Born Again To Love You
Charles found me in the Past
The next night when we were going to sleep, I asked Gouw Boen San to sleep while holding his hand. Gouw Boen San was silent and only nodded his head. I held my left hand with a smile and then I slept.
15 Minutes passed I fell asleep, Boen San was still awake while watching my face.
“What have you done to make me silent these few days?” said Gouw Boen San who was still watching my face.
“Zefanya... Zeline.. Zefanya.... Zeline... Mami kangen you guys...” gigauku while asleep that night.
Suddenly I woke up in shock and I saw Gouw Boen San's face near my face. Unknowingly I hugged Gouw Boen San, crying and hugging him while saying, “Koh Charles, our children.”.
I instantly fell silent from my tears, opened my eyes and realized that what I was hugging was Gouw Boen San. I let go of my embrace and I turned my back to my husband.
“Who Charles? Zefanya and Zeline?” asked my suspicious husband who was still facing me and looked at me in an angry tone.
“I'm sleepy, Koh! I want to sleep again” I replied.
***
In the morning I was preparing breakfast, Gouw Boen San was still fast asleep.
I had just finished preparing the meal, then I made a cup of tea for my husband and I took it to the room.
Master Wang Cheng Hai's adjutant Wu Jiang came to pick me up while I was sitting in the room bringing tea.
“Good morning, Mr. Lie Kun Lian. This morning, Mr. Wang Cheng Hai asked me to pick up Mrs Gouw. Mr. Wang wants to take Mrs Gouw somewhere. There are work matters that require Mrs Gouw to join” Wu Jiang said.
“Can't! My wife can't leave the house without me!” gouw Boen San said as he walked from the room towards Wu Jiang.
“Sorry, Sir. Mr. Gouw Boen San is not allowed to come. If Mr. Gouw does not allow Mrs Gouw, we will have to decide on all cooperation in the future. Whether it was cooperation with master Bao Jia or master Wang Cheng Hai” threatened Wu Jiang casually.
Gouw Boen San was silent for a moment and thought. Lie Kun Lian came and asked to escort me. “Then
mr. Gouw is not allowed, allow me alone to escort our mistress!” chirps Lie Kun Lian.
“Really! Lie Kun Lian, you go! Watch my wife!” cetus Gouw Boen San.
“Sorry, that's not allowed either, Mr Lie!” wu Jiang replied.
“Mr Wu Jiang, if my husband is not allowed to accompany me, I will try to respect Mr. Wang's decision. But please respect my husband's request. It's not suspicious if I go with another man without my husband's knowledge. I don't want my husband to think that I'm going with another man, but I can't ask my husband to come along because I'm afraid that it's hindering Mr. Wang's work, so please allow Lie Kun Lian to accompany me!” my answer.
“Alright! But what should I say to Mr Wang if master Lie Kun Lian is coming?!” worry Wu Jiang.
“I will be responsible to Mr. Wang if Mr. Wang scolds you!” my answer.
Master Wu Jiang opened the car door to let me in. Me and Lie Kun Lian sat in the back. Wu Jiang sat in front.
***
20 Minutes later we arrived at an old Dutch building, the Nederlands Handel Maatschappij. Master Wu Jiang invited me to meet mister Wang at the main door.
When I entered this building, I remembered one of the dreams I had seen before. I was scared but I was curious.
“You've arrived? Come with me to meet someone!” bring Mr. Wang Cheng Hai.
“Who?” manya suspect.
“If I tell you now, will you know him?” Ask Mr. Wang Cheng Hai.
I still think I was taken and brought inside. Lie Kun Lian was startled and followed me quickly but was held back by Wu Jiang. Mr. Wang took me upstairs.
Above I met a Dutch man around 50 years old and a Chinese man about 45 years old named Han. Mr. Han is Mr. Wang's closest business partner.
“Good morning Mr. Han and good morning Mr. Willem.” greet Mr. Wang when entering the room.
“Hello, Mr. Wangs. Welcome to my office!” answer Mr. Willem.
“Who is this indigenous woman, Wang?!” Ask Mr. Han curiously.
“She is Mrs Gouw, the wife of Mr. Gouw Boen San” replied Mr. Wang casually.
“What fantasy made you take him?!” Ask Mr. Han who is still curious.
“Yesterday Mr. Edward came to my house. He said he had prepared tobacco..” mister Wang's story.
“So you will sell cigarettes?” Ask Mr. Han.
“Hmm.. Could too.. That's what I want to talk to you about, Han” replied mister Wang.
“Selling cigarettes? I'll think!” answer master Han.
