Finding Stardust

"You said you had something to tell me," Haoran said as they arrived at the hotel lobby and prepared to enter the elevator. "Do you want to tell it in my room?"

Emma nodded. She had thought about this earlier. She was about to take Haoran to the top of the building and tell him everything, but then she became worried. She was afraid that Haoran would be shocked, and he might fall from the building. In the end, it would actually attract people"s attention.

Haoran"s suite was a better choice, she decided.

DING!

The elevator door opened, and both of them immediately entered. Haoran pressed the 10th-floor b.u.t.ton, and the elevator door closed again, then sped up to the floor they were going to. After they arrived in Haoran"s suite, Emma plopped herself on the couch and tried to unwrap her parents" paintings.

Five minutes later, she was already staring in awe at the two faces that she had been dearly missing. Haoran boiled water in the kettle and made a pot of tea for them. He then sat down with Emma, and they both admired the painting.

"Your parents are beautiful people," he commented. He then took out his cellphone and prepared to take a photo. "Can I take their photo?"

Emma nodded. "Sure. What will you do with the photo?"

Haoran took several photos before answering Emma"s question. "I know this hacker on the Darknet. She could find any information you need. If I sent her these photos, I"m sure Goose will be able to find their tracks. She could compare these pictures with face recognition software to all databases in the world."

"Goose?" Emma asked in surprise. "What does that animal have to do with this?"

Haoran almost laughed loudly at Emma"s question, but he managed to hold back. "Haha ... Goose here is not an animal. That is the nickname of a really famous hacker in cybers.p.a.ce. She was called "Goose"."

"Oh ..." Emma suddenly felt stupid. "How will you give it to Goose?"

"I know Goose," Haoran said. He then took his laptop from the bedroom and sat next to Emma while turning on the screen. "Let me show you something."

Emma watched the screen on Haoran"s laptop while the young man fiddled with something. He opened a particular application which contained many forums that looked mysterious, then opened a link in a browser and entered some command.

There was a click sound, and now the screen showed a picture of the planet Earth from above. Emma could guess that it was an image taken from the satellite. Next thing she knew, suddenly the screen zoomed in at such a speed that in just several seconds they have seen Asia continent.

It kept zooming in to reveal the country of China.

Seconds go by, and now it was above Shanghai...

The camera continued to zoom in and now showed a district in Central Shanghai...

Finally, the zoom-in stopped at a large house that had a beautiful garden with several orange trees in the backyard.

"Wait ... what"s this?" Emma asked in surprise. She was still in shock from seeing a satellite image of planet Earth that was rapidly zoomed-in to show a house in the city of Shanghai, China.

"This is Goose"s gift for me," Haoran said. His eyes gleamed as his gaze fell on the house on his laptop screen. "Now, I can see my mother whenever I want."

Only then Emma understood what was happening.
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"This is... your mother"s house?"

Haoran nodded. "A few months ago, I decided to go on a study trip to China so that I could secretly meet my mother. For my plan to succeed, I had to find my mother"s location first. So I went into Darknet and hired the best hacker in the world to find my mother. Everyone in the forum said that the best hacker in the world today is Goose. So, I hired her services. By proving my ident.i.ty as Haoran Maximilian Lee, I managed to make her agree to provide service for me with delayed payment. In return, I would pay double her asking price. It"s win-win for us both."

"Oh .. so you will only pay for her services after you inherit your father"s wealth?" The intelligent Emma could immediately understand what Haoran meant.

"That"s right. Goose charges a very high rate, and I can"t pay it with my allowance money. Different story if it"s only for paying tutoring service..." Haoran smiled as he glanced at Emma. The girl understood that Haoran was teasing her, so she pouted a little.

"How much does Goose charge?" asked Emma, ​​sipping her tea.

"Starting from one million dollars," Haoran answered.

Instantly Emma spouted her tea at the young man"s words.

ONE MILLION DOLLARS? Where could she get that kind of money???

Oh, wait... Emma almost forgot that she had special powers. Surely it would be possible for her to use her abilities to rob a bank and escape. Well, in that case, she would...

"But when she found out that I was looking for my mother ... she didn"t want to be paid." Haoran smiled at Emma"s reaction just now. He knew she was worried about the payment, that"s why he hurriedly explained. "So, you don"t need to worry about paying a lot of money for her service."

"Why is Goose like that?" Emma asked in surprise. "She doesn"t need money?"

Haoran shrugged. "She didn"t say anything to me. Maybe she has also lost her parents ... I don"t know. What is certain is that she managed to find my mother for me."

Emma gasped when she saw from Haoran"s laptop screen that a woman just came out of the house. She carried a small rattan basket with her and went to pick some oranges from her yard. After she was done, she sat on a garden bench and enjoyed them.

The woman looked very beautiful with graceful steps and elegant appearance. Emma could immediately see the resemblance between the woman and Haoran.

"Is that your mother?" she asked, tilting her head to Haoran.

The young man nodded. "Yes. Goose is very kind to me. When she heard that I could not go to China ... because my father was apparently watching my mother very closely, she then changed the coordinates of one of the satellite cameras to display my mother"s house. She gives me unlimited access to see my mother whenever I want to. "

Emma pressed her lips together with both hands in surprise and admiration. Goose really sounded incredible. And she was also very kind! Haoran was really lucky he could see his mother every day this way ...

"For now, I feel content seeing my mother from afar ..." said Haoran. His voice sounded a bit emotional, but he can hold himself well. "As long as I know that my mother is fine, then that is enough for me. Later, once I have overtaken all the Lee Industries business, I will fight my father and go get my mother. I must be patient until then ..."

Emma touched Haoran"s shoulder and squeezed it softly as if giving him support. "Time will pa.s.s so quickly. You will soon meet your mother ..."

Haoran nodded. "I know. Because of that, we also have to start looking for your parents."

"But ... what if Goose asks for payment from me?" Emma asked in a doubtful voice. She did not know the exact reason why Goose would not accept payment from Haoran, but Emma did not want to rashly a.s.sume that she also wouldn"t need to pay.

She didn"t have a million dollars. If she was forced to rob a bank, then she needed to make a plan ...

"You don"t need to worry about that ... If she did ask you for money, when I turn 25 and have taken over everything from my father, I will pay for it. After all, I was ready to pay her that much money for finding my mom ..." voiced Haoran to soothe Emma.

"But I"m not comfortable with it ... I don"t want to be indebted to other people," Emma said, trying to reject Haoran"s offer.

"Then, don"t think of me as other people," Haoran replied. "We don"t know what the future holds. Who knows, maybe six years from now, you will already be my wife ... Surely it would be very reasonable for you to use my money. Because by then, what is mine is yours anyway..."

Emma"s face suddenly turned red at Haoran"s words, which he uttered so lightly as if they were only air.

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From the author:

Wait.. wait... Is that an indirect proposal, Haoran? You are smooth!