That afternoon, Riki sat silently in the gazebo next to his mansion. In front of him, Evan and several workers were busy working on the garden. Evan said he wanted to finish the garden as soon as possible.
As far as Riki could rember, Evan didn’t like to procrastinate, especially when he really enjoyed the work he was doing.
Riki had always guessed that Evan had a talent for farming, gardening, or sothing similar. And it’s true.
Using his detection skills, Riki could also tell that Evan had a talent for singing. He even had star quality. It was no surprise, because Evan was very famous for his good looks in junior high and high school. Evan was even the vocalist of a band in high school.
Even so, Riki knew that Evan was happiest when he was tending to the garden. He was very happy when growing flowers and arranging his plants to look beautiful.
"Riki! We’re almost done for today, but this afternoon I’m going to the craftsman to order so items. Do you want to co with , buddy?" asked Evan.
Riki shook his head slowly, then sighed deeply.
"Can’t we just take a vacation? You chose to work on your day off? That doesn’t make sense, Evan," protested Riki.
Evan laughed when he heard this, then patted Riki on the shoulder.
"Co on, Riki, this is how I heal... by making a garden. Doing all this relieves my stress, and besides, the workers need money, Riki," replied Evan.
"You can do that tomorrow, Evan, co on..." muttered Riki.
Then they stop their conversation to responded to the workers’ greetings, and they all said goodbye and went ho.
Evan and the workers arrived at nine o’clock. They only had to arrange a few things to be done later. So, by around ten in the morning, they were done.
"Are you guys done? Let’s play sowhere," Aslan suddenly arrived, with his hands on his hips. The boy looked very bored of being in the sa place for several hours.
Aslan and Zeno were still there because it was a holiday, so they didn’t have anything else to do.
For Zeno, staying at Riki’s mansion was also fun, as there was a beach behind it.
"Did you hear that? Let’s go play, I haven’t tried the campervan yet," said Riki.
Evan and Aslan were surprised to hear this. Even Zeno, who was lying on the side terrace, imdiately sat up and was surprised.
"You have a campervan?" asked Evan.
Riki nodded, "Yes, it’s in the garage, take a look. I thought it would be fun to buy it because we can go anywhere without worrying about running out of rooms at hotels or inns," replied Riki.
Suddenly, the other three beca enthusiastic.
A few minutes later, the four of them were inside the campervan. Their destination was a volcano, more precisely the hill in front of the mountain. From that hill, they could see a beautiful view of the volcano.
Coincidentally, the trip there only took about three hours by car.
"I’ve wanted to drive a car like this for a long ti, it feels really nice," said Evan.
"Wow, this campervan is really nice... if I had known it was this good, I would have bought one too," said Zeno, who was making coffee on the coffee machine in the campervan’s kitchen.
There was a spacious driver’s seat, a long sofa, a small table, a mini fridge, a mini kitchen, a toilet, and a large bed in the back.
Riki also didn’t know if the campervan was that good; he just accepted it from the system without asking too many questions.
"This is so comfortable, you can’t even feel the bumps," muttered Aslan.
In fact, the three young n were even more enthusiastic than Riki, who owned the campervan.
Halfway through the trip, they stopped in front of a supermarket to buy snacks, drinks, and ingredients to cook if they got hungry later.
"We’re halfway there, I think we’ll arrive around two in the afternoon," said Evan.
"This ti, I’ll drive the car!" replied Zeno.
"No, let do it! You can drive on the way back," replied Evan.
"No, we have to take turns! Besides, I’m very experienced at driving!"
"You think I’m not?"
Annoyed by the two young n arguing, Riki finally went to buy snacks to eat on the trip.
In front of the supermarket, there were several stands selling popular street food.
"Hey, where are you going?" asked Aslan. Riki didn’t know that the boy was following him.
"Just buying so street food. Haven’t you tried all of this?" asked Riki.
Aslan shook his head quickly, "No."
Riki smiled, "Well then, let’s buy so. I’m sure you’ll like them."
