Ai, Love Me
Eps 73, Adhipura Sarengga Mahesa

At that time, Abdi and Johan also departed from Johan's house on the way to Engkobappe village. Johan helped their journey by buying fuel and toll gates. During the long drive, they just sang and screamed in the car. For about 3 hours drive, in fact their throat hurts because they sing too often screaming in the car.

At 7 pm, they entered the gate of Engkobappe village. At that time they were both a little surprised if the lighting along the road had begun to be installed in the village. Seeing that, Johan was a little proud and happy when his village had its efficacy.

“widihh, now there is a street lightnya” said Mr. Abdi.

“so cool vows” replied Johan.

“his village office is in the middle of the village. And I just found out that there are 3 different paths here. I just know because before there was absolutely no lighting at all along this road” said Mr. Abdi.

“if sir Abdi just entered the gate and saw the existence of 3 different roads, sir Abdi better choose the road to the right. Because it will lead to the village office. If Mr. Abdi even goes straight, Mr. Abdi instead follows the road for drivers who are looking for a shortcut to the big city next door. If Mr. Abdi goes to the left, Mr. Abdi will later return to the direction and will be directed to another city across the further” explained Johan.

“buset, how do you want more than Mr Abdi?” ask Abdi sir.

“pa pak Abdi forgot that I was also born and lived here” replied Johan.

“yahhh, it is not surprising sih” said Mr. Abdi.

At that time, Mr. Abdi chose the rightmost path and ended up in the village office. The man parked his car in front of the building. At that time Johan also opened the rear garage door and brought a box containing his old toys.

Johan lifted her up and then walked towards the front door of the building which was so big and clean. After that, one of the refugees opened the door and saw if there were any guests.

When Johan and the refugees came face to face, they immediately knew each other. The warden is none other than Aji's father. Spontaneous Aji's father opened the door as wide as possible and shouted calling his son so loudly.

“Ajiiii!!, brother Johan came” shouted Aji's father into the building.

“hah? brother Johan? What is Johan's sister?” tanya Aji spontaneously put on a face so happy.

“what is Brother Johan?” ask Thunder.

“yeaaayy, brother Johan came”, Aqila said with great pleasure.

In fact, at that time, Aji, Juan, Thunder, Aqila, Fathur and Ryu were running towards Johan who was at the front door.all refugees saw Johan who came and stood at the front door.

The six children immediately hugged Johan's waist so tightly. At that time Johan lowered his body to squat and stroke the heads of the six one by one.

“are you guys okay? have your toys saved the tree here?” ask Johan.

“who else if not Iris who prayed for the trees here to stay safe. Latom” said to Aji so cheerfully.

“good work, Aji and Iris. Latom!” johan stroked Aji's head so gently.

“kak Johan, my panda has also not eaten bamboo and sugar cane so that bamboo and cane remain alive. I told her to eat grass, hehehe” Aqila said as she showed her pandas to Johan.

“ehh? Don't so. It's a panda, not a goat. Panda can have stomach pain. Berika panda cane and bamboo food, but before cutting it, first permission to bamboo and its cane. Don't forget to give them permission first. Okay!” johan said as she gave her thumbs up to Aqila.

“hmm, well” replied Aqila smiling so widely.

“well, you sit in the chair first and close your eyes. Brother Johan has a surprise for all of you” said Johan.

“wahhh, srueplers” said Fathur so excited.

“not sruplers, but surprise” Johan replied.

“hah, anyway that's bodoamat” replied Fathur.

“you sit in a chair and then close your eyes. Don't peek at ya” Johan said.

“hmm, yes” answer them all so passionately.

At that time, the six children sat firmly while closing their eyes using their palms. At that time Johan also brought a cardboard containing his toys that have long but still worth using. Johan thought that rather than Johan throw it away, it would be a pity, so Johan prefers to give it to children here.

Johan dismantled one by one the toys. Among them are teddy bears, mobile cars, robots, pisol toys, trains that run on unloading rails, zoo toys, animals with colorful lights and can rotate, and many more. Johan set it on the first floor. Basically, the toy was so many that the toy filled the front floor of the door. Everyone in the refugee camp saw him and was impressed with Johan who always entertained the village children.

“nahh, now you can open your eyes and look in front of you” Johan said with a very excited tone.

At that moment, the six children opened their eyes with impatient feelings. When they opened their eyes, they were so shocked by what they had seen.The fun, cool toy had welcomed them all. They see a lot of cars, colorful reanglala, adorable dolls, and much more.

“waaahhhh, kerennn, this is crazy” Juan said so excitedly.

“ini really cool” sahut Thunder.

“ really right?” said Johan.

“does this all belong to Brother Johan?” ask Aqila.

“right, this all belongs to Brother Johan when brother Johan was a child. Now, Brother Johan is an adult and does not play these toys anymore. Now is the time for you to play with Johan's toys. Brother Johan give all this to you” Johan said with a smile so wide.

“haaahhhh? Seriously? This much?” ryu asked putting on a look so happy.

