My student's my future husband?
(C2) Ep 102. Move over
A modern apartment has been chosen Arsene and Zaara. They quickly decided to choose an apartment located not far from their campus after several surveys. That was their first consideration because it was close to campus, so Zaara could still walk if she could not go home with Arsene. Moreover, the rental price per year is quite affordable with a comfortable and simple room design and type. Hopefully after they live there, his life will be more independent.
That afternoon, Arsene and Zaara were helped by Ajeng household assistants to help bring their belongings. The apartment that has two bedrooms with a building area of 40 square meters is already full furnished. They just need to clean up the extra furniture they bring. Zaara tidied up the clothes, while Arsene wiped the furniture. Fortunately, many of their wedding gifts contain household supplies and tools, so they do not need to buy many other items.
After this, they will implement a simple lifestyle and live with what is, do not owe, and keep working hard to be able to save to build a dream home.
That afternoon they finished cleaning their new room which is only 2 kilometers from the campus. Arsene took his wife for a walk to visit her shophouse which was closing. The iron rolling door covered all the glass and doors of the shophouse.
“Are you sure of your decision?” tanya Zaara looked at her husband who was staring at his shophouse which had been out of operation for a week.
Arsene sighed, then nodded.
“Tomorrow I will work alone here, mumpung college is still off. So I can't go after what's left.”
“Continue entering college, how?” ask Zaara.
“I'll consider again. I can't afford to hire any more employees. Our capital money is running out, and it is really to buy materials. Yesterday I gave severance money to Kang Rio and Kang Hanif was forced to take from our savings.”
Zaara stunned. Arsene did lay off all of his employees, including Alice, his cousin, to cut all operational costs that at least he could still rely on. So Arsene will actually start this venture from scratch by himself. Zaara will help of course.
Really sad. This effort has been going on for over a year. It's just that the complexity that has occurred in recent months has spent his business investment money. Finance and capital turnover are unhealthy, there is no flow of money. Even some assets in his kitchen were forced to be sold so that he could get additional capital.
His phone suddenly rang. Arsene took it from inside the jacket.
“Why Dad?!” tanyakanya.
“Can I go home now?”
“What's up?”
“Daddy want to talk your store business!”
“Iya back there.”
Arsene shut the phone.
“Who?” ask Zaara.
“Daddy! We're going there, huh?”
Arsene and Zaara rode on a motorbike and darted towards the Ferdian residence.
The atmosphere of the house looked crowded especially Finn was able to run smoothly, so he played with Kirei around the house. Meanwhile, Rainer chose to play a playstation in the living room with Zayyan who plans to stay there this weekend.
Ferdian told his son and daughter-in-law to sit at the dinner table. While waiting for dinner, Ferdian invited his son to a conversation. Zaara helped her mother-in-law prepare the dish.
“Do you want any of your stores?” asked Ferdian while sipping his warm sweet tea.
“Tomorrow I work alone Dad, as little as possible until college comes in.”
“Keep if you've entered how?”
“I want to see the development for the next two weeks, just can decide.” Arsene played his finger.
“You definitely need additional capital right?” ask Ferdian.
“No, what's on me is still enough! I'll try to rotate all the money in kas.” Arsene set his father in confidence.
“Yakin? Daddy wants to give capital to you, at least you can try to put one employee there to help during your lecture.”
Arsene looked at his father's face. He has thought about this and he will anticipate if this happens.
“Still Dad! But I think, that capital is better Daddy use for the others. I want to challenge myself with what I have right now. I'm married, and I don't want to take care of Daddy or Opa Gunawan anymore!”
Ferdian looked at his son in disbelief.
“Yakin?! You don't need to change!”
Arsene nodded, his determination was already unanimous.
“I'm sure. I'll try this myself!”
Ferdian. He knew his son was as stubborn as his mother. If he had said no, he could not have been compromised anymore.
"Abang, do you think you're at all risk?" tanya Ajeng put a plate of fried chicken on the dining table.
"Udah Mom! This is the smallest risk I take. That's why I don't need any new capital. If the store can expand again during these two weeks, then maybe I'll think about finding additional capital."
Ajeng and Ferdian looked at his son together.
“Yes, Daddy will appreciate your decision! Risk of you holding your own. Daddy will continue to monitor your business even though now Daddy will be hands off.”
Arsene downed his salivation, tense. He knew if his father hands off means he will work alone and not like yesterday when his father helped find a chef and employees to be placed in his shop. Arsene nodded. His resolve is round.
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That morning, Arsene opened his shop. With Zaara he entered the shop early in the morning. Prepare the remaining ingredients that exist to be made menu of flagship cakes, muffins and eclairs. He did not know how far the customer had responded to his store over the past few months. Just judging by the comments on social media, many customers are disappointed by the taste of their cake.
Zaara wiped and cleaned the dusty furniture because the store had been abandoned for a week. While Arsene is getting ready to make the dough.
The stock of materials in the pantry is thinning. Arsene checks the expiration date of each material it will use. It is quite safe because the expiration date is still long. He made a muffin first for 20 servings.
The young man worked very fast in his kitchen. The oven, which had been lit since then, was now opened. The inclusion of muffin dough with various toppings, 5 pcs chocolate variants, 5 pcs raisin vanilla variants, and 10 pcs bean chocolate variants. While waiting for the muffin to mature, now the work turns to make dough eclairs.
Frosting and filling materials for eclairs are not as much as before. Only chocolate and strawberry frosting left. So he will present the two variants only today.
Zaara has finished cleaning, he installed a digital tablet that is usually used as a cash register so far. The girl went to the kitchen to see her husband's work.
