Love From Mas Duda
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Morning as usual. The routine of a santri every morning, namely dawn prayer and teaching. When Wafa was about to go to the mosque, he noticed a message coming in on his phone.

[Good morning, my beauty]

The embedded message came from Ferdian. Still disturbed, Wafa just ignored him. In his mind, it was possible that this Ferdian was the same man as most men out there who only teased women.

This Wafa is also one of the smart students in the class. He often gets first place. Making Kyai so proud was her goal, as she always felt put aside from Kyai due to her brother's notable accomplishments. He has been living in Pesantren for almost 3 years.

In his mind, Wafa felt that during his life, the lack of attention from Kyai, his Abinya. Feeling that his parents loved Sari more, his older sister, compared to his biological son. That is why, he never wanted to stay home and even at home in the boarding house.

However, even so, the mind is only limited to the mind. Wafa is never discouraged and never thinks negatively about his parents. After all, Wafa knew that his parents must have given fair affection to his children.

Initially, the purpose of the Kyai put it into Pesantren indeed from the beginning is not the desire of Wafa itself. But on the journey of the hyacinth, the end Wafa wants to increase his knowledge and expand his knowledge of religion.

This Wafa also never envied if Kyai loved his brother more. Because, he has been equipped with religious knowledge, where maybe a father will ignore a daughter, who will later become his helper also in the hereafter. Educating and caring for girls is not as easy as one might imagine. It is a heavy and big responsibility that will be snuffed later when in the afterlife.

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Back to the present.

"You remember when I first met a man named Ferdian?" tanya Wafa in the tombstone of Qia.

"When we were Junior High, when we were a boarding school, I told you .. well, you also know for yourself that a man approached me,"

"Know, no? I met him again today. But we only met for a moment. I also saw that he was taking care of his mother's body. Qia, I'm starting to miss you—"

Wafa could not stop his sadness. Qia was his longest-serving best friend to Wafa. Much longer compared to his friendship with Inneke.

"Wafa, just let it go. Do not let your tears drip on the ground. He's gone, you have to be stronger" said Sari to calm her sister's heart.

"Wafa, let's go home. The day is also morning. Don't you have to take care of your friend's baby tomorrow?" added Mr. Kyai.

"At that time, I still remember one person saying this to me, Abi," said Wafa.

'Nduk, monggo, his Umi was kissed before the shroud didn't close. Remember, his tears should not drip, yes ....'

"Since then, my life has always been not okay" Wafa said, shedding tears as she recalled her mother's departure twelve years ago.

Pak Kyai and Sari immediately hugged Wafa tightly. Which heart was not broken when it witnessed the death of its own mother. Bathing, memorizing, and even also watching his mother put into a burrow.

"I became more curious about him. This girl is very attractive and also nice. Grietta, can Papi make your Wafa Sister yours?" Bian was arguing with his heart and mind.

After a while, Wafa finally wanted to be invited home. At that time Wafa and his family were escorted home by Bian. Mr. Kyai still did not know who Bian was until he asked him before he got home.

"I'm sorry to know, who are you?" asked Mr. Kyai staring carefully at Bian. "What does that mean, what does it have to do with Wafa. How, until this night still want to take care of everything with my daughter?" Mr. Kyai also keeps his tongue so as not to offend others.

"Oh, first introduce me, my name is Bian Hutomo. I will work and also one of the children's lovers who are in the foundation owned by Miss Wafa," replied Bian.

"So your name is Mr. Bian Hutomo? The one who answered the phone from me, didn't he? I'm Wafa's sister" said Sari.

"really. I'm Bian Hutomo who answered the phone from you. Greetings to know everything." Bian had no nervousness at all. It's just confused because it does not know what to communicate in what way to his family Wafa who is background as a religious leader.

After seeing the Buddha statue in Bian's car, Pak Kyai also understood that Bian did not say greetings or things that smelled of Islam, such as Alhamdulillah or others when introducing.

Actually, this Bian is not a Buddhist, Hindu, or Christian. Bian has no religion but believes in the existence of God. It's just that his whole family is Christian.

"I'm sorry in advance if I can't talk, sir, ma'am. I have only been in town for a few months. I am still a foreign citizen. So you don't understand very well how people talk here," continued Bian.

"But your Indonesian is fluent, loh! Where are you from, Mr Bian?" ask Mr. Kyai increasingly curious.

"Abi, why is it so disrespectful like this, anyway? That's people's privacy, Bi," said Wafa. He was just afraid that Bian was careless about the contract that was between the two of them.

While Sari still thinks why she is called mother. Until a day repeatedly read through his cellphone to make sure if his face does not look like mothers.

"No problem, Miss Wafa," hewed Bian.

"I'm from China, sir. My mother is from this city, then my father is native to China. But because there are things that make them have to separate, so I follow my father in China and occasionally come back here for taking care of work," said Bian happily.

"Oh, that's it," Mr. Kyai was very understanding. "Then, what effort did Mr. Bian have? Is it a family company or Mr. Bian's own?" continued Mr. Kyai.

"Abi—" whispered Wafa.

Bian also told if he had just pioneered the garment factory business. He also told Pak Kyai if he still needed land that wanted to be used as a parking lot or warehouse for his company. After telling a lot of stories it turns out that the company founded by Bian is exactly once next to the land that Wafa wants to sell. With ease, Pak Kyai also offered the land owned by the Wafa.

Bian himself also just found out if the vacant land that is beside the factory stands it belongs to Wafa. Finally Bian also had the idea to add cooperation with Wafa that night as well. So, how did Wafa respond?