
"Bos Ana, there's a young man who wants to meet you. I don't know him, but he introduced himself as your nephew." Said Dita, the manager who works at Ana's restaurant.
"Niece? A guy? Still young?" Ana asked as she recalled her nephew's list.
Ana has only three siblings, two half-siblings and one sibling.
Rachel has no children at all.
Rio's? The older sister of Rachel, who is also Ana's half-sister, she had not heard from since three years ago. After Rio decided to move the country and join the country where his wife came from, Ana had not seen her for a long time.
But in retrospect, Rio had three children, two twin boys and one girl, only that Ana knew, two Rio boys, all of them were adults, and two years older than Yuan.
What about Kenan? Ana's biological sister.
Kenan was married when Yuan was three years old, which means about eighteen years ago. As Ana recalls, Kenan had two children, but her second daughter died in infancy. So, his biological sister currently only had one son.
If Ana had not mistakenly remembered, that Kenan boy should now be seventeen years old.
So, is the young man who claimed to be my nephew Kenan's son? Is that Ken? My genius nephew?
"Boss? Boss Ana? So what am I supposed to do with that young man?" Dita asked when she found out Ana was just quiet.
"Eh, that, looks like he's really my nephew. Try to get him in first. Let me see firsthand what I think is right." Said Ana.
"Okay boss, I'll tell him to come into your room." Said Dita, then out of Ana's room.
Shortly manager Dita came out. The door of the room opened again, this time it appeared was a young male figure who looked very charming to the girls who were staring at him.
Seeing the figure of the young man, it really made Ana think of her sister, the Kenan.
"Are you Ken? Ken Mauli's? Kenan's son, my brother?" Ask Ana.
"Yes, I'm Ken, Ken Mauli's son. Did aunty forget about aunty's own nephew?" Said Ken, the nephew whom Ana had not seen for a long time.
"God. You really look a lot like your father when he was young, really like a betel nut split in two, very similar, aunty even thinks that you're Kenan." Ana said as she approached Ken, hugging his niece warmly.
"Aunty, don't hug me like this, I'm not a kid anymore." Ken Say.
"Even your words are exactly the same as your father." Said Ana while taking off her embrace.
"When did you come back from America?" Ask Ana.
"Six months ago." Answer Ken.
"What Six—?! Six months ago you came back from America after eight years of living there. But when you returned to this country, you did not come to visit aunty at all?! Your father never came, too, where is he? Is he coming with you?"
Ken was seen sighing, he felt the laziest if he was run over by a question that was like an arithmetic series.
"Aunty, I'll answer your question. But earlier, did aunty Ana not intend to tell me to sit down?"
"Eh? To sit? Oh yeah, let's sit down." Ana said while directing Ken to sit on the sofa available in his room.
After Ken sat down on the sofa, Ana also sat down, facing off with her niece.
"So where's Kenan? Uh, I mean aunty, where's your dad? Aunty has not seen him for almost a year, especially since the headquarters of the Mauli family store department moved to America. That kid never really called me." Ask Ana.
"If I knew where Dad was, I wouldn't have come here." Answer Ken.
"Oh, my God, you, look at this way of speaking, even colder than your cousin." Ana.
"Cousin brother Yuan means? Where's she? I want to meet him." Ken said, he looked enthusiastic when his aunt mentioned the name of the man who Ken had always made as an idol.
"No, aunty won't tell you that you haven't told aunty where your father is."
"I don't know where dad is. I came here to ask if Aunty knows where you are or not. But of all aunty's words, it seems like aunty Ana doesn't know where you are either." Said Ken.
"Don't tell me your father's missing?! Why not call the police?!" Ask Ana.
"Mom and I lost contact with him two days ago. We've reported it to the police." Answer Ken.
"Then how? Did the police find him yet?" Ana asked, the middle-aged woman looked very worried.
"Not yet, but yesterday we got word from the police, they found my dad's wallet and cell phone near an inter-city bus stop."
"God. That boy, ah mean aunty, your father was— how could he suddenly disappear? Has he lost his memory, so maybe he's lost his way and doesn't know the way home." Ana.
"If my father's head were as easy to eat as it was to age, he wouldn't have produced a smart child like me." Said Ken.
"Yes, you're the smart one. Now explain, why did your father disappear?"
"That father, although intelligent but also has shortcomings, he, a blind father, the father is most difficult to remember directions, especially if it's a new place. Ideally, it would take three days to pass through the place constantly, only then could I remember it well." Ken.
"But even so, he's a stubborn man. At that time my father secretly went out of the house for a walk. He left when me, mom and grandpa were going to the studio mall." Keep Ken.
"Then?"
"Then? Of course because of his stubbornness, he got lost and couldn't go home."
"Why not try to contact him from the beginning before he goes missing any longer?"
"Ask your sister aunty if she meets him later. That father, he foolishly referred to all my calls."
"He's not doing it for no reason either." Ana defended her sister.
"It's up to aunty." Reply Ken while joking on the sofa he sat on.
•••
Yuan stepped out of his last class with a face devoid of spirit, like someone who had no passion for life.
The man looked back at his phone, checked if Rose had contacted him or not.
But a breath sounded from him again. No messages came from Rose.
