The Heart of Vania
Challenging you!

"Ray, she's your sister-in-law."

Although it was short, I interpreted it as a defense for me and I was happy to hear it, aihh ....

"True, he survived because of my wife's beloved sister. If I hadn't choked his neck."

Spontaneous palpation of my neck shaft, assuring I can still breathe a sigh of relief, "Damn! I was intimidated by him. This is not true! Then I have to show you that I'm not afraid."

"Sister-in-law could have fooled Brother Litha, Uncle and Aunt, but could not deceive me," I said, gathering courage again, but the courage evaporated as the two men in front of me squinted. I held out and developed my nerve again, "I don't trust you. Still imprinted in memory, how the pain of my brother was ignored in a fragile state. Lucky he was able to maintain his sanity, otherwise I would have two sisters who were crazy for the actions of depraved men."

Brother-in-law's facial features changed, from those that showed anger to slowly subsiding and showing a trace of regret. Yup! I managed to turn things around, it's momentum for me.

"Then what do you want?" he said flat but firm, his tone reflecting his uncompromising nature.

"I want to challenge Brother-in-law sparing with me. I want to see how much Brother-in-law really loves my brother."

"Sparing?" The sound of silence was heard from both of them as I heard my challenge.

"Yes, I want to spar taekwondo with you. Is Brother-in-law afraid?"

"Well! Whaaat! L scared? You don't start provoking me, Little Wasp." His tone rose again, Assistant Yan's hand touching his shoulder.

"I didn't provoke Brother-in-law. Don't look at me as a little girl. I'm a black belt ready to beat you up"

"It's so arrogant with your taekwondom black belt! You're still no match for me."

"I'm just offsetting your arrogance Brother-in-law. If Brother-in-law is unwilling, I consider Brother-in-law's apology to Brother Litha to be insincere."

His eyes stared intently at me, making the air around me cold. I knew he was looking at me carefully.

"Yan, find Dojang for sparing tomorrow afternoon. I want to see if this kid's ability is as big as his mouth" he said, then he turned around and left me without letting me return his words.

"Gee!"

"Miss Vania, I will contact you about the challenge" Assistant Yan said politely, his voice able to lower my emotional level and make my heart beat back and forth.

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It wasn't without reason that I challenged him to a sparring, using my martial skills as a warning that if he tried to harm my brother, he would have to face other than Uncle and Aunt.

"You have the guts to challenge me too. Do you know I'm a taekwondo and karate black belt holder" my brother-in-law said as she watched me put on horses of equal standing.

"Don't have to say much Brother-in-law, let's just prove it. I don't hesitate to really beat you up."

"Cih, I also do not hesitate to throw my kick even though you are my wife's favorite sister," he replied not to lose.

We were accompanied by Assistant Yan who was sitting cross-legged in one corner of the room. Seemed exhausted from him leaning on the wall.

I aggressively gave Sister-in-law a punch, a stab and a kick. He still deliberately only fended off, but once my Dollyo Chagi kick hit his stomach when he was careless to underestimate the opponent, my brother's husband inevitably had to serve this Wasp who tried to sting him.

Even though I myself felt that Brother-in-law was not a balanced opponent, I still targeted her stomach and her head to be the target of my kick. Several times he fell down, but he quickly put the horses back on again.

"Give up," said Brother-in-law panting after dropping my body for the most number of times. "Your opponent is out of balance, even if you keep trying, you still won't win against me" he continued, still gasping for breath.

Finally, I sat on the floor and removed the head protection, sweat flooding my head and neck. Sister-in-law did the same, then Assistant Yan approached us giving her a towel and drinking water.

"Sister-in-law, do you really love my sister?" ask suddenly.

The two men were shocked to hear it, as if understanding the situation and the condiries created by Assistant Yan distanced himself to give a space of privacy for his sister-in-law who would speak seriously.

Brother-in-law downed her drinking water and placed the bottle on the floor, "Why do you doubt me?"

"I just want Litha's sister not to get hurt anymore."

"I was guilty of hurting him, but I guarantee it won't happen again, neither from me nor from anyone else."

"Son Litha doesn't know that I can defend."

My eyes glared forward, a barrage of memories from three years ago flashed in my mind. Even though I didn't see, I felt that Brother-in-law was watching me closely.

"I have been vulnerable to pain, two months and three times I went to the doctor and it lasted until graduating from Elementary School. That is why Brother Litha does not agree that I learned martial arts, he is afraid that I am injured in training because I think that my body is still weak as before. I obey him because he loves me so much, even willing to sacrifice his savings to add to the boarding school for me, then he works anything to finance my school that is not cheap."

My eyes began to glaze over as Kak Litha's struggles ranged from persuading me to go to boarding school to becoming a guardian who had to lower her ego and self-esteem. Struggling among his obligations regardless of the rights he should have received.

"But I was thinking, there were no protectors in our family after Dad died. What if we get hurt? Not because we want to win, but at least we can still fight even if we lose. We are nobody and have nothing. Where Mother's family, we don't know at all, Mother is like an orphan with no family. Then Dad's family often underestimated Dad, saying why send his three daughters to have no treasure because later we will also end up in the kitchen."

I took a breath, let out the tightness that had been held by myself, it was very uncomfortable.

