One of the Twelve Kingdoms

Pizza, apple pie, lemon cake, fish, chips, black tea.Large dining tables covered with fresh printed tablecloths are filled with all kinds of freshly baked food.Joshua was wearing a funny hat and sat next to Qi Qi on the left, watching the increasingly bustling living room and whispering to his brother opposite: "Mom is too exaggerated, I thought it was just a family gathering or something of."

The tall Jonathan, who is keen on cross-country, stared at his slightly thinner brother and asked, "Where have you been these days?"

Joshua's eyes flickered: "It's a long story..."

"Don't be sloppy with me, you have been missing for a month, and the police can't find any clues." Jonathan stared at his younger brother sternly with the green eyes inherited from his mother: "You don't know how uncomfortable we have been during this time, We were in a hurry at home, but you haven't even given an explanation until now!"

"Boys, do me a favor," Mom called out in the courtyard.

Jonathan stood up and said to Joshya: "You don't know how many tears my mother has shed for you these days, but you happily brought a little boyfriend back."

Joshya was speechless to the reprimand from his brother, who should really be ashamed of not saying goodbye, and the culprit sat beside him without saying a word.

Joshua couldn't help venting his anger on Xi Qi's head: "Look at what you've done." Then he left him and ran to the garden to set up a barbecue grill. Just as he was trying to roast a piece of potato, he saw Casey running over excitedly Hugging him, fluffy red hair was full of vigor, and then pulled a tall and thin boy next to him: "This is Will, my boyfriend, who belongs to the baseball club."

"Hello, Joshia Fiennes."

"Will Blaine."

"Are you Welsh?"

"That's right, Will's ancestors are Celts." Casey said proudly, and then she leaned over and whispered, "I always feel like someone is following me when I come here."

Joshua joked: "You dress up like you're going to the Oscars, Will, you have to keep an eye on her."

He invited the two of them into the house, and the guests gradually arrived one after another.Every guest hugged Joshua very happily when they saw him, and said sincerely: "Josh, it's great to meet you!" But almost every second sentence followed by "Where did you go? "

It was very difficult to get rid of their questioning, so Joshya chose to hide in the kitchen, and his mother was squeezing juice, Joshya suddenly remembered something when he watched her.

He dawdled up to his mother and asked, "Can I ask you something, Mom? You have to promise me not to be angry."

Mrs. Fiennes raised her head and kissed his cheek in her busy schedule: "Of course, baby."

Joshua carefully chose his words carefully, and then asked cautiously: "Mom, is it possible...my dad is a certain Asian?"

Mom suddenly turned her head: "What?!"

"Don't get excited, don't get excited, just think about it carefully."

"You are [-]% the child of me and your father, why do you have such an idea?" Mom looked at him strangely, "Josh, you're all wrong when you come back,"

"It's just a joke." Joshya hesitated, and then heard his mother continue to say: "But I was pregnant with you when I was traveling with your father in China, so your father and I had to come back early..."

Mom's conversation quickly turned to a funny story that happened when Joshya was a fetus, but Joshya's mind was already elsewhere.Yan Qi said that only people from the Qiao Kingdom can become kings, and he is the result of being accidentally involved in this world.What Joshya thought was extremely absurd a month ago, now he chooses to believe it.

How funny that he popped out of a ball.

"Hey, is that James?"

Kathy looked out the window and asked, Joshya looked over, the sun had already set, and the tall boy stood hesitantly under the orange light in the dim evening, and glanced in the direction of Joshya's house from time to time.

"What is he doing there?" Casey asked strangely, and then grabbed Joshya who wanted to go out: "What do you want? Just ignore him."

Joshua laughed seeing her angry look: "I don't want to see him wandering around my door all night."

"Oh... come on, he'll go by himself."

Joshua just opened the door and ran outside, and James immediately became as haughty as usual when he saw him.

Joshua looked at his hands behind his back, and the light purple ribbon accidentally slipped out.He looked at the other person's unnaturally tense face and suppressed a smile: "Hey, James, do you want to go in or..."

"I'm just passing by." James immediately snatched it up, explaining to increase his persuasion: "I'm going to the sporting goods store in front."

This wasn't quite his usual style, and Joshya didn't bother to expose his clumsy lie, "Well, I thought you might go in and have a drink before going."

