Problem Girls Strategy

"What you said makes sense." Ying Lili knew that she couldn't stubbornly continue to paint in full color at this time, so she decisively adopted Jiang Zao's opinion: "Then let's do as you say."

Chapter 123: Is it difficult for him?

Jiang Zao picked up the tracing pen, and the black ink slowly outlined the character's lines along the grey lines to make them more conspicuous. His hand was steady, and he did not draw too much or too little, just like a sophisticated instrument, covering the original traces with black lines.

In the beginning, Jiang Zao's efficiency was very slow. In order to ensure that there were no mistakes, it took him a full hour to finish tracing a draft. Fortunately, with the blessing of "desirable and achievable" talent, the time required to trace the next few drafts gradually decreased.

Jiang Zao finished the last stroke, put down his tools and stretched. He picked up the mobile phone beside him and checked the time.

"18:13"

"It's already this late. I'll go cook." Jiang Zao turned his wrist. His wrist was a little stiff from maintaining the same movement for a long time, and it made a continuous "clicking" sound as it turned.

"Eri, what are you having for dinner?"

"Hmm? That kind of thing is casual. Just make me a cup of instant noodles, or go see if there's any bread in the refrigerator." Ying Lili answered Jiang Zao perfunctorily while concentrating on drawing. She had untied her twin ponytails at some point, and her golden hair fell smoothly behind her like a gorgeous cloak.

She looked more like Eriri, the comic book artist that Jiang Zao knew. It was a pity that she was still wearing the Mihama Academy uniform, not the green sportswear, although her usual tsundere twin tails were also very cute.

"I know you're in a hurry to finish the draft, but there's no need to neglect your three meals a day. You've already outlined the draft for me. I'm going to cook. After eating and resting for a while, I'll have more energy to continue drawing."

"I understand." Ying Lili couldn't resist Jiang Zao's temptation to cook. She put down the paintbrush in her hand, leaned back in the chair, raised her hands, stretched her thighs to reveal her eye-catching absolute territory, stretched out her toes hidden in her slippers, and stretched her waist: "Ah~"

After stretching, Ying Lili felt a lot more relaxed all over. She stretched her hands, stood up, walked to the small coffee table, picked up the manuscript that Jiang Zao was responsible for, and began to check it.

"Hey~ Jiang Zao's line drawing is very good. There is nothing that needs to be revised. This way, the progress should be advanced a little."

Ying Lili unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth, her deep blue eyes filled with joy.

It turned out to be the right decision to ask him for help, and now I have the confidence that I can complete it within three days.

Considering that Ying Lili was in a hurry to draw the draft, Jiang Zao chose to make a quick and nutritious dish - egg fried rice. Fortunately, he suddenly wanted to eat egg fried rice yesterday, so he specially left some overnight rice. Otherwise, it would not be a good idea to stir-fry it with freshly steamed rice.

The ingredients of his egg fried rice are much more luxurious, with corn kernels, cucumber cubes, shrimps, and ham cubes all added. If the vegetables are replaced with seafood and the overnight rice is simmered directly in the pot, it will be another famous dish - Spanish seafood risotto.

However, this cooking method of Spanish seafood risotto inevitably has a strong fishy smell. You have to squeeze some lemon juice on the side before eating to remove the fishy smell. Therefore, Jiang Zao does not like this method very much. He does not like the fishy smell to be too strong.

Jiang Zao returned to Ying Lili's room carrying two large plates of luxurious golden fried rice that exuded a mouth-watering aroma. She had just finished checking the manuscript on the small coffee table and put it back on her drawing table.

"Eri, it's time for dinner."

"You made fried rice with egg, uh... isn't the portion a bit too much?" Although Ying Lili was tempted by the smell and couldn't wait to eat, the mountain of fried rice made her hesitate.

