The Journey of Jinan

Chapters. 40

"Sorry, I don't want to trouble you. God willing I can go alone. There is a God with me, he will give me and my son security" Jinan said.

"But, Brother. The journey from Germany to Indo is very far, Brother. If you go alone it may not be a problem, but you have to bring a baby. Brother will be very troubled on the trip later," said Ria. He agreed that Jinan was accompanied by Ardo when he returned to Indo later. He believes that Ardo can take care of Jinan, and he also believes that Ardo is really serious about what he said yesterday at the restaurant.

🍁Flashback On🍁

One day earlier, at a restaurant owned by Jinan.

"Why is Big Brother so curious about all the things about Brother Jinan?" ask Ria.

"Don't you already know that I love your friend?" ask Ardo back.

"Yes. But Ardo's brother is weird. You have not known close, and you have also only met a few months without intense closeness like people who are approaching. Even you are not friends. Then why does Ardo love Jinan's brother?"

"Don't anyone know when that love will come? And no one knows who that love will be anchored to?"

Ardo smiled faintly as he looked at Ria who was just silently staring at him without even touching his words.

"I never expected to have this kind of feeling, let alone a woman like Jinan. Honestly, I don't really know what love is, because this is the first time I've ever felt this kind of thing. And when I told my sister about my feelings, she said I was in love."

Ardo laughed heartily. "It's actually ridiculous to me. But this is the reality, I can't stop thinking about Jinan for a second. My days are always adorned with her face that goes through my every thought."

Ardo stopped his words, the man was seen smiling by imagining the face of the woman he was talking about, while Ria was just silent with her own thoughts. Long enough they kept quiet until Ria started to open her voice.

"From the first moment I met Jinan's sister," Ardo looked at Ria who spoke suddenly." I knew that Jinan's sister was a quiet woman filled with smiles. The neighbors were not a few who loved Jinan's brother like their own children." Ria paused her speech while smiling as she imagined the face of ayu Jinan. He glanced at Ardo who was currently staring at him to wait for the continuation of the story.

"Jinan's mother, Caty, comes from a fairly well-to-do family. He grew up in Germany at the age of seventeen. Caty's aunt is married to Dodi's uncle who comes from a family with a lower-middle economy. After marriage, Aunt Caty chose to live a simple life with uncle Dodi in Indonesia. Everything was still going normally. But after both of Caty's aunt's parents died, just as Jinan's brother was ten years old, Caty's aunt's siblings slowly began to move away from Caty's aunt and her family. All of Aunt Caty's parents' possessions were taken over by her three brothers' crazy possessions. Since then, Caty's aunt's economy has slowly declined from before. They are living a rough life with uncle Dodi's job as an honor teacher. But even so, the family belongs to a family that is very harmonious in the eyes of the surrounding community. They live happily in all their simplicity. The kindness and gentleness of Uncle Dodi and Aunt Caty's attitude made the smile on Jinan's face never fade even in the slightest. Jinan grew up as a perfect woman in the eyes of some who loved her. The gentle attitude, patience, sincerity, and cleverness of the woman who had just learned to wear the hijab turned out to give positive vibes to anyone close to her, including me. And all those positives are a combination of the attitudes of both parents."

Ria sighed, she rubbed her wet cheeks before continuing her story.

"Since the death of Caty's aunt and uncle Dodi, the smiles that had been gracing Jinan's leg's face slowly faded. Starting from loneliness, friendliness of the neighbors who began to decrease, forced marriage, betrayal of her husband, to slander and insults from neighbors and former in-laws of her pregnancy managed to bury the beautiful smile. At the birth of baby Ayla a few months ago, the happiness felt by Jinan's sister turned out to be a little restore a smile on her face. I think Jinan's brother's grief will be over by then. Unfortunately, what I thought could not come true. The smile that just appeared was again extinguished when the incident of terror and shooting in our house when it happened. He was afraid that those he loved would leave him again because of the incident. And Jinan's brother also returned to feeling sadness when the person he considered to be his own brother almost harassed him. That's Rico's brother."

"Is Jinan's mother's family in Germany?" ask Ardo suddenly.

"I don't know. But it looks like it is, because Jinan's maternal grandmother is German."

"Where's the brother from his father?" ask Ardo again.

"Uncle Dodi only has two younger sisters. One year before Jinan's parents died, they were already taken away by their husband out of town. And when Jinan's parents died, they only came to worship and went back after the funeral was over. None of them wanted to bring Jinan's brother to live with him. I don't know why either."

Ria took a sip of the mineral water on the table to refresh her throat, while Ardo just kept silent while looking at Ria's face with an indescribable look.

"It turns out there's a lot I don't know about Jinan" Ardo said.

"I would never hurt Jinan. I promise I will make that smile come back to the beautiful face of Jinan forever" Ardo said with a serious face.

🍁Flashback Off🍁

"What Ria said is right, you will be very troubled on the trip later. Let me come with you to Indonesia. I promise not to get too close to you" said Ardo who confirmed Ria's remarks.

"I'll think about it later," said Jinan to avoid.

He actually needs a friend for him on the trip. True said Ria and Ardo, he will be very troubled on the trip later. But with Ardo? He's not sure about that.

Who and how Ardo came from, he knew nothing. How can he trust someone he doesn't know. Rico, who he had known for a year, let him down, what about Ardo? He better not be in a hurry.

Ardo who understood sutuasi could only sigh in disappointment.

"alright. But I hope you can make the right decision. Because after all, all this is for your own good and your son's sake."

Jinan nodded her head without even hearing Ardo's words.

"Em, Jinan."

Jinan looked at Ardo without answering the man's call. "Ria said you wanted to sell your restaurant. Does anyone want to buy it?"

Jinan looked at Ria while sighing. It seemed, all the planning he made was already known by Ardo through the mouth of Ria's bucket.

"Yet" Jinan replied briefly.

"Then I'll buy your restaurant."

Jinan scrunched his forehead. This guy wants to buy his restaurant?

 

 

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