shy, but her heart also felt sweet, and her eyes narrowed involuntarily.

Looking at the messages on her phone one after another, Eriri said with some disappointment: "It's just that Kaguya-senpai is not in the group. Her phone can't use Line."

"It can't be helped. Senior sister is a nostalgic person. It's really rare to see such an old model of mobile phone still in use today. We are still young people."

If it were someone older, it would be understandable, after all, they might not need so many functions. But Kaguya Shinomiya, as the daughter of a large consortium and a young person like them, can only be said to be really special.

Moreover, the fact that she kept that old flip phone so well-maintained was enough to show how much she valued it. No wonder she refused when everyone in the student union tried to persuade her to buy a new phone.

After thinking for a while, Eriri said, "It's rare that you're so nostalgic that you don't even want to change your phone. What if it breaks down someday? If you value your phone so much, you must care not only about the phone itself, but also the photos in it, right?"

Asakura Feng nodded and said, "It should be. I remember that phone had a camera function. I just don't know if it has a separate memory card or only has internal storage. I also don't know if it can be connected to a computer to read data."

When it comes to electronic products, Asakura Kaede knows more than Eriri, and immediately gave a series of analyses.

After hearing this, Eriri quickly said, "In that case, find a chance to talk to Kaguya-senpai later. It would be very sad if we lost something important!"

After playing games for an hour, Asakura Kaede and Eriri continued to work. They couldn't slack off on the comics side.

While drawing, Eriri looked at the plot in the comics and said, "Feng-kun, I've read the outline of the comics several times. Have you decided on Lu Sheng's CP?"

Pausing his pen, Asakura Feng met Eriri's curious gaze and said with a smile, "Guess?"

"Hmm~~~Is it the Snow Girl Bingli?" Eriri guessed, "According to the setting, Nura can't have children with monsters because of the curse of Yuyuko. But in the end the curse was lifted, doesn't that mean that Nura's monster bloodline can be passed on? In addition, the detailed script in the first part shows that Bingli's favorability towards Rikuo is basically full, so it's a natural thing."

Asakura Feng nodded with a smile, but did not directly confirm it. Instead, he said: "But Lu Sheng has shown that he likes Kana, the human parent, before!"

"Wow... Feng-kun won't tell me the answer again."

Eriri said distressedly: "As a comic that tells the relationship between humans and monsters, to be honest, it is a good choice to set a male protagonist with monster blood and a human female protagonist as the official pairing, but I still prefer Bingli."

Seeing Eriri's conflicted expression, Asakura Feng smiled and patted her head. He had already had ideas about the arrangement of the script, but there was no need to put these things in the early and middle stages, they could be put into the middle and late stages.

I vaguely remember that Kana, the parent of the original Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, became a passerby character later on, and her interactions with Rikuo became less and less. After all, she is a human girl, and it was good enough that she could still appear in the later plots. However, in comparison, although Rikuo's mother is also a human, she is indeed much better in description.

So after careful consideration, although Asakura Kaede has already decided on Bingli as the official match, he will still give more roles to the parent Kana, and the same goes for another female character who has not yet appeared.

As a character who is so popular in the comics, it is not a big deal for Nura to have a few more opposite sexes around him. It is also quite interesting to have some Shura field occasionally. Of course, Asakura Kaede will control the proportion. After all, this is a hot-blooded comic, and we can't lose sight of one while focusing on the other.

After talking to Eriri in detail about the official arrangements, Eriri finally showed a satisfied expression.

What? My guess was pretty accurate!

As for Asakura Kaede's arrangement to make other female characters not passers-by, Eriri did not object. After all, from the setting point of view, monsters like Nura were romantic and unrestrained, and it was easy to attract the opposite sex.

They were busy until almost five o'clock, then Asakura Kaede and Eriri packed up and went out to the Takasu family next door.

As soon as they came in, the two saw another person besides Takasu Ryuji.

Meet the Saka River.

Wearing a well-fitting dress, like an exquisite doll, Oosaka Taiga is sitting leisurely in the living room of the Takasu family, playing games.

Seeing the two people come in, Oosaka Taiga raised his hand and greeted them: "Good afternoon."

"Good... afternoon."

Asakura Kaede and Eriri greeted each other at the same time, and then Asakura Kaede stood beside Takasu Ryuji and asked quietly, "Why is she here too?"

"I can't do anything about it." Takasu Ryuji said with a tearful face, "This guy comes over every now and then, saying he's bored and wants to come and have fun while he's tasting my cooking skills to see if they've improved."

Seeing him like this, Asakura Feng wisely didn't say much and planned to ask him some more questions when Oosaka Taiga was not around.

Takasu Ryuji continued to prepare dinner, while Asakura Kaede came and sat down next to Eriri. At this time, Eriri had already picked up the controller and was playing with Oosaka Taiga.

Chapter 174 White Album 2? (2/3)

Looking at Oosaka Taiga who was happily playing games with Eriri, Asakura Kaede asked, "Oosaka, have you been coming to Takasu so often recently?"

"correct."

