A Thousand Flowers
Chapters 25. First Day

Izzah rang the bell. A woman in her fifties came out to greet him. Izzah bowed, saluting.

“Goodnight, Lady Choi. I Izzah.” Izzah introduced himself.

“Oh yes .. welcome, Miss Izzah. I've prepared your room. Come!” The woman is quite fluent in Indonesian because most of the people who have ever lived in her boarding house are indeed from Indonesia.

After closing the door of his house, he escorted Izzah to a room on the roof through a circular staircase next to his house. Izzah.

The woman opens the door to the room Izzah will inhabit.

“Please check first, Miss! Let me know if there's anything else Miss needs!” said the owner of the contract invited Izzah to check the condition of the room.

“Ya, Lady Choi.”

Izzah looked at the whole room. Check every detail shown by the owner of the contract.

The facilities provided by the rental owner are quite complete, except for the bed. There's only a folding mattress. Nevertheless, Izzah was satisfied.

“It's been good, Madam. Thank you for your hard work.” Izzah bent back.

“Good. Then have a good rest. Hope it is at home .…” The woman said goodbye. Izzah led him to the door.

After finishing moving the contents of his suitcase into the wardrobe provided, Izzah stepped out.

He's standing on the edge of the guardrail. Spread the view, enjoy the beauty of Seoul City at night.

He stretched out both hands while sighing deeply, supplying the oxygen of Seoul City to his lungs that had felt congested.

“I never dreamed I could enjoy all this. Alhamdulillah ..” Izzah said thankfully.

He did not expect to succeed in getting the opportunity to intern at one of the famous hospitals in Seoul City after going through a series of very strict selection.

Izzah fingered his jacket pocket, looking for a cell phone. There aren't. Another pocket. There's also no.

Izzah started to panic. He checked all his clothes. Still can't find the phone, though,

She ran to the room, checking her bag. He threw everything out of his bag. How disappointed Izzah was when he still did not find what he was looking for.

“Astagfirullah ... where do I put it?” Izzah.

“Ya Allah ... how is this? What am I supposed to do?” Izzah grew panicked when he imagined the incident at the airport this afternoon. He forgot to look for his phone that fell in the media crowd.

For some time, Izzah was sitting limp. He's unlikely to return to Incheon Airport tonight. If you can, not necessarily the phone is still there.

Izzah breathed.

“Already. Maybe it was his destiny. Hopefully God will give a better replacement,” said Izzah, trying sincerely.

Put back the items scattered on the floor into the bag, then ran down and knocked on the door of the landlord.

“Yes? Need something?” madam Choi asked as she saw Izzah standing in front of the door.

“Sorry, Lady Choi. I wanted to contact my mother, but my phone was lost at the airport. Can I borrow Mrs Choi's phone? I promise it won't be long.” Izzah explained the purpose of his arrival in a condescending tone.

“Yes geez. You don't have to be so sad. Of course I can. Just call me Auntie, and think of my own family.” Lady Choi smiled warmly and thrust her phone at Izzah.

In an instant Izzah immediately contacted his mother, informing her that he had arrived safely. Not to forget he calmed his mother by promising that he would obey all the advice of his mother and take good care of himself while in South Korea.

“Thank you, Bi. Sorry for the hassle,” said Izzah bowed after handing back his borrowed phone to Mrs Choi. Then, he nodded and went back to his room.

***

At 23:00. In a luxurious apartment, Shin Seo Hyun was still struggling with his laptop. He grabbed the coffee cup on the table and brought the cup to his mouth. His eyes were still staring at the monitor.

His forehead wrinkled when he realized his coffee cup was empty. He reluctantly stood up to the kitchen, making an extra cup of coffee.

Shin Seo Hyun sat down at her desk again, opening the briefcase she had brought from the airport.

PLUGS!

There was a sound of something falling down as Shin Seo Hyun took out some documents. There was a cell phone under the table. He remembered it was the cell phone he had picked up at the airport earlier. He took it too.

Shin Seo Hyun looked at the phone in her hand. Still dead. Take a charger to recharge the phone. A moment later, he continued his work.

At one in the morning. Shin Seo Hyun turned off her laptop. He left his desk and lay down on the bed. Suddenly he remembered the phone in his cas. He got up immediately, pulled out the charger and returned to his bed with his cell phone in hand.