The girl was truly like she was lost to the earth.
"Sister Yuan." Call a woman from Yuan's left.
Rue seemed to run a little towards Yuan who was still standing in his position.
"Sister Yuan, I searched everywhere from this morning. It turns out you're here." Rue said after he arrived before Yuan.
"What are you looking for me for?"
"Eh, did Brother Yuan forget my father's request? I asked you to take care of me." Rue.
"Then since your father asked me for help like that, do I have to really take care of you? I also have a busy time, no time to take care of you. Besides, you're an adult, what's the need for care, if you're afraid of getting hurt, just hire a bodyguard to take care of you." Yuan said, then, after he said that sentence, Yuan left from before Rue.
"Sister Yuan." Rue said as Yuan had already left passed from before him.
"No Rue, don't go after him too much, you have to keep your pride high. If I were to overtly chase after Brother Yuan, he would definitely look at me just like the other women. I'm Rue Adelard, the dearest daughter of the Adelard family, the future owner of Jhoneq, a large company comparable to the Tnp group. I'm the only woman who deserves to be his future wife." Rue.
•••
"Yes." Call Nana who accidentally sees Yuan coming out of her faculty building.
Yuan turned his head, he saw his cousin was with his three friends, Julian, Kin and Kai.
Seeing them, Yuan smiled, then came over to the four people.
"What happened to your face? You look so lethargic." Ask Kin.
"You may have seen it wrong." Answer Yuan.
"Oh did you meet that woman? Is that why you're so lethargic like this? He's a destroyer of people's moods." Nana.
"Hey, since when are you good at commenting about the woman who approached Yuan? Usually you'll defend them when Yuan is bad at them." Said Kai.
"Ck, if you knew about the woman, you would probably agree with what I said. He's it— huh let's go, I don't want to discuss it." Nana.
"Oh yeah, where did you guys go?" Ask Yuan.
"Cafeteria in front of campus, you want to come? We haven't been together and we've eaten together for a long time." Julian.
"Right, lately you've been seen with Rose more often than we have." Complain Kin.
"Oh yeah, Yuan did you see Rose? I haven't seen him since this morning, I've tried calling him, but it looks like his phone is dead. In fact, even Yana did not know why Rose had suddenly not entered today." Nana.
"He didn't pick up your call either?" Ask Yuan.
"Eh? Did you call him too? You— "
"Who called her, don't get me wrong." Refute Yuan.
"really? I'm sure you'll be looking for him, too, right?" Nana asked in a seductive tone to her cousin, leaving Yuan only able to keep quiet, turning his eyes away.
"Here we go, we've been talking about that lately. Now, let's go have lunch together." Julian.
"True Julian said. Yuan, your romance will tell me later, I'm the expert, so, I'll make sure, if I can help you deal with it." Kin.
"What are you saying? Come quickly to the cafeteria, I'll pay for all your food and drinks." Yuan said, he walked ahead of his friends.
•••
"Eat slowly, you look like a child that your parents never feed." Ana comments when she sees her niece eating greedily.
"My mom can only cook western cuisine, she sucks in Asian cuisine let alone Chinese like this. That's why I eat a lot, when else can eat food like this." Ken.
"And now that you live in your grandfather's house, you don't eat the housekeeper's cooking?"
"There are no more housekeepers at Farhan's grandfather's house. Now my mom cooks at home. If you're busy, we'll all just eat food from fast food restaurants, or eat out. Expecting a step-grandmother to cook, is also impossible." Answer Ken.
"Ck, you're this. Yeah, well, then pack some food for you to take home. Oh yeah, the day after tomorrow, aunty will come to visit grandfather's house. Tell Grandpa that his son will come." Said Ana.
"Good, grandpa, he misses aunty so much." Ken Say.
"Yes, let's finish the food. If you want more, just tell me, aunty's going to cook for you." Ana.
"Yes." Yeah." Reply to Ken who then returned to eating the food that Ana cooked for him.
•••
Rose sat on the side of the hospital bed, where her mother lay weakly helpless.
Medical devices such as oxygen and heart rate detectors are also installed in the body of the mother.
When Rose first got there, she was really shocked to see her mother's condition was more concerning than what she had imagined before. It was fitting that her aunt told Rose to come soon, it was because her mother was in critical condition.
"Rose, you can go home to auntie's and take a break. Let your aunt and uncle take care of your mother here." Said aunt Vivi.
"Yes Rose, you'll get sick later. Come home and rest there. Andre will take you." Said Rose's uncle, Sam.
"Thank you uncle, aunt. But Rose just got here too, Rose wants to stay by mom's side." Rose Say.
"Cousin brother, at least eat first. You look so pale." Said a man who had turned twenty-four years old, he was Rose's cousin's younger brother, Andre.
"Later Andre, I'm not hungry yet." Rose said with a faint smile.
"Rose, eat first even if it's only one or two mouthfuls, don't leave your stomach empty without food. Come on, Andre, take Rose to the hospital cafeteria." Said aunt Vivi.
"Come Rose. If you're sick later, how can you look after your mother?"
Rose sighed, for a moment she looked at her mother, then turned to look at her aunt's family.
"All right." Said Rose who then got up from her seat.
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