“Why sell cigarettes? If you can build a cigarette factory is not extraordinary? Many people want to be cigarette entrepreneurs. Many large cigarette factories in Indonesia are conglomerates!” knock me without thinking straight.
“Indonesia?” Ask Mr. Han in wonder.
“Iya Indonesia! There is the largest cigarette company in Indonesia that builds cigarette factories in America!” continue messing.
“Where is Indonesia you mentioned?!” Ask Mr. Han.
“We'll be living in Indonesia now, sir! Have you never read the news?” my answer.
The three men saw me suspicious. I was silent for a moment. I forget that Indonesia still uses the name Dutch East Indies. I was shocked and covered my mouth with both hands.
“I think I mispronounced! I better not come out here. You guys continue your conversation” said I.
“Master Wang, I'm out. I'm waiting outside. You should not hesitate to have a conversation with Mr. Han and Mr. Edward. I want to enjoy the view of this building” continued me.
“Wait-s.. Could you think to explain about Indonesia?” hold Mr. Edward, I have taken a step.
“I am verry sorry Mr. Edward. My mistake's.. If you don’t mind, I want to enjoy the view of this building.” I replied while out and down.
“I don't think she's an ordinary indigenous woman!” said master Han.
“Yes, that's my answer why bring her here! There is something different about Rahayu. She was like a highly educated woman but her family background was not a noble family but a lowly class” replied master Wang.
***
I walked out of the building. I saw Mr. Lie Kun Lian and Mr. Wu Jiang were on the Mberok bridge across from the Nederlands Handel Maatschappij building. I walked over to Lie Kun Lian towards the Mberok Bridge.
Lie Kun Lian approached me worriedly. “Why did you come out alone? Where is Mr Wang?” Lie Kun Lian asked curiously.
“Finally I survived!” I answered stroking the chest.
“Congratulations? What the hell is going on? I'll beat up Mr. Wang if anything happens to you!” said Lie Kun Lian who twisted her body wanted to approach mister Wang in an angry tone and her hand was ready to punch mister Wang.
“Eh.. Mr. Wang doesn't say anything about me!” I said holding back while holding Lie Kun Lian's hand.
“I survived because I almost got caught that I'm from the future!” continued whispering.
“Means?” Lie kun Lian asked.
I have permission for mister Wu Jiang to go to the toilet and have master Lie Kun Lian accompany me. Actually it was my reason to avoid master Wu Jiang.
To a corner where there was only me and Lie Kun Lian. I sat down next to Lie Kun Lian.
“I forgot that this country has not changed its name to Indonesia, but still use the name Dutch East Indies I started the conversation.
“Indonesia?” Ask A Lian curiously.
“Iya. I just remember when I walked out of the building in 1942 where Japan began to colonize, that's where the name of the Dutch East Indies changed to Indonesia”.
“You seem to know the future is coming?!” Ask A Lian curiously.
“Now you want to believe that I am from the future?!” my many. Lie Kun Lian just fell silent.
“How did you get this time?” Lie Kun Lian asked curiously.
“Since childhood, around the age of 3, I always dreamed about Mr. Gouw torturing me. I saw a lot of things in my dreams. Even I saw Mr. Gouw's house but I didn't see Mr. Gouw's face. In my dreams, I always see Mr. Gouw. Until the time I grew up, there was a very scary dream. I saw a corpse coming out of a coffin. The body came up to me and took me to nature. The body is Mr. Gouw. Yeah, I guess it was a dream. It was Mr. Gouw's body that brought me here. But before each to the ancient building, I felt like my soul was detached. I don't know if this is a dream or reality. I just want to go home and hang out with my kids”.
Mr. Lie Kun Lian simply fell silent listening.
“Next year Japan will occupy Indonesia and colonize it very cruelly. Many of us will be severely tortured and killed. On August 17, 1945, Indonesia became independent after the Japanese surrender. Japan was bombed by the Americans in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. President Sukarno proclaimed independence on August 17, 1945. The Japanese are too evil. It is not only Indonesia that is colonized. China and Korea were also violently colonized. After Indonesia's independence, Indonesia will still be colonized by the Dutch. The Dutch would stop colonizing Indonesia in 1949. The year 1950 was the Indonesian Revolution. That year was the year that Indonesians changed their appearance to the way I look in the future in 2021. There will be television in the future. There is a mobile phone or you better understand the name of a mobile phone. Mailbox
not so in the future. Because of the mobile phone, the world feels in your hand. You can learn all the knowledge and find out about your curiosity through the internet network on mobile phones. You can send a message and immediately reply to it via mobile phone. No need to wait a few days
receive a letter reply. The messages you write and send directly until then. And in just 1 minute, you will receive your reply. Even if you miss the person you love who is away from your eyes, you can just video call. Through the phone, you can see what his face is and where and he can see you also at that time. Amazing right?” my story shifted the subject.
