A TWISTED MIND'S
Chapter 75's

Rain in the morning makes the Ocean more comfortable coiled in his blanket. His eyes are still heavy, the combination of fatigue and drowsiness makes him very lazy to move, even though just splitting his eyelids. It was like a thousand tons of weight made it hard to open.

Merely, slowly something started to feel strange, his embrace was empty, this was not what it used to be.

His hands fumbled, but only a coldness lingered on the skin of his palms. The ocean ignored her, thinking Venus might be in Alea's room.

But for some reason suddenly his heart was beating fast, while the shadow of last night's events just appeared in his eyes, like ice doused in hot water, his eyes immediately opened wide. His smile spread, his face warmed up to his heart. Still remember the expression Venus love last night.

The ocean hurriedly revealed the blanket that covered her plain body, wearing the origin of the neatly arranged clothes on the nightstand, her steps instantly moved into Alea's room.

"Ve...!"

The ocean was getting closer to the inside but there was only the Wati maam and Ayu baby sitter mba for Alea there who was calming Alea who was crying in the sling of Ayu.

"Where's venus?" Samudera asked Wati then took over Alea's body from her baby sitter sling.

Bu Wati and mba Ayu look at each other and wonder.

Doubtful, Wati's mother opened her voice, "isn't non-Venus permission?"

"meaning? Permission for what?" Tanya Ocean confused.

"I-that sir, said non Venus, today the six months are up, so this morning the non Venus left."

The lips of the Ocean clenched, his mind suddenly blanked for a moment.

While Bu Wati and Mba Ayu were throwing gazes at each other, they were confused by seeing the frozen ocean in place.

"Bak Ayu!" Call the Ocean with a cold voice.

"I-yes, sir!"

"Prepare all Alea's supplies and needs right now!"

"Ba-good, sir!"

The ocean immediately turned to his room and accidentally caught his eye on something on the table.

One corner of her lips was pulled upwards after reading Venus' letter to her.

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Venus walked several hundred meters from the Ocean residence to the location where she would be picked up by an online taxi she had booked. His steps felt heavy but still he forced him to step. He did not want to look back because he knew that once he turned, his determination would collapse instantly.

He does love the Ocean but his one-sided love is not a reason that justifies him to break his promise. Different if the Ocean that freed itself from the promise.

Not to mention the complicated reality of their relationship in the past.

Venus feels her love is wrong, she is like a traitor, a disobedient child. Not that he should demand justice, but instead stay away and let them be free and live happily.

Venus thought she was sincere and gave up everything, but after knowing the truth, it was difficult. Not about revenge, but is it worth it or not?

Why should the Ocean parents?

Why should she fall in love and have Alea? This all feels unfair.

Venus continued to fight with his mind and various reasons in his logic, until finally he realized that the online taxi car that took him not to the airport but somehow.

Immediately panic struck, but he still tried to stay calm and think positive. "Sir, where is this? This doesn't seem like a route to the airport." Ask while looking into the rearview mirror of the car.

His eyes were on the driver who was carrying him.

"This we take another route mbak, because the main line there are fallen trees and electricity poles that fall, from last night heavy rain and the wind is quite strong, the wind is quite strong, so at some point also puddles water is still quite high. This too we can pass the path here because there are already many absorption wells, so the water quickly recedes." Answer the driver who stays focused on driving.

Girimis is still thick enough out there that the occasional car wiper sweeps the view forward.

"According to the father, this infiltration well is effective not to prevent flooding?" Venus tried to unravel her fear.

"Effective is ineffective, ma'am. But it's still better there than nothing. If we think logically, according to his theory and science, the logic alone, when the soil is no longer able to absorb a drop of rain, then this well will accommodate its advantages. Its function is not much different mba the same trench. If the business why is still flooded, well that means the well is still lacking, ask for more. Bayangin only, if one well can hold 2 to 3 cubic meters of water, if there are 1 million infiltration wells in Jakarta, Jakarta, 3 Million cubic feet of water falling from the sky goes into the ground. That is if a million from the government, especially if the citizens also want to make it in their respective homes, wah. can really make the effect quickly visible, mbak. But still the solution of this infiltration well will not be able to remove the flood in Jakarta." It has been long explained but the ends are grinning as well as the driver.

"Mmmm... Is that right sir? How do you know so well about that sinkhole?" Ask Venus curiously.

"My students have studied in civil engineering, but did not graduate because of cost constraints, so they became online drivers." Kill the driver.

"But really, mbak. Try every house has 1 well infiltration in the house, not only will reduce flooding but it will be useful for us as well, it can function as a water storage device, water storage, especially those who like to grow crops in the yard of his house, or like to keep flowers, the rainwater that was accommodated can be used again for watering the plants.

Have you ever heard of rainwater harvesting?"

"Oh sir, but don't understand either."

"So, harvesting rainwater is a technique of collecting and storing rainwater into tanks or reservoirs. Nah.. The rain water will be flowed through connecting pipes installed on the roofs of houses to shelters below. But, before entering the storage tank, the rain water is filtered first using a filter tube so as to neutralize dirt that may be carried from the roof.

This one is very steady, especially if there are many people who are moved to do it because this is one solution so that our generation can survive the threat of a clean water crisis."

"Wah.. indeed Indonesia can also be hit by a clean water crisis? Kirain in Africa only. If we are the ones who often happen it's a financial crisis." Venus is increasingly interested in the theme of their conversation.

"It could be mba, so if our rainy season is flooded trus if our dry season is dry. That is because we are not good at being grateful by making good use of the blessings that have been sent down by the sky.

Try if the rain water we catch, which goes absorbed into the ground, enter, the excess is accommodated first, not just a matter of the availability of clean water reserves that we have, he said, but it will naturally maintain the balance of the earth's ecosystem. Plants and trees will still get water intake when the drought, our soil is healthy, safe living things prosperous."

Venus understood. Typical of us Indonesians, already know there are only two seasons, dry season and rainy season, but do not want to learn how to respond to these two seasons wisely.

Venus's eyes glanced and scanned around through the car window, as if something was strange. Because the preoccupation of the story is just as driver makes it a little careless.

"Eh. sir! This is how we seem to have been on the road for so long, the airport is still far away???"