Looking at the girl on the bed, Orlando was deep in thought. Wayne was standing at the head of the bed with an unlit cigarette in his hand. It was a 520-yuan woman's cigarette.
Orlando looked at the cigarette in Wayne's hand." Smoking too many women's cigarettes will make you impotent.”He teased. The person in front of him had never been his friend. In fact, he should be his enemy. However, the relationship between the two of them had turned into an indescribable mutual pity.
Xu Xueche. This name was forbidden to Orlando Lee. It was also the eternal pain in Wayne and Xu Weiqiang's hearts. To Orlando Lee, he had only met his sister Xueche when he was fourteen years old in South Africa and reunited with his mother. At that time, there was a man as tall as a mountain by her mother's side. Other than the nine-year-old Xueche, there was also a little boy who was about her age-Wayne.
To Xu Weiqiang, Xueche was his angel. The little sister that his new mother had brought with her was five years younger than him. When he first arrived at his house, he was already amazed by her when she was five years old. At that time, he would pull his father's hand and say," Daddy, Daddy, is she an angel…" The ten-year-old child ignored his equally beautiful new mother and developed a unique interest in his new sister.
In his memory, Xueche never cried, only smiled sweetly. Even when she was diagnosed with leukemia, her beautiful hair was stripped off her head by chemotherapy. Every injection was like a torture, and she would face it with a smile. To Xu Weiqiang, Xueche's wish was his at that time. He wished that the illness would grow on him and he would bear it for her. Or he would try his best to cure her illness, and then he would hold her in his hands forever…
When Orlando Lee first started his studies, his father, who was in the gang, had already died from an overconsumption. At the age of 14, he joined his father's organization, the Colombia Gang, because he wanted to pay off his father's debt due to drug abuse. It was a gang that mainly dealt in drugs. From planting, processing to sales, it was a one-stop service. When he was fourteen years old, he was just a small gangster. He was a drug dealer in the gang and occasionally acted as a thug because of his good skills. That was the bitter life of the lowest class, where they risked their lives to survive. Sometimes, he hated his mother for abandoning him and his father. To be precise, he hated his mother for abandoning him. When he grew up, he would watch his father take drugs and bring all kinds of women to the house to fool around. Sometimes, he would even use him as a punching bag. However, every time he hit him, his father would curse his mother's name in pain, the name of a Chinese woman. Orlando Lee often wondered why his mother didn't want him even if his father was a jerk. There could only be one reason, and that was that she did not love him! At the thought of this, the only soft part of his heart was gradually occupied by hatred…
The doctor did a full-body check-up for Ni Yuying. On this luxurious yacht, all the facilities were complete. There was even a private clinic and gym inside. Orlando Lee looked at the doctor's face." How is she?”
The doctor sighed." She fainted due to low blood sugar and overwork. I think we should let her do a full body check-up…" After saying that, the doctor left the room.
Low blood sugar? Overworked? LeOrlando frowned deeply. Wayne was also surprised.
"Why is she so desperate?" He could not help but mutter to himself as if he was probing Wayne. Orlando stared at Ni Yuying's pale face. Slowly, he reached out a hand and gently stroked Ni Yuying's cheek…
He left the room. It was the private bedroom of the yacht owner, Orlando Lee.
Wayne and Orlando lit up a cigarette at the same time. It was Davidoff, Orlando's favorite brand.
"Does she remind you of Xueche?”Wayne smiled at him.
"No, no one can replace Xueche!”Orlando looked at him and his lips quivered." How is she as good-looking as Xueche?”Indeed, Ni Yuying was not as good-looking as Xue Che. Xue Che was the kind of girl who could combine innocence and charm harmoniously. Even though she was only eighteen years old, she was like a flower bud that had withered in the blooming season.
However, it could not be denied that Ni Yuying's eyes and smile were extremely similar to the 18-year-old Xueche. This could not help but move Wayne and Orlando.
The smoke lingered, and distant memories began to surface in Orlando's mind. It turned out that those memories had only been sealed and had never been forgotten...
After asking around, Orlando Lee found out that his mother, Luan Jing, was a tour guide for an international travel company that traveled between China and South Africa. Every time she led a group to South Africa, she would bring her daughter, Xueche, at her own expense.
