The Journey of Jinan

Chapters. 42

At 17:05 Jinan just came out of his room with a few sheets of paper in his hand, while baby Ayla he lived in his room with two female employees. As Jinan walked out of the room until she sat her body on the round table chair beside Ria and Elena, Ardo kept looking at her without taking her eyes off. Honestly, Jinan felt very uncomfortable being stared at like that.

"Can you stop looking at me like that? I'm not comfortable" Jinan said.

Ardo smiled faintly. "Okay," he answered.

I don't know what 'okay' Ardo said, because after answering Jinan's words, the man still looked at Jinan's face without taking his eyes off for a second. Even when signing some important letters Ardo had stolen a look at Jinan.

"I told you, stop looking at me like that" Jinan said again.

"OK," replied Ardo with the same word. And with the same treatment, Ardo still looked at Jinan as before.

"If you keep looking at me like that, we just cancel the sale and buy this restaurant," said Jinan who was getting upset.

Ardo raised both his hands up. "Okay, I'm sorry."

Twenty minutes they had sat there with Jinan and Ardo leading the buying and selling transaction. While Ria and Elena just sat quietly while watching the handover of all kinds of correspondence related to the restaurant.

"Why did you come alone?" jinan asked after all the handover process had just finished.

"Who do I have to come with?" ask Ardo.

"Do you not want to bring witnesses in this transaction?" ask Jinan again.

"For what?" ask Ardo back.

"As a witness."

"I don't need that."

"If you don't have witnesses, I could have tricked you by falsifying this or the other ownership papers" said Jinan, who was holding a white sheet of paper.

Ardo pulled one corner of his lips. "No problem."

Jinan, Ria, and Elena stared in wonder at Ardo's answer.

"Because I believe that a godly woman like you would not do such a bad thing" Ardo continued.

After a few seconds they looked at each other, Jinan finally lowered his gaze from being aware of his shameful behavior.

After all the files were signed by both parties, Jinan immediately handed over all the files dealing with the restaurant to Ardo. But even though the file already belongs to Ardo, Jinan still owns the rights to the restaurant for the next five days. Yes, Ardo deliberately gave Jinan five days to complete all kinds of affairs there including to say goodbye to the children of the restaurant.

Fifteen minutes before the Maghrib prayer, they immediately disperse to prepare for the maghrib prayer. Ria, Jinan, and Elena worship in Jinan's room, while Ardo prays with other employees at the restaurant's mosque.

Ardo prays there because in an hour he will have dinner with Jinan, Ria, and Elena. Actually from the beginning Jinan had rejected the decision of Ria and Elena who wanted to invite Ardo to dinner with them. But it looks like the two women are very determined to invite Ardo to dinner together.

Jinan did not expect that the two friends were very enthusiastic to get closer to Ardo, when he had just said to open his heart, but the two women had moved quickly in action. And with a heavy heart, Jinan finally followed the game played by Ria and Elena. He could only hope that all the bad things that had happened to him before would never happen again.

After performing her maghrib, Jinan, Ria, Elena and baby Ayla came out of the room to the table they had been sitting at. On the table, there are various kinds of food menus that Jinan had previously ordered through employees of his restaurant who did not pray.

Just now they were sitting in the chair, from the direction of the stairs that lead to the second floor saw the figure of Ardo who walked towards them with a part of his front hair that looks wet. Ria and Elena stared in awe at the figure of the man from Turkey, they seemed to look fascinated with Ardo's handsome face that looks moist due to the touch of water ablution.

Not only did Ria and Elena turn out to be fascinated by Ardo's good looks, but Jinan also felt the same way with his two friends. But a few seconds later Jinan immediately lowered his gaze when his eyes met Ardo.

"Gosh, what have I done. It's a shame, "inner Jinan.

After Ardo reached the women's table, Elena got up from her seat and moved to the empty chair beside her. He accidentally lets Ardo sit next to Jinan - precisely next to baby stroller Ayla - hoping they can quickly adapt to each other.

"Gosh, they are like a couple who will have dinner with their toddler son" Ria said as she looked at Jinan, baby Ayla, and Ardo sitting side by side.

"I'm sure, whoever the woman who will be your wife will definitely not regret. It's good looking, good, diligent worship again," Elena praised Ardo all of a sudden.

