Young Master Liem
Chapter 24 Wan Siang and Sun Kwan

Fortunately, the pain of Sweet is not long. By the time Wan Siang came home, the Sweet One was able to act as usual. But when he saw the Sweet One, Wan Siang felt that something was wrong. The girl seemed to keep something, because her face showed a worried look.

“What's so sweet, it looks like you're thinking a lot?” Wan Siang began to understand the feeling of the Sweet One.

“Anu...e..maybe because I just recovered. Yesterday I had a Koh.” illness

Replace Wan Siang whose face was filled with worry.

“What pain?”

“Demam Koh, dizzy until you can't get up.”

“So who takes care of you, when you are sick?”

Wan Siang's suspicions increased when Si Manis did not immediately reply. The girl was so innocent, that it was impossible to hide anything from the intelligent Wan Siang.

“You just tell me the truth,” said Wan Siang.

“But Engkoh don't get mad ya...”

“If you are honest, it is better.”

“Yang took care of me.... Sun Kwan.”

Wan Siang's face suddenly froze, imagined by how Sun Kwan approached Sweet when he was not at home.

“Truly cunning him..” Wan Siang said softly, barely audible to the Sweet One.

“Engkoh don't get mad at Sun Kwan yes, he just means well,” said the Sweet, his face again worried.

“Did he know that I was only at home Saturday and Sunday?”

“Tahu Koh, actually we accidentally met at the clothing store, he kept me told that Engkoh now has a business in Kudus, home Saturday and Sunday.”

“I know Sweet, I get it. What matters is that you are now healthy.”

Wan Siang then gathered all his aides. The Sweetie was afraid that the young man was furious. His servants were even more frightened.

“When Miss Sweet hurts, where are you all?” ask Wan Siang. He held his voice so that his tone would not rise.

“Di..di...house, Mr,” the helpers said in unison.

“Why doesn't anyone take care of it, until my sister has to intervene alone?”

“We think Miss wants to wake up in the afternoon, so...” replied the head maid in the house.

“Did he ever wake up during the day?”

“No Sir, usually Miss always wake up early.”

“If anything is unusual, why don't you guys check?”

“Forcuse us Sir, we are wrong.” The servants apologized in unison, they all lowered their faces.

“If I'm not home, you must take care of Miss. And if my brother Sun Kwan comes alone to see him, it's not allowed. Understand?”

“Understanding Mr.” Back the servants answered simultaneously like a choir.

The Sweet saw Wan Siang with a serious face reprimanding his aides. The man was actually angry, but he was now good at controlling himself.

What the Sweet One did not know was what Wan Siang was thinking. The man was intending to meet his half-brother and give a warning.

“I want to go for a while,” Wan Siang.

“Where is Koh?”

“To friend's house.”

Wan Siang was deliberately not telling the truth, so that Sweet could not prevent him from seeing Sun Kwan.

Actually Wan Siang has very rarely come home, if he returns home there must be something very important. At that time Mr and Mrs Liem were not at home for attending the wedding of the son of one of their friends. But Sun Kwan and Siaw Cing were at home.

Siaw Cing was very surprised when he saw Wan Siang with a cold face coming to the house, he did not even smile when he saw Siaw Cing. The girl felt that something big was going to happen.

“A Cing, where is Sun Kwan?” asked Wan Siang to Siaw Cing.

“A..what is this Koh?” Siaw Cing asked back.

“I just want to tell him something, let him add pinter.”

Siaw Cing's mind is getting worse. He stared at his eldest brother. First, the appearance of WanSiang changed. Wan Siang wore a suit, shirt, and trousers, like a European. Second, clearly Wan Siang's face showed dislike for something.

At that moment Sun Kwan appeared. When he saw Wan Siang, the look on Sun Kwan's face also changed. It was as if the two men were in the boxing ring, preparing for a fistfight.

“You must know why I came,” Wan Siang told Sun Kwan.

“I know, I also have no intention of running Koh,” Sun Kwan replied to his brother with all the courage that Wan Siang himself had never seen.

“Now I want to ask you, Sun Kwan. What do you mean you came alone to my house to meet the Sweet One, without talking to A Cing?”

“I really want to meet him personally.”

“Let you get close to him, hold him tight he is in a weak position huh?”

“He's sick again Koh. What according to Engkoh, men in Kudus can take care of women who are sick in Semarang?”

“Why not ask my maid for help? The maid in my house is five, five!” Wan Siang's emotions began to be provoked by Sun Kwan's words.