Shin Seo Hyun placed the phone on a small table beside the bed. Just as he was about to close his eyes, he sat back down. Take the phone on the table and turn it on.

As soon as the phone lit up, the beautiful face of a hijab girl appeared. Her smile is so charming. Shin Seo Hyun immediately imagined the incident at the airport this afternoon.

The deg! The deg! The deg!

“Ah!” Shin Seo Hyun sighed disappointed to find the phone locked.

He lay down his body in bed holding the phone while trying several combinations of numbers, but always failed.

“Aish!” Shin Seo Hyun was getting upset. He sat down and tried hard to think about the combination of various numbers.

“Yes!” he shouted with excitement while clenching his hands when he managed to open the phone.

“Wordy girl. How could he think of making today's date as his cellphone key? Is this his first experience in Seoul?” Shin Seo Hyun shook her head, feeling funny and half in disbelief.

He was still staring at the wallpaper photo on the phone.

“Cantik,” hisses.

Suddenly his heart was tingled to read the messages that many entered when the new phone lit up .

“No, no. That's not good. That's very privacy.” He warned himself.

Shin Seo Hyun stepped back down and placed the phone on the table. However, a second later he grabbed it back out of curiosity to look around the gallery on the phone.

There was an inner war going on inside Shin Seo Hyun.

“Already, it's okay. After all who have a mobile phone will not know if you do not tell it,” whispered Shin Seo Hyun's heart.

Shin Seo Hyun nodded. His fingers started moving, but stopped.

“Do not! In any case, it was a bad deed,” whispered the other side of Shin Seo Hyun's heart resuscitated him.

Shin Seo Hyun sighed worriedly.

“Don't listen to him! He doesn't know how to have fun. Come on, just open it! Just a moment is enough.” The dark side of Shin Seo Hyun's heart continued to provoke.

Shin Seo Hyun also lost. Such a great curiosity drives out his logic of the importance of respecting ethics belonging to others.

He opened the cell phone lock in his hand. Peering at the gallery of the girl the owner of the mobile phone. He nodded and smiled to see the photos in the gallery. When looking at the photo of the girl with a young and handsome man, her eyes narrowed.

“Who is this guy in the photo? Her boyfriend?” Shin Seo Hyun asked herself.

The girl and boy's pose shows that their relationship is very close, not just a friend. The man embraces the girl's shoulders. Both of them smiled happily.

MISTRESS!

There was a pain in Shin Seo Hyun's heart looking at the photo. He was agitated without knowing why. Quickly closed the phone again, then tried to sleep.

In his room, Shin Seo Hyun fretted, thinking of a way how he could return the phone to its owner.

In her room, Izzah is agitated, thinking of ways to raise money to buy a new phone.

***

The morning sun's light rippled from the vents. Izzah squirms, awake from his sleep. He was so tired that he fell asleep again after the dawn prayer.

Disbursed window curtains so that the light of the morning sun can freely explore every corner of his room.

“Good morning, Seoul City!” Izzah greeted Seoul on his first morning. Feel the cool morning air, then go to the bathroom.

He did not want to be late on the first day he started working as an intern. After spending thirty minutes in the bathroom, he opened the closet and chose the clothes he would wear.

Izzah stared at himself in front of the mirror, nodding steadily after being convinced of his appearance. The dark blue color he wore gave off a mysterious and elegant impression. It will be very compatible with the doctor's suit later.

Ting .. tong …

Bell rings. Izzah opened the door. Madam Choi stood in front of the door, smiling kindly.

“Wah, are you ready to go? I'm sure you haven't had time to cook on your first day at work. Here, take! You can take him.” Lady Choi held out a box of supplies to Izzah.

“Aduuh .. Aunty very good. Thank you very much, Bi. I became unpleasant constantly bothering Auntie,” replied Izzah more and more hesitant. He took the food box from Lady Choi's hand with both hands.

“Aah .. it's nothing. Merely for breakfast only.” Lady Choi is down.

Izzah stuffed Lady Choi's gift box into her bag.

“Oh yes, Bi. Can Bibi tell me the fastest route to get to my workplace as well as the nearest supermarket?” ask Izzah before Lady Choi leaves.

Lady Choi gave an explanation to Izzah. Izzah listened intently and recorded Lady Choi's lead, then kept it. Then, he got off and walked towards the bus stop.

Izzah deliberately sought a contract close to the bus stop and not too far from his internship.

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