The Journey of Jinan

Chapters. 31

Since childhood Jinan has always lived peacefully in all its simplicity. Live quietly in the village on the edge of town. The biggest problem at that time was when there was a thug who tried to poke his mother in the market. Since the departure of both parents, the biggest problem at that time was nothing but betrayal, and humiliation of her pregnancy.

As he seeks to rebuild his new life abroad, Jinan's biggest problem at the time is a terrible terror. And at this time, Jinan never expected that he would hear such a terrible gunshot from such a close distance. Even the shot was aimed at him. Is this what it feels like to live abroad? So scary and far from the word calm as he had ever felt in his village where he lived.

For these two days, Jinan had only confined herself inside the house with the company of Ria and her family. The fear of frightening events in Ayla's aqiqah event yesterday made Jinan not dare far from the people closest to him. He was afraid that something bad would happen to his son if something like yesterday happened again when he was alone.

Jinan also did not dare to receive any guests other than the Ria family. Even Ardo who repeatedly came to his house also refused his presence, although he knew if the man knew Ria's uncle, Marco. He just did not dare to meet people he did not know. Moreover, yesterday he had seen Ardo holding a firearm, it obviously made Jinan into thinking negatively to the man. He thought Ardo had something to do with all the bad things at his restaurant and the gunfire yesterday.

Today is the third day since the shooting at Ayla's baby aqiqah event. This morning Jinan was breastfeeding baby Ayla accompanied by Mami Ria as her conversation partner. Please have not returned to the land. She and her husband will be in Germany for a whole month to let go of their only child, Ria. While in Germany, Sila and her husband lived in Marco's house. Sometimes every morning or afternoon she and her husband would pay a visit to Ria and Jinan's house, and would return at night. Today she can only be escorted by Elena who happens to want to go to college because her husband is having business with Marco. As they were seriously telling stories, suddenly Jinan's room door opened from outside.

Czech ...

"Sister," called Ria from the doorway.

Jinan turned her head to look at Ria without changing her position.

"What's up, Ri?" ask Jinan.

"Em, Brother Ardo is coming again. Didn't you want to see him for a moment," said Ria hesitatingly.

Jinan looked at the tiny face of baby Ayla. "Tell him to come home and never see Brother again, Ri. My sister is not ready to meet anyone else. Brother is afraid, Ri," said Jinan nanar.

"Sister Ardo said he had some important news to tell Brother."

"There's nothing to say, Ri. Kaka–"

"He knows who's behind all this, sister," Ria said.

Jinan was silent for a moment, then she looked at Ria with a flat look.

"Find him, honey. Who knows if he's bringing good news."

Jinan looked at Sila as the middle-aged woman stroked her back.

"But Jinan is still scared, Mi. What if suddenly there's another bad person out there" Jinan said with a worried look.

Please smile. "We still have God to protect us, baby."

Jinan looked at Sila with a pushy look. Because of his fear, he almost forgot to include God in every problem.

"Astaghfirullah," said Jinan slowly as he lowered his head.

"Meet me, son."

Jinan looked at Sila for a moment, then her gaze turned towards Ria who was still standing in the doorway.

"I'll wait outside, brother. Poor brother Ardo alone."

...

This is where Jinan is at the moment. Sitting on his porch seat with an Evardo. An interlocked man who comes into his life with a strange and unreasonable offer according to him.

"Say. I don't want to linger out here with you" Jinan said slowly.

"Calm down, they won't dare bother you anymore" Ardo said as he looked at Jinan's side face.

"Quiet down? You're telling me to calm down? Do you think I can calm down after knowing that there are people who intend to harm me? And ... You said they weren't gonna bother me anymore? How do you know?" ask Jinan suspiciously.

"I'll tell you everything, but I beg you not to cut me off before I finish the story."

Jinan let out a rough breath, then he turned his gaze straight ahead.

When he saw Jinan just silent, now Ardo began to tell him everything that the old man had said yesterday. There is nothing Ardo misses from what he knows about the terror in Jinan's restaurant as well as the incident at Ayla's aqiqah event yesterday. Even the name Rico did not forget to be pinned in the story.

And when he heard Rico's name coming out of Ardo's mouth, Jinan immediately looked at Ardo with a mixed look. Anger, surprise, and disbelief coalesce into one.

Just as Ardo finished the story, a white BMW stopped in front of Jinan and Ardo. After a few seconds of waiting, came three men and one woman, one of whom was Rico.

Rico who saw Ardo in Jinan's house became emotional, he walked quickly and was about to hit Ardo. But not until his hands on Ardo's face, Ardo had already fended off the blow from Rico.

Marco, Dedy, and Ira who just came with Rico were surprised not to play with the behavior of the man. Likewise with Jinan, he even closed his eyes while screaming when Rico was about to hit Ardo.

"Why are you here again, huh? Not satisfied you saw Jinan almost hurt yesterday?" rico shouted who was still trying to hit Ardo.

"Rico, what are you doing!" marco shouted, then he ran to separate his son with the man named Ardo.

"Why are you going to hit him? Are you out of your mind?"

"Papa should have hit him too. Since he knew her, Jinan often got terror from unknown people. And last time this guy came here, he brought a bunch of crooks who almost hurt Jinan, Pa!" rico shouted at his papa.

Ria who heard the commotion from inside the house was now in the doorway. He wanted to remind them not to make a fuss because it would disturb baby Ayla, but he immediately abandoned his intentions and only witnessed what was happening when he saw the situation that was not good at the time.

"Do you have any proof?" ask Marco.

"Without any evidence, we all know that he is behind all this."

"If you have no evidence, never accuse others of wrongdoing, even if the person is suspicious. Papa knows this guy, and Papa can't believe he's behind all this."

"Papa's defending him?" asked Rico surprised.

"The father did not defend him. Papa just said what Papa thinks is right now."

Rico shook his head. "Papa outrageous. He's had a bad influence on Jinan, Pa!" shouted Rico.

"Can you stop," Jinan said suddenly in a soft voice. He held his pulsing head. Just about to walk, his sight suddenly blurred. And a second later Jinan fainted on the spot. Luckily Ardo was in front of him at that time, and now Jinan's body was in Ardo's arms.

"Sister!"

"Jinan!"

"Jeez, Jinan!"

"Jinan!"

Almost everyone who was there screeched in shock at the sight of Jinan who had suddenly fainted.

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