That year, he had already become a small leader in the Colombia gang. When he found the hotel where his mother's tour group was staying, Orlando did not immediately go to see his mother to give her a " surprise." Instead, he quietly followed his mother's tour group, listened to her tour guide, and quietly looked at her and that beautiful sister Xueche with a pair of clear eyes.
It could be said that he did not like South Africa. In Johannes, every time he came to contact the contact person for the transaction or to deliver goods, he would be troubled by the local gangsters or gangs. This time was no exception. He came to South Africa with a mission. Unlike the United States and some European countries, where drug inspections were strict, the political situation here was relatively chaotic, making it very suitable for drug transactions and negotiations. This was also an important international drug market.
Orlando Lee still remembered that when he was ambushed, lost his goods, and was shot in the arm, he ran to the hotel where his mother was staying to avoid the local gang killer who was chasing him. A slender arm pulled him to the female bathroom at an extremely fast speed. Fortunately, there was no one in the female bathroom. When he looked up, it turned out that the person who had been pulling him into the ladies 'room was Xueche. He hid Leo well and signaled him not to make a sound. Xueche walked out of the female washroom as if nothing had happened.
The killers who had chased into the hotel did not dare to be too rash because of the people coming and going. In the hotel lobby, the security guards stared at them vigilantly. After searching for a while, they realized that they could not find the person they were looking for, so they reluctantly retreated.
Those people walked out of the hotel. After making sure that they were far away, Xueche went to the ladies 'room, while Orlando Lee had already jumped out of the window and left...
It was a wordless exchange. He was 21 years old and Xueche was only 15. However, he knew that she had saved him. Perhaps it was the closeness of blood that made him feel that she was a ray of sunshine in his heart.
Once, by chance, he met his mother in a drug market in South Africa. Unexpectedly, he found out that Xueche was suffering from leukemia and might not live long. In order to prolong Xueche's life so that she could reduce the pain after each chemotherapy, her mother thought of drugs. The drug that his mother had her eyes on was not ordinary heroine or viruses, but a hallucinogen called " Ice Butterfly."
The Ice Butterfly was the economic pillar of the Colombia gang that Orlando was in. It was also a unique product developed by the gang. It was expensive and rare. It was a drug extracted from a rare plant in the Brazilian rainforest that could cause hallucinations, pain, anesthesia, and pleasure. The higher the purity of the Ice Butterfly, the more harmful it was to people. However, it could numb the pain to the greatest extent and expand the excited nerves.
Of course, Orlando knew the dangers of the Ice Butterfly, so he went to find his mother.
" Ice butterflies are extremely destructive and can destroy the central nervous system of the human brain..." He explained his knowledge of ice butterflies to her.
The beautiful woman nodded happily, but then her gaze turned distant."... I want to keep Xueche alive. She's my only one..." It was obvious that his mother loved Xueche more than him. But for some reason, after Orlando Lee saw Xueche, especially when Xueche had saved him, he really couldn't hate her. Vaguely, an unknown emotion surged in his heart.
"Why didn't you find stem cells that match her for a transplant? "The chances of being cured are very high. She's so young…" Orlando Lee didn't know much about leukemia. However, he knew that the blood stem cell transplant was one of the ways.
"Yeah…but, but if we can't find a match for her, we can't guarantee that there won't be a rejection reaction.”Her mother's eyes dimmed, and her beautiful face instantly lost all color.
" Maybe…" Orlando Lee thought for a moment." I wonder if I can donate my bone marrow and blood stem cells to Xueche?"”He was very serious. For the first time in his life, he wanted to save Xueche's life. It was not only because she had saved him, but also because he treated her as his blood relative from the bottom of his heart.
For the first time, his mother looked at him with such a gentle gaze. When he recalled it, his heart was not as dark as he had imagined.
Xueche would come to South Africa every year, either in summer or winter. She liked to go to the zoo and feed the baby animals. Or go to the forest park and get in touch with nature up close. Every time, her mother would accompany her. Of course, Wayne would also be there.
