Young Master Liem
Chapter 4 Three brothers

Si Manis pleaded with Wan Siang because he was embarrassed when his presence in Wan Siang's room was known by Wan Siang's two sisters. After the girl left, Wan Siang tried to show an expression as if nothing had happened before.

“Koh Wan Siang, who is that girl, why is she here?” siaw Cing asked curiously.

“Oh, he is here as a debt payment of his father who lost gambling,” replied Wan Siang .

“Pity once he...money debt paid with human, I just knew such a thing.”.

“That's how life is, sometimes we don't know what will lose and get what.”

“But Koh Wan Siang can not accept his daughter and give a debt repayment deadline?”

“Siaw Cing, in the business world, due is due, if I can not pay off the debt after maturity, then I am entitled to the guarantee of the debt,” Wan Siang said trying to explain.

“Usaha is indeed a business, but there is such a thing as humanity,” Siaw Cing does not want to lose.

“I've decided to accept the girl, and I'm giving her a decent life here. Let's just say I helped the girl. Said their father's life was hard.”

The soft-hearted Siaw Cing finally gave in to the brother-to-brother's argument, after Wan Siang said as if his actions were an attempt to help people.

Despite seeing Sweet for the first time, Siaw Cing already felt sympathy for the poor Sweet's life. He thought, what if he is in the position of the girl? Of course, it is very unpleasant to have to live in the house of an unknown person, just because it is used as a guarantee of debt. Life in this mortal world is sometimes hard like that for the little people.

When he saw the Sweet One who had taken a bath and changed clothes with the new kebaya that Wan Siang bought, Siaw Cing threw a smile at the Javanese girl. Sweet also smiled faintly at the Chinese girl.

The Sweet noticed Siaw Cing, she was wearing a blue cheongsam with her hair braided in two, so beautiful. Moreover Siaw Cing had dimples on both of his cheeks, which appeared every time he smiled.

“What's your name?” ask Siaw Cing.

“My name is Parjiyem, but lately it is often called The Sweet.”

“My name is Siaw Cing, younger brother of Koh Wan Siang. I've heard about you from my brother, I hope you can be patient with my brother. His behavior is a bit strange, but my brother is a good person, trust me.”

“iya, Non. Miss very good.”

In the heart of the Sweet One, how different the nature of the two brothers. The brother who likes to drink it turns out to have a sister who is very sweet and kind. But Sweet is still very difficult to accept the expression of Siaw Cing who said that his brother was good.

Sun Kwan noticed the Sweet One from a distance, hearing the story of the Sweet One from Wan Siang made the young man feel sympathy as well. There are similarities between himself and the Sweet One, which is forced to live with others because of the turn of the wheel of fate. If his mother does not die in childbirth, of course he can live and be cared for by his own mother. As a stepmother, Madam Liem did not really love her and it made the woman look like everyone else in Sun Kwan's eyes.

When he noticed the sweet who was neat and wore a red kebaya selected by Wan Siang, somehow the girl looked like a rose that was blooming in Sun Kwan's eyes. Sweet is very different from the Chinese girl he sees more often. The Javanese girl had mature skin, but gave a curious foreign impression. His body was indeed thin, but because of the kebaya he wore, the curvature of his slim body looked charming.

Liem Sun Kwan, Wan Siang's half-sister, did not want to turn his eyes away from the Sweet One. The name is indeed right pinned for the Javanese girl. Sun Kwan knew the girl's name after being told Siaw Cing.

Sun Kwan is a melancholic and gentle man. You could say, he was similar to Siaw Cing. Siaw Cing's face bears a resemblance to his father, as does Sun Kwan. People won't know that they're actually half-brothers. Wan Siang was more like his mother. Madam Liem was a beautiful woman, but unfortunately her nature was not as beautiful as her face. The beauty of the woman declined to Wan Siang, so Wan Siang grew up as a very handsome young man, but also arguably beautiful like his mother. If the nature of Wan Siang as sweet as Sun Kwan, of course he can be called as a perfect youth immeasurable.

But what often happens, the more handsome a person is, the more he can do as he pleases, especially if he is rich. No matter how stupid Wan Siang's behavior, women will still be crazy about him. The world is so, if a man is very good, he will not be glimpsed by women easily if his face is ugly. Unless the man tries desperately to win the girl's heart with his kindness or with his wealth, then the woman can look to him.

