The mask.

44.

Poncho's body and face were wrapped in thick bandages, Lia the man should not be exposed to water at all. Fortunately there was Bondan who treated Poncho very painstakingly, he replaced bandages and mashed drugs to speed up the healing of Ponco wounds. Although there will be a lot of burn scars, but it will not hurt as much now because the wound will close and dry.

The condition of the Poncho is good enough, only he can not move too much. He still needed a lot of rest to help his body recover.

"How are you doing today, young man?" ask Bondan with a friendly face.

"Better, just a little bored," replied Ponco, his body achy from spending most of his time lying down.

"Ha-ha-ha, be patient a little, a few more days you will be strong enough to get around the house" Bondan said with a crisp laugh, he was very fond of the current state, as he was, he has interlocutors in his house who are usually very quiet.

A few days ago, when Ponco was able to talk, Bondan asked where the man lived and how to tell his family about him. Ponco claimed to have no place to live or family, and that was the truth, at least he did not have a family name, so he did not lie this time.

"Rest a lot so that you recover faster. As I said before, you can stay here and just think of me as a father, even if you don't mind having an old old father and having nothing." that warm smile again, permeated and tickled the heart of the Poncho that was usually filled with darkness.

Ponco chose not to answer, he did not know what to say in response to this kind old man in front of him. The poncho chose to close his eyes again, it was better that he pretended to sleep again. Poncho could hear the sound of footsteps moving away, he opened his eyes again when the footsteps could no longer be heard. "I'm quite confused how to deal with this old geezer if he talks like that?!" muttered Ponco let out a long breath.

"If I stay here for a long time, I can forget about my desire to eliminate the bastard," continued Ponco snorted angrily considering Rama, the person who made himself have to suffer like this.

"I need to quickly recover and get out of here! Living with a kind and warm person is not very suitable for me who is full of evil and dirty?!" Ponco nodded his head, he was well aware he was not a good person, too many evil things he had done all his life. Stealing, trapping someone until they choose to die, selling illegal goods, and many other crimes that he cannot name one by one.

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Rama today did not attend classes, he had to meet with business partners who have long worked with his company. A middle-aged man of the same age as his late grandfather comes to him and is also the temporary leader his grandfather trusted after he died. Rama smiled business, shaking hands with the two people who approached him earlier.

"How are you, sir?" as a representative, Rama's task is only to deposit face and answer when asked. So, the duty of greeting is not his.

"Good, very good. Sorry, we're a little late. My shy granddaughter is hard to get out of the house, ha-ha-ha-ha," replied the business partner.

"Oh, you're not acquainted yet, are you? Let's acquaintance first, he's granddaughter friend grandfather, Ara," continued the grandfather pushing his granddaughter's plan to advance a little forward.

A virgin called Ara earlier nodded with a jutek face, a second later her face immediately changed and was adorned with a smile of pretence. Ahh, apparently he was the type who quickly changed his face according to the conditions required. "Kiara Larasati, nice to meet you," he said politely.

"I'm Dani, nice to meet you, lovely lady. I used to be an assistant to the previous leader, now I serve as a temporary leader until the young man next to me took over when he finished his study" Dani replied at length. Kiara nodded her head as if understanding while smiling kindly.

Kiara looked at the young man standing next to Dani, the girl grieved inwardly, deeply disliking the type like Rama who must have relied on looks alone. Rama who was stared at instead introduced himself briefly. "Rama!" said the young man nodding his head slightly.

"Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha, these are the characteristics of young people who will be successful in the future, efficient and very polite!" praise Dani for trying to melt the atmosphere after the boss' granddaughter opened her mouth.

Kiara snorted softly, radiating hatred towards Rama who had her condemned as a very arrogant person. Rama himself was even indifferent, he just had to be present, not to please someone's mood.

"You're right, they're both the younger generation that will carry on our business. Maybe the two can establish a good relationship for our corporate cooperation, ha-ha-ha-ha," the grandfather laughed crisply.

"Hopefully so, Mr. Rian. Let's sit down and discuss the deal between us" Dani replied. Don't forget he told OB to serve drinks to their guests.

"Ekhem, if you're bored, you can go around, Kiara," the grandfather glanced at his grandson. "Grandfather's mouth is still here long enough?" the old man reasoned.

"Your young master can take you around if you want, miss?!" continue Dani. Apparently there was an unspoken agreement between the two.

"No need, I'm here, '" Kiara smiled politely. "Not what, is it, cake?" asked the girl looking at the grandfather with a pleading gaze. The grandfather nodded helplessly under the cute gaze of his grandson. Kiara smiled happily, where would she have to be together with this arrogant young man in front of her.

Rama sighed tiredly, he stood up from his seat and extended his hand towards Kiara. "Come on, don't bother here!" he said suddenly, maybe because he saw the disappointed face of Dani who had been considered as uncle earlier, although only a glimpse of course.

"I want to be here, only," Kiara refused stubbornly.

"Come on, young people are supposed to enjoy beautiful things, instead of being stuck with two old people like us, right?" Rian's grandfather asks Dani for support.

"Of course, even our young master has volunteered to accompany you, miss!" tymphal Dani's.

Kiara received Rama's hand. "Don't get me wrong, it's just because grandpa forced it?!" said ketus.