“There can I help?” ask while washing your hands.
Suddenly the oven alarm goes off, a sign the muffin has matured. Arsene turned off the stove while making the dough eclairs. He ran to the oven and opened it. Taking out a pan filled with muffins, he asked Zaara to move it somewhere else to cool down.
Arsene continued his work. It prints dough eclairs to be baked in the oven. Meanwhile Zaara brought muffins to the storefront and displayed them there according to their respective variants. The first menu was finished, the girl returned to the kitchen.
Arsene is busy preparing frosting, while occasionally checking his dough eclairs. Zaara saw her husband who looked a little panicked, some days Arsene was quiet. Maybe there's too much he's thinking. The man pulled out the ripe dough and turned off the gas oven.
Zaara approached her, clasping her husband's shoulder.
“Not panic! Sustenance has been set.” Zaara assured her husband.
“Iya I know. Thanks for ingetin!”
“If you keep worrying, the cake will not taste good.”
Arsene put his head on his wife's shoulder. Put all the burden of the mind that has been gathering. Zaara hugged him giving strength.
Arsene looked at him smiling and continued his work.
Adzan dzuhur has reverberated. Arsene and Zaara sitting on the same sofa looked tired waiting for customers who did not come. Three hours have passed since the store opened. They even open earlier than normal operating hours. But not a single customer has arrived.
“You pray first, I keep it here first!” arsene told his wife.
“OK!”
Suddenly a minivan came parked in front of the store. Arsene was hopefully anxious, he was standing behind the storefront. A woman in black glasses got out of the car and walked over to the next store. Arsene sighed, it was not his customer. He sat himself back on the sofa.
Zaara was back, she walked towards the kitchen to prepare lunch. He deliberately brought several boxes of food supplies so as not to wasteful eating outside as Arsene requested. While the man headed upstairs to perform dzuhur prayer.
The door bells rang loudly. A long haired woman came to the store. Zaara greeted him kindly.
“Sweet smile for a sweet treat!”
The woman saw the minimal contents of the window menu because there were only muffins and eclairs.
“No cheese cake?” tanyakanya.
“It just so happens that our store is empty, Mom! There are only two of these menus!” said Zaara kindly.
“Pesen now can not?”
“For now Bu?”
“He can't? Please anter to Dago area later in the afternoon!” pinta the woman while staring at the screen of her phone.
“I asked the owner first yes Mom?!”
“OK!”
Arsene came down the stairs and approached them. “There can be helped, Bu?” tanyanya friendly.
“You own this store?” tanyanya looked at Arsene's appearance, her hair wet after ablution. His white face glittered.
“Iya Ma'am, I own the shop as well as the cake maker here. Why yes?”
“Their mother wants cheesecake pesen,” said Zaara.
“Iya I want cheesecake pesen to be delivered at 4 pm to the Dago area, can you not? If not, I want to go to another store!”
“Can Ma'am, please write the address here! We will be dropping in!” arsene said kindly while offering a digital tablet containing customer format.
The woman picked it up and typed in her address and contact number there.
“Use DP no yes?”
“No need, mom can directly pay cash later after the message so. Please select the menu first.”
The woman pointed to a picture of strawberry cheesecake. He also came out of there.
“You take care of the store first, I go shopping for materials that do not exist!” said Arsene took his helmet and keys. The man rushed off towards the supermarket, while Zaara looked at him from inside the store.
Even though the capital money for shopping had been bought out this morning. Indeed there are some ingredients that are not available such as cream cheese, whip cream, lemon, and strawberry. I don't know why Zaara's heart is not careless, let alone how to look at the woman on her husband looks strange. But he brushed off his no-no thoughts.
Half an hour passed, Arsene came with a bag of groceries.
“Zaara Iaaang, anyone buy?” arsene asked into the kitchen. His face looks bright.
“There was one person, buy two muffins!”
“Alhamdulillah,” Arsene put his groceries in the refrigerator.
“Abang eat first, just made the cake!”
“Iya, yuk!”
Zaara opened her lunchbox and they enjoyed lunch in her shop.
That afternoon according to his promise, Arsene went to deliver strawberry cheesecake to an elite housing in the Dago area. He runs his motor slowly, while paying attention to the magnificent houses on the side of the road. He asked the front guard of the complex. Arsene stopped his motorcycle in a modern-style house like his grandfather's. Looking at the number listed on the fence wall, Arsene believes this is the house of the mother of the order earlier.
“Excuse me!” he told a security guard in front of the house.
“Who are you looking for, A?”
“Truely this is the residence of Mother Rachel?”
“Iya right! What is it gonna take?” ask the security guard.
“I'll take orders from Rachel's mother! But his mother hasn't paid.”
“Oh wait a minute!”
The security guard used his parallel phone to be connected to the mansion. Talk for a while and then close it again.
“Requipped to enter said!” said Mr. Sattam.
“Ooh..”.
The security guard opened the gate for him. He left his motorbike to Pak Satpam because he did not want to park inside, he thought his business was only a short time to deliver the cake and receive payment.
“Please enter, A!” said a middle-aged man opening the main door.
“Please sit down, Madam back down!”
“Good Bu!” Arsene put the order box on the guest table. He sat himself on a soft sofa.
This house is so big and magnificent. Crystal lights hang from the top of the carved ceiling. A picture of a gold-framed family decorating the wall, a glimpse of Arsene staring at him. There was a face he seemed to know.
“Arseeeene!”
A girl shouted suddenly, making her heart jump high.
“Love?!” arsene was surprised.
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