
Yuan stepped his foot outside the cafe, the man standing beside the cafe, waiting for the middle-aged woman who was walking towards him.
"Why did my aunt reveal my identity?" Yuan asked when the middle-aged woman had already arrived before him.
"What did you say young master? I just feel good about accidentally meeting you. After all what's wrong with your real identity, being a young master of the Gavin family, it should be very proud, with that name, then no one dares to belittle you." The middle-aged woman replied, Aunt Jeni.
Yuan sighed, he rubbed his rough face, this middle-aged lung woman in front of him, not only was a very loyal servant in his house, but she was also a mother of his good friend. Because of this, Yuan cannot be disrespectful to her, he still respects Jeni's aunt as Kai's mother, even though he feels annoyed at Jeni's current aunt.
"Without aunt explaining it I know, my family is very respected, even the head of state has great respect for my family. But I can't reveal my true identity right now, auntie knows that I'm running away from home. If my disguise is uncovered, Dad will tell his subordinates to take me back home. I don't want that to happen, so I beg auntie, tell them that aunt recognized me wrong." Yuan said.
Aunt Jeni seemed silent for a moment, but then she smiled her smile, the middle-aged woman's hand slowly moved to hold Yuan's hand. The warm feeling of a mother, felt flowing into the palm of Yuan's hand, it made him miss the mother—Ana that he had not met for a long time.
"Young master, you are a very kind and warm person, you even want to be good friends with my son even though we are from a lower class family, he said, you are like a high sun but always give it endless light. Young master, I know you're pursuing your desires, but you shouldn't leave the house, everyone is worried about you. Thinking of living independently, it's not an easy thing, believe me young master, you better go home." Said aunt Jeni trying to persuade her young master.
Yuan sighed, he let go of Aunt Jeni's hand holding it.
"Sorry bi, I can't go home now, there's still things I have to do before I go back home." Answer Yuan
Until the day that me and the others will perform at the campus anniversary celebration, I will not return home. Right now, I am focusing on my training before that day comes, if I return home now, dad will never give me a chance to go practice, he will definitely punish me by restraining me again. Therefore, I cannot return home until I perform on the show and show my talent in front of dad. — Inner Yuan.
"Young master, you—"
"Bi, I beg aunt Jeni, please help me, tell them that aunt recognized me wrong." Pinta Yuan's.
•••
Rose helped her mother to lie down on the bed, the body felt light and so weak, making the princess' heart feel sliced to see her mother's condition like this.
"Rose, come with auntie out for a minute." Said a middle-aged woman who had been standing at the entrance of the room since.
Rose caught a glimpse of her mother, a warm smile and a nod from her mother, telling Rose to follow her aunt who had already gone out of the room.
"Rose come out for a second." Rose told her mother.
"Yes." Yeah." Answer mother.
After hearing the answer from her mother, Rose moved and stepped out of the room, she walked after her mother's sister who was already in the living room.
"What does my aunt want to talk to me about?" Ask Rose.
The middle-aged woman who was the biological sister of Rose's mother looked at her nephew's face with her warm smile.
"When your mother passed out and was taken to the hospital, we saw a lot of bruises on her body."
"Rose won't be surprised by the news, bi." Rose said, because she knew that a long time ago.
"So, is it true that the bruises on his body were the actions of your father who often beat him?"
Rose sighed, her bad memory of the days when her mother always received harsh treatment from her father came back to the girl's mind.
"Rose.." Call that middle-aged woman named Nita.
"Yes." Yeah." Rose answered while lowering her head.
A heavy sigh rang out from Aunt Nita, the middle-aged woman was seen holding her forehead, feeling a throbbing emotion in her sister-in-law who was somehow there now.
"We need to report this to the police." The words of Nita's aunt made Rose raise her head, looking at her aunt.
"Mom must have banned it." Rose said the girl had long wanted to report her father to the police for acts of family violence and illegal gambling, but her mother had always banned him on grounds she thought were so classic. He was your father, those words, the words his mother always said when Rose wanted to report his father.
"Oh my goodness, he still hopes that even though hope is so small." Said aunt Nita.
"What does aunt mean?" Rose asked who did not understand the middle-aged woman's words.
"It's a kind of love that's too much love or rather—ah I don't know, aunty is not good at stringing words. The point is, your dad wasn't that bad, he was a nice, loving guy, he came from a family that was. But when you were two years old, the family went bankrupt, your father who worked in his family's company automatically lost his job, and from then on, many debt collectors came to your house, feeling devastated so deeply with his life changing completely, your father was often drunk, from there, the man became a bad man."
