TRAPPED IN THE NOVEL WORLD
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After calling, Mr. Han immediately approached his wife. Mr. Han hurried past Zero who was eating noodles.

"My wife, there's important information, get up!" call Mr. Han.

Bu Han who was asleep from the glut, immediately gasped. After a few minutes of sleep, her husband told her to get up.

"Listen to me now," said Mr. Han shrinking his voice.

"What do you want to say? Hurry up, don't make me curious" said Ms. Han impatiently.

"The boy was a rich kid and came from a noble family," said Pak Han smilingly showing a row of his teeth.

"What?!"

"Yes, Sembo told him that." Again, Mr. Han explained.

The two married couples suddenly quietly look at each other, arising in the minds of both of them what will be beneficial for them later.

"Looks like we're gonna make a lot of money. Just leave him here, we'll get four million dollars a day until the kid gets picked up" Mr. Han said.

Bu Han looked out from inside the room door, seeing Zero as he ate instant noodles. If you look closely, Zero's aura looks different. Although the little boy was thin and frail, the water on his face showed that the child was no ordinary child.

"I'll take an egg for Zero to be full. The child's kasian must still be hungry," said Mr. Han walking towards the closet, where he kept a few eggs.

Ms. Han was aghast, she just found out that her husband had been hiding eggs in the closet all this time. "So you've been hiding food in the closet all this time, huh? Don't you also hide money from me!" snarled Bu Han.

"No, wife. Money from where? This egg I deliberately save if later our child visits the house. I won't eat it myself. If you want you can eat one," replied Mr. Han while handing him an egg.

For their families, eggs are a luxury food. The Han family was very poor in that village. They make money by collecting old garbage and then exchanging it to the collectors. It's rainy season and it's so cold, both of them can't work. Their biological children were forced to leave them to other relatives.

Pak Han felt Zero was a money tree. According to him, what's wrong with giving an egg to the child. Mr. Han was afraid that Zero would get sick, if that happened they would not get much money.

"Eat this egg, you must be very hungry" said Mr. Han put an egg in Zero's bowl.

"Thank you, Uncle," Zero replied.

***

In the morning at the Han family home. After dinner last night, Zero felt full so his sleep was very good. This morning, the weather was very cold, making him still want to continue wrestling under the covers.

Unfortunately, several knocking of the door made Zero wake up. He who sleeps near the living room, inevitably must be well and immediately open the door.

"Who?" ask Zero after the door opens.

"Introduction to money" replied the person from outside.

Zero wrapped her body in a blanket and walked towards Pak Han's room.

"Uncle, there are people looking for you" Zero shouted.

"He said money deliveryman, Auntie," replied Zero who was still standing at the door.

Hearing Zero say that coming was the money deliveryman, Bu Han was immediately aghast. She immediately got out of bed and shook her husband's shoulders to get up. The shadow of money that would fill her wallet in Bu Han's brain.

"Why sleep like a buffalo. Quickly get up, there's a money deliveryman up ahead," said Bu Han, "quickly before he turned around."

Not long both of them wake up and rush to the money deliveryman. The face of Bu Han who woke up langung looked radiant, the smile on his face immediately expanded continuously looking towards the bag that the money deliveryman was carrying, not blinking.

"Missy, there's a deposit of four million from Mr. Sembo. He said, You can use it for family and Zero needs. In a moment, Mrs Sembo will pick her up," said the deliveryman, handing her a brown envelope filled with money.

"Thank you, if this is how he can leave the child forever," replied Bu Han.

The money guy just nodded. After handing over the money, he left.

The couple then rushed into the room. They passed Zero who just came out of the bathroom.

Ms. Han did not turn her head, she rushed into the room and counted sheet by sheet. While Mr. Han was sitting next to him.

"I will use this money to buy our necessities of life during the winter, after which will pick up our son. Let the boy here, after all he is very independent and reliable for cooking," Bu Han said excitedly.

"Yes, but don't forget to give the child proper food. Don't let him get sick" Mr. Han proposed.

"Just shut up! I'll arrange this money" said Bu Han putting some money in his pocket. After this, he will go shopping.

While in front of Bu Han's room, Zero listened to the chatter of the two. Zero was sitting limp, he felt very sad and thought he had been sold again.

The little boy picked up the blanket and then covered it again. Zero imagined that there would be foster parents who really loved him, and hugged himself when he was cold.

... ***...

In a luxurious room, a new man woke up from his sleep shouting.

"Zoroooo!!"

Yes, that man is Alvin. Alvin woke up with a big breath. He just had a nightmare. Alvin blames the room lights and then looks at the clock on the wall.

"It turns out everything was just a dream," said Alvin exhaling roughly his breath.

It's four in the morning. Alvin's consciousness is now starting to improve. Alvin realized he was dreaming. It was a very bad dream and made her really scared.

"Zero, where are you?"

In the dream he saw Zero being cold, curled up under the rain. No one cared about it, even when he saw someone beating him. Despite the dream, he was sure his son was not okay.

Alvin takes photos and Zero's clothes that he took from Sembo's house. He looked at Zero's self-portrait and compared it to a photo of him when he was five years old.

"Everything is the same, just the clothes and the shape of the body are different. My son is very handsome, I'm sure he's also very strong. Wait for me, today I'll be looking for you again, Zero." Alvin looked at the photo of Zero while shedding tears.