"I'm not that good. Since I was away from my family, I rarely worshiped. I even forgot when was the last prayer" said Ardo.

"What!" screeched Ria and Elena in surprise.

Jinan was so, he was quite surprised by Ardo's words, but he did not squeal like his two friends.

"Seriously?" ask Ria.

Ardo nodded his head confidently without the slightest burden.

Ria nodded her head. "Sir Ardo turned out to have a minus value in the eyes of Jinan, Kak" added Ria.

"Do you mind if I rarely pray?" ask Ardo to Jinan.

"Aah?"

Ardo raised both eyebrows.

"Em, prayer is the pillar of religion. As a man who will become a priest for his family later, he should be able to set himself as a good example for his family. Especially in religious matters. Because it's very important for us in the afterlife."

Ardo smiled faintly. "I'm just kidding."

Jinan looked at Ardo with a frown. Kidding around?

"Don't joke. You really never worship?" ask Elena.

"I'm just kidding, Elena. From childhood I was always educated by my parents to be more concerned with my Lord than worldly interests. Yes, although sometimes I miss prayer time because this heart is still filled with worldly. Understandably, I am still a normal human being living in the midst of a non-Muslim majority. The temptation of syaiton is very difficult to resist" Ardo said, staring at Elena.

Ria and Elena were just beards, they quite understood the meaning of Ardo's words because they themselves belonged to the same type. But no one noticed Jinan's thin smile from the three of them as Ardo said earlier.

Before anyone could see, Jinan changed his face as flat as possible. Let no one see him smile, be ashamed of him, he thought. Just as Jinan was about to reach for the mineral water on the table, suddenly his movement stopped when he heard Ardo's words.

"Do you want me to be your priest?" asked Ardo who managed to make Jinan's cheeks red.

Why should he be ashamed to hear Ardo's silly questions. Didn't Ardo ever say the same thing before, even with different sentences.

Jinan sighed to calm her feelings. "Stop saying silly things. Eat right, or you can leave right now" Jinan said without looking at Ardo.

Ardo pressed his shoulders to hear Jinan's words. He was sure that Jinan was currently misbehaving with his words. But honestly, he was very happy to be able to make Jinan misbehave like that, compared to some time before when the woman behaved indifferently and seemed to ignore his presence.

Dinner this time looks so awkward because Ardo continues to eat his dinner while staring at Jinan. The man did not even hesitate to show his interest in Jinan by offering various food menus on the table to Jinan.

"Can't you just focus on your food? If I want, I'll take it myself" he told Ardo.

"I see you hesitating to take food, I think you're ashamed" said Ardo who managed to make Ria and Elena laugh softly.

When their views accidentally met with Jinan's views, they immediately stopped his laughter.

"I'm sorry" said Elena slowly.

Jinan ignored Ardo's words, preferring to resume his delayed dinner. He was not shy or hesitant to take food on the table. It's just that he was a little uncomfortable because there was someone else sitting next to him and having dinner with him for nothing.

Not long ago he ate his food, baby Ayla suddenly cried. Jinan put her tablespoon on the plate, then she grabbed baby Ayla who was still in the stroller and carried it with her still in a sitting position in her chair. When Jinan was still calming baby Ayla who was about to fall asleep, suddenly a spoon containing food was seen stopping in front of her face. He looked at Ardo who was offering him a spoonful of food and intended to feed him.

"Eat," said Ardo.

"no need. Just eat it, I'll continue my meal after baby Ayla falls asleep" Jinan said.

"It'll take some time, while your food will be cold. It won't be good to eat."

"No problem, thank you," Jinan refused for the second time.

"Sister Ardo eat it, Brother Jinan can eat alone really. Soon baby Ayla will fall asleep" said Ria suddenly.

For this one, Ria quite understands the limits that Jinan always applies to her, that is, it should not be too excessive when it comes to men who are not mahramnya. Just like Ardo did today who wanted to feed Jinan. According to Jinan, it was already very excessive for the size of a friend.

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The dinner together at night went well, although Jinan himself did not make much of a sound in their every conversation. It seems that the woman is still not used to the presence of Ardo in his casual event. Especially at that time Ardo very much shows his interest in him. And that made Jinan very uncomfortable with Ardo's treatment.

 

 

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Tengkyu has read JINAN'S LIFE JOURNEY to this chapter😘