1 METER OF FOOT
SHANUM HOUSE

At this time the family papa Hisham is enjoying breakfast with Shanum while interspersed with warm conversation.

"Son! It's already morning. What about the answer you're going to give Emyr?"

Shanum who heard Mama Mulan's words immediately stopped chewing her. Emyr and Hisham's eyes were also directly fixed on Shanum. Emyr's heart beats twice as much as before.

"Bismillah! Shanum wants Ma!"

"Shanum wants to marry Emyr's sister."

Mama Mulan, Papa Hisham and Emyr immediately smiled happily to hear Shanum accept his proposal. "Alhamdulillah!" say everyone.

"But! There's a condition Shanum wants to present to you first."

Mama Mulan, Papa Hisham and Emyr look at each other immediately, when Shanum submits conditions to them. "What's Shanum's condition?" emyr.

"Shanum wants you all to come to Shanum's hometown, to see how everyday Shanum is. So that you can all judge for yourself how Shanum is, and whether you want to continue this marriage."

Emyr answered him. "alright. Brother wants! After breakfast, let's go to your hometown, Shanum."

"Yes! Mama wants to too! We will visit the tomb of two of your parents, son."

Shanum then turned his gaze towards Hisham's father who was just silent from the background. Papa Hisham who realized that Shanum was waiting for an answer from him then spoke. "Papa ok-ok! Papa doesn't matter Shanum."

"alright. Shanum is done. Shanum let's get ready first."

Everyone just nodded to Shanum. And Shanum went straight into his room.

Flashback last night.

Last night, Shanum suddenly dreamed of meeting his parents.

"Mother! Daddy!" shanum's eyes look teary can see to his two parents again.

Umar's father and Yasmin's mother smiled very sweetly. The two of them then approached Shanum who was sitting pensively alone.

"Shanum really misses you both!" Shanum immediately hugged his two parents in turn.

"What's your son pensive on his own? Is there something you're thinking about?" umar's father stroked Shanum's head gently.

"Tell me son" said Yasmin's mother.

"Shanum ... "

"Shanum is confused, Dad, Mom. Whether Shanum should accept Emyr's proposal or not."

Yasmin's mother smiled sweetly while gently holding Shanum's hand. "Ask your heart, Shanum."

"But Shanum was afraid of heartache for the second time, Mother."

"At least you've dared to try and step into fixing the future, son."

"Yes! And so on, leave it to God, son. For Allah will not forsake those who believe" Umar's father said.

"So! Shanum should accept Emyr's brother?"

"Ask your heart, Shanum. Because you are going to live it" Yasmin's mother and Umar's father stood up from his seat.

"Dad mom always prays for you, son. Be happy always" said Umar's father.

After saying that, Umar's father and Yasmin's mother suddenly disappeared into the blinding white light.

Simultaneously, Shanum immediately woke up from his sleep with a messy breath.

Flashback.

Shanum remembered his dream last night. That was why he tried to accept Emyr's proposal. And in the future, Shanum will submit himself to the creator.

"Bismillah! Hope this is a good start!"

Finished getting ready, Shanum then walked out of the room to wait for everyone in the living room. But no, they were all waiting for him.

"Are you ready for Shanum?"

Shanum just nodded. "Yes Brother!"

"Let's go."

Shanum just nodded again. And the four of them got into the car that Nasir had prepared.

Nasir himself was very happy when he found out that Shanum was treated with special care by the Emyr family. But Nasir does not know, if Shanum's mother is a good friend of Mulan's mother.

Nasir also always told Laila how Shanum was doing here. However, today Nasir did not know that Emyr and Shanum were going to visit Shanum's hometown, because they were suddenly gone.

"I'll drive myself, Nasir. You keep the house the same as the others."

Emyr just nodded. While Shanum just smiled thinly behind his niqab while nodding to Nasir.

The four of them had gotten into the car, with Shanum sitting in the front seat with Emyr. Emyr immediately rushed gas to his hometown.

"Did Nak long reach your hometown?"

"Old maiden Ma!" answer Shanum.

During the trip, they did not talk much. Just talk as necessary if Mama Mulan asks about Yasmin's mother.

What Shanum said was true as it is, if the journey they took quite a long time. Around eleven o'clock in the afternoon, finally the car they rode up to a village that is still beautiful.

"Those next door, where Laila lives, Brother." Shanum points out the alley leading to Laila's residence.

"It means close to your house?"

Shanum nodded. "It's very close, brother."

The villagers who had just seen the super luxurious car passing through the streets of their village, made them all marked ask, whose car is it.

"That's Shanum's house, brother!"

"That!" Emyr pointed at a gate.

"Yes!" answer Shanum.

Arriving in front of the gate, Shanum went down first to open the door, so that Emyr's car could get inside.

The residents who saw the luxury car stopped in front of Shanum's house, especially Shanum was seen just getting off the car. Makes them all the more curious. They were all whispering and gossiping about Shanum.

When the car was parked neatly in the yard of Shanum's house, Mama Mulan, Papa Hisham and Emyr just got down from the car and are currently watching Shanum's house.

"It's the home of the grandmother's relics and Shanum's two parents, brother, Ma, Pa."

"Let's go in. Sorry, maybe there'll be a lot of dust, because it's been empty for a long time."

Papa Hisham, Mulan's mother and Emyr after saying their greetings, went straight into Shanum's house.

Arriving inside Shanum's living room, they were all greeted with many memorable photos of Shanum's family. From his parents, from his grandmother, even from Shanum himself.

Mama Mulan who saw the photo of Yasmin's mother, immediately walked up to her with a smile and also cried.

"Yasmine! After all this time, I finally know where you live."

Papa Hisham, who saw his wife grieving, immediately embraced her affectionately.

"Calm Ma! Don't be like this. Yasmin will be sad there."

Hearing papa Hisham's words. Mama Mulan wiped her tears.

All the photos that are there, are old-fashioned photos. Even Shanum's picture was before he got married.

"This is Shanum's house, Ma, Pa, Brother Emyr. Please if you want to look around. Because Shanum's house is far from luxurious."

Papa Hisham smiled. "You're a good boy Shanum. Even you are not ashamed of us at all, when people are competing to show kindness in front of us."

"For what lives in Papa's lies. There will be nothing to calm down about" Shanum replied.

"You're right Shanum. I'm now sure, if you're a good boy."

Mama Mulan and Emyr are currently busy looking around Shanum's house which is really very simple. Old house, whose walls are no longer solid.

Seeing the condition of Shanum who is classified as poor. Emyr is not a mindless or changing mind. But he's even more determined to get Shanum.

After being satisfied to look around, Emyr and Mama Mulan join forces with papa Hisham and Shanum.

"How did Ma, Pa, Emyr's sister after you learned of Shanum's life that was much different from yours."

"Sister still chooses you, Shanum."

Shanum blushed in embarrassment at Emyr's reply which sounded very steady. Fortunately, he was wearing a niqab. So it does not look if his cheeks are reddened with embarrassment.

"Yes Nak! Mama and papa don't bother about all of this" said Mulan's mother.

"Alhamdulillah!" shanum whispered.

While chatting, suddenly their eyes were all turned toward the person who had just stood at the door.

Shanum's eyes immediately glared extremely wide when he saw the person. "Mas Imran!"

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...~TBC~...