James immediately agreed, and he raced past Josh into the courtyard, and Josh followed behind, looking at the gift that James was still hiding behind him, thinking that he was still as stupid as when we first met, only then he Not as arrogant and hateful as it is now.When James suddenly became a homophobe and stood against him, Joshia swore that he would be at odds with this guy all his life.But now, maybe the nostalgia for this world has washed away the hatred and pain, and he only hopes to leave as many good experiences as possible before he leaves.

It is also a good choice to settle the feud with James.

Joshua chatted with a few neighbor friends for a while, and suddenly found that Qi Qi was missing.

His striking blond hair and rare golden eyes always draw attention to him.When Joshya found him in the bathroom on the second floor, he screamed involuntarily.

"My god what are you doing?!"

Not only Xiong Qi was there, but also his brother Jonathan.It was precisely described that Jonathan's hand was unceremoniously grabbing the other's delicately embroidered collar, and a sharp wolf's claw was about to grab his unsuspecting brother's throat.

"Changmeng, stop!" Joshua yelled anxiously, the claw disappeared, and Jonathan looked at his younger brother angrily: "Changmeng? Didn't you say that this long-haired man is called Yanqi?"

Joshua was at a loss for words, and said nonsense: "Uh... Changmeng is his surname, and his name is Gongqi." Then he said: "Let him go first."

Jonathan gave Yan Qi a hard look, then reluctantly let go of his hand and said to Joshua: "This guy looks so suspicious, he must know something, maybe he took you away, you really don't know I don’t even remember what happened during the disappearance.”

Joshya lied innocently: "I don't remember at all."

Jonathan said to himself, "We should take him to the police station."

"Brother, Yan Qi knows nothing like me. In fact, he is much more serious than me. He doesn't even remember where his hometown is." He gave Yan Qi a wink, and the latter agreed coldly: "Well, I don't remember anything."

They sang together and finally sent Jonathan away. Joshya sighed tiredly, and then looked at Yan Qi sternly: "Don't let your orders hurt my family and friends."

"Yes, my lord." Gong Qi bowed his head.

Joshua's voice became weak: "Let's go downstairs."

The first floor seems to be another world. Every food, every glass of wine, and even every balloon floating on the ceiling exists for him. Everyone is celebrating his return. In the atmosphere of laughter, Joshya felt unprecedented fear and loneliness.

"Josh, come here." Mom beckoned to him.Joshua obediently stood beside his mother, feeling her kiss on his hair.

His mother puffed up her chest and said to everyone: "28 days, my son Joshya has been missing for 28 days. I believe he will come back. Now that he has done it, I am proud of him."

Joshua saw her mother's tears welling in her eyes, and it took all her strength to maintain a smile.

"Thank you, mother."

"My lord, it's time for us to go." Gong Qi whispered in his ear, and Joshua suddenly felt a panic.

He finally understood why he felt that way when he was standing on the stairs just now, he no longer belonged here.

"Wait a minute." He whispered back.

Until the end of the party, Joshya's dream also had to open his eyes.

"See you tomorrow, Josh."

Joshua waved to Casey: "Goodbye."

He took out the things he had already packed, and watched the three parents hesitate to speak.

Some kind of premonition floated in the kinship and the imminent silence. Joshya didn't know how to speak, and even piling up the most gentle words in the world could not weaken the damage it would cause.

Joshya wanted nothing more than to go home and tell his family he was fine and say goodbye, but the moment he got home everything started to spin out of control as he was fighting against the fact that he was going to leave this world forever .

"I'm leaving."

He rolled his Adam's apple with difficulty as if choked by the words.

Mom asked as if she hadn't realized it yet: "Where are you going?"

Joshua hardly dared to look at Jonathan's sharp eyes, "Go to the world where I was when I disappeared." He looked elsewhere and continued in one breath: "It's hard to explain, anyway, that place is like a large ICU Ward, I have to stay there all the time, or I will... die."

The silent Gong Qi suddenly looked out the window, he could feel Lian Lin's Wu Gang Ring Snake being activated.He called out Jiao Wu, "Master, it's too late."

The sudden appearance of a huge beast made the Fiennes family scream. Joshya was pulled up by the qi, and the giant wolf straightened up and broke through the fragile gate.

The mother who was the first to react immediately chased after her and asked loudly, "Wait! Joshya! How should we find you? How will we notify you in case Jonathan gets married. God..."

"Oh, Maddy." Mr. Fiennes took his weeping wife into his arms.

Mom was sad for a while, and suddenly asked, "Where did Jonathan go?"

The author has something to say: He loves to praise me for three consecutive days!

In the next chapter, Xiao Qiao brushes up the skill proficiency of the king and a new BOSS appears by the way