Jiang Zao glanced at the egg fried rice in his left hand that he had specially reduced the amount for Ying Lili: "This isn't much, right? If you really can't finish it, just put it in the refrigerator and heat it up for breakfast tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Ying Lili took the heavy plate of egg fried rice, picked up the spoon and tried to fill her empty stomach. The egg fried rice made by Jiang Zao was very delicious. Ying Lili devoured the food on the plate one spoonful after another. When she came to her senses and let out a satisfied breath, only one third of the egg fried rice was left on the plate.

“I ate so much.”

"Is it a lot? I've already finished mine."

Upon hearing this, Ying Lili looked towards Jiang Zao. The plate of fried rice in front of him, which was half larger than hers, had been eaten up completely.

As expected of a boy, he has a huge appetite.

"I usually eat even less, so it's incredible that I can eat so much today."

"It seems like the girls I know all eat very little, except when they're eating dessert."

"A stomach for dessert is another."

Jiang Zao knew that Ying Lili would answer like this: "Yes, yes, after the remaining egg fried rice cools down, I will cover it with plastic wrap and put it in your refrigerator. Remember to take it out and heat it up tomorrow morning."

"Yeah." Ying Lili nodded. If the time and place were not right, she would have wanted Jiang Zao to be the chef in her house. She was sure her parents would agree if she could eat such delicious food every day. But Ying Lili didn't know that she was not the only one who had this idea. There was also a red-haired devil who had the same plan.

"Eri, I noticed that some of your manuscripts have blank spaces with words like background written on them. Do I need to draw them later?"

"Yes, I'm just sketching something there now. Let's finish drawing the main character movements first."

"By the way, would you like me to try to draw the background?"

"You?" Ying Lili frowned slightly. It was not that she did not believe Jiang Zao, but he had just started painting today. Although the line drawing work was done very well, that did not mean that he could take a big step forward and be competent for such a complicated task as drawing the background.

Jiang Zao also wants to help me finish the book as soon as possible, so I can't pour cold water on him. I'll find a draft with a less complicated scene for him to try. Maybe after he finishes drawing it, he will give up.

Ying Lili stood up and rummaged through the manuscripts, then pulled out a drawing and handed it to Jiang Zao: "Try to draw the background of this draft."

"Let me see...prison, should be fine." The dialogue has not been added yet, Jiang Zao can only guess based on the character's expression. The expression on the princess's face does not look like she is being trained. The content of this manuscript should be the plot where the princess has just been captured.

Because there was food on the small tea table, Jiang Zao could only sit on the chair where Ying Lili usually painted. Ying Lili blushed. This chair was brought from home by her and had been with her for a long time. This was the first time that a person of the opposite sex sat on it.

Just sit for a while, no big deal.

Jiang Zao silently summoned his stand - the world blessed himself. It was a pity that his stand was not the more precise Star Platinum, otherwise the background should have been completed faster.

Ying Lili stared in amazement as Jiang Zao methodically painted a dark and damp prison background.

Could it be that he is really a genius?

Chapter 124: A married man took away my first time

"Except for Jiang Zao and Sawamura who have taken leave for the past four days, everyone else is here. That's very good." Chizuru Tachibana closed the roll call book with satisfaction.

Irisuo raised her hand curiously: "Chizuru, why did brother and Sawamura ask for leave?"

"Sawamura-san needs Jiang Zao's help with something urgent, so they all took leave together. Please don't disturb them in the next few days."

"Eh!? I'm going to be alone with my brother for four days? That's great~"

"I already said it was an urgent matter, Shicai, you don't think they are playing, do you?"

"Umm...even I haven't been alone with my brother for four days!"

Matsushima Man immediately exposed her lie: "Didn't you spend the entire summer alone with Jiang Zao?"

"That, that's just training at school, it doesn't count as being alone! Really, Manman, you better be careful or Ruchao Qingxia will come to your house at night!"

"No, that kind of thing will never happen, stop joking about this!" Matsushima Mitsuru only found out some time ago that the person whom Irisuo Shicai used from time to time to curse others was her deceased vicious mother.

