The Suffering of Si Kembang Village
Restu inside the fragile

07:00 at the dinner table.

"Umm, sedaapp .. I miss Kak Nilam's cooking," said Hana while inhaling the aroma of a bowl of vegetables that had just been served Nilam.

"really?" Nilam smiling. "Then let's eat."

"Ready, Brother!" Hana's spirit invited the pull of smiles from the three people before her.

Silence ... no voice of conversation. All dissolve in the specificity of enjoying a meal. Only the sound of spoons and plates clashing against each other without difference, in an essential cooperation.

A few moments later ....

"Umm, Grandpa .. and also Hana." Gavin opened his voice after finishing with his stomach filling session. "There's something I want to talk to you both about."

The owner of the name called looking up to him, not least Nilam.

"What's up, Gavin?" Grandpa gave us space.

"Yes, sir, what's wrong? It looks serious?"

Hana's greeting seemed to be quite ludicrous in Gavin's ears. "Call me, Gavin, Hana. Don't be so formal."

"Hhee, okay. I still can't believe it, if Tu-, uh, I mean you ... Gavin's. You're the same person as Nilam's little friend."

Gavin smiled. "Maybe it's time to style my face so carefully and nicely that he's turned me this handsome."

"Get rid of that attitude of your mother, sir." Nilam whined. He returned the twinkling from the lips of the young man.

"All right, so what do you want to talk to us about?" repeat Grandpa Usman wants to know soon.

Gavin took a breath for a moment, then glanced at Nilam who was waiting for an answer, even though he was not the one asking the question. But in view of his face, the girl also did not know what the man next to her would say.

Gavin drew a smile back. "I want to marry Nilam, Cake," he continued, his face turned to Grandpa and Hana alternately. "I beg your blessing."

Nilam. That guy, why gercep once? Maybe it can match the speed of Jorge Lorenzo.

O wuaw !

Jaka Sembung went to the office.

Hey Author, why aren't you connecting?

Hana...? Of course he was surprised. Her tiny mouth reflexes open and gaping. What's?! The handsome man he had just seen that day, would propose to his brother? Well, that's lucky ....

But not for Grandpa, he looks more relaxed with a smile that is reflected meaningfully. "Grandfather agrees."

"Really, Cake?"

"Yes, Gav."

But a moment later the water turned grim. Silent for a moment, responding to the shadow pieces that seemed so incisive in his senses.

"Grandfather, what's wrong?" Hana patted the shoulder of the elderly man beside her.

"Grandfather's okay, Hana."

"What's bothering Grandpa's mind?" Gavin catches an unusual flush from Grandpa Usman's face.

But grandfather's gaze was instead directed at Nilam, who was also looking at him worriedly. "There's too much bitterness and suffering that you're in and you're going through, son. There's too much you've sacrificed for this family. It's been quite. And maybe now is the time for you to taste your own happiness."

"Grandfather ...." Nilam looked softly at that old face.

Grandfather only smiled as he gently stroked the delicate cheeks of his adopted grandson. Then look at Gavin. "Grand trust you all, Gavin. Because Grandpa knows, Nilam needs someone like you."

Gavin with a look of wonder. "Grandfather trust me? That easy? Are there no conditions that Grandpa would like to present to me?" tanyanya could not believe it.

"Just one."

"Never hurt her."

Gavin smiles. "Sure, Cake." Glancing at Nilam. "I will take care of him and make him happy with all my soul and body." His palm stretched out to grab Nilam's palm which felt cold in his grasp.

Grandpa smiled back. "Grandfather believes you."

"Thank you, Cake."

"Sama-sa---, but wait a minute, Gavin. Grandpa has one more request for you. Because Grandpa feels you can do this."

Gavin knitted his two eyebrows. "What is that, Cake? As long as I can, I will. Whatever it is for Nilam." Sincere, really. There was no stratagem or lick, that was the young man's current attitude.

"Can you help Pure get out of Juragan Dahlan's house?" Without further ado, Grandpa with a face full of supplications.

"Yes, Gavin. Please mother. I'm worried whether he's okay or not. Whether he can eat well, or just be given leftovers." Hana's face is quite clear that Gavin's conscience is touched.

"Hana, don't think badly just yet. Just pray it'll be best for Pure Aunt." Nilam tried to calm down.

Gavin was silent for a moment. Ask Author for help, including a peek into his heart and mind, to give him an idea of confronting Dahlan. He is a very self-knowing fictional character. Conscious because he is basically a robot created by Author himself, who was born from ajip-level hallucinations. Wkv ....

Sure was! Gavin had thought about this before. Purely, perhaps he is now in his own chastisement. But Gavin could not be happy while the one Nilam cared about was in trouble. Although he knew, the woman was the main source of suffering of the girl who is now his lover.

"I'll try, Cake. But I didn't promise I'd make it as soon as possible. Because this Dahlan is not an indiscriminate person who is easily passed down with just a form of speech and supplication."

Grandpa's forehead wrinkled deep. "In the meantime, Gavin, do you recognize Dahlan?"

Gavin nodded slowly. "I've never met him. But Kenzie, my partner, has been investigating a lot of that guy's temper, Cake."

"Kenzie?" Grandpa started in a confused termite.

"He's the one who helped me when I was on the farm, Cake." This Nilam Sergeant got an unusual look from Gavin. A gaze that implied between regret and jealousy.

"Kenzie was also the one who saved me when the old bandot dragged me to replace the missing sister Nilam back then, Kek. And he also brought Grandpa home when Grandpa was unconscious."

"really? Then Grandpa owes a lot to that guy named Kenzie."

Grandpa's words were enough to pinch a speck of Gavin's feelings. So much has Kenzie done to Nilam and his family. While he .... Where have he been? It's so dwarfing his feelings now. Hhufftt ... fool!

"One day you'll meet him. At my wedding and Nilam." Gavin's joke was wrapped in a smile. Trying as quietly as possible to cover up the anger in his heart.

Grandpa smile. "You're right, Gav. If Grandpa can figure out, what's your relationship with Dahlan?"

"Dahlan is one of my business colleagues, Kek. Kenzie has signed a partnership with him. He is the sole tea supplier in my company."

"Tea?"

"Yes, Cake. My company is trying to produce tea-flavored drinks. And it's Dahlan's tea, which can best meet the quality and quantity standards for the continuity of the beverage's production," Gavin explained.

Grandpa jerks. "So right, you're business partners?"

"Yes, Cake. I should be as careful as possible to face this man."

Grandpa breathed a rough breath. "You're right, Gavin. Facing a cunning human like Dahlan, a little misstep, then fatal consequences, for your company. Especially if until he finds out, Nilam is now with you."

"Grandfather is right, I should need Kenzie's help to get Pure Aunt out of that place."

"Whatever you do, be careful. Grandpa wishes you the best."

"Yes, my lady, thank you."

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Hadeuhwas... Write this part in Gabut mode.

Want to test maen not allowed Mama😂