“play Johan's toy with good and heart. When you are adults, you can give it to your younger brother or neighbor who is smaller than you” replied Johan.

Just then, Aqila ran towards Johan and then hugged Johan so tightly. With an expression so happy, Aqila hugged Johan's body very tightly using both of her small warm arms.

“ equally, do not forget to always clean your pandas so that your pandas do not itch anymore” replied Johan stroking Aqila's head so smoothly.

“waaahh, really cool” said Guntur put on a look so happy.

“iya, this is very nice” replied Aji with an expression so happy.

“what can we play this?” ryu asked Johan.

“now it's night, you guys have to sleep” replied Johan.

“yaahhh, but kak-“ said Aqila put on a slightly sad face.

“if you don't go to sleep fast, Brother Johan will take Johan's toy back and bring it home. The sooner you sleep, the sooner you wake up in the morning. Tomorrow, you can play with this toy as much as you”, Johan said.

“really? Will this toy stay here forever?” fathur asked with an expression that was so happy.

“I won't take it and it's already yours. But if your parents complain to Brother Johan that you all lack sleep just because of this toy, Brother Johan will take back this toy and bring it home” Johan said.

“ba-good. We will sleep now also” said they all simultaneously.

“gitu dong, brother brother Johan” said Johan stroked their heads all.

Johan immediately put all the toys back in the cardboard and then walked into the building. As Johan entered, Johan was greeted with warm gazes and smiles from the villagers to him. It makes Johan a little salting with the situation.

At that time, so many carpets and thin mattresses like futons that became the beds of refugees. At that time, Johan walked into the building along with the six children. In fact, the six children fell asleep in their futons side by side and lined up.

Johan also placed the cardboard next to the closet of the middle hall so slowly. At that time, Johan found that the six children had closed their eyes on their respective futons while still smiling happily. Seeing that, Johan also followed happily when he saw they were all happy.

At that moment, there was a shout from the middle of the hall that came from the old om om in the middle of the refugees. Om om yelled calling Johan's name from a distance while waving his arms wide.

“oyy, son Johan. Come here briefly” said om om the.

“ehh, i-iya om? What's up?” ask Johan.

“sit here for a moment. There is something we want to talk about with Johan” replied om om the.

“well om” replied Johan.

At that time, everyone in the refugee camp made some sort of confusion with Johan as the center. Johan was a little embarrassed and awkward in a condition where Johan really became the center of attention of many people.

Johan sat in the middle of them all. Johan saw many expressions of joy, pride, admiration, happiness, joy, love, love, and others in the look of their faces.

“what are you all?” johan asked, looking into the faces of all those who surrounded Johan.

“we just want to say...” said the om om.

“thank you so much” said they all simultaneously while slightly lowering their heads.

“ehh? Wh-what? What was? What have I really done? I didn't do anything” Johan said with a face so flushed.

“what's with this guy?” think Johan in your heart.

“we already know everything from the elders. You are the grandson of Adhipura Sarengga Mahesa, the former elder of this village.You are also the son of Ageng Dwi Mahesa who has burned the forest in this village. As his grandson, you feel guilty and in the end, you often visit all of us as victims who have lost their homes and property in Rumah” said the om om.

“so you already know everything ya” replied Johan a little laugh while scratching his head.

“Adhipura Sarengga Mahesa, we all call him eyang. Eyang was such a wise and disciplined man of his time. He is the person we most admire as a leader. We also feel devastated by the news about the death of the eye. Even our hearts are also sicker when we hear that burning eyes live in his house due to a fire committed by his own son” said the mother of the old mother beside him.

eyang will lead this village until this village develops, but unfortunately, we expect too high” said uncle beside him.

“but, since if you know and see your behavior and habits, we think that we are exploiting things that we have wasted far away on you. We see the soul in your body. Everything you do is exactly like what you do. Your equation and eyeang is always to keep the forest as much as possible” said om om beside it.

“so do you that even you fight 14 grown men alone in a forest so dark and cold because of the rain. Just like what was done by eyang first where eyang did the same to all woodcutters” explained aunt beside him.

“but the true nature of the eyes is much different when he heard about his wife's tree that was felled. They were really hit by the news. Mental eyes that were once so strong and hard become soft as soft as tofu. At that time, his wife died, and not long after that, he also died. And we are very sorry it” said om om beside him.

“I just knew that grandfather was not only a village leader, but also as a nature lover also” said Johan.

“your grandfather was the one who even turned down a billion dollar budget to protect the forest. He had been offered by a company to buy land in forestry and cut down all trees for manufacturing plants. But your grandfather refused the offer raw. True true very wise man” said om om beside him.

“hmm, my grandfather is cool too huh. Hehehe” says Johan.

“maybe you guys were right about me being similar to my grandfather” said Johan turning his seat into please.

“hah? meaning?” ask her next to him.

“actually, my purpose here is not only to give toys, but I really want to ask for help to all of you, especially the villagers of Engkobappe”, Johan said.

“ada what?” ask aunt beside him.

“actually, anu... it.. a-ak-I like the same pe-female” said Johan with a tone so embarrassed.