Riki bought several types of street food. There were corndogs, mini sweet martabak, fruit-filled mochi, crepes, and mango smoothies with whipped cream and lots of cheese on top.
When they returned to the campervan, Evan had given in and let Zeno take the wheel.
They set off again.
Riki sat next to Zeno, eating his snacks, occasionally feeding Zeno, who also wanted to try them.
"I think we should go out like this more often, Riki... I myself sotis get very bored with my pile of work. So, when I have ti, I always go out to play. Unfortunately, I don’t have many friends. Kaivan is a hobody. So, sotis he can’t be invited to go out, and he also loves his twin sister very much. Kaivan dedicates himself to taking care of his twin sister. That’s why, sotis, he pretends to be friends with the bad kids at school, to make sure that they don’t do anything to Liz. But Kaivan is sotis stupid. Because in reality, Liz is bullied by other girls."
Riki nodded his head, beginning to understand why Kaivan sotis seed to be friends with Anton or Anton’s friends.
Kaivan himself is a popular kid on campus. He has many fans, and Riki often thinks that Anton and his friends are taking advantage of Kaivan’s popularity. It turns out there is a reason why Kaivan can be friends with them.
But yeah, the ones who bully Liz the most are other girls who are jealous of her.
"If you want, I can leave anyti, because I also like to travel. In the past, I couldn’t do it because of limited funds, but now I can," said Riki.
Zeno chuckled, "That’s good, isn’t it? You got the money at the right ti. If you had gotten it earlier, imagine how greedy your uncle’s family would have been."
Riki snorted, "You’re right. It’s good that I got the money now, when they don’t care about anymore. Even so, I’m sure they’ll co back to soon."
"I’ll help you if you don’t have the courage to chase them away," replied Zeno.
Riki laughed when he heard that, "Hahaha, if it’s them, I dare to chase them away. Because they’ve made very emotional."
Hearing Luna’s story earlier that morning, Riki beca very emotional. His uncle said he could take care of Riki, refusing Luna’s help, but in the end, he just abandoned Riki.
"Your uncle can be sued for neglecting you all this ti, Riki. Arvin can help you anyti," said Zeno.
Riki nodded, "Yes, I think I’ll need a lot of help from your brother."
"Good luck, bro."
At half past noon, they arrived at the hill they were heading to. The place was crowded with visitors. No wonder, because it was a holiday.
The hill was very popular among local and foreign tourists.
This was because the view there was very beautiful. It was almost like a fairy tale land. It was a view of a mountain with a crater, surrounded by smaller mountains, plus fog or thin clouds covering part of the mountain.
In fact, many people used this beautiful view as the background for their pre-wedding photos.
However, instead of climbing the hill like everyone else, the four handso young n went to a large field that was usually rented out for camping. Evan had paid to camp there, so they could go straight there and find a spot.
"Should we set up a tent too? Because it looks like the four of us won’t fit in the car to sleep," asked Aslan.
"We can do that later, because I’m hungry," replied Zeno.
"So we’ll eat for a bit, then go up the hill?" asked Evan.
Riki nodded, "Yes, please get the eggs, Evan."
"I’ll be right back," said Aslan.
Riki could see Aslan from the wide-open car window. The boy was just wandering around aimlessly. He was probably still awkward because he had been abroad for a long ti.
"Can you keep an eye on him, Evan? I’m afraid he’ll get lost," Zeno asked.
Evan nodded and followed Aslan outside.
Riki was then busy cooking because he wanted to eat lunch imdiately. When he looked out the window again, he could still see Aslan and Evan, only they were not alone.
Riki narrowed his eyes, not believing what he saw.
"I’m done, Riki! Let’s have lunch!" exclaid Zeno, breaking Riki’s reverie.
Riki imdiately turned off the stove, then looked out the window again.
Now Aslan and Evan were alone, about to return to the car.
Had Riki seen wrong? But he was sure they had been talking to soone earlier.
Soone who resembled his mother.
No, Riki must have seen wrong, because the woman he had seen earlier looked young.
Riki must just be missing his mother a lot, he thought.
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