The most difficult to meet is the fusion of a man who has good looks, wealth, and kindness at once.

Sun Kwan himself is arguably handsome and also kind-hearted, but he has no interest in doing business. He preferred the art of painting and calligraphy. With that fondness, both Mr and Mrs Liem never thought of making Sun Kwan as the successor to their business. Sun Kwan also likes to read classical Chinese literature which makes him able to think more wisely than Wan Siang. The impression of a subtle and learned man was very attached to Sun Kwan.

When Sun Kwan saw the Sweet One, he saw it with all the art he had. The Javanese woman whose real name was Parjiyem was so beautiful in her eyes. Suddenly he wanted to make the Sweet as the object of his painting.

After Siaw Cing and Sun Kwan went to the temple. Wan Siang invites to talk about the Sweet One in an effort to straighten out the incident last night. They sat in peranakan-style chairs in the living room. At first Wan Siang noticed the appearance of the Sweet in her new red kebaya which made the girl look much better than the first time she came to the house.

“If I am drunk, I am not conscious. So if if if I tell you this or that, it's because I'm not aware, do you understand?” Wan Siang explained.

“And if I call you Sweet, it's not because you're sweet either. I think Sweet is easier to call than your real name.”

“I never felt sweet. Because of that kind-hearted uncle, I can be called sweet.”

Wan Siang chuckled at the confession of the Sweet One, that Uncle A Seng was considered as a kind uncle.

“Uncle A Seng is so, consider all women sweet or beautiful. It doesn't matter to her whether the woman is a virgin or a widow.”

“But uncle was friendly and kind to me,” replied Sweet.

“I've bought you new clothes and invited you to eat at the best noodle shop, but you never called me good. While the sweet-mouthed Uncle A Seng, you have praised as high as the sky.”

“Master bought me a shirt because my shirt was ugly, maybe because I didn't want to see me in that ugly shirt, then Master bought me a new shirt.”

“What can't be calculated kindness?”

“If you buy me that shirt, without mentioning the ugliness of my clothes, maybe it could be considered a kindness.”

“So you're offended because I said your shirt is ugly?”

“That shirt my parents gave me, even if it was ugly, but it meant a lot to me.”

Wan Siang just realized, if the Javanese girl turned out to be offended. He was thinking of making it just a talisman of wealth that he put in his house. But the human talisman turned out his business was not as simple as he thought.

The girl could feel sad and offended. If Wan Siang was unable to treat her well, there was a chance that one day the girl would run away. Therefore, Wan Siang tried to soften his attitude.

“Forget my talk, I do like the origin of talking. Now you have new clothes, this way you look much better.”

Little by little the sense of offence in the heart of the Sweet One was also reduced, not because he could fully accept Wan Siang's treatment, but keeping the lingering heartache in the chest was indeed unpleasant.

“I hope you don't get drunk at home often, I'm afraid. If Master does something that Master does not realize, I am very afraid.”

“What did I do to you last night?”

“First Mr. banged on my room, then pulled me into Mr.'s room. You asked to be kneaded to sleep, it was because you said my massage was good, then you slept hugging my thighs and legs. Since I can't move, I was forced to be in Master's room until morning.”

“Did I really say that your massage is good, with my own mouth?”

“Iya, Sir. What am I lying to?”

Hearing the confession of the Sweet One, once again the white face of Wan Siang met with red. Her cold carry towards Sweet was shattered already upon hearing the girl's confession. It turns out that in a drunken state he can act strangely, so that the girl feels victimized.

But it also makes Wan Siang can judge the personality of the Sweet. The girl does not consider herself a special young man, but like a pest to disrupt her life. Wan Siang's good looks had charmed the Chinese girls and wanted to be his wife. But the skinny Javanese girl was actually disturbed if she was close to him.

The girl was indeed different, even though she looked fragile from the outside, but kept something mysterious inside her. Obviously Wan Siang now could not look at him with one eye. Now there was a woman who felt uninterested in him, and that was something new for Wan Siang.

Liem Sun Kwan's

Liem Siaw Cing's