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"Would any parent have the heart to throw away his own child. "wept Xio while continuing down the length of the highway.xio found himself already gone some distance from his home first.
"i had to find a contract before midnight." murmured Xio, but due to fatigue Xio decided to rest first.
"i'm tired of just sitting down. " Xio sat for almost 5 minutes and before long someone approached him.
" hello son, what night are you doing here tonight?, aren't your parents looking for you?" ask a grandfather who looks about 60-70 years old.
Xio just looked down when asked by the grandfather, "no one will look for me" xio said in his heart.
"I no longer have parents" replied xio who was still bowing his head.
"my name is azril, what's your name, son?" ask the grandfather.
"Xio" xio replied.
"where do you want to go?" ask grandpa Azril.
"i'm looking for a cake contract" replied Xio.
"hmmm..how about you go with grandfather to the house first, because it's already night and grandfather also lives alone at home" said Azril.
"but I don't want to trouble grandfather." replied Xio.
"it's okay what the problem is from the first grandfather also wants to have grandchildren" said the grandfather with a gentle smile towards Cio.
"hmmm" deheman Xio's.
"let's say grandfather's house is not too far from here." take kake azril.
"alright, sorry for the trouble." replied Xio as he got up from his seat and went to follow grandfather azril.
soon they arrived in front of a simple house.
"let's go in here Grandpa help" said Azril's grandfather, who saw Xio exhausted from walking with a cane.
" Thank you cake" said Xio
When he arrived at Xio's house in a room that is clean and neatly arranged, Xio wondered how could Azril's grandfather who had looked old could clean his house alone until this clean.
"Let's go between your rooms" said Azril's grandfather.
"Alright" replied Xio who immediately walked after Azril's grandfather.
" This is your room, you will take a shower later if you have taken a shower directly in the dining room, you must not have eaten, right?" grandpa azril said.
"yes cake then I take a shower first" replied xio who immediately kept his bag and went straight to the bathroom.
skip after the shower
finished bathing Xio immediately put on his change of clothes and headed straight for the dining room, when entering Xio could already see Azril's grandfather who was already sitting on the dining table chair.
"Let's sit here" said Azril's grandfather who saw the new Xio coming.
"yes cake" replied Xio.
dimeja already there are dishes that look like cooking meat dishes and there are also vegetables as well.
"now let's eat" said Azril's grandfather.
xio also obeyed the words of Azril's grandfather and immediately ate the meat on his side, and suddenly Xio was surprised with a very good taste and very tender meat tastes different like the meat that Xio usually eats.
"Whoaaa... It's so delicious, what grandpa cooked it?" ask Xio with sparkling eyes.
"Of course, grandfather's cooking is all good" Azril replied.
"Grandpa is great!!" said Xio.
"later grandfather teach if you want, now you finish the food first"uacap grandpa azril.
"alright" said Xio continuing his meal.
*skip finished eating*
Now that Xio was doing the dishes, actually Azril's grandfather did not have the heart to see xio because he saw his hand, but because Xio forced him to be Azril's grandfather was forced to allow Xio.
Finished washing up now they were sitting on the sofa in the living room.
"Where are you at school? " ask grandpa azril.
"I attended LIGHT BANGSA High School" replied Xio.
"But maybe now I can't afford to go to school there anymore" Xio added.
"tap-" replied Xio cut off.
"you have to stay in school later kake who finance you" said kakel azril.
"why grandfather wants to help me, we also just met" replied Xio.
"what if you become a granddad, actually the grandfather of the past wanted to have a grandson" said Azril.
"hmm well Thank you grandfather" replied xio.
"if you know where your mom and dad are?"
ask kake azril.
"Actually I am the son of Alexander's family but after an accident and I became disabled I was driven out of that house by my father."
xio replied while looking down.
"while my mother died 3 years ago, my father always brought other women home to make my mother stressed and sick, and shortly after my mother died my father remarried." continued xio.
"well you must always be strong because now there is a grandfather" said kake azril while complaining about Xio's shoulders.
"yes thank you grandfather." replied Xio with a smile.
"now go to sleep fast, tomorrow you will go to school" said Azril's grandfather.
"good evening" Xio said as he walked towards his room earlier.
after Xio entered the room in the room there was only Azril's grandfather left.
"it turns out the boy has almost the same story as I used to" murmured Azril's grandfather.
*Skip the next day*
Kringg…
the alarm clock sounds at 05:30.
Xio woke up to the sound of the alarm and went to the bathroom.
*Skip finished shower*
now the clock shows at 05:15, selsai wearing a uniform xio also immediately go to the dining room and it turns out there already has Azril grandfather who has prepared breakfast.
"good morning cake" said Xio.
"Morning too, here's a quick breakfast" Azril's grandfather replied
Xio immediately sat down and ate with Azril's grandfather. Finish eating xio say goodbye to grandpa azril to go to school.
"Grandfather Xio left for school first" said xio who was about to leave but remained.
"wait a minute, this is money for your fare and snacks" said Azril grandfather while handing over money worth 100 thousand rupiah.
"tap-" said xio who wanted to refuse but was cut off.
"take it because you are also now a grandfather's family" said Azril.
"thank you, Grandpa, when Xio departs" said xio as he left Azril's grandfather.
"yes, be careful on the road" said Azril's grandfather.
Xio also walked to the bus stop which was a bit far from Azril's grandfather's house which almost took about 10 minutes.
now the time is still showing at 05:50 10 minutes to go to the stop, arriving at the bus stop xio waiting for the bus that goes to the stop near the school, and before long the bus that awaited arrived and xio immediately boarded, the trip to school took about 45 minutes. xio until school at 06:47.
Xio walked towards the gate and when someone called out to him.
"hey...... "
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