Finding Stardust 43 24 Sunsets

Emma just rolled her eyes at Haoran's words, which were exactly the same as Alex's words. After the young man entered his own suite, Emma closed the door and admired her room. This place was very comfortable and luxurious.

She wondered what would be the reaction of Bianca and her friends if they knew that she was staying in a 30,000-dollar suite on their flight back home. They might faint. Or if Bianca can get in here, she wouldn't stop making recordings and taking a gazillion photos to show off to social media.

After she was done admiring the suite, Emma decided to take a shower and change into pajamas before finally lying down on the bed. She had put up a do-not-disturb sign so that the flight attendant would not wake her up for dinner. She still felt full because she and the boys had dinner before they boarded the plane.

For her now, a comfortable rest is far more important than food. After all, tomorrow morning, she would have breakfast together with Haoran.

Ahh ... the bed felt so comfortable. It was meant for two people, but she slept alone, so the extra space was really nice to have. This was far more comfortable than a flatbed seat in business class. In the suite, VVIP passengers got to enjoy real mattresses from the world's best mattress manufacturer.

She realized why wealthy people placed such importance on quality sleep. For them, time is money. If they didn't sleep well, then their body would not be on their top condition. For every discomfort they experience in life, they wouldn't be able to function optimally, and in the end, it might affect the livelihoods of many people.

Wealthy people who had businesses that employed tens or even hundreds of thousands of people must ensure that their businesses run well because so many people depended on them.

Haoran must be used to living like this, Emma thought. Although he was now still in school, but one day he would undoubtedly take the leadership in his family business. Emma heard from Alex that Haoran was the only grandson in his big family. Although his relationship with his father was very bad, he remained his father's sole heir.

Haoran's father and his new wife had been trying to conceive, but always failed. Unless Mr. Lee could produce another heir, Haoran would definitely be able to fulfill his plans to take over his father's property when he got older since he was the only heir.

"Ahh ... why should I care about other people's inheritance," Emma muttered, yawning. She took out the painting of parents from her backpack and stared at their faces with moist eyes. "I just want to see you, Mother and Father. I don't care about other things."

She hugged the painting to her chest and closed her eyes. She was eager to use her power so she could see another flash of memory of her parents. She really missed them. But she was afraid to do it in a flying airplane like this.

She did not know whether this aircraft would be affected or not. She did not want to die with all the passengers here if the plane crashed. Finally, she could only be satisfied with staring at their painting. Emma fell asleep five minutes later.

***

After eight hours of sleep, Emma felt refreshed and decided to read about to kill time. Haoran knocked on the door shortly after, and Emma invited him inside.

"How was your sleep last night?" Haoran asked. "Luckily, it is summer in France. We will not be hit by jetlag after traveling to a place six hours behind Singapore. The weather in both countries is currently similar. If we went to Paris in winter, the jetlag would be quite a nuisance."

"My sleep was comfortable," Emma nodded, smiling. "Yours?"

"Not bad," Haoran said. "It's a pity we were not together in the suite on our way to Paris. It was great to see the sky from here when the plane flew westward. We could see several sunsets and sunrises. Because the time zone in our destination is behind Singapore, our airplane would seem flying the opposite of the Earth's orbit. We would be chasing the sun as it is setting or rising. But now, we are flying eastward, so when we move forward, the clock is also advancing ahead of us."

"It must be beautiful," Emma commented. "To see several sunsets in one day."

Haoran nodded. "People can watch sunset 24 times a day, one for each timezone. But the condition is we have to fly circumferencing the Earth in against the Earth's orbit and the speed of 1000 mph or 1600 kph. If I'm not mistaken, there once was a photographer who did decades ago, named Simon Roberts. Somehow nobody has ever done it again."

Emma just shook her head at Haoran's words. "Uhm ... maybe because it's not easy to do? It must have cost a fortune to do it. He has to get the airplane and two pilots who can take turns to fly it for 24 hours, the petrol, permits, etc. Prolly cost an arm and leg. You make it sound so easy."

Haoran laughed, "You're right. That's not easy. But someday I want to do it. A man should have a bucketlist, don't you think? It would be nice to see 24 sunsets with you one day."

Emma just smiled at Haoran's words. "You're so sweet."

Haoran raised his face and looked at Emma with a smile. This was the first time he heard Emma complimented him this way, and he was glad to hear it.

He slowly approached the girl and gently touched her chin. His face was tilted to kiss Emma when suddenly there was a soft knock on the door, and they could hear a flight attendant's voice greet them.

"Good morning, Young Master and Miss. Are you ready to order breakfast?"

They both sighed in unison and immediately let go. Haoran shook his head and sighed again, then headed for the door and invited the flight attendant to enter.

"Can I have the menu?" he asked politely.

The stewardess nodded respectfully and handed the two menus to Haoran. The young man gave one to Emma, and while he read the menu in his hand. A moment later, the two placed their orders.

The flight attendant took note of everything and then excuse herself.

After the flight attendant came out, Haoran and Emma sat together on the so. They chatted while waiting for their breakfast to arrive. Emma and Haoran did not mention their kiss in Paris and how they almost did it again just now.

Emma was tempted to read Haoran's mind to find out what he was thinking about her, but she held back and didn't do it. She did not want to invade Haoran's privacy.

Chapter end