Rama smiled cynically. "None with me! Don't be too confident, I do this because I don't like to see the disappointed look on Om Dani's face?!" reply Rama with a flat tone.

Once outside, the two immediately took off their hands. Kiara sprayed an antiseptic, as if afraid of being contaminated with germs. While Rama, he wiped his hands with a handkerchief then threw the handkerchief into the trash with a cold face. "You think I'm a germ to avoid?!" grunting Kiara was annoyed, only this time did she get this kind of treatment in her life. Normally he would be adored for the background he had, not to mention his extremely supportive appearance, no one had ever been rude to date. And it was all broken by the young man in front of him, the arrogant and brash young man according to him.

Rama glanced at the cynics. "Are you not the same?" ask the young man. "But I don't protest" continued Rama sounding annoying in Kiara's ears.

Rama snorted small. "Who would want to follow an ababil boy like him?!" the young man grumbled in annoyance. The two took the opposite path, Kiara who stepped up in annoyance, and Rama who stepped in indifferently. It was better for her to spend time on the rooftop than to be with an obnoxious girl who had full confidence as if she were a princess of a king who would always be adored.

"Had Andi been there, she would have delighted the crazy princess. Maybe the two of them will become friends in no time. Just thinking about it made Rama chuckle a little.

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In the room that had been left by Rama and Kiara, there was a happy laughter. "Everything will go according to plan, right?" grandpa Rian said expectantly.

"Of course, our young master was so sensitive that he offered to accompany the lady around" Dani replied confidently.

"I hope this unwritten matchmaking goes my way. Blame the old man who always praised his grandson, so my brain felt washed with all those stories. On the bright side I have a very beautiful granddaughter, so I can make the grandson that my late best friend is proud of as a granddaughter-in-law!"

Why can't you just be betrothed, sir?" ask Dani wonder. If they really want to have their young master as a daughter-in-law, why not be betrothed. Two families can talk seriously about that, right.

Rian shook his head slowly. "Children today will not like the word 'Stupid'! So just let them know each other naturally as if everything was a fate line, not just because of my wishes!" obviously the grandfather. Well, times have changed. It is rarely heard of marriage because of arranged marriage, which there is marriage because of love or marriage because of mutual benefit, arguably political marriage is possible.

In addition to carrying out his plan to introduce his grandson to Rama, Grandpa Rian also had the need to talk about their cooperation. The two agreed to extend their existing cooperation. After that, they talked to each other while waiting for the two young men and women who were expected to get closer later.

The door of the room was knocked. "Is it over, cake?" ask Kiara who just came back.

Grandpa nodded his head. "Where is Rama?" the old man asked, trying to see behind the grandson, there was no one there, the grandson was back alone.

"Ahh, he said there was a need, so I just came back here, cake," Kiara said as long as it made sense.

"Ha-ha-ha, our young master is indeed quite a busy person," said Dani. Did that young master create trouble this time.

"Alright then, let's go back to my spoiled grandson," said Grandpa Rian inviting his granddaughter home.

Kiara nodded quickly, she even walked faster in order to be able to leave this annoying place as soon as possible. In the car Grandpa Rian begins to find out how his grandson thinks about Rama. "So, where have you been going around?" ask grandpa to know. "Is that young man polite enough?" continue with grandfather again.

Kiara almost rolled her eyeballs, around where, polite what, there made a sprain yes. "Not much, I just asked to be accompanied to the cafeteria, then we parted after," Kiara wrote. He only hoped that although annoying the young man could concoct a pretty good story.

"Good boy, good boy, make friends with him in the future!" a bright smile bloomed on the face of the grandfather, he did not know that his grandson who was sitting next to him put on a look of dislike because he was told to be friends with Rama.

Kiara could not tell the truth, she was very happy that her grandfather was happy, so she just let her grandfather who was busy babbling about the two of them. Kiara only has the grandfather as a family, she can do anything to see the smile of the grandfather develop sincerely and perfectly.

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Rama returned to Dani's room, he just walked in after knocking on the door three times, not even getting permission to enter actually. "Young master, how was your date?" ask Dani curious.

Rama frowned in wonder. "Dating? Who?" asked the young man to sit down.

"Of course young master, this old me time?!" reply Dani a little joking.

"When am I dating, um?" rama asked softly, there must be this misunderstanding.

"Then the young master went around with the beautiful lady, didn't that include a date?" Dani was close enough to Rama, he even treated the young man like his own son, but not to exceed the limits of superiors and subordinates.

"Listen to you, I just invited him out because I saw the disappointed face of om earlier. And actually we split up in front of the room om, the point is we do not travel together. I spent time on the roof as usual!" I'm Rama being honest. He did not want this misunderstanding to continue and would bind himself to troublesome things.

"Geez, how can you leave a girl as beautiful as Miss Kiara, young master?" peekik Dani can't believe it. He knew his young master was usually indifferent, but he didn't know that it was this chaotic as well.

"What should we do? What if Mr Rian is offended?" daniel panicked.

"Let's see later, om. Don't think about it now! After all, the jutek girl herself is asking not to be accompanied?!" ahh, Dani forgot that talking to her young master won't solve the problem. His young master was too indifferent, just look at it now, the young man instead shrugged his shoulders lightly without caring anything else.

"My job is done, right? I can go back, right?" Dani nodded weakly, Rama disappeared from the room immediately after saying goodbye.

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