The Six Vacant Seats

The event began with an opening speech by the CEO of SpaceLab, James Falk, who expressed his welcome and respect to the guests present.

That's when Haoran realized that the six chairs beside Emma were left empty. Initially, he thought the VVIP guests meant to sit there were just being late, but then he realized that there was no way anyone would come late to an event of such importance, let alone the first session deliberately starting at 10, not too early for anyone's standard.

No guest names were written on the backs of the six chairs. He and Emma exchanged astonished looks.

It was as if the six chairs were deliberately vacanted because the organizers knew the guests would not come. Then if they didn't come, why weren't the chairs just given to other people? Because he was very curious, Haoran finally turned to his father and whispered, asking for an explanation.

"Dad ... why are the six chairs next to Emma left empty? Was it intentional?"