Tumbang Cinta Tuan Muda
Chapter 21 (S2)

True what Venus said, since the incident on the field, Vie no longer dared to harass Andra. The naughty girl even just bowed embarrassed if she met the driver and his bodyguard, even for a few days she no longer came to the field, looks like she's still embarrassed because her friends mocked the girl kissing Andra.

Seeing Vie's attitude, Andra even felt bad. Somehow it seemed like he was getting used to the silly behavior and the carefree laughter of that little girl who had been missing for a few days somewhere. Andra felt guilty for making Vie embarrassed at that time.

Today after school, Andra did not immediately bring Vie home. He stopped the car he was driving in a park with an artificial lake on the outskirts of the city.

"Why come here? Shouldn't we go home?" Vie was confused and a little anxious.

Andra did not answer the question posed by Vie, he immediately went down and then opened the door next to Vie's seat.

"Yuk ...!" Andra takes Vie out.

"Where?" Ask Vie.

"Kesana." Andra pointed to a long bench under a shady tree by the lake.

"What do you want there? I don't want to!" The confused Vie tried to refuse.

"Yes, if you don't want to." Andra looked up and left Vie just like that. The handsome man walked towards the bench he pointed at earlier and sat there.

Vie who was increasingly confused to see Andra's unusual behavior finally relented and followed his steps.

"Why did you bring me here?" Vie asked as he sat down beside Andra who looked straight at the lake before him.

"I just want to tell you something." Andra replied without looking at Vie. His gaze was still forward and he spoke without frills.

"What ...?"

"One time, a wise grandfather came to his grandson who had always looked glum lately." Andra began to tell stories like a mother who was storytelling her son and Vie looked at her carefully.

“Si grandfather asked, why is his grandson moody? Are there not many beautiful things in this world? Where did his grandson's cheerful face go?" Andra.

"What did her granddaughter say?" Ask Vie curious.

"And his grandson replied, lately there is something stuck in his heart. It makes it hard for her to smile as usual."

"Grandfather smiled. He asked his grandson to take a glass of water and two handfuls of salt. The grandson went slowly without any spirit. He carried out his grandfather's request, and again brought the glass and salt as requested." Andra continued again and Vie still looked at him carefully.

"What does salt and water do? Make a gargle, huh?" Ask Vie again, joking.

Andra just glanced at Vie and continued the story again, “Si grandfather asked the grandson to put a handful of salt into the glass filled with water and told him to drink. His grandson said and drank it, suddenly his face grimaced with salinity. The grandfather chuckles at his grandson's cute face."

"His grandfather was so nosy anyway? Besides his grandson is also stupid, already know salt water, still want to be told to drink." Vie commented. Andra just smiled at the girl's chatter.

"Then the grandfather took his grandson to the lake, he asked the grandson to sow another handful of salt in the lake water, then asked the grandson to drink the water. The granddaughter then cupped the lake water with her hands and drank it. The grandson's face turned happy, he even drank the lake water a second time so that the salty taste of his mouth was completely gone. And the grandfather smiled."

"So you know the meaning of this story?" Ask Andra.

"Why still ask? It is clear that a handful of salt in the mixed water glass must be salty and if mixed in the lake water does not taste salty. That's not knowing!" Vie answered. Andra just patted her forehead while sighing.

"He's naive or too stupid?" Andra muttered in the heart.

"The meaning of this story is, a handful of salt is like a problem, nothing less and nothing more, that's how life is. And make your heart as big as a lake, so that problems can't affect you. You are young and do not let your joy and laughter disappear just because of one mistake that makes you ashamed. Everyone must have been in your current position, what distinguishes it is how big your heart is to hold your chest. So stop being a glass and learn to be like a lake." Andra explained the meaning of the story that she conveyed earlier while advising Vie.

"If you speak, it is easy! You don't know, how embarrassed I was when it happened on that field? They're still trying to get me to kiss you, just let me know by accident." Vie nagged with a flushed face holding in shame.

"Hey ... Did you forget? I've even felt more shameful than that when a girl pulls my pants down." Andra spoke while glancing towards Vie.

"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it. Are you still angry and hate me?" Vie bowed even more embarrassed and not happy to remember the events of that time.

"I was embarrassed then. I am angry and even hate you. But after I heard this story from my mother, I realized that I had misbehaved and I decided to stop being water in the glass. Especially after seeing your family's good deeds, I feel selfish if I still hate you." Andra said as she recalled her mother telling the same story before she came to the Brahmansa residence to thank Venus and Reino at the time.

"So you don't hate me anymore?" Vie looked at Andra and asked to be sure.

"Helms ..." Andra just cleared her throat.

"But why is your attitude cold to me, as if you still hate me?" Vie protest.

"I just behave appropriately driver with the employer only. After all, aren't you the one who's always sniffy and rude to me? And that sucks!"

"That's because I was upset about your attitude at the hospital back then and I also thought you hated me." Vie pouting.

"I'm sorry for being rude to you at the time." Andra spoke in a pleading tone.

"Yes, I'm also sorry for always being so bad to you and for ever embarrassing you until you quit school." Vie bowed again while squeezing his fingers.

"It's all over, forget it. Besides, now I've got a better job with a salary three times greater than being a BP teacher." Andra smiled proudly.

"Waow ... My parents gave me a great salary for you?" Vie Ledek.

"Yes, because I have a big responsibility as well, which is to look after their beloved daughter." Andra and Vie just blushed in embarrassment.

"So now we're friends?" Vie raised his little finger.

"All right, now we're friends. So stop harassing and bothering me again!" Andra hooked her little finger on Vie's little finger while mocking the girl.

The two laughed together.

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