The Adventure of the Kecapi
Chapter 151

"Still teachers, they are Coa Siang, the descendant of the head of the Black Tiger college at Ta Bun near Poyang north of the Yellow River, and also his wife named Cu Ming" Han Beng replied.

"It's good, my student. Thus it will not be in vain that I educate you for these five years. But now you have been my student for five years and all the knowledge I have given you, not only silat, but also medicine. And my promise to Kwe Ong has come to hand you over to him so that you can receive upbringing from him for five years" Hua Li said, recalling their agreement.

"Murid obeys all teachers' orders. But before separating, the students have a request to the teacher, and the students hope the teacher will ask the question of this student" Han Beng said respectfully.

"Is your question my student? Frankly, I will not give you inheritance, for I have no inheritance whatsoever, my inheritance is only the knowledge I have given you and the harp. This harp ma'af I will not give you, because many of my stories with this harp and also thanks to this lute I can live until now. This harp is like my second life." said Hua Li who hugged her soy sauce.

"Yes, teacher, I understand that. What students want to ask, can students know why teachers are still single? Is there not a man whose teacher loves and teacher builds a household with that man?" ask Han Ben carefully.

 "Who..!" hua Li exclaimed who jumped down from the rock, her body shivering, her face red and she clenched her hands together, looking at Han Beng.

"Han Beng! What do you mean by that? Do you think I'm an unskilled spinster, that's how it is!" hua Li exclaimed furiously.

Of course every woman who is asked such a thing, surely her heart is more sensitive and immediately reacts

Han Beng saluted, his attitude remained calm, a sign that this seventeen-year-old teenager must have a strong mind, able to hold back feelings so that he was always calm, not influenced by feelings.

"Hope the teacher don't get me wrong. What the student has said, the student just does not want if the teacher tortures himself." replied Han Beng.

"I tortured myself? I'm not self-torturing, it's just that I haven't found a suitable man, who really loves me sincerely and in line with my goals!" it was clearly Hua Li who was staring at Han Beng sharply.

"Hope the teacher to be calm in order to think widely and deeply, teacher. The student sees how the teacher tortures himself with the teacher's solitude. If the teacher allows, can the student always accompany the teacher? Because during our five years together, my heart was turbulent! I love a teacher, but not a student's love for a teacher. But this is another, like...lover!" han Beng said very carefully he expressed his feelings.

Because he didn't want to hold that feeling for long. He already knew the risks but he kept revealing them, the sparkling heat and he did not want to part with his teacher .

The beautiful face that had been red was now turning pale with both of her eyes wide, but she was still furious.

"You ........ you! what do you mean you love me? Like a couple of lovers?" hua Li asked who assured her hearing.

"Yes, I love the teacher. Is it okay if I want to always be with the teacher?" asked Han Beng with another look.

The gaze of the youngster who was only a dozen years old, reminded Hua Li of the gaze of Liu Ceng, her long-lost lover.

Hua Li, who had been furious, immediately felt his body limp and he threw himself down on the rock, pensive with a pale face like a statue.

"Teacher, forgive student. It was not the intention of the student to be insolent and want to fight or refute the teacher, but rather because of my feelings of love for the teacher" Han Beng said while kneeling down and bowing his head.

"I don't know if it's a feeling of love or not. That's why, I'm still sending you to chief Kwe Ong! Maybe with this separation, it will cause a deep longing among us. And if later we match, surely we will be able to meet again" said Hua Li who stared at his disciple Han Beng.

Not long after he finished cleaning himself, Han Beng saw his teacher sitting cross-legged in the middle of the cabin room while closing his two eyes. Seeing this, he did not dare to disturb and he re-entered his room, to change his clothes as well as collect clothes and wrap them into a bundle.

He tied the bundle to his back, then he came out of the room. And his Master was still sitting cross-legged like that, both eyes closed. Han Beng still did not dare to disturb and he dropped to his knees in front of his teacher, waiting until the girl was aware of his disguise.

Over two hours Han Beng knelt down in front of his teacher, patiently waiting for his teacher to wake up from his bed.

At least he did not feel agitated or lost his temper. If the teacher was unconscious for even a day last night, he would still wait, because he had to take a break from his teacher before leaving the place.

His teacher has always loved him. In this world, he was the only human close to him. Therefore, how could he possibly leave this teacher without saying goodbye.

 "Han Beng...!"

Suddenly a voice came from his teacher.

Han Beng quickly raised his face and looked towards his teacher who had already opened his eyes and smiled at him. Han Beng observed his teacher's face and he felt like his heart had been pierced by being moved.

The face was imagining deep sorrow, yet the mouth smiled at him. He felt a sense of opposition within his teacher, and he thought that it must have arisen because of his actions that expressed his feelings.

"Han Beng, do you know that you are leaving later, I actually feel that my life has become meaningless empty, as if this cottage will become deserted" Hua Li said, looking at his student.

Han Beng was even more moved and he saluted while kneeling.

"Teacher, forgive the student for being presumptuous by loving the teacher like a lover" said the unkind Han Beng, but if that feeling is not revealed right now, he said, how could his teacher possibly know of his current feelings.

"It's okay Han Beng, if this isn't how I might know how you feel. It's just that you still have to study at the Beggar's college, to keep the teacher's promise to chairman Kwe Ong" Hua Li said.

"Good teacher, and take good care of the teacher. So that later we can meet again." said Han Beng who resigned his teacher's decision.

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