My dear Siomay

Become a detective

"The man apparently deliberately went into the tavern and spread the cockroach, but who is he?", I asked Erna.

"Erna also doesn't know this guy".

"Maybe Isna's gonna ask someone for help in investigating who this guy is".

I finally called Tio for help.

"Assalamu'alaikum!", I said hello.

"Wa'alaikum greetings!", replied Tio.

"You haven't slept?".

"Today, it's really exhausting, the computer in the office got a virus, almost all the data is lost, fortunately we immediately called the experts, so the remaining data can still be saved".

"In the tavern there was also a strange incident, suddenly a lot of cockroaches and it happened when there were buyers, eating them on the run. When I saw the CCTV footage, it turned out that someone was deliberately spreading the animal in the tavern, and I sent you a picture of that person, can you find information about this person?".

"Can, I'll ask my men to find the information".

"Ok, tell me if the information about that person already exists,huah", I yawned.

"Isha, I'm kangen".

"Hmm", I replied without saying, my eyes felt so tight and could not open. My drowsiness is truly incredible. Without even knowing it, I fell asleep.

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The sun shone brightly unobstructed by the clouds. It was a bright morning, but not as bright as my heart. Yesterday's events made me less excited. I was going to take a day off, but I scheduled this day to clean up the shop. Ani and Erna did not accompany me. Ani called that she wanted to take her mother for treatment, while Erna as usual, today is in college. That's why I'm left alone. I forced myself to go and clean up the store so that yesterday's events don't happen again.

"You alone?", someone suddenly asked.

"Astagfirullahal'adzim!", I'm surprised not to be upset.

"You're shocked?oh, I'm sorry you realized that I came in here he.he.", Tio laughed a little.

"I think you're a ghost" I held my chest pounding.

"You're daydreaming of your prince?so surprised?", Tio with confidence.

"I'm not a dreamy prince but a cockroach!".

Tio's face looked irritated as he said softly, "meaning I'm equated with cockroaches".

"You are very sensitive, you ask, you conclude yourself. Don't be sad, you're still my prince that I think of at any given moment when I don't think of cockroaches", I smiled.

Tio immediately sat on the chair watching me.

"Why all the time you didn't answer me, I've called many times, but only your napad voice is heard", Tio was slightly upset.

"Oh, sorry I overslept last night, my eyes were tight and I couldn't open" I was embarrassed with a smile.

"You're looking for a cockroach?".

"Yes, I want to clean the shop to avoid animals that are less pleasant to look at", as I spray insect-killing drugs.

"Oh, yes, I've already obtained the data about the person you're asking. Let's see", Tio while giving me the paper.

"This person is not someone I know, but why is he doing this?he lives around here apparently, but he's not a merchant who sells here, his job is a parking attendant near the office around here. Can we investigate further about this man to know the real motive for what he did to me, we alone, today, want?", I with a paper in my hand.

"But I want to be paid for my work this time", Tio's expensive selling snobs.

"I know that's for sure, right?".

"What?", Rio curious.

"Definitely siomay right?", I asked back.

"Oh, of course", Tio seemed happy to hear the word siomay.

I'm just smiling. It turns out that Tio is still like before and has never changed about siomay. His love for siomay never faded, so hopefully not for me either.

"Why are you smiling?", Tio felt strange.

"My love for Siomay will not defeat my love for you, Isna!", Tio again teased me.

"It's not the time to declare love, it's time we became detectives with the case of 'seeking real cockroach spreaders', ok!", I pose like a detective.

Tio looked at me strangely.

"Come, we go to this guy's place of residence, we find out how his life is" I'm walking.

"Wait for me dong!", Tio soon followed.

We also came to his house. We just walk there because the address written is still this area. When I arrived, I saw the shabby house, just like my old house. The visible wall is damaged, with a floor that is grounded because of ceramic bricks that have been broken here and there. From inside, a female voice shouted.

"She..k!clean up your eating place!I cape gotta keep cleaning up your old dinner plates!".

That voice sounded familiar to me. The woman came out carrying a dirty plate and washed it in front of the bathroom located outside the house.

"It turns out this is Ani's house", I said in a soft voice.

"Who is Ani?", asked Tio.

I didn't answer Tio's question because in my mind there were so many questions for Ani. What's his relationship with that guy?how come it was a coincidence that he and that person were at the same address?

"Sonia, I'm asking for money!", the man whom Ani had called sister came out.

"Isn't he Ani, why did that person call his name by the name of Sonia?", I was surprised.

"What are you talking about, I can't hear?", Tio whispered.

"Didn't Brother get a lot of money from the woman?", Anni asked.

"That's just a little bit, I've spent it all having fun", the guy casually.

"I don't have any money", Anni brought the dishes she had cleaned inside.

"You earn more than I do, and you may not have any money. Come on, give it up!", the man insisted.

Ani came out and gave twenty thousand.

"It's not this money I want, I want a lot of money".

"But Brother, I spent that money to pay my brother's debt".

"Don't give me a million" he asked with his right hand.

"Sir, Sonia already cape had to work hard just to fulfill Big Brother's wish", Anni who called herself Sonia spoke in annoyance.

So many things surprised me. I could only continue asking without anyone being able to answer. Without me noticing, I nudged the can near us until it rolled. Me and Tio panicked, we immediately went into hiding to be unknown.

"Who's there?", brother Ani was alert as he approached towards us.

"Meong.meong", Tio spontaneously mimics the voice of a cat.

"It turned out to be a cat", the man stopped and went back to his place.

"I want to work", This is while locking the door.

"Didn't that siomay shop close after I spread the cockroaches at your command?why are you working there again?the shop will definitely go bankrupt", the man in a loud voice.

Ani immediately kept the index finger on her lips and said, "Sst, don't be too loud later people will hear. Brother wants to be arrested by the police?", This looks upset.

"There's no way I'm going to get caught by the police, that woman is going to protect me, she's a rich person with a big influence, if I had a boyfriend like her, I'd do whatever she asks".

"Already, not many daydreams, you should also look for a job, do not keep asking me. I want to go first!", Anni stepped up, but her brother blocked her step.

"You didn't hear, I've been asking you for money, give it up!otherwise I would have told everyone that you told me to spread cockroaches in the tavern", his brother threatened.

"Please, there will be no one who believes in Big Brother!", Anni in a cynical tone.

"Oh, so you're challenging me?", the man looked angry.