My Husband's Ghost
Chapter 16 Kwee Lan Sick
Kwee Lan is sick
Since the marriage of Jia Li who was his daughter had passed, Kwee Lan had started to feel a deep longing in the heart of Kwee Lan, the father.
Kwee Lan's father misses his daughter, who is his biological son, from his first wife Tianba.
"Mr Kwee Lan, take this medicine first so that your body can heal quickly" said the man in a red sincia hat.
"No.", said a middle-aged man who was lying weakly on Chiho's bed full of carvings.
"How do you refuse this medicine, sir !? Your pain won't heal if you don't take this medicine" says the man in the sincia hat anxiously.
"I... I want to meet Jia Li... I miss my daughter, Heng.", said weakly helpless Kwee Lan.
"Sir...., what should I do for you, Mr. Kwee Lan!?", said the man named Heng.
"Pick Jia Li home, Heng.", said Kwee Lan in a soft voice.
"Mr Kwee Lan, but I don't know Miss Jia Li's residence right now" Heng said.
"He lived in the valley of Moldova... Pl-please... Bring Jia Li home, Heng.", said Kwee Lan.
Kwee Lan fell ill so her servant had to meet the Van Rogh Costel III family to meet Jia Li in order for the young girl to visit her ailing father but she did not know the whereabouts of the noble family home because van Rogh Costel III is located in the valley of Moldova.
On the way to the Moldovan valley...
The two men dressed in Cheongsam, complete with a dark red sincia hat, were walking on the side of the city road.
"How is it that we do not know the house of the nobleman Van Rogh Costel III?", asked a servant in a red sincia hat.
"Said lord Kwee Lan, the house of the nobleman Van Rogh Costel III is in the valley of Moldova", said a man wearing a similar hat.
"But we don't know where the Moldovan valley is" said the man with the thin mustache.
"We better keep looking for that noble house and pick up Miss Jia Li" said the man in a red sincia hat.
"We just ask the people around here and ask where the Moldovan valley is" the man said.
"Alright, we ask the people in this area, maybe they know the Moldovan valley" said the man in a sincia hat.
"We can't go home to Mr. Kwee Lan's residence without any news" said the thin-moustached man.
"Especially the master is sick because he wants to meet Miss Jia Li", said the young maid.
"It's also the fault of Mr. Kwee Lan marrying his daughter to the noble family of Van Rogh Costel, and finally Miss Jia Li never came home again" another maid said.
"Don't say nothing, we're dealing with a noble family" said the maid in a red sincia hat.
"Why Heng?", asked the thin-moustached man.
"We can lose our identity later Ho", said a man named Heng.
"Ouch ! Looks like we should be more careful when talking about that noble family, Heng", said Ho.
"Come ! Go ! We immediately look for the home of Mr. Kwee Lan's father-in-law" said Heng.
"Yes, yes", said a man named Ho.
The two men who were servants of the Kwee Lan family stepped their feet down the street in a densely populated residential area.
A man named Heng stood in front of a food stall located on the side of the road while asking an old woman who was selling Mititei food.
Heng asked the old woman the location of the Moldovan valley.
The old woman who sold Mititei then told one of his men to take Heng and Ho to the Moldovan valley.
They boarded a vehicle similar to the orange colt bus they used to sell Mititei roving.
"Is it still far from the Moldovan valley?", asked Heng to the man in the red white stripes.
"We'll be there for another half an hour" said the man in a striped shirt while driving his colt bus.
"For a long time also reached the valley of Moldova", said Ho who sat in the passenger seat.
"Who are you going to go to in the valley of Moldova?", asked the man with the stripes.
"We are going to visit the residence of Mr. Van Costel IV", Heng said.
"Our master is very sick because of that we want to pick up his daughter to go home" Ho explained.
"What do you say is not wrong?", asked the man in the shirt.
Heng and Ho looked at each other full of question marks with the words of the man in red white stripes.
"Sorry, what do you mean ? We don't understand" Heng said later.
"Isn't it rumour that Mr. Van Costel IV died a few years ago!?" said the man in the shirt.
Heng and Ho were more confused by the words of the man in the shirt of the lines who said that Van Costel IV was gone.
"Yes.", said the man in the shirt.
"Oh God ! How could that possibly happen!?" said Heng in fear.
"Why?", asked the man with the lines become confused. "Does your master's daughter have anything to do with Van Costel IV's noble family?", he continued.
Heng and Ho looked back at each other in confusion, they increasingly did not understand the story of the man with the lines.
"Ho, do we have to say it?", whispered Heng slowly.
"Let's just say that our lady is in business with Mr. Van Costel IV", Ho said, whispering in Heng's ear.
"Then why are we picking up Miss?", asked Heng.
"Let's just say that Miss hasn't come home from Van Costel's house because she's caught in a rainstorm" Ho said.
"Is there a rainstorm right now?", asked Heng.
"Then what reason should we tell her, how could we possibly say that our lady is married to a dead person, Heng!?", Ho whispered softly.
"What should we say now, Ho!?", continued Heng turned deathly pale.
"Let's go.., I don't know, Heng ! It feels like my crown has moved to hell now", said Ho panicked.
Heng and Ho lost their minds to answer the question of the bus's colt driver and eventually they just fell silent.
"Why don't you answer me ? What's up?", asked the man in the shirt.
"Ehk ! It's okay, we are just discussing how we can return home from the Moldovan valley later" Heng said quickly.
"Oh.., if the problem is, you just take a public vehicle over the Moldovan valley that comes at night" said the bus's colt driver.
"Ma-night.", said Heng nervously.
"True, usually public transportation that comes to the Moldovan valley area must be at night or midnight" said the man.
"Is there no other faster vehicle lane?", asked Ho.
"There, you can take the train but have to order the ticket before you come to the Moldovan valley" the man said.
"We don't know that" Ho said.
"If you miss a public vehicle at night, you can stay at the villa near the old well in the middle of the Moldovan valley" the man said.
"Eh.., yes.., yes." said Ho.
The driver of the colt bus then turned his residence down a sloping road in the Moldovan valley.
There are food shops all along the way.
"Awhile, I'm going downstairs to ask one of the shopkeepers" said the man with the lines.
"What are you going to ask?", asked Heng hurriedly.
"I'll ask where Van Costel IV's manor house is located to one of the shop owners here", said the bus's colt driver.
"I came down with you to ask the store owner" Heng said.
"Me too, I'll come with you guys down and ask" said Ho.
The three of them then got off the colt bus to one of the shops located on the Moldovan valley road.
The atmosphere in the Moldovan valley is very calm, and supported by the air is very cool and still natural.
They entered a food store and asked the owner about the location of the Van Costel IV house.
Almost an hour or so the three of them were inside the food store.
Soon they came out of the food store to the colt bus they were on.
"There was a wedding in a magnificent house under the Moldovan valley" said the man in red white stripes.
"Yes, we better get to that place on foot" Heng said.
"Why do you have to walk ? I will take you both to the house of Van Costel IV, do not hesitate!", said the man in a shirt.
"No ! No, we thank you very much for taking us to the valley of Moldova" Heng replied, giving the man a small bag of money.
"Come on ! Don't worry about me, I'll get you there!", said the man in the shirt.
Finally they went to the home of Van Costel IV who was holding a lively and luxurious wedding party.
Heng and Ho disembark from the orange colt of the bus carrying them, and the two soon make their way to Van Costel IV's house.
"Are we going in there Heng?", asked Ho.
"Sure Ho, we should meet Miss Jia Li and tell her the news that her father is sick at this time" Heng replied.