One of the Twelve Kingdoms

Because of the blow he received from his parents, Joshya tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.The family's attitude made him feel frustrated, as if his appearance had disturbed the family's peaceful life, and before that he thought it would be a surprise.He sighed under the quilt extremely irritatedly, and after a while, he slumped his shoulders and got up to go to the bathroom.He and his brother shared a bathroom, and the two doors leading to their room faced each other.Joshua glanced at the opposite door and decided to talk to his brother.When Jonathan was a child, he would come over to sleep with his brother whenever there was a thunderstorm, and his habit of not locking the door has never changed.

The door lock was unlocked with a click, and Joshya poked his head in half, and saw his brother was concentrating on using the computer on the bed.

"Brother, are you busy?"

Jonathan glanced at him through the glasses and said succinctly, "Yeah."

Joshua leaned against the door, stroking the metal handle with his fingers, almost counting the rust spots on it, and after deliberating for a long time, he asked, "I just want to know if everything is okay?"

"Of course." Without thinking, Jonathan made Joshya suspect that he was simply playing tricks on himself.

"Okay." He whispered disappointedly, but he didn't leave, looking down at the ground, wondering what he was thinking.

Seeing his appearance, Jonathan stopped what he was doing and asked, "Alexander sent you back just now?"

"What? Yes, that's right." Joshua was at a loss when his brother suddenly cared about his relationship.

Jonathan seemed to sigh quickly: "Josh, if you like him very much, then don't meet again."

Joshua's eyes widened in confusion: "Why?"

"Listen to brother."

Joshua didn't understand why Jonathan suddenly cared about his love life, he stood up straight, then seemed to make a decision to sit in front of Jonathan, looked at the other's expression and said, "Brother, I still have something to tell you .”

The faint light from the computer screen reflected on Jonathan's face. He raised his eyelids and replied, "Listen."

Joshua then said: "I don't know what happened when I came here this time. I arrived here ten years ago, and then I couldn't contact the people over there. If Qi Qi didn't come to me, I had no choice but to stay here. stay here."

His voice trailed off as Jonathan's dark green eyes fixed on him, considering his brother's IQ and personality, and almost immediately convinced him without a doubt.

Joshua stared into the other person's eyes but did not wait for the expected reaction, emphasizing: "Although I really want to convince myself that it's just jet lag or something, what I said is true."

"and then?"

Jonathan didn't look surprised at all, but instead asked nonchalantly.Joshua suddenly felt blocked, and suddenly couldn't speak the words that were about to come out of his throat.After a while, he whispered in embarrassment: "No... I just feel, I just feel that I should tell you. I'm going to bed." He wanted to escape to his room, but his brother stopped him.

"Josh." Jonathan said, "I'm not blaming you, I'm just asking you what to do if you can't go back? You've been there for ten years and you haven't thought of a way to get rid of that identity. Now you are not ten years later. IQ, how can I come up with a solution?"

Joshya curled his lip at Jonathan's prim sarcasm, refusing to admit that his brother's tone sounded more like genuine regret than sarcasm.He continued: "I want to try my best to get in touch with the people over there first. Xi Qi can travel freely between the two worlds, and come back to pick me up sooner or later."

That means there is no way.Jonathan was not surprised: "So you sneaked back? If that's the case, that guy should have chased you long ago to catch you back."

"Maybe he's angry." Joshua shrugged, and Jonathan immediately denied it: "Impossible, he's not a person who can get angry, and it's more convincing if he can't get out of something." The younger brother with a bit of kingly aura asked, "Have you ever thought about Qiaoguo when you come back?"

Joshua was stunned for a moment, then shook his head after thinking seriously, the light cast a heavy shadow under his eyelashes, he seemed to realize that he was a little irresponsible, and explained: "I just... hope everyone is well Go on, live your own life, you know. I never felt like one person's life was tied to another unrelated person before that."

"I know it's hard, and we miss you too." Jonathan rubbed his limp hair comfortingly, and the latter bowed his head and apologized, "I'm sorry, Mom and Dad must be very sad. I miss you too, but I'm looking for There is no way to come back and live with you."

Jonathan was silent for a while, and asked, "Did anything happen the day you came back?"

"No." Joshya replied after recalling, looking at Jonathan: "Did you find something?"

Jonathan remembered the sudden solar eclipse that day, and felt that what happened to Joshya was not an accident or a coincidence. He looked at him and said, "You are an adult, and you have to solve some things yourself."

