Finding Stardust

Emma felt guilty because she had wrongly a.s.sumed that dumb children from cla.s.s F would have no intention of studying. Especially considering that the five boys were from affluent backgrounds. The stereotype of rich kids was that they were either lazy or arrogant. But these boys weren"t like that at all, Emma thought.

Do not judge a book by its cover, she told herself.

"I have given Haoran some tests to check his level of understanding on each subject, but I do not yet know yours. Therefore, I have prepared for each of you, various subject tests for you to work on, so that I can know your abilities. Later, I will use your results to prepare suitable learning material." Emma started her cla.s.s by distributing test sheets to her new students. "You don"t need to do these tests now. Please bring them home and return them to me at our next meeting on Friday."

The four boys looked at each other and nodded. Emma then reached out her hand to ask Haoran for his book.
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"Okay then. Let"s begin. What did you learn this afternoon? Is there anything you want to ask?" Emma looked at the five of them with an attentive look.

"We were studying Physics starting from Chapter 10," Haoran said, handing over his book to Emma.

The girl opened chapter 10 and quickly read its contents. The physics teacher, Mr. Chen, had also taught cla.s.s A Chapter 10, so she was quite familiar with the material.

"All right, this is very easy," Emma said. "Please open your books and I will explain what"s in there."

The first tutoring lesson between Emma and her five new students took place smoothly. They paid enough attention to the lessons delivered by Emma. From time to time, Alex and Dinh would joke and tease each other. Haoran"s glare was enough to make them immediately fall silent and refocus on the lessons.

"Thank you for your cooperation today," Emma said as she finished her lesson after two hours had pa.s.sed.

"It"s only 7 pm," said Haoran. "Just have dinner here. This is the first session. Don"t you think we need to celebrate it? My friends have also decided to have dinner together. You must join us."

Emma saw all four heads bobbed at Haoran"s words. Inevitably she finally nodded. They then packed up their books and put them in their bags, after which they left Haoran"s room and walked down the 1st floor to enter the dining room.

Two servants were preparing sumptuous dinner dishes on the dining table for them.

"Come, eat now," said Haoran.

The other four boys immediately made themselves at home. They took their seats and sat facing the food. Emma herself turn left and right, looking for something.

"What are you looking for?" Haoran asked in puzzlement.

"Oh, no. I just wanted to know where your parents are. Are they not going to eat with us? I haven"t met them."

Haoran"s friends exchanged glances as if Emma had just asked a forbidden question.

Haoran only shrugged. "Oh, my father doesn"t live here. He lives with his young wife."

"Oh .. I"m sorry, I didn"t know," said Emma, ​​who immediately regretted her meddling into Haoran"s personal life.

"It"s okay, I never told you. How could you possibly know?" Haoran answered with a shrug.

"Does that mean you"re living here alone, only with servants in a villa this big?" Emma asked in surprise.

Haoran nodded. "That"s right, that"s why I often ask my friends to come here."

Emma can"t imagine what it"s like to have parents, but they don"t live together because her father chose to live with his young wife. It must be horrible and lonely.

"Don"t you want to ask where my mother is?" Suddenly Haoran asked Emma.

Emma shook her head. "No, I don"t like to interfere with other people"s business. I"m afraid I will offend you if I asked about your mother."

"It"s OK," Haoran said. "My biological mother lives in China. My parents separated five years ago. I haven"t been able to see her since."

"Oh, that"s so cruel," Emma said.

"Father does not love me that"s why he does not want to live with me here. He prefers to live with his new wife than with me. But even though he doesn"t love me, he also doesn"t allow my mother to take me. He really is a selfish man. He is also the reason why I deliberately failed my grades."

"Oh, have you ever tried to go to China to meet your mother yourself?" asked Emma.

Before Haoran replied, his friends had already distracted their attention by making a big fuss about dinner.

"Let"s eat, don"t talk much. I"m starving," Dinh said hurriedly. He knew that Haoran did not like to talk about his father and mother. Therefore he diverted their attention by immediately devouring food that was served on the table.

The six students then had dinner together while chatting about anything. Emma felt sorry for Haoran and didn"t wanna talk about his parents further.

Therefore, she focused her attention on food and enjoyed dinner while chatting with the five boys. She didn"t expect that she would be very happy to be among students from cla.s.s F. They all had different personalities but it was clear that the four of them seemed to look up to Haoran as their leader. Apart from being older, he was also more dominant than the rest.

After dinner, they finally had to go home. David and Dinh both lived around Lotus Garden, while Eric and Alex lived in another area some distance away. Eric brought his own car while Alex was picked up his family driver.

"Alright, it"s time to go home. My ride is here," said Alex after he received an SMS from his driver who came to pick him up. He turned to Emma. "You can come home with me. Where do you live?"

When Emma mentioned her address, Alex nodded. "Not too far from my home. Just come with me. We will drop you off."

"Ah, well, thank you for your kind offer, but I don"t want to trouble you." Emma tried to reject Alex"s offer.

"It"s no trouble at all," said Alex.

Seeing how he insisted, finally, Emma accepted. After saying goodbye to Haoran, they all went back to their respective homes. Dinh walked to his house because it was very close. Eric drove David because he was pa.s.sing by his house, and Emma got into Alex"s car.

"I didn"t want to discuss this in front of Haoran because I didn"t want to offend him," Alex said suddenly when they were on their way. Emma turned and looked at what he was about to say. "I think you need to know why Haoran doesn"t try to meet his mother in China."

"Why?" Emma asked curiously.

"He was threatened by his father, if he insists on visiting his mother in China, his father will send his people to punish Haoran"s mother. So, Haoran was forced to stay away, to protect his mother from his father." Alex explained with a murky face.

"Why did his father do something like that? Didn"t they once love each other? How could he mistreat his ex-wife that badly?" Emma asked in surprise.

In her mind, a husband and wife are men and women who really love each other. Such love between husband and wife should not change that drastic, especially if they have children together, right?

"His father wasn"t like that before, but since he married his current wife, Haoran"s father changed, and he becomes unreasonable. He only listens to his new wife. It is very difficult to change his mind. So now, what Haoran can do is protesting in his own way, like deliberately failed his grades in school."

"Uhm ... if he doesn"t want to meet his mother, why did he initially want to go on a study trip to China then?" Emma asked in confusion.

"Well, he was going to use the study trip as an excuse to be able to go to China. He hoped that he could contact his mother there to meet secretly. No matter what it takes." Alex shrugged. "But it seemed he later changed his mind and a.s.sumed that no matter what, he won"t be able to trick his father. So he doesn"t want to risk it."

"Hmm ... is that so?" After listening to Alex"s explanation, Emma"s mind was filled with Haoran all the way to her home. She did not expect that Haoran who always looked so relaxed and filled with warmth, was apparently hiding his pain for missing his mother.

In her heart, Emma wondered if Haoran was intentionally helping her to go to Paris because he understood how she felt. Haoran knew what it was like to carry a deep longing for his mother.