THE MAGNETOSPHERE

'Is that so?' Sitting in his dark office, the mysterious young man sounds doubt what he just heard.

'Yes, Sir...I confirmed it with my own eyes...' A man bows deeply, 'When Lord Black Cloak was angry, Lord of the Guardian calmed him down effortlessly...Even General Shen can never do that. In the whole of my life, only Lord of the Guardian who can subdue the furious tiger...'

The hidden young man sighs softly, 'Alright, you may leave...' He waves his hand.

'Yes, Sir...'

'This Zhao YunLan is really interesting...' The young man muttered soon after the one reported to him leave, 'He piquing my interest all of the time...'

'Well...Someone who could put a lease to the dragon should not be underestimated...' The mysterious lady hugs the young man from behind, 'Should I go and check him for you?' She asked in a seductive voice.

The hidden young man snorts when he heard that, 'Don't treat me like a fool...I know what you hide under your sleeve...'

The lady laughs, 'So, may I?' She asked.

'Then go! I have to check our project anyway...' The young man smiles, 'I hope this time, we will not fail...'

'Sure...' The lady smiles happily.

'But remember! Don't do something that will jeopardize our project!' The young man said to the lady before she leaves the room.

'That goes without saying, babe...' The mysterious lady replied cheerfully.

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'Zhao YunLan...' Sit in the bed with a blanket covering his lap, Shen YeZun greeted the man who visited him along with his elder brother.

'I heard that you sick...' Zhao YunLan comes with a basket of fruit in his hands, 'Is it bad?'

Shen YeZun is lowering his gaze, 'I'm already this weak since I'm a little...Nothing to worry about...'

'YeZun...If you are not well why don't you go home? Why insist to stay in the facility?' Shen Wei nagged his younger brother, 'At home, Father and Mother can less worry about you...Besides, many servants can take care of you...'

Shen YeZun silently glances at Zhao MingAn who working outside the chamber through the slightly opened door, the young man looks diligently managing many things. 'Hey, Da Ge...Are you not know that your brother is a workaholic person?' Zhao YunLan who realized what bothering the sick man tried to intervene.

'Precisely because he is a workaholic, I'm worried about him...' Shen Wei did not even understand the hint, 'YeZun, if you don't want to go home then I will send some of our attendants to take care of you...'

'That will be unnecessary, Director Shen...' Zhao MingAn's voice heard from the door, 'I will take good care of your brother...Besides, what happened to him is mostly my fault...'

'Huh?'

Both Shen Wei and Zhao YunLan look at the young man who takes the fruit basket from YeZun's hands and wash those fruits before arranging them inside the refrigerator. In a confused state, Zhao YunLan is averting his eyes back to YeZun only to find the man's face is beet red. Gaps as he gets the meaning, he holds an urge to smack his younger brother's head.

'What do you mean by that?' Shen Wei is as dense as always, luckily.

'Hey, Shen Wei...' Zhao YunLan tries to avert the topic, 'Don't you think this is the time to leave?'

'What? Why?' Shen Wei is confused.

'Well-'

'That will be unnecessary, Ge...' Zhao MingAn cuts his elder brother's word, 'You don't need to always cover for me...' The young man then looks straight to Shen Wei, 'Director Shen, I know that I might be not reliable but could you please leave Professor Shen in my care?'

'What!?' The three men shout in unison.

'What did you say?' Shen Wei asked, his eyes not even leaving the search-for-death young man.

'MingAn...' Shen YeZun looks troubled.

'Professor Shen...Don't move, please...' Zhao MingAn rushes to his lover's side.

'I'm alright... ' Shen YeZun is about to stand but his legs are wobbling, pushing Zhao MingAn to catch his lover.

'See...' Zhao MingAn whispered. But no matter how soft someone whispers, in the quiet room even a dropped needle could be heard.

'What that "see" meant?' Zhao YunLan could only gulp when Shen Wei asked, he know that the man starts to rumble.

'Ge-'

'Professor Shen is too tired...' Zhao MingAn cut Shen YeZun's explanation.

'MingAn...' Shen YeZun pleading with his eyes but the younger one just smiles at him.

Zhao YunLan is already stiffened when he heard Zhao MingAn's reply. Luckily, Shen Wei is a positive person. 'Then, you better take some rest...' Shen Wei said, 'I'll inform the house and ask Mother to send an attendant-'

'I told you that will be unnecessary, Director Shen...I will take good care of Professor then...' Zhao MingAn cuts Shen Wei's words boldly.