“Very amazing. Then I have to survive the Japanese colonial period in order to feel using a mobile phone!” said Lie Kun Lian who was happy to listen to my story.
“Oh yes, who is Judi Lie?!” lie Kun Lian.
“Entaih! Perhaps your descendants will be reincarnated from your spirit” I replied.
“So I'll die before enjoying the phone?!” the Canda A Lian.
“How am I in the future?” continued curious.
“In the future you are a friend of Charles Gouw, my husband. In the future you secretly like me” I replied.
“From the beginning I met you I already liked you. You are not the future you! I secretly like you behind Mr. Gouw” said Lie Kun Lian.
“Rahayu, how did I first meet you in the future?!” Ask Mr. Lie.
“Emm.. Try to remember.. The first time I met you was because I was introduced by my husband's other friend who was none other than Mr. Han Kai Li in the future”.
“Then, how was I in the past before this myself?” manya curious.
“You and I once liked each other. We always share our grief when Mr. Gouw tortures you.” Lie Kun Lian replied.
“Tuan Gouw often raped you and every time you tried to escape, Mr. Gouw's men caught you” Lie Kun Lian's story.
“I saw it. All those memories are still in my memory until my next life. When I was a kid I always dreamed of it”
“But Mr. Lie, I'm so sorry that I don't have a taste for you. In my heart there is only Mr. Gouw”.
“I'll consider you my best friend. I will always love you as my best friend until the next life! I promise our inner will remain bound until the next life!” my continue.
“Tell me how your life will be in the future?” lie Kun Lian said diverting the conversation.
“Emm.. In the future I am a wife of Charles Gouw and mother of 2 children.. Zefanya and Zeline.. My father's surnamed Oei, my mother's surnamed Tan. I miss my two children.” My story is sad while looking down and shedding tears.
“Already.. Don't continue anymore.. I shouldn't ask you like that!” lie Kun Lian.
“By the way, why in the future my name why Judi Lie is not a Chinese name?” lie Kun Lian.
“After the new order, the Chinese are forbidden to use Chinese names, so we all use names
west”.
From a distance, Mr. Wang found us both. Master Wang walked alone with Wu Jiang approaching us.
“Mr Lie, promise me forever that we will be best friends now and in the future?” soft door.
“I promise. I will bring a bond of friendship until my next life” Lie Kun Lian replied.
Mr. Wang arrived near me. He wanted to take me for a walk together. But I refused. I ask to invite master Lie Kun Lian and master Wu Jiang to come with us.
“Rahayu.. Do you have a place you want to go?” Ask Mr. Wang.
“Hmm.. If I could go to Lasem.” I replied.
“Lasem? What do you need to do there?” Ask Mr. Wang curiously.
“Ga is there, Sir. How about we take a walk around Semarang city?!” bring Mr. Wang.
“Lie Kun Lian's.. Wu Jiang's.. Can you leave us both? There is something I need to talk to Rahayu.” continued Mr. Wang.
After Lie Kun Lian and Wu Jiang left the two of us, mister Wang started to speak seriously with me.
“Rahayu.. Honest me.. Who are you exactly?” Ask Mr. Wang.
“What master mean?” I said pretending not to know while standing up and about to leave mister Wang.
“Indonesia?! Where did you know about Indonesia?!” ask me while holding my hand.
“I read the news, Mister!” my answer.
“That's not what I meant.. You know the name of the Dutch East Indies will be Indonesia next year. How do you know that?!” Ask Mr. Wang more clearly.
“Are you a spy? Or ...?” Asked Mr. Wang to put more pressure on me.
“Not everything, Sir! Actually was.. Actually. I.. I'm from the future, Mister?!” reply fear.
“Future? Are you lying covering up the truth?”
“No, Sir! What I said is true! If you don't believe me, you can take me to a church near Spiegel. I can swear by what I said!”
“Alright, I'll take you around Semarang city. Tell us all about the city of Semarang in the future” pinta mister Wang who still has little confidence.
I got into Mr. Wang's car and walked to Heerenstraat or HollandSemarang.
“Master, the city of Semarang now with the city of Semarang in the future is very different” my story when in the car Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang listened to me with a slight smile on his face as if he was hesitant to believe my story.