"It can be said that in the dormitory I only slept for a few hours. I continued to learn to be superior to my friends, my target got a scholarship so as not to trouble Litha about the cost, and unbeknownst to her I also began to study taekwondo. Within two years I was able to hold a black belt with satisfactory grades. My only goal is to protect my family, I feel like their tears were spent yesterday during the tragedy of Kak Tisha and the death of my father. I don't want to see especially Brother Litha, crying anymore."

Tesss.

My tears finally fell from my right eye. "At first I thought Litha was crying for Mom, but I felt something strange, it was true, she was going to be dumped by her husband in a pregnant condition. His determination to raise his son alone made me even more hurt. My good brother, why should he have bad luck? as far as I know, he never hurt anyone."

Jebol was my defense, now the airmatan alternately came down from my eyes, crying sobbing without a sound. It was unexpected that Brother-in-law approached me and hugged me.

"Your sister is the nicest woman I've met in my life, how could I have thrown her away?"

My cry grew, Sister-in-law took off her embrace and wiped my tears.

"Who said I wanted to divorce her? Let alone having my son in the womb, I'm not that crazy."

"Then why didn't Brother-in-law come when Mom was buried?" my pedicabs.

"Hhhhh .... In the household there must be a difference of understanding. I admit I was wrong, I made your brother cry. But for now and then, I'll make sure he just smiles happily. You don't have to worry either, just focus on your education. Moreover, your name is already included in the exclusive scholarship recipient."

Cling.

My eyes glared sharply, "Where does Brother-in-law know my name is on the list of exclusive scholarship recipients?"

Sister-in-law chuckled loudly, "Huahahaha ... Litha, your sister is exactly the same as you ... Exclusive scholarship, right, special program Pradipta Asa Foundation, the same name as my last name right?"

"Did Brother-in-law deliberately put my name in? Means I entered in a bad way, that's nepotism!" my protest doesn't like it.

I did not realize and could not imagine if at school it was known that I was the sister-in-law of the owner of Pradipta Corp. who sheltered the foundation mentioned earlier. But Brother-in-law was still laughing, he felt funny to me.

After stopping his laughter Brother-in-law said, "It was like that at first, but after I looked at your overall grade, you were quite decent and your score on the scholarship acceptance exam was also high. So there's no reason to reject you as a scholarship candidate."

"But if my friends and teachers knew it would be negative."

"Yes, don't tell me. Even if they know, they care! Just focus on your studies, show that you deserve it."

Brother-in-law stood up, extending his hand to help me stand up.

"Don't tell Litha, yes, if I can stand up."

"Why? Isn't it good?"

"I don't want to be cheated on. It's noisier than me. If Brother-in-law calls me a Wasp, Brother Litha is the queen of wasps. Brother-in-law must have never cheated on him, so he did not know how noisy he was."

"Well! What's?"

It was my turn to laugh. I don't know why I felt comfortable with him after talking to him just now. The feeling of having someone who would protect us, which I craved from the figure of a brother.

"Sister, promise me Brother-in-law won't hurt Brother Litha. If Brother-in-law doesn't want it, give it back to us in a good way, at least it's more human" I said as seriously as Father who protects the dignity of his daughter.

"Heh. Why do you think no. Litha just forgave me was already a priceless gift. Take it easy, your brother-in-law promises to make your brother happy."

Brother-in-law gently rubbed my shoulders, trying to eliminate all the worries that came to my head.

"Tomorrow Litha's sister can go home?"

He's nodding.

"Where are you going to live?" ask again.

"In the house that Assistant Yan had prepared. If you, Uncle and Aunt want to stay please, the room in the house is quite a lot."

"Ah, no. We stay in our house only, we will often come to visit Brother Litha," I refused.

"Before I go home, I want to go to your mother's grave, apologize."

"People are dead and I'm sorry, who answers?" chirknku. "If you want to go to Mom's grave, look at the tomb next to her."

Brother-in-law's face was confused by I mean, "That's Dad's grave. Brother-in-law has never been so and right Dad since marrying Kak Litha, even though it is only a headstone?"

Brother-in-law nodded and smiled, "Definitely."

We walked out of Dojang followed by Assistant Yan. No more doubts, worries and heartache. All crashing without waste, giving birth to a new hope for a happier tomorrow.

"I hope she's not just a sister-in-law but my older brother." I muttered with a smile.

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Dollyo Chagi is one of the techniques of taekwondo kicks twisted to the side

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Hi dear Readers ... long time ago Author wanted to say hello 👋

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Hopefully always healthy and in a happy state, Author wants to apologize for some things.

First, the time of the update is unclear. The author apologized for the real-life rush to serve the community and families. However, Author will always try to maintain the overall quality of the writing as well as Author can do.

Second, the Author apologizes if it feels the plot is slow and there are many repetitions just like in the previous novel. This is because the Author does so that there is no confusion of flow for the Reader who does not/has not read the Will of the Young Master. It tells the story of the main character's life from adolescence to adulthood, spanning school, family and romance. Narrated through the first-person perspective in the hope that the Reader can enter into the main character with various feelings experienced, with the hope that the reader can enter the main character, so even though there is a repetition of the Author still adds the intensity of the main character. Maybe for Reader who has read the Will Wife Young Master already knows the storyline to a certain stage and feels boredom. So, Author apologizes and please understand 🙏 can be skipped until the first kiss main character 😁 just continued again.

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