If Zhao YunLan is someone with a weak cardiovascular then he is already been sent to the hospital. Luckily he isn't, quickly grabs Shen Wei's arm to calm the flame before the flare is up to the sky and burns everything. 'Umm, let me talk to him...You better talk to YeZun...' He looks at Shen Wei, reassured the man.

'You better be...' Shen Wei fixed his suit and back to sit when Zhao YunLan grabs Zhao MingAn's arm and drag him outside.

'Ge...' Shen YeZun reluctantly talks to his upset elder brother soon after both brothers leave them, 'Do you hate MingAn that much?'

'It's not that I hate him...' Shen Wei said, 'But I don't like him...'

'What's the difference?'

'Of course, it's different!' Shen Wei does not cover his anger up, 'He just a runny kid but dares to get close to you, nobody knows what kind of plan that he has under his sleeve. I dont want to see you get hurt...'

'MingAn is not that kind of person...'

'How do you know?' Shen Wei asked, 'Everybody could change someday...'

'Even though he will be changed but I love him as he is. No matter what he will become, I will love him still...' Shen YeZun is lowering his head, 'Besides, what makes you think that it is only him who will be changing?'

'What do you mean?'

'Ge...How if the one who changed is me? How if he will be the one who gets hurt because of me?'

'YeZun-'

'You hate the alternate idea as much as I hate your idea...' Shen YeZun cuts his elder brother's word. 'MingAn maybe just a runny kid in your eyes. But that runny kid is my only friend, the only one person who is willing to through many difficulties just to stay with me...I know it is impossible to make you acknowledge him now but at least please, give him a chance...' He pleaded.

Shen Wei takes a deep breath, his quiet younger brother today unusually talkative to defend Zhao MingAn. It seems that the young man's existence is very important to YeZun, sighs softly he finally asks, 'Do you happy?'

Listen to the question, Shen YeZun nodded, 'I do...'

'Are you out of your mind!?' Zhao YunLan shouted soon they are far enough from YeZun's room, 'Dating his younger brother is already a bold move, still you inconsiderate enough by asked for his blessing...'

'Soon or later I will deal with him...' Zhao MingAn replied, not even scared. 'Now or next time, what the difference?'

'Do you have a death wish!?' Zhao YunLan not even slowing down, 'Once Shen Wei is angry how can you expect to talk to him nicely?'

'He might be hit me till black and blue but Director Shen is not an unreasonable person...Once he realized that I love his brother sincerely, he will understand...' Zhao MingAn answered with a smile on his face but somehow, the smile is very unfamiliar to Zhao YunLan as if he face someone else and not his normally mischief younger brother.

'Ah Ming...'

'I know that I'm still so young but it's not mean that I don't have a plan for our future...' Zhao MingAn interrupt his elder brother, 'I don't want to work for HaiXing Jian but there is a company that sends me an offer through the university, they will fund my experiment and pay for the royalty of my research result...I will have plenty of time to take care of Professor Shen and make a living at once...'

'Ah Ming...' Zhao YunLan can't say anything as he could feel that his younger brother take a vast distance from him.

'I no longer a kid, Ge...I will be fine...You have many things in your hands already. I will not bother you with my affair anymore...' Zhao MingAn said, but even a stupid will be able to feel the loneliness inside the tone. A manner of lonesomeness that makes Zhao YunLan speechless as somehow, he could feel an invisible wall standing between them. He has no choice but to let the young man walks passing him silently and in some ways, spread the feeling of emptiness inside his heart.

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'HaiXing to Lao Zhao! HaiXing to Lao Zhao!' Da Qing shouted at Zhao YunLan's ear.

'What?' And Zhao YunLan who keeps leaning on the sofa is lifelessly replied.

'Don't "what" me!' Da Qing said, 'What happened to you? You look like a zombie since you returned from the greenhouse...' He scratched his hair.

'Da Qing...Do you think that twenty-three years old man is still has a chance to enter his rebellion stage?' Zhao YunLan asked.

'Huh? Who do we talking about?' Da Qing who was as confused as Zhao YunLan returned the question.

'It's Ah Ming...'

'What happened with Zhao MingAn?' Zhu Hong's voice echoed from their behind.

'Umm, nothing...' Zhao YunLan answered, 'It just I feel that he somewhat takes some distance from me lately...'

Zhu Hong lowered her gaze as she is thinking, 'Hmmm, he maybe has some problem...But you don't need to worry, Zhao MingAn is a very responsible person...Soon after he solves his problem, he will be back for sure...'

'How do you know?' Da Qing is even more confused.

