
Azea had already tried to reprimand Luqi in a fine manner. He tried to keep the man from being too embarrassed in front of his friends when Azea asked for back the money taken for granted as if the money had no price at all. Perhaps for Luqi the money was too cheap and too little, but in Azea's eyes it was very important for his mother's treatment. He had to buy medicine again using that money.
Luqi who was currently feeling very happy because he was able to fulfill the bet felt that now he was increasingly respected by all his friends. With just a hundred thousand dollars, he could already buy ten different kinds of items and even ask a woman for a date. Do not ask what kind of woman you want to be invited to date only with such capital.
Of course the woman actually did not care much about the money held by Luqi, she looked no matter how much money Luqi was carrying while dating him, she was seen to be, he was only happy to be able to spend time with a man as handsome as Luqi. In simple language, he was more concerned with Luqi's face than his money, so it didn't matter at all if he bought food that was too cheap.
Azea who did not know where Luqi was at the moment could only wait at that minimarket. He very much wished for Luqi and his friends to come back so that he could ask Luqi for his money back. But in these three days, Luqi had not come to the minimarket at all as he usually did. Azea was getting more panicked because now she had to buy her mother some medicine as soon as possible.
"Patient mom, yes. I'll get you some medicine as soon as I can."
Luna Soria who was none other than the mother of Azea could only smile at her child. Clearly he felt very sorry for his eldest daughter. Because of her sickly self like this, almost every day Azea always looks troubled. Sometimes he also saw his daughter often hanging on to her chin while staring out the window with a blank look. Luna knew very well that under such circumstances her daughter was very dizzy with everything she was working on. Luna felt very guilty for not being able to do anything to give something special to her daughter. He felt like a burden.
"You don't work too hard, yeah. Think about your own health" Luna told her daughter. Azea smiled back. He knew how his mother felt all along. There is hardly a mother in this world who could bear to see her child's own hassles taking care of their lives. A mother will always give her children what they need. He knew that if his mother would always think using feelings, his mother would not have the heart to see him like this. Now he is also confused how to convince his mother that he has been sincere in doing everything even though it is sometimes very heavy.
"Mother also do not think too much about something that does not need to be thought about. Mental health is related to physical health. Although today the physical health of the Mother is fine, if the Mother thinks too much about things that do not need to be thought about, the bad thoughts will make the physical mother become weak and in the end the mother fell ill. So don't worry too much about my situation. I made sure I could meet the needs of all of us in this house, including Mother's treatment."
Luna once again smiled as she nodded. He did not want to make his daughter feel more worried. He also wants to show that he is okay now. Perhaps this was all he could do, encouraging his daughter by looking fine. That has been a motivation for Azea to work even harder.
"Alright, everything I leave to you. I'm sure you're very mature and can take risks or prepare a solution from now on."
Azea smiled and eventually went back to waiting for Luqi and hoped that he could get the money as quickly as possible. He could no longer wait and would not let his mother wait for long. He had to buy the medicine as fast as he could.
"Have you not seen Luqi and his friends come here as usual?" ask Elena at that moment. He was a little worried that suppose he missed Luqi who came to the minimarket. Until now he had no idea where Luqi's home address or also his social media name could be the link between the two of them. It's very stupid. Why also at that time could he not fight back at all? Why was there such a great sense of hesitation in his heart to prevent Luqi from using the money?
Azea raised an eyebrow when Elena instead asked him back. He did not expect that Elena had not known Luqi at all, but almost every day the man came here with his three friends. Maybe Elena is a typical person who doesn't really care about what she thinks doesn't really matter. Maybe all this time he also felt that Luqi was just an ordinary visitor who would eventually go and switch to another minimarket if he was bored. Well, there is no obligation at all for employees to get to know buyers at the minimarket either however or also how many times they shop at the minimarket.
"It turns out you don't know at all. Have you not seen a group of young men who often hang out in front of our minimarket? One of them is called Luqi."
This time Elena seemed to be remembering something. Of course he remembered the group of young men, yet had no idea of his name at all.
"Oh, it turns out that handsome guy named Luqi. I was too embarrassed to find out about her all along. And from what I see like this you two are very familiar. At first I thought that you two were friends or maybe old friends. But it doesn't seem to."
Azea shook her head while smiling. "No, we're not friends at all. He just came here a lot and in the end I knew him, including his three friends who broke a lot of syrup in this minimarket." Azea recounted the beginning of her look a little familiar with Luqi.
Elena instead smiled meaningfully at the behavior of her best friend at this time. He even thought that it was possible that Azea might like Luqi. It was not impossible considering that Luqi was indeed very handsome. Any woman who first saw him must have immediately fallen in love, or perhaps more precisely just amazed by the appearance of Luqi that became the dream of many people.
"Not friends, means maybe you are currently in a serious relationship or maybe a special relationship? There's no way you guys look familiar like that for no reason, is there?" Elena said with a smile.
Azea who understood the direction of Elena's conversation also reflexively hit the woman's shoulder, although not too rough and hard. It made Elena laugh even more.
"Well, how could I date someone like that! I just have important business with him. So since yesterday I've been waiting for him here. I'm waiting for him to come back to this minimarket and also want to talk about that important thing."
Elena did not ask any further after that. He knew that he could not interfere in Azea's affairs. He did not want Azea to feel uncomfortable with all his questions.
"Sorry, the last few days I haven't seen him come here again. Maybe he's busy with his activities out there. We don't know him personally either, do we?" Elena took it seriously this time.