Even though he knew that it was impossible for an evil ghost to take his life, Matsushima Man was still a little scared. After all, based on the description he heard from Jiang Zao, this Ruchao Qingxia was not a good person.

An urgent matter, or do you want to stay alone in the room with Jiang Zao for four days?

Kasumigaoka Utaha could only think of the possibility that the book could not make it to the fan exhibition. She followed the account "Kashiwagi Eri" and naturally saw the resurrection declaration. If there is any large-scale fan exhibition recently that coincides with these four days, it is only Comic Treasuer, the largest fan exhibition for men.

Kasumigaoka Utaha is not a fan of Eriri. She doesn't want to admit it but has to admit that Eriri's talent in painting is even better than her talent in writing novels.

Of course, such words can only be thought of in the mind. There is no way that Kasumigaoka Utaha would tell that boastful and nose-turned-to-the-sky Eriri about this matter.

I know that the two of them took leave to draw books, but it's hard to say about the others. A man and a woman taking leave for four days together seems very ambiguous no matter how you think about it.

Kasumigaoka Utaha thought so and glanced at Sakaki Yumiko's reaction secretly.

She still flipped through the textbook in her hand with an indifferent expression.

Are you really Jiang Zao’s girlfriend?

Did your boyfriend take four days off specifically to spend time with another girl?

Kasumigaoka Utaha could never have imagined that Yumiko Sakaki's mind was now full of thoughts about how to take the next step with Jiang Zao, and she didn't care at all about such a small matter as asking for leave. According to Kazama Kazuhime, now only she and Matsushima Mitsuru have not made any substantial progress with Jiang Zao.

We agreed to advance and retreat together, but you vixens actually ran away one by one!

......

Back to last night, Jiang Zao spent about twenty minutes completing all the backgrounds of the entire drawing.

Ying Lili walked quickly to his side with a fragrant breeze and picked up the drawing. Her cute face was full of surprise. After checking the entire drawing, Ying Lili put it back on the table and enthusiastically put her hand on Jiang Zao's shoulder: "Jiang Zao, you are very talented. Do you want to learn painting from me?"

"Let's just forget it." Jiang Zao leaned back and took the initiative to keep a distance from Ying Lili: "Ying Lili, calm down first."

"I won't!" When Ying Lili saw Jiang Zao avoiding her, her stubborn temper flared up and she insisted on holding Jiang Zao down.

After all, I am still a beautiful girl. Others would be eager to agree when I ask them for help, but why do you take the initiative to distance yourself from me?

Is it that I’m not pretty enough, or do you think I’m too poor?

"Eri, stop exerting too much force. This is very dangerous for us."

"No! How can there be any danger with my limited strength?"

The hands on Jiang Zao's shoulders gradually increased their strength. He was leaning against the back of the chair and it was difficult for him to fight against Ying Lili. As she continued to exert force, the wheels of the chair rolled slightly, causing the two of them to fall backwards.

"Wow!" Eriri closed her eyes in fear as she looked at the ground getting closer and closer.

Fortunately, Jiang Zao was a stand user. He quickly stretched out his right palm and supported it on the ground, and put his left hand around Ying Lili's slender waist. The stand-in, Shijie, squatted behind the chair and held it with his strong hands, keeping the back of the chair at an angle of 60 degrees with the ground.

Ying Lili curled up in Jiang Zao's arms and shivered like a frightened little animal, but the expected pain did not come.

"Eri, you better get off me quickly. I can't hold this position for long."

"Ah?" Ying Lili opened her eyes and found herself in Jiang Zao's arms. She jumped up with a blushing face, squatted in the corner with her face covered, not daring to look at him. She had never been hugged by a boy of the same age in her life, and she didn't expect that her first hug would be taken away by Jiang Zao, a married man.

But this is also the result of her not listening to advice and bringing disaster upon herself. There is no reason to blame Jiang Zao.

