In-laws, Children and Daughters
Curiosity

The origins of a person are very important, especially in a society that still holds closely to family traditions and values. Therefore, when an individual does not have the clarity of his origin, questions and prejudices will arise from society. This is also experienced by Berliana, an orphan who does not have clarity of which family, because both parents died in an accident.

Unfortunately, Juwita, feels that Berliana, who is now her son-in-law is just an illegitimate child. All because Berliana never introduced her brother or talked about his origins.

Berliana herself does not know where her other family is. He was an orphan who had no clarity of origin. Her parents died in an accident while returning home from a boarding school after handing over Berliana at the age of seven.

After the accident, Berliana was orphaned without her family caring for her. But the ponpes received it well, took care of it, treated it as an orphan should be treated, although it can never pay a fee for education because the Ponpes foundation provides convenience and privilege in this case. That is freeing up costs for Berliana, even until he became a grown up remains in the ponpes.

However, good fortune came again to Berliana, because it led her to Juwita, after marrying her son Juwita. Namely Kenzie Zafran who came by himself to the ponpes and asked to be betrothed to one of the santriwati through Abah kyai Jalil.

However, despite having a new family, Berliana still often felt unappreciated by Juwita. Her mother-in-law felt that Berliana was just an illegitimate child because she lacked clarity of origin. This makes Berliana often unappreciated and labeled as a child who has no value.

Nevertheless, Berliana continues to strive to prove that she has value and is able to bring benefits to her new family, without much complaining.

"Good morning. I'd like your help in investigating the origins of my daughter-in-law, Berliana. He was an orphan without any clarity of which family."

This afternoon Juwita went to meet someone who would be asked for help. Juwita entrusted this investigation to someone, after getting a recommendation from one of her acquaintances.

"Good morning, Mrs Juwita. Of course, I'm ready to help you. However, I need to know more about this case. What do you really want to know?" ask the man, who is known as Barata.

"I want to know the origins of Berliana. We don't know who Berliana's original parents were, and we don't want any unwanted happenings later on. If you manage to find the information we're looking for, I'm ready to give you a big payoff." Juwita presented a piece of photo along with a brown envelope with full contents.

Bara nodded his head, understanding what Juwita meant. He was used to dealing with this kind of problem.

"Okay, Mrs Juwita. I will begin an investigation soon. However, before that, I need to find out more about Berliana and the people who may be related to this case. Do you have any other information that could help me in this investigation?" ask for supplementary information.

"Berliana was a girl who was made the wife of my son, but of ponpes."

Juwita mentioned the name of the ponpes, with little explanation that he knew about the foundation.

"Well, I'll try my best to find the information you need."

"You just calm down. I am ready to give a reward of 20 million rupiahs after everything is done, and that is beyond the amount of money currently in the envelope. That's a big payoff, but I want to make sure that we don't have any legal issues later on." Juwita firmly gives a warning.

Juwita. "Yes, please contact me through this phone number. I'll always be ready to answer your calls. Thanks for the help."

Juwita's phone screen shows a number that can be contacted by Barata, because the phone number is his own mobile number.

"Together, Mrs Juwita. I'll start an investigation soon and provide information to you as soon as possible."

Juwita does all this to protect her grandchildren later. Especially since the beginning he disagreed with Kenzie who suddenly came home with his wife, whom he never knew.

Orphans and illegitimate children are often victims of community prejudice. They are considered as individuals who have no value, are worthless, and are even considered to bring about havoc. This view is often based on the notion that irresponsible parents have given birth to a child without thinking about his or her future.

And that's what makes Juwita worried.

This view is unfair to orphans and illegitimate children. Both do not choose to be born in such circumstances, and cannot change their own fate. They have to live with circumstances they did not choose, and often have to fight harder to prove their value and existence in society.

From the beginning, Juwita disliked Berliana and did not agree to accept her as a daughter-in-law, not knowing her origins.

Juwita did not want her granddaughter to lose her rights because of legal problems that arose later due to the unknown origin of Berliana. Therefore, Juwita felt that the investigation of Berliana's origins was an action that needed to be done to protect her grandchildren later.

Juwita is not afraid and worried, if this investigation can trigger conflicts or other problems that arise if known by Kenzie. He is determined to find out about Berliana's origins, in order to urge his son to make the decision he wants, if the suspicion so far turned out to be true that Berliana is not the same as told by Kyai Jalil.

"It could be, Kyai Jalil deliberately throw Berliana so as not to become a burden for ponpes. Berliana had been there for too long without paying any fees. So naturally, if kyai Jalil threw it away in a subtle way."

"Or don't you, after marrying Berliana to Kenzie, Kyai Jalil asked Kenzie for money to pay off all the costs of Berliana?"

The presumptions that should not, now appear and become the thoughts of Juwita. He is still trying to reveal the mystery of his son-in-law. Moreover, Berliana never said anything, or against him, so she thought that Berliana was indeed deliberately fighting in her silence.

"Hi! That's not how it works!"

"Go from here! You can ruin expensive things in this house. You are poor, so do not know the advanced and expensive tools!"

Juwita shouted loudly to warn Berliana, when she saw her daughter-in-law pressing the blue button to activate the dishwasher in the kitchen.