The Journey of Jinan

Chapters. 4

The Romi residence.

Today is exactly one week Romi broke off his relationship with Jinan. There is no regret on the man's face after he mengalak wife for the woman he loved two years ago who is currently pregnant with his child. Maybe also because the time together with Jinan who just walk one month, so it does not make Romi save the beautiful memories with the hijab woman syar'i. Or because his love for a woman named Aurel is too deep, making the man can not glance at another woman even if it is his own wife.

This morning while Romi was having breakfast alone at his home dining table, he was shocked by the return of his parents from their business trip out of town.

"Mama, Papa."

Romi got up from his seat, he left his breakfast to approach his parents.

"Don't Mom ngabarin Romi come home in the morning?" romi asked after kissing the back of his parents' hands and immediately took over the suitcase and some groceries in his mother's hands.

"does it really need to be told? It doesn't usually matter when we go home."

Romi just grinned the horse to hear his mother's speech. Instead of not caring, he is just too busy with his work and his relationship with Aurel who has not found a bright spot to be together openly.

"Oh yeah, where's Jinan, Rom? Tumben you eat alone."

Romi looked at his mother in surprise. He forgot that his mother had not known about his divorce from Jinan.

"Why are you so dumb?"

Romi regained his senses from his shock as his mother patted his right shoulder.

"Em, anu Ma. Jinan .. .m ..."

Romi scratched his head, he was confused as to how to explain all this. As per the agreement, it should be Jinan who explained all this to his mother, but the woman was not here.

"What's wrong with you, Rom?"

"No papa, Ma. Come on Mama and Papa come in first, don't you get tired of coming home from a long trip?"

Romi threw both his parents towards the dining table where there were already some delicious food on the table.

Linda who still did not see her daughter-in-law finally asked Romi again about the existence of the hijab woman. Romi's face that looks confused also finally provoked curiosity Linda and husband about the existence of Jinan at this time. And having no other choice as she continues to be encouraged by her mother to tell her whereabouts, Romi ends up talking about her relationship with Jinan.

"Jinan doesn't live with Romi anymore, Ma."

"Well, why Rom?" linda was confused.

"Romi was already Jinan's mentality one week ago, Ma. And we don't live in one house anymore, Jinan isn't Romi's wife anymore, Ma."

Linda and Kusnaidi's son - Linda's husband or Father Romi - widened his eyes.

"What do you mean?"

Romi looked at his parents in turn. "We're divorced, Ma, Pa. Jinan asked Romi to divorce her."

"Why would he get a divorce?" ask Putra.

"Romi doesn't know either, Pa. He suddenly asked Romi for his mentality so sa–"

"No!" linda's squeals cut Romi's words. "No way Jinan is like that, Rom. You don't make up stories, Mama knows exactly who Jinan is, she won't be able to make a divorce that God obviously doesn't like."

"But, Ma. Jinan mem–"

"Ma."

"If you know what the cause is, you can run out in your hands" Linda threatened and then left the dining table to her room.

     

     

     

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In a small house on the edge of town, a beautiful woman named Jinan was seen busy struggling with her kitchen tools. The dining table where food is stored is now seen crowded by various kinds of flour, milk, chocolate blocks, and other ingredients to make cakes.

Since officially divorced and living alone in his parents' house, Jinan now opens a small business to finance his life in the future. Jinan also intends to save to continue his studies and achieve his goals to become a famous entrepreneur. Whatever it is, what matters is not harming others. Yes, the ideals of Jinan do sound simple, but behind those simple ideals, Jinan keeps an extraordinary dream that no one else can see with the eyes of tel4njang.

From dawn Jinan had begun to dwell in the kitchen, until the time showed at 10:23 finally all orders were completed. After cleaning all the baking equipment and washing it, Jinan took the time to pray dhuha first before packing all the ordered sponge cake that was being cooled.

"O Allah, strengthen the servant in undergoing all Your trials. Expose the servant to all the problems that befall the servant. Help the servant to remain in Your way, O Allah."

"O Allah, ridhoi slave business. May these small businesses be enough to finance my needs and lead me to a blessed success. O Allah, may you always be patient in going through all the journey of life, O Allah. Aamiin's."

Jinan rubbed his face with both palms to end the short do'a that he offered.

After cleaning his prayer equipment, Jinan returned to the kitchen to check his homemade balls. Since some of the sponge is still not cold, Jinan decided to fill his stomach first because during the struggle in the kitchen Jinan did not fill his stomach with food at all.

After performing dzuhur worship, then Jinan rushed to deliver the balls that have been neatly arranged in a plastic box to the address that has been sent by the customer on his sosmed account. Yes, Jinan relies on online sites to expand his small business, and thank God in a few days already quite a lot of interest in the hands of the hijab-wearing woman.

Jinan, who was still full because she had just had breakfast near lunch, finally breezed out of the house after cleaning her prayer equipment. With the capital of his father's former duck motorbike, Jinan drove around and drove his order tiredly that he had to hold for a few rupiahs. Until the ashar adhan reverberated, Jinan was finally finished with all his orders. 

Heading back home, Jinan took the time to go to the cake ingredients stall first to stock the ingredients to make a sponge a few days ahead. As he approached his house, from a distance Jinan caught the figure of a middle-aged woman and man in front of his house sitting on a single wooden chair beside the entrance of his house.

"Mama, Papa," Jinan murmured as he felt the two middle-aged men were his former in-laws. Yeah, is he an ex-right?

Linda and the Son who saw the arrival of Jinan also stood up while smiling to look at Jinan.

Arriving in front of his house, Jinan parked his motorbike right in front of the small terrace of his house. He smiled kindly at his former father-in-law.

"Assalamu'alaikum, Ma, Pa" Jinan said, kissing the backs of the parents' hands.

"Wa'alaikumsalam" Linda and Putra answered almost simultaneously.

"Jinan," call Linda.

"Get in first yuk, Ma, Pa," Jinan said with a smile. He knew the intention of his former father-in-law's arrival at his home, and he did not want to discuss anything personal outside his home. He did not want anyone else to see and was busy asking various things that they should not know.

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