Rose couldn't believe what she was hearing. But now, he understood a little, why his mother always defended his father, it was all because his mother still had a speck of hope so that his father could change as before.
•••
"Why did my mother misidentify you?" Asked a man who had just come from behind aunt Jeni.
Yuan raised his face, he looked at the man who was asking him a question.
"Kai? Are you here too?" Ask Yuan.
"I came to pick up my mom, but I didn't overhear your conversation." Answer Kai.
"Ah well, I just came, so not hearing your whole talk, I just heard the end part." Kai said trying to give an explanation of Yuan's meaningful gaze.
"Forgot that, now more importantly, please help me. Tell them I'm not the young master of the Gavin family." Yuan to Kai.
"liying? You're telling me, ah no, I mean, you're telling us to lie? Yuan, what's wrong if you're the young master of the Gavin family, why do you seem to be ashamed of your high social status?" Kai asked, he smiled wryly at Yuan, the words from Yuan once struck his heart.
Yuan came from a distinguished family but the young master felt uneasy and disliked. All of that was annoying for Kai, Yuan should be grateful for everything he had.
"Kai, do you understand what my problem is? I have to cover up my identity for now." Answer Yuan.
Kai stepped closer to his good friend, sliding his mother's body slowly, so he could face Yuan head-on.
"Yuan, you know, this attitude of yours is really annoying to me. You're from a respectable family, why do you seem to feel dislike for your high social status?" Ask Kai again.
"Kai—"
"Look at me Yuan. People like me will envy you, when you say that, the more we envy, why don't you be grateful for everything you have? Why—"
"You know why Kai! I leave the house, I hide my identity, I work part-time. You know the reason why I did all that! You knew! But why don't you support me now?!" Ask Yuan.
Kai sighed for a moment, the man then placed his hand on Yuan's shoulder.
"My brother— sorry." Said Kai.
"Huh?" Asked Yuan who did not understand Kai's words just now.
"Don't be too serious, I'm just kidding." Kai said with a little laugh.
Yuan widened his eyes, he felt like spitting laser beams from his eyes at the man before him.
"But I'm serious about my frustration with you. You don't say that in front of me anymore. That's annoying." Said Kai.
"Sorry, I don't mean—"
"Well, I know. Never mind, forget it." Kai said, ending his little laugh.
"Then you want to help me, right?" Ask Yuan.
"Help you? Aaaa about lying to them huh?"
"Yes." Yeah." Answer Yuan.
"Sorry, but we have to go home. See you tomorrow." Kai said as he slowly pulled his mother's hand.
"Kai, wait a minute, you have to help me." Pinta Yuan, the man even held Kai's arm.
"Hey, you're smarter than me. They won't believe us even if we're honest." Said Kai.
"How come? We haven't even tried it."
"Yuan Yuan, think about it, your true identity has been revealed. Now they know you're the young master of the Gavin family. You think by telling them to lie, then they'll believe it? You forgot the power of the internet? They must have searched the internet, whether you're the young master of the Gavin family or not, they must have seen your photos on the internet." Said Kai.
Yuan breathed out his heavy breath, only to realize that, what Kai said was true.
"Trust me, your father will not come directly with his personnel even if he knows your place of work. He will be watching you, but the news of the truth tonight will definitely be revealed in the media tomorrow. The young master of the Gavin family disguises himself as a commoner and works as a waitress at the cafe. Know it? that's very admirable. So keep working, and ignore them all." Said Kai while looking into the cafe from the glass window of the cafe.
"I have to go now, my father is waiting for us. Oh yes, sorry about my mom who—"
"No problem, I'm also sorry for—"
"Well that's not a problem either. Hey wait, why are we interrupting each other's words." Kai said, he laughed again.
Yuan returned Kai's laughter with a big smile, though,
"Go, your father is waiting for you." Yuan Saying.
"Ah right, then excuse me young master, I'll see you tomorrow." Kai said still with his joke, the man then entered his car with his mother.
Before driving his car out of the cafe area, Kai waved his hand at Yuan from the glass of the car he opened.
"See you." Pamit Kai's.
"Em, I'll see you tomorrow, be careful." Reply Yuan.
✍ This story is just fictitious. Sorry if there are similarities in the names of characters, places of events or events that occur.✍