After he left, Jonathan opened the search interface to enter content, and all kinds of news about the day Joshya came back came out, and the first three pages were almost occupied by one piece of news: a rare solar eclipse.

……

Joshya asked Kathy out the next day, thinking maybe she would know something her parents didn't want to tell her.He originally wanted to ask Jason to go with Baihu, but at the beginning Jason urged him almost every day, and it didn't take long before he stopped mentioning it. what the hell.

Kathy asked him to meet at an open-air restaurant, and Joshya didn't know she worked there until she went.Casey was busy walking between the dining tables, and greeted him when she saw him: "I will change shift soon, find a seat and wait for me."

"Okay." Joshya asked for a cup of tea and looked at the scenery out of boredom. After a while, Casey changed his uniform and sat down. After getting closer, Joshya realized that the other party was wearing a bit of heavy makeup. The childish face does not match the maturity.Seeing him staring at herself, Casey glanced at the phone strangely: "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

"No, but this outfit doesn't suit you."

"I can't make myself look like I'm 16 all the time." Kathy shrugged nonchalantly, took the ice cream served by the waiter and cheerfully scooped a big scoop into his mouth, "I'm more happy how I eat it won't gain weight."

Joshua couldn't refute at once, he stirred his share of nut ice cream, even though he was no longer allergic to nuts after becoming the queen of 塙, he still lost his appetite, after a while he talked about his own affairs: "Our family is going to move .”

Casey froze for a moment, then said lightly, "Really? I'm also thinking about this issue."

Joshua frowned: "Why? Where are you going to move?"

"Manchester, Liverpool, or wherever there's no one in the countryside."

Joshua threw away the spoon and leaned back in the chair, squinted his eyes and looked away, and said with self-deprecating determination: "Because of me."

Seeing that he was angry and swallowed the food, Casey explained: "I'm not complaining, Josh. At least I don't have to get sick now, let alone make an appointment with those doctors and wait ten days and a half months to prescribe me some useless medicine."

She shook Joshua's wrist to make him stop blaming himself, but the other's attention had already shifted elsewhere.Joshya saw Alexander push open the glass door and come in alone, looking around boredly while waiting for the food at the checkout.Before he could look away, the other party spotted him, and walked in this direction after getting the food.

"Hi, Josh, do you mind if I sit here?" He sat down with a smile on his face, and Joshya still remembered what Jonathan reminded himself, and greeted with a little embarrassment: "Aren't you on duty today?"

"Yes, rest today." Alexander kept his eyes on him, reminding him: "I called you and sent you a message, did you see it?"

"...I haven't checked my phone today." Joshua pretended to look at the phone while looking for excuses, and exaggeratedly opened his eyes and regretted: "You really called me several times, I'm sorry I didn't check it arrive."

Alexander smiled with his charming chocolate-colored eyes, and said, "It's nothing, fate still makes us meet here."

Casey glanced between the two, picked up the bag decisively and stood up, "I think I should go."

Joshua immediately grabbed her: "But our conversation is not over yet."

Alexander realized something, and apologized: "If I disturb you, I can change the table."

"Thank you." Joshya kindly refused him before Casey.Casey watched the handsome man leave with some disappointment, and Joshah's eyes were obviously a little sad, and he complained: "He seems to like you so much, and you like him too, why did you reject him?"

Joshua withdrew his gaze and said in a low voice, "It's impossible for us." He suddenly saw a certificate on the ground, probably dropped by Alexander just now.He was about to pick it up and return it to him, but saw a photo of his brother on it, but the name column was an unfamiliar name.

"Who is Elis, and why does it look the same as my brother?" Joshya handed it to Casey, and the moment the latter saw this, Joshya knew that the other party must know something.

"Kathy?" Joshua stared into her eyes, and Kathy lowered his eyes and scratched his neck tangledly, and then said falteringly, "That's Jonathan, and his name is changed to Elias Barrowman now."

"What's there to hide?" Joshua became more and more strange, looking at Alexander who was not far away: "And why did my brother hide the ID with Alexander?"

Casey frowned and said nothing, Joshua stood up after waiting for a while: "I'll ask him myself."

"Josh!" Casey stopped him and said, "Don't say I said it."

Joshua rolled his eyes speechlessly, took his ID and walked towards Alexander.

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