Sharing Love: TWO RINGS
Serpent Woman

...This part has been revised...

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It had been a month since Rika's arrival to their home. The days of Ayu are usually decorated with colorful rainbows, as if turned covered with black clouds.

Her mother-in-law did not even hesitate to compare Ayu with Rika, always exaggerating the mistakes that Ayu made, no matter how small it was. Or sometimes even seem to deliberately look for faults in him.

Whether insinuations or words that come from the mouth of her in-laws, she often hears when her mother-in-law comes to visit their home or when they are invited to her in-laws' house.

Ayu only apologizes when she makes a mistake and is silent and does not intend to fight the words of her mother-in-law at all.

Danu's second marriage is only known by the Danu family, while to his own family, Ayu keeps the meeting. Whether it's her husband's second marriage, or the pain she's feeling.

Ayu thinks her family doesn't need to know this, as it could hurt them just as much as she is today. Therefore, Ayu could only endure the bitterness she felt alone without being able to share it.

Prangs!

Ayu woke up from her daydream when she heard a falling object and a commotion from the kitchen direction.she immediately rushed her feet quickly to find out what happened.

“You're just a maid here! Should have obeyed, you don't know yourself!” Rika raised her hand to slap Bi Ijah in the face, but Ayu hurriedly blocked her.

“Enough! Maybe Bi Ijah made a mistake, but you have no right to hit him.” Hands off Rika.

The unprepared Rika staggered a little.

“Tsk, you and him are both useless! Basic barren woman. Just look, what am I going to do because you've defended that damn maid.” stomped his foot and left Ayu and Bu Ijah in the kitchen.

Rika was always so, angry or threatening her. Ayu looked towards Bi Ijah who looked still frightened.

“Aunt is okay?”

“Bi Ijah is okay, Madam. Thank you, but later what about the Mistress herself hiks ...”

“I'm fine, Bi. Now Bi Ijah clean the table and broken glass pieces yes, Ayu will help. After that new bath, Bi Ijah's body also smells soup sauce, tuh, later I eat aunty.”

Ayu tries to dilute the atmosphere by teasing her domestic assistant. In the end it worked, Bi Ijah returned cheerful. While in his heart Ayu wondered, what else Rika would talk to her mother-in-law later.

I don't know, he doesn't want to take a headache because of Rika's two-faced nature. If in front of Danu and her mother-in-law or someone else, Rika will be sweet, polite and gentle. But all that is just a cover, because in front of him Rika will act the truth. Like earlier, rude, arrogant and cursing.

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“Mas Danu is home.”

Rika greeted her husband with enthusiasm. Danu answered with a nod of his head.

Rika soon wrestled spoiled on her husband's arm. Danu is now accustomed to the attitude of his second wife, but in the beginning he often felt uncomfortable with Rika's attitude.

Because Rika knows no place when being spoiled. Danu also often thinks, if Rika sometimes seems to do that in front of Ayu or deliberately interfere with her time alone with Ayu.

Danu just kept quiet without intending to answer or chimed in Rika's words that had been blabbering.

Then Danu tried to escape Rika's embrace and followed Ayu who climbed the stairs to her room.

Getting such treatment, Rika's clenched hands firmly held back the anger.

“You can see, mas. I make sure you will bend your knees to me and I will make you part from Ayu.” He said with hateful eyes.

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“Huek, cuih!”

Ms. Wati spewed out the food that had just entered her mouth.

“Mother, again eat loh, this. Kok even play vomiting eat and spit carelessly!” reprimand Mr. Gunawan.

“Aduh, Sir. Not intentionally, but this is why it's so salty. Like not eating vegetables, but eating a spoonful of salt.”

Why is it like this?

Ayu was astonished by the cooking she made into this.

“Who the hell, who cooks?”

“A-ayu, Ma. Sorry, yes Mom. But it wasn't salty like this.”

True, Ayu was very sure the cuisine was not salty like this. Why now this is so. Ayu made a confusion of her own.

“Yes, Yu. What the hell, can you? Pregnant hard, cook even salty like this.”

“Mother!” Reproach Mr. Gunawan.

Deg.

Ayu tightly gripped her clothes. It used to be that her mother-in-law always praised her cooking, but now?

Just because of one mistake that even he himself was confused about what made his cooking so salty. Her mother-in-law said so loud and hurt her heart.

“Which stomach is hungry, dinner is like—”

“Bu, stop. We order food from outside only or eat outside only.” Danu interrupted her mother's words that kept nagging.

Bu Wati looks so upset, because her husband and son always defend Ayu—.

“Bi, please sort this out. Remove everything, later if you are hungry please order food. The money later I transfer to Bibi account, yes.”

“Good, Mr.”

“Yes already, everyone get ready first. Danu wants to get the car ready. Come, Mr.”

After the departure of Danu and Pak Gunawan, Bu Wati got up from his seat. Tidying up his appearance.

“Basic women are not becus, so it is difficult to get pregnant.”

After saying that, Bu Wati looked up. Leaving Ayu and Rika.

The tears she had been holding back from now on finally flowed down her cheeks.

Rika laughed a little at him. Ayu raised her head, staring at Rika.

“Why did you do that?"

“What?”

Rica pretends to be stupid.

“You are not, who put salt into this food?”

“If yes, why? You want ngadu? Pity, where anyone believes because you also have no proof.” Rika said with a scornful tone.

“Ah, get ready first. Mas Danu must have been waiting for.” After saying so, Rika left Ayu alone.

Ayu was just speechless looking at Rika's back that was moving away. True what Rika said, if she wanted to state the truth, no one would believe her because Ayu had no proof.

And sure enough, then not the defense he got. But the hurtful words of her mother-in-law will be heard, as before or even worse.

Ayu just sighed. He also had to prepare, although his hunger had been gone since hearing his mother-in-law's words. She had to go along, even if she was going to be a spectator or hear some scathing insinuations from her mother-in-law.

“Constrate, heart of servant to Allah.”

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