"Eri, are you okay?"

"Um..."

"I told you to calm down. Luckily I reacted quickly. If you had hurt your hand, the fan convention would have been completely ruined."

You should think about yourself first. I have you as a cushion. If I really fall, you will be more seriously injured than me!

Ying Lili knew she was in the wrong, but she still insisted, "Who told you not to learn painting from me?"

"You might be more talented than me, so why waste your talent?"

"After becoming a famous painter, the salary is very high!"

Ying Lili became more and more angry as she spoke, and she even turned the tables. She stood with her hands on her hips in indignation, and bared her teeth at Jiang Zao like a golden cat with its fur standing on end: "Don't waste your life in vain!"

"Eri, maybe you can integrate your interests into your work, but I can't. I don't have the same passion for painting as you do."

"As for making money..." Jiang Zao took out his phone, opened the bank app and showed Ying Lili the string of scary numbers on the deposit page: "I don't really worry about that."

"One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand... ten million... one... one hundred million?" Ying Lili pointed at the numbers on the screen with trembling fingers. She felt her mouth dry. Even though she was the daughter of a diplomat, she had never seen such a huge amount of money.

The money earned as a painter is nothing compared to Jiang Zao's savings.

Knowing that she couldn't persuade Jiang Zao no matter what, Ying Lili sat on the ground dejectedly, her words full of envy: "I wish I had a talent like you."

"Eri, do you think I'm a genius in painting?" Jiang Zao looked at the frustrated Eriri calmly.

Eriri drew circles on the ground with her fingertips in a depressed mood: "Of course he's a genius. After all, I'm a professional painter, so I do have some good eyesight."

"Then why do I, a painter who is promoted by genius, think that she herself has no talent?"

Chapter 125: Carelessness leads to loss of original manuscript

"Am I right, Mr. Kashiwagi Eri?"

"But...but I really don't have the talent like you."

"No, you just haven't yet unleashed your potential, and you've been distracted by trivial matters for a while. This fan exhibition will not only be the beginning of your resurrection, but also a stage for you to show your talents!"

"If you doubt yourself before you do something, then no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to do it well, because you didn't believe you could do it well from the beginning. Eriri, since you believe in your own vision, you should believe in my judgment even more. Your potential is far higher than you think."

Jiang Zao's infectious words touched Ying Lili. She had never had anyone other than her parents praise her, support her, or even understand her in real life.

She bit her lips tightly, trying hard to hold back the hot tears in her eyes. She didn't like crying in front of others, as it made her feel weak. She wiped away her tears by rubbing her face, and said firmly with a little nasal tone in her voice, "I will definitely finish this book in my best condition and show it to you!"

"That's the momentum!" Jiang Zao stretched out his right hand to Ying Lili and pulled her up from the ground. The two smiled at each other. He also proposed an idea at this time: "Ying Lili, although I don't study painting, I can still provide help in this regard."

"Do you have any good suggestions?" Ying Lili now completely regards Jiang Zao as a good friend, expecting him to come up with some more good ideas, and even forgot to let go of the hands they were holding.

"Since your plot is your weak point, why don't we make the book separately like a normal comic book? I will be responsible for the story script, and you will be responsible for drawing the pictures. I can also handle the background and other scenes for you. What do you think?"

Ying Lili really wanted to immediately agree to this approach which would benefit her in every way, but she couldn't be so shameless as to take advantage of Jiang Zao for free. If it were Liang, Jiang Zao would compose music for her for free and cook for her every day, so she would probably just tie Jiang Zao up and take him home.

"Jiang Zao... Is it really okay for you to help me so wholeheartedly?"

"I can't give you any other rewards except a little more share from the sales of doujinshi, and this little reward is just a simple number in your eyes..."

Jiang Zao released Ying Lili's soft, boneless, and tender little hand, and grinned: "Ying Lili, do you know how Yi Ji evaluated me?"