Staring at the TV screen intently, Oosaka Taiga said, "It's boring at home. Minori is either working a part-time job or doing club training. I don't want to go out on such a hot day, so I came here. Although the environment is a bit worse, it's much better than staying at home."

"Hmm~~" Asakura Feng held up his chin and said, "Have you ever thought of finding something to do?"

"what!!!"

After losing to Eriri, Oosaka Taiga put down the controller in frustration, looked at Asakura Kaede and said, "Find something to do? You mean become a light novelist like you?"

"It's just an analogy. Isn't it meaningful to find something you like to do? Of course, it's too late to tell you this now because the summer vacation is almost over."

Listening to Asakura Kaede's words, Oosaka Taiga leaned back on the tatami and said thoughtfully, "It seems that there is really nothing I like. Ugh, it's so hard to think!"

At this time, after taking out the fried chicken nuggets, Takasu Ryuji looked at Oosaka Taiga and said, "You are so lazy. You don't even have anything you want to do. Your life is meaningless."

"Tsk, you sound like your life is meaningful."

Turning his head to look at Takasu Ryuji, Oosaka Taiga said without showing any weakness.

However, the current Takasu Ryuji is no longer the same person he was before. Not only does he have two good friends, Asakura Kaede and Kitamura Yusaku, but he also met a reliable senior like Shirogane Miyuki at his part-time job, who gave him a lot of useful advice.

Looking at Oosaka Taiga proudly, Takasu Ryuji said, "I think it's very meaningful. At least I have been studying hard besides working part-time. Now Yasuko also has a stable job and doesn't have to work as hard as before. My future goal is to get into a good university!"

Oosaka Taiga's academic performance has always been poor. After hearing what Takasu Ryuji said, he was not willing to join in the conversation and could only whisper, "Tsk, don't turn yourself into a nerd."

Takasu Ryuji didn't hear it, but Asakura Kaede and Eriri next to him heard it clearly.

After looking at each other, Eriri whispered, "Kaede-kun, with Taiga being like this, I feel like there will be problems if she continues to get along with Takasu."

In response, Asakura Feng showed an expression of watching a show, and said with a smile: "Isn't this interesting? I really want to see what kind of thoughts will arise in Takasu's mind when the time comes. Eriri, do you think it will develop into a plot similar to White Album 2?"

"...I just hope it doesn't turn into a campus drama."

After complaining, Eriri couldn't help but become curious.

There was no way. After spending a long time with Asakura Kaede, Eriri gradually came closer to Asakura Kaede in their views on certain things, especially when it came to eating melons, from which she learned the true skills of Asakura Kaede.

Well, I won’t say much, let’s wait for dinner and eat melons later.

At half past five, Yasuko Takasu returned home after work.

Wearing a proper OL uniform, Takasu Yasuko saw three guests as soon as she came in, and said happily: "Oh, you are all here! Didn't keep you waiting for long? I came back right after get off work."

After coming in and putting down her handbag, Takasu Yasuko placed Oosaka Taiga in her arms and said with a smile, "Taiga, when did you come here today?"

"Uh...I came at 4 o'clock."

Although he was shocked by Takasu Yasuko's broad mind, Oosaka Taiga was rarely angry. After coming out of Takasu Yasuko's arms, he looked at Asakura Kaede and said, "I didn't expect that you could find such a good job for Yasuko."

"It's just luck."

Asakura Feng spread his hands and said, "If it's any other job, I really can't recommend one. It just so happened that someone at the library resigned, and the front desk job was unexpectedly unfilled, so I just introduced Aunt Yasuko to her."

Carrying two dishes, Takasu Ryuji came over and put them down, saying, "I really have to thank you, Asakura. Mom won't have to be so tired in the future. I feel that the luckiest thing that happened to me after entering high school is that I became friends with you, Asakura."

"Uh... a little corny."

Asakura Feng touched his arm exaggeratedly and said with a smile: "It's just a small matter, it happened to be the right time. And didn't you cook for us yourself? If you really want to say it, it would be best if you don't call me for help again in the future."

"...Don't talk about this. It's really embarrassing."

With an awkward smile, Takasu Ryuji looked at Oosaka Taiga who was about to steal food, and slapped her outstretched hand down, saying unhappily, "We haven't started eating yet, don't move!"

"Hey! Don't be so stingy!" Taking back his little hand, Oosaka Taiga glared at Takasu Ryuji in dissatisfaction, "The fried chicken nuggets are freshly made, of course they are best eaten while hot!"

"You have to wait until dinner is served before you can eat!" Takasu Ryuji stood up and said, "If you want to eat quickly, bring the dishes to me. Don't just think about eating for free and do nothing all day long!"

There was no other way. In order to prove that he was not eating for free, Oosaka Taiga stood up and followed Takasu Ryuji to move the dishes.

As for Asakura Kaede and Eriri, they washed their hands and prepared to wait for dinner.

It goes without saying that Takasu Ryuji's cooking skills are much better than those of Asakura Kaede and Eriri. After working in the restaurant for a while, he performed well and was taught by the chef in the kitchen, learning many new skills.

After the meal, even Asakura Kaede, who was usually very restrained, ate too much today.