Young Master Liem
Chapter 1 Bad day

1930

Liem Wan Siang, the young master of the Liem family was furious when he got a report from A Seng, his trusted accomplice, that his fiancee, Sie Lan Yan, was having an affair. Even though they have carried out a proposal event, and three weeks later the plan will be held a massive wedding party. He went straight to Miss Sie's house to hit her fiance.

“Ampuni me .. I promise I won't repeat it again. Give me a chance, I still want to be your wife, Wan Siang.” Miss Sie pleaded at the feet of her fiance while sobbing.

“Nona Sie, like food, you are stale and infested with flies, how can I eat food like that?” said Wan Siang with a cold expression without looking at his fiancee.

“You rarely even look at me, do you really have no feelings for me?"

"Our engagement was due to an arranged marriage, as a child I just wanted to be filial to my parents. But I cannot allow betrayal and lies. Our marriage is officially off.”

Sie Lan Yan could do nothing but cry and regret her actions. He cheated because he felt ignored by his fiancee who was always busy working. Although the girl actually admired Liem Wan Siang. But the love that was like clapping one hand because of the abandonment still made the girl's heart sad and she took it out by cheating.

“I also need affection, and I don't get that from you. Even so, I really love you.”

“Do not say love in front of me, if your behavior proves otherwise.”

Under such circumstances, Wan Siang did not even show any signs of emotion. In her heart there was no love for Miss Sie. Were it not for his mother's wishes, perhaps he would still be living a free life without any engagement.

After the breakup of the engagement, Liem Wan Siang decided to live a free life without any bond with women. His parents could not do anything about Liem Wan Siang's decision either.

Wan Siang busied himself with his gambling house business. At the age of 25, he was already the king of gambling houses in Semarang. His wealth is so abundant. Many women willingly become her lovers, but all end up the same. If the woman had already questioned about the seriousness of the relationship, then Liem Wan Siang would have immediately shunned them and severed the relationship. Marriage is something young master Liem hates.

His closest person was a man whom he called Uncle A Seng. A Seng used to work with his father while still in the gambling house business. Now the father of Young Master Liem has stopped being a bookie and set up an import export company, with the main trade in sugar. Liem Wan Siang is not willing if the gambling house business is over because the money made as a bookie is very large and easy to get.

In addition to gambling, Wan Siang's habits are very worrying is his favorite drink. But Wan Siang was very hard to beat at the gambling table because of his incredible intelligence. In addition to his intellect is intelligent, he also has body flexibility, so it is very good in martial arts. If he is not drunk, he will definitely be at a boxing gym to practice or practice Chinese martial arts with a silat teacher.

Intelligence is often close to madness, so to speak, young master Liem describes it. It was really brilliant, but it also behaved strangely.

Recently he just beat someone at the gambling table in a landslide, half drunk anyway. All the property owned by his co-star has been lost, even his opponent is in debt, and the guarantee of the debt is his only daughter.

The debt is due and the person remains unable to pay, so inevitably he has to hand over his child to Wan Siang. Wan Siang who had often played tricks on women seemed easy to accept the guarantee of debt repayment.

The daughter of the person who owed it was very sad and nervous when her father delivered to the gambling house owned by Wan Siang. The girl was only sixteen years old, wearing a simple kebaya that looked rather shabby. Her hair is haired carelessly, with a face that although looks grim but can not hide the typical beauty of pure Java.

As the father was about to leave the girl alone, the girl sobbed.

“Bapak, do not go .. do not leave me to the owner of the gambling house.”

“No, you must follow your new master. Let you be looked after by him and not live hard with Mr.”

“It's okay we live hard, I'll work hard so we can live, sir.”

“But I have a debt I can't pay unless you go with him. Now you must follow your father's wish.”

“Don't worry, I will definitely keep it well,” Wan Siang said.

The girl cried again because she felt abandoned by her father. And now he feels no more than a bookie pet due to the behavior of his own father. She feels victimized but as a woman she has no power whatsoever.

Wan Siang himself was not without reason accepting the girl. In addition to the issue of accounts receivable, he had received advice from Uncle A Seng. A Seng said, it is said that if a Chinese man has a mistress of a Javanese woman, then he will become increasingly wealthy. This belief was widespread not only among the Chinese, but also among the Dutch masters. So that many Dutch masters who have Javanese women as a mistress.

“What's your name?” Wan Siang asked.

“My name is Parjiyem, Mr.”

“How old are you?”

“If not mistaken sixteen years, Mr.”

“Starting today you're coming with me. Don't cry anymore ya.”

The girl was still very innocent, so she did not dare to look directly at Wan Siang. He answered Wan Siang's question with his face to the floor. The Chinese man saw Parjiyem as a thin, dry little cat a sign of lack of food with poorly managed feathers.

Finally the girl was taken to Wan Siang's house. The house was too big to live alone. Upon entering the house, Parjiyem was fascinated with the interior, which was laid out similar to a royal pavilion in China. There are several calligraphic decorations of Chinese letters on the walls, as well as peranakan style table chairs made of teak wood.

The house was taken care of by five servants. When Parjiyem arrived, they thought the girl was the new maid.

“From now on he will stay here, take him to his room,” Wan Siang told one of the maids.

“Which room is Mister? Maid's room is full.”

“She is not here as a maid, place her in the room next to mine,” the man orders again.

Now the maid understood what her master meant, the girl was neither a maid nor the wife of her master, but was placed in a very nice room next to her master's room. It was clear that the man intended to make the Javanese girl his pet, and that was very natural among the wealthy Chinese.

Parjiyem's room had a bathroom in it, so he could clean himself up as soon as he got to that room. After that, he changed his clothes. The girl was shocked when the door of her room was suddenly opened by Wan Siang who was acting as the new owner over her.

“Didn't you have a nice shirt?” Ask Wan Siang.

“I only have a few clothes, I think this shirt is good, Sir,” replied Parjiyem with his face down.

“Why keep your head down, what's on the floor? Try, from now on, if you talk to me, look at me, don't look at the floor.”

In order to obey the order, then Parjiyem see what the face of Wan Siang. The Chinese man was very handsome, his skin was white with reddish lips. Her hair was well-groomed and looked soft. His appearance was so dazzling in the eyes of Parjiyem who felt himself a lowly person.

In Wan Siang's eyes, the girl still looked like the little cat she had just found from the cardboard by the roadside. But the cat also keeps his conscience piqued and draws his sympathy as a fellow living being. From that day on, he decided to maintain his findings well.