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23. Trouble Came

Is the grass greener?. Is it true or because you are too focused on the grass that belongs to the neighbors so you forget to take care of your own grass?

If you focus too much on what other people have without realizing you are ignoring what you have.

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The fifth day after my body collapsed due to yesterday's diet I finally feel fit again and the two kilograms lost yesterday have now returned thanks to food from Bian and Mama who continuously told me to eat. It was in vain to struggle with the two-kilogram diet yesterday.

I arrived at the boutique and saw Natasha talking to the employees. His face was happy to see my arrival.

"You're finally back, Nggrek". He pinched the second squash of my cheek.

"Fat again yeah". I'm weaving cute pretentious lips.

"Right now think about your health first. Recover what is valuable in our body. If I tell you this idea you're angry, aren't you, Grandk?".

" What about?". I pulled the chair closer towards Natasha who was sitting next to the closet.

"Mina will hang homedress this tiger motif in the model next to the closet yes". Natasha then pulled me up. I stomped my feet when I found out I was going upstairs. There was no need to pull the chair towards Natasha either.

"I want to make content on youtube about the dangers of extreme diets. You want to share your experience, don't you, Nggrek?". We've arrived in Nat's private room on the second floor of the boutique

"Ntar I'm being bullied again". I still feel traumatized by the scathing word about my body shape.

"Makanya I ask for your willingness, Nggrek. If you object too, you don't need to get involved".

I looked at Nat, he had a tall and slender body. Natasha's face is petite v-shape, her hair is brownish and wavy. She is beautiful and comes from a family. Natasha is the son of a specialist doctor and her mother a catering businesswoman. Natasha's grandfather was also one of the quite famous local businessmen in our area.

"You were never in my position, Natasha. From childhood, maybe beautiful compliments are commonly received. You're never bullied because of looks. No need to work hard like me, your parents have equipped you with some effort".

Actually I want to add she also has a rich husband. Gege does work at a telecommunications company, not many know in fact he is the son of a famous businessman in our city. Gege kept his family background a secret because Gege's mother was the businessman's second wife.

From his first wife, Gege's father had three daughters. Gege was the only son of his second wife. One day the business of Gege's father who is the sole distributor of homecare products suppliers in our area will be given to Gege.

Natasha is also the owner of several minimarkets that Natasha's grandfather gave her. From this minimarket Natasha became acquainted with Gege. Natasha and Gege's daily life does not seem relaxed accentuate the background of each family.

"Everyone has their own problems according to their capacity. I also have a problem of course just being different from you guys". Natasha brushed off her beautiful brownish hair, her eyes shining wittyly looking at me.

" Huhhh is your problem".

"Because I'm pretty and pretty rich so your problem is exactly the opposite of the problem I'm facing".

I snorted in annoyance. Family privilege and good physical appearance are definitely a great fortune. For someone like me to reach the point of having a business even though it is still small scale and having a house and a car with his own income is already a high achievement. It takes hard work to get it.

If I suppose Natasha and I are headed for a trip out of town. We started our departure from the city and the same hour. Natasha was on a plane while I was traveling by train. Of course Nat arrived first than me.

"I'm actually having a hard time getting friends and couples who see the real me. From school and college I often used by others, the busyness of parents also sometimes requires me to be independent. They are rarely at home". Natasha took a deep breath.

"Seriously Nat?". I just found out about Natasha's last problem for this one.

"Especially now, Papa has to deal with 19 covid patients. You know that sometimes there are skewed issues about the health workforce not to mention the mama catering business that almost died. Now the event is rarely done, the wedding did not invite many guests".

"But you have a minimarket business, Nat".

"Of course, but my two sisters are still in college, I helped pay their current tuition fees. The wheel of life is sometimes above, sometimes below"

I nodded my head. Natasha is a year older than me. It turns out he has problems too.

"My family isn't a tycoon or a conglomerate of orchids. I'm sure the conglomerate also has a problem of course it's just the scale is different ma us". Natasha chuckles.

"Especially Gege, the stigma of the second wife in the community is not too good so he does not show his identity".

Now I understand that all individuals have their own problems with different scales.

"Well, I'm willing to share that one-week experience even if it's just one week that's enough to make me clap".

"A week alone has made you faint almost you were admitted to the hospital fortunately quickly handled". I'm assuring Natasha because of the diet yesterday it's been two weeks I'm not BAB. Indiscriminate diet can indeed disrupt the body's metabolism.

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I just came from Natasha's house after I finished shooting videos for youtube. My car drove to Miepa. Today I took over Miepa from Mama because I was not used to the rhythm of work in Miepa, so Mama's drop follow-up is now on break at home.

Bang Ipul, Rika, Andi and two other Miepa employees are waiting for me inside. I was a little surprised because the door of Miepa's shop was already half-closed.

"Mom". Bang Ipul glanced towards Rika and the others. Next he looked afraid to speak. Rika took over.

"Kak Orchid, our employees Andi and Brother were rumored to be exposed to covid. Everyone was afraid to come here. They're afraid of getting infected".

I was surprised to hear this news. We always apply the health procedures to the maximum. My employees wear masks and gloves. In addition to non-medical masks they also use medical masks because I know non-medical masks per 4 hours should be replaced so in Miepa I provide medical masks.

"Where do you know that?".

"My friend told me, brother. They get messages like this". I read a message that informed me that Andi and I were asymptomatic but not isolated and even mentioned that I was hospitalized in a critical condition.

I'm massaging the chest. Due to indiscriminate diet and down two kilograms should receive news like this. For the sake of slim I have to lose like this.

Indeed the human mouth cannot be controlled that we must control is mental to be ready to accept the words thrown from others.

If you can't shut the other person's mouth not to say carelessly. Use our hands to cover our ears from hearing words spoken carelessly.

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