Siaw Cing knew, Wan Siang would definitely think the same as him. But even though seeing Wan Siang was already emotional, Siaw Cing was still silent while waiting.

“Si Sweet is my future wife, so you don't dare to meet her alone again.”

“Calon wife, will Mama agree Koh? The mother repeatedly had plans to match Engkoh with the daughter of a famous person. Can Engkoh marry the Sweet?”

“Mama always has a plan, but the way of my life, I decided.”

“If Engkoh's decision caused Engkoh to lose his family, would Engkoh be able to?”

Sun Kwan knew exactly the way his mother thought, Madam Liem's harsh nature would not allow her proud firstborn to marry an ordinary girl. That would definitely lower his prestige.

“I know what you need is actually not the Sweet, but affection,”, said Wan Siang.

“But I love The Sweet Koh.”

“How do you love a person whose love has been given to another man?”

“Did the Sweet One say that he loves Engkoh?”

“Yes, and I'm now fighting for him. So that I can be strong enough to give him a decent life in Kudus,” Wan Siang said.

Sun Kwan suddenly felt very sad, because he heard Wan Siang's plan to bring the Sweet to Kudus.

“If I was still Liem Wan the other day, I would have beaten you up if I dared to touch my woman. But that's what made me love that girl, she gave me affection. I could be a better human being. You should also find a woman who loves you sincerely, who gives you genuine affection. Only then can you live happily.” Wan Siang said kindly to Sun Kwan.

That was completely beyond Siaw Cing's estimation. Wan Siang who used to be sure to hit Sun Kwan. But his elder brother seems to have changed, ever since he found love and understood what love really means. Love makes people feel more.

Hearing Wan Siang's soft and soulful words, made Sun Kwan's heart melt. His eyes glazed over, for sadness and pain. He was sad because his love ran aground, as well as moved because his stepbrother spoke from heart to heart.

Sun Kwan finally understood why Liem Wan Siang was unwilling to let go of Sweet. Because Wan Siang had found his true happiness. Sun Kwan envies his older brother who has been happy for love. He wants to feel the same way, be loved and happy in the end.

“Sun Kwan, even though you are my half-sister, even if we have been forced to compete from childhood, but I am still your brother. When you were a baby and brought to this house, I was so happy. Since then I have felt affection towards you.”

Sun Kwan tries to remember everything that happened when he was a child with Wan Siang. When he was scolded by his stepmother, Wan Siang came and comforted him.

“Mama is so, be angry. You don't cry anymore, yes, I am also often scolded by Mama, later you are also used to it. Now let's play again.”

Then Sun Kwan could smile again, because he felt that there were people who felt as fortunate as he could. That person was Wan Siang.

Suddenly Sun Kwan could not stem his tears. He cried, remembering his stupidity the other day. The thirst for affection that he never got in life drove him to do stupid things.

Seeing Sun Kwan crying, Wan Siang's heart was broken. He hugged his half-sister lovingly.

“I love you, Sun Kwan,” Wan Siang said as he patted Sun Kwan on the back.

Sun Kwan was even more moved, in that embrace, he could feel the sincere affection of his half-brother.

Seeing that scene, Siaw Cing so joined in crying. He finally approached and hugged his two brothers.

“Huwaaa. Koh Wan Siang, Koh Sun Kwan, I love you too,” said Siaw Cing.

“I'm sorry Koh Wan Siang, I'm sorry.” Sun Kwan was truly sorry and realized his folly.

After that incident, Sun Kwan no longer painted the figure of the Sweet One. He kept all the paintings of the Sweet One he had ever made in the box, as if he wanted to bury them in the box. Now he sees Sweet as his sister-in-law's candidate. Respecting the girl as he respected Wan Siang. That's how it should be.

Sun Kwan has given up his hope and love for Sweet. But in exchange, he got the affection he had always hoped for, the affection of his brothers. After all, family was something very precious to Sun Kwan.

***

Wan Siang returned home with a different feeling, he set off in anger, but came home with a happy heart. She smiled and the Sweetie was happy to see her future husband look happy.

“Have met his friend Koh?”

“Already.”

“Old friend huh Koh? Long time no see definitely much talked about.”

“Yes, old friend who suddenly came home. I'm glad he's back.”

“I am also happy if Engkoh happy.”

Wan Siang now realized, what Sweet meant to him. The girl is not just a talisman, but also a source of happiness and affection in her life. Like a lamp that illuminates his previously dark and dense life. The lamp made him see the beautiful things in this world.