'You maybe not even pay any attention to him but Zhao MingAn is a figure of a filial son...' Zhu Hong replied, 'When you were still in the lost, he was the one who takes over your share of responsibility or should I say, he is mature beyond his age...' She proceeds as she walks away.

'Well...It seems not because he enters his rebellion stage...' Da Qing sighs, 'Why don't you go home and talk to your brother? Talking heart by heart is the most effective way to solve the problem...'

'Mhm...' Zhao YunLan nodded.

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That night Zhao YunLan reach his parents' house, Zhao XinChi welcome him warmly as usual. 'What happened?' Zhao XinChi asked when Zhao YunLan is turning around restlessly.

'Where is Ah Ming?'

Zhao XinChi who almost pours the tea halted for a moment, lifts his eyes only to see Zhao YunLan's troubled face. 'He is in his part-time job...' He said as he pours the tea.

'He is still in University?'

'No...He works in a tavern near the seashore...'

'Tavern?'

Looking at his eldest son's confused face makes Zhao XinChi even more confused, 'You don't know?'

'No...He didn't tell me anything...'

'Well, that's odd...He usually never keeps anything from you...' Zhao XinChi muttered to Zhao YunLan's pain, 'What's happened? Are you both fight?' The old man asked.

'I don't know myself...Ah Ming is kind of withdrawing from me lately...' Zhao YunLan sighed.

Zhao XinChi puts down his teacup, 'That boy, despite his easygoing appearance, is a sensitive person...' Takes a deep breath, the old man proceeds, 'When you begin to change a long time ago, he is the only person who keeps believing that you will be back...To keep that hope, he takes your share of responsibility as the first son and takes care of everything...' Zhao XinChi lifts his eyes, 'When you "return", he is the most delighted with the fact...' Sees his first son is just lowering gaze, Zhao XinChi sighs, 'That boy will never hate you. I dont know what kind of problem happens between you but try to talk to him, he will answer every question you have...' He pats Zhao YunLan's shoulder and leaves the man.

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'Zhao MingAn!' Zhao MingAn is in the middle of cleaning the dish when a plump middle-aged man called out of him.

'Yes, Boss...' Zhao MingAn washed his hand before reaching a towel and drying his hands.

'Someone looking for you...'

'Okay...'

'Make it short! We still have a lot to do!' The plump man said.

'Sure do...' Zhao MingAn said as he opens the curtain. 'Ge...' He is stunned when he sees Zhao YunLan.

'What are you doing here?' Zhao YunLan can't be more upset than now, 'You are already in the last year of university, why do you still take a part-time job?'

'I need more money to pay for my thesis research-'

'How much?' Zhao YunLan cuts his younger brother's word.

'Huh?'

'How much money do you need?'

Zhao MingAn lifts his smile, 'Well...'

'Stop it!' Zhao YunLan said irritatedly.

'Huh?'

'Don't give me your business smile!' Zhao YunLan half-shouted, 'What do you take me for? Why do you more and more like a stranger!?' He is desperate.

'Do we not?' Zhao MingAn lowered his gaze, a faint smile lifted on his face.

'What?'

'Despite our brotherhood, we have basically just known each other for less than two years...' Zhao MingAn gulps his sadness, lifts his eyes to look at his stunned elder brother.

'Ah Ming...' Zhao YunLan who starts to understand the reason for the change tried to mend the distance, 'I know what you try to say but I truly care about you-'

'The quantum leap...'

'What?'

'It's referred to sudden changes or an abrupt transition from one discrete energy to another one...' Zhao MingAn explained, 'That is what possibly happened to you...'

'Then?' Zhao YunLan is confused about the point of the conversation.

'Even though we truly care about each other but we never know whether it will happen again or not...' Zhao MingAn smiles painfully, 'You might leave me alone one day...I can't let myself indulge in the illusion, right?'

This time Zhao YunLan is the one who pained, 'Even though I might be gone but you are the only younger brother that I have...' He lost his words.

'But it doesn't change the fact that I have to face my life alone as I used to...' Zhao MingAn answered back, 'Then I better start now before the pain is deeper...' The young man gulps, 'I have to go back now, Ge...You too have many things to do, right? See you later...' He turns back, 'But Ge...If one day someone ever asks me about what kind of elder brother I want...I know the answer...' Zhao MingAn said before he is disappeared behind the curtain, leaving the speechless Zhao YunLan.

The magnetosphere, the region around the planet that is dominated by the planet's magnetic field initially use as the shield from solar and cosmic particle radiation as well as erosion of the atmosphere by the solar wind.

In social life, to keep ourselves from getting hurt, we build a barrier to prevent us from the wound but many times the barrier that we create hurts other people and ironically, people that we love...

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