“Why are you smiling, Mister?” I said, sitting next to Mr. Wang.
“Who would believe such a story?” answer to Mr. Wang.
Almost approaching Blenduk church, I asked the driver to stop. I went down and saw the church.
“Protestanche Kerk?” Ask Mr. Wang.
“What is it?” ask me back
“That's how people call it” replied Mr. Wang.
“In the future rarely do modern people speak Dutch. Only grandparents still speak Dutch. In the future this church is called Blenduk church. In the future English will be the international language” my story.
“Master Wang, can I take a walk in the old town? I want to see the Marba building and the Spiegel” building.
“Old city? What does it mean?” Ask Mr. Wang curiously.
“In the future, Heerenstra says it's history and people will call it the old city. The city of Semarang will be the capital of Central Java province. And in this city there will be a lot of people of Chinese” descent my story while walking towards the Spiegel building.
Mr. Wang pulled out my hand that was walking in front of him right in front of the park now called the Sriguting Semarang park.
“Will I be your husband in the future?” Asked mister Wang while looking intently at my eyes and still holding my hand.
I was silent and didn't know what to answer.
“Harry..” replied.
“Harry?” Ask Mr. Wang.
“Future your name is Harry. In the future me and Mr. Wang will be best friends like brother and sister. But our relationship changes when we like each other. Since then our relationship broke down and we parted” answered me looking down sad considering the figure of Harry in the future.
“You lied huh?” Ask Mr. Wang.
“So the master asked as if to believe. After I answered, I thought I was lying. I'd rather just shut up, right?” I said as I took off Mr. Wang's hand and left him. But Mr. Wang walked after me.
I walked into Mr. Spiegel's shop. I stopped and told Mr. Wang that one day Spiegel's shop would be a very beautiful and big cafe.
Suddenly the sky became cloudy. The sky is getting dark. Mr. Wang's driver picked us up in front of Mr. Spiegel's shop. Mr. Wang took us home.
***
Arriving at Mr. Wang's house. We rushed into the house. In the living room, my husband was waiting for me with Han Kai Li.
The sky was getting darker but the rain was not falling. Lightning began to strike out terrifyingly.
Several times lightning struck around the outside of the house. We all gathered in the living room. I, master Boen San, master Wang, master Han Kai Li, master Lie Kun Lian and master Wu Jiang.
***
On the other hand, my husband Charles was sitting asleep next to me in the hospital lying unconscious holding my hand looking restless. He collapsed and fell in the hospital.
***
Back in the old days, when lightning struck the front window of the living room, the sound was so loud that it frightened us.
Charles appeared suddenly in front of us all as we closed our eyes in fear with the sound of lightning.
When we opened our eyes, how shocked we were that a stranger in modern clothes was standing in our midst.
“Charles?!” I said shocked.
“Rose?!” said Charles.
“Why are you here?” Charles asked curiously.
“I should ask how can you get here? Take me home!” panicked answer.
Mr. Gouw Boen San saw me and Charles joined hands. Moreover, Mr. Gouw saw Charles was shocked because he had the exact same face. Mr. Gouw came up to me and let go of my arm.
“Who is he?” Ask Mr. Gouw angrily.
“He Charles! My husband in the future! He is your reincarnation one day!” my answer.
“Long!” jolt mr. Gouw angry.
“Honey, let's find a way to get home. Kids must be lonely without us!” My husband aggressively.
“Hold my hand. Never let go!” answer Charles.
“Let go of Rahayu's hand!” the jolt of Mr. Gouw who was about to approach me but was held back by Lie Kun Lian.
“Do not, Sir! Let Rose go back to the future. The place is not here!” lie Kun Lian.
“What do you mean?!” said master Gouw curiously as he stared intently at Lie Kun Lian's eyes.
“Rahayu is a woman from the future. He must return to his place of origin!” answer to Mr. Wang.
“Judi, how are you here? Benny! Are you here too?” Charles asked Lie Kun Lian.
“Judi? Who are you” Ask Gouw Boen San curious and angry.
“Who are you? Why is our face the same?” Charles asked Gouw Boen San curiously.
“I'm not, Judi. I am Lie Kun Lian. Gambling is my reincarnation in the future. He is Gouw Boen San, you are the reincarnation of Gouw Boen San in the future. Benny is the reincarnation of Han Kai Li in the future. Rose is stuck in the past and does not know how to go back to the future, Charles” explained Lie Kun Lian.
Suddenly lightning struck again. Charles disappeared. I just fell unconscious unconscious.