Humiliated Construction Workers
The latest message from Keanu contains almost the same sentence as the previous one. Yes, the sentence of invitation told him to go home to repair the relationship between Sunny and his brother and Sunny's responsibilities to their family.
His eyes repeatedly looked at the cellphone screen and also at the debt demand letter he was holding in each hand. Apart from that, his thoughts were also conflicted, whether he wanted to accept the invitation to go home and pay Qira's debt or remain like this because even when he came home, his brother couldn't forgive him.
The passing seconds led Sunny to a thoughtful answer. He opened his cell phone again to tap the phone icon and called Keanu.
[Hello, you finally contacted me,]
The man's enthusiastic voice made Sunny smile faintly.
"Keanu, I need your help. I need three hundred million rupiah in two days. Can you send me the money?"
[Why is your question so ridiculous? Go home and you will get everything. Or meet me at Garendra Mall, I'll be there soon to visit the Avo Group boutique. How about I just pick you up?]
"Don't pick me up, it will look strange when people see. I'll just go there myself. See you there,"
[Okay, I'll wait!]
Keanu's answer ended their conversation and Sunny immediately rushed to Garendra Mall to ask Keanu for help.
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"Five hundred thousand rupiah? You bastard!" Sunny cursed in annoyance as he opened the contents of the envelope in his hand. The six days' salary that he should have received was one million two hundred rupiah. Now only five pink banknotes remain.
He really wanted to get angry and go back to punch that damn fat guy in the face, but unfortunately Sunny immediately left after being kicked out by Risdo without opening the contents of the previous envelope, and now he was in front of the Garendra Group mall.
Sunny, wearing typical construction worker clothes, stained with soil and hardened cement and jeans that were torn at the knees, became the focus of the mall visitors there. But it wasn't much because the strange glances were more fleeting.
"Keanu, I'm already at Garendra Mall. Where are you?"
[I am in-]
Sunny and Keanu's conversation is interrupted. He saw that his old cell phone had gone off.
"Damn! Why are you running out of power at a time like this?" Sunny cursed in annoyance. He put the small cell phone back into his pocket, "I'm already here so okay, let's just go in and look inside!"
Sunny entered the mall, but after only taking a few steps, she was confronted by officers in mall security uniforms.
"Sorry, what do you need here?" the security officer asked politely even though his gaze scanned Sunny from top to bottom.
"Hmm, I want to go to the Avo Fashion boutique to meet someone," Sunny answered calmly.
"I'm sorry, but you can't go in more than this,"
"Why?" Sunny frowned.
"Your appearance will attract attention. Did you not see a big board outside the entrance saying that beggars are not allowed to enter the mall area? I don't want to insult you, but the rules here are like that. Please come out calmly,"
The security officer invited Sunny to walk out. Even though his instructions were still considered polite, of course, Sunny was offended.
"I want to meet the CEO of Garendra Group at Avo Boutique. Don't waste my time, sir!" Sunny started to explain.
"I'm sorry, but you're not allowed in any more than this. Please cooperate with me, man!" Security also doesn't want to budge.
"What is this, Mr Security? You can't guard against beggars barging into the mall, can you? The CEO will be here soon. You're going to be in trouble!" A woman wearing a work uniform with the name and symbol of 'Avo Group' embroidered on the front of her clothes wanted to know what was happening in front of the mall entrance.
"Ah, Miss, what a coincidence. This man wants to meet the CEO of Garendra. He said he wanted to go to Avo Fashion, but I told him not to, Miss," Security explained without letting go of Sunny's hand.
"Meeting the CEO? At our Avo? You're kidding, huh? What do you do with your words? Maybe you are not only a beggar but also a madman. How can you say impossible things like that here!" the woman taunted Sunny. Her gaze was also disgusted when she looked at Sunny.
"What is wrong with me and my coming here? I'm not bothering anyone here, Miss. I don't recognize you either, but because you are wearing clothes with the Avo symbol, please take me to Avo Fashion, the CEO is waiting for me there. Can I ask you nicely?" Sunny still spoke like a normal person, even though he was holding back his anger.
"You still ask? Look at your appearance. You're dirty and of course, you will dirty this mall and our boutique if we let you in!" the saleswoman sneered at Sunny.
"Gosh... poor people have no shame. It's a shame that God gave him a handsome face but he doesn't have anything," she continued grumbling under her breath, but Sunny heard that.
Sunny's sharp gaze made the saleswoman a little scared, but indirectly she had to prevent people like Sunny from entering, especially the boutique where she worked. So she dared to answer Sunny again.
"Can't you hear my words? You're dirty, you'll dirty our boutique and our clothes. Besides, why would the great CEO of Garendra want to meet trash like you?" the salesgirl insulted Sunny and her voice made several mall visitors pay attention and gather in front of the mall entrance.
Sunny closed his eyes for a moment listening to the insults. Then he looked back at the young woman's disgusted gaze before answering her insult.
"Why is the service at the number one mall in the city so bad? Does Garendra Group management not enforce strict rules for every shop employee and people who work in this mall?"
"The regulations are good, but you can't insult beggars because beggars are also humans. It's not appropriate to be spoken to as harshly as you just did, Miss. You're still young and work in a good place, but your behavior is negative for a well-known brand like AVO,"
Sunny's words made the saleswoman flinch. All of Sunny's sentences hit every ear that hears them. The commotion grew until many of the shop employees who were inside came out.
"What's going on, Alfi? Why make a fuss in front of the entrance like this? The CEO of Garendra Group is coming. Why are you here and wasting precious preparation time?" a man with the tag name 'Manager' AVO Beauty reprimanded his employee and then turned to Sunny, "What is this? What is the need here?" he continued asking security.
The neatly dressed man, complete with a suit, showed his professionalism as a store manager with a well-known brand. He also looked at Sunny's shabby figure, "What are you doing here, huh?" he asked.
Sunny was silent without answering. He was too lazy to respond to questions like that, coupled with a look of disgust when assessing his appearance. He had expected that the manager would disappoint him too. Sure enough, the manager immediately chuckled and smiled mockingly at Sunny.
"He said he would meet the CEO of Garendra Group at our boutique, Boss," the saleswoman answered a question that Sunny didn't want to answer.
"He?" he asked briefly in response as he looked at Sunny in surprise.
"You want to meet CEO Garendra? You're not mistaken? Oh my, never mind. Come on, I'll take you out okay? Please understand and don't cause everyone trouble because of your stubbornness. Come on, let's just get out, everyone can't fulfill your exorbitant fantasies!" he asked Sunny.
Even though his words sounded more polite than the sales lady, every sentence from the manager was still clearly an insult.
"Security, get him out of here. The CEO will be here soon, so don't let our work go to waste because you're stupid like that!" As Sunny thought, the polite words had turned into insults.
"You'll regret it if you find out who I am!" Sunny said angrily.
However, instead of lowering their heads in fear, everyone suddenly laughed insultingly at Sunny at the same time.
"You work too slowly. Let me throw him out!" The impatient AVO manager protested the security's weak attitude and immediately pushed Sunny's body.
"Scram, trash! You're disrupting the views and duties of everyone here!" he said after pushing Sunny to the ground.
Just as Sunny fell in front of the main entrance of the mall, a luxury Bentley stopped there. From the open car door emerged a handsome man whose face was well-known as a talented young entrepreneur. His CEO aura was undeniable, making everyone stunned, especially the employees at the mall who immediately bowed their heads in respect to the CEO.
"What did you guys do to him?!" The CEO's cold voice and aura near Sunny silenced their laughter.