However, when Xueche was fifteen, Wayne, who was twenty, had already joined the army and entered the special forces. Xueche said that Orlando Lee and Wayne were both big brothers that she liked. Every time Wayne was mentioned, Xueche's eyes would light up. Orlando knew that Xueche really admired that brother. She told him that her brother Wayne would be a great hero! Hehe, thinking of himself, Orlando Lee couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. What was he? In the eyes of outsiders, he was a hooligan, a ruffian, a thug, or even a hooligan…
When Orlando Lee saw Xueche lying on the hospital bed, the fifteen-year-old girl's face was so thin that only a pair of big, clear eyes were left. She was taken to the hospital when she was riding a camel in a forest park in South Africa.
" Brother Orlando…" She liked to call him that, and he gladly accepted it.
"What is it?" Orlando placed a bouquet of fresh flowers, which were perfume lilies, into a vase in the ward and smiled at Xueche. He rarely smiled, and it was even rarer for him to smile warmly at others.
" I heard that there's a drug called Ice Butterfly…" Xueche's clear eyes sparkled." When Ice Butterfly is injected into a person's body, the pain will be numbed, right?”
"It's a drug." Seeing Xue Che being so submissive and hesitant to speak, he quietly listened to what she wanted to say and corrected the misunderstanding in her words.
"Is that so?" Xueche said very softly, his head lowered." Can it really stop the pain…I'm actually very scared. Every time I go for chemotherapy, I can't stand the pain. Sometimes, it's better to die than to suffer like that…"
Before Xueche could finish, Orlando Li had already pulled her into his arms."…If we can find stem cells that match you, you might be able to recover! Look, you have so many people around you who love you. I envy you!”
"Is that so? Is there no one around you who loves you?" Xue Che suddenly raised her head and looked at Orlando with confusion. Orlando Lee was stunned. He felt really sad. There seemed to be no one around him who loved him. The father who was addicted to drugs and alcohol, perhaps, but even if he was, he was no longer around. Even though his mother had given birth to him, every time he saw him, he could feel that she did not want to see him. Seeing him was like seeing his unbearable past. Perhaps there was love, but he could not feel that kind of love... Other than that, there was really no one else who loved him.
" Brother Orlando…" Xueche seemed to have guessed something and suddenly grabbed his hand with her small hand." You still have me. I love you!"”Xueche said the last three words very slowly, as if she was very shy. After she finished speaking, she leaned into Orlando's arms and added softly," I overheard your conversation with Mom. I know that you're also Mom's child. You should be considered my brother…" Orlando hugged Xueche and was touched by her words of love.
"Brother Orlando, you can get the Ice Butterfly, right?”Xue Che suddenly asked again,"…I'm really afraid that I won't be able to endure the pain. Can you give me the ice butterfly?”
"Ice butterflies can damage the central nervous system of the human brain and cause hallucinations!”Orlando Lee was expressionless. He didn't want Xueche to touch drugs, especially those higher-grade drugs!
"I heard that the Ice Butterfly can cause hallucinations in normal people, but if it's injected into a patient, it can delay their life. Is that true?”Xueche's voice was as clear as a silver bell." Actually, right now, I feel that every day is a luxury to me. Death can take me away at any time!”
This did not sound like something a fifteen-year-old girl would say, but Xueche really wanted to tell Orlando that everyone said that people who were about to die could see the Grim Reaper, and she felt the same way.
" The Ice Butterfly can indeed prolong the life of terminally ill people, but it can only last for three years at most…" He knew the researchers who developed the Ice Butterfly, so he had a better grasp of the specific situation.
" Three years…" Xue Che muttered to herself," Three years is enough…"
The ice butterfly was full of poetry. If no one said it, no one would be able to associate it with the world's most advanced drug. Similarly, the ice butterfly was also very strong, as strong as a night-blooming cereus. Anyone who was injected with it would instantly stimulate the greatest vitality in their life, numbing the painful nerves, leaving only happiness behind... No one knew that Xue Che wanted to live like this at the last moment of her life, so that the people around her would remember her beauty and her happiness. The beauty and happiness that bloomed in three years was enough for everyone to remember, and it was enough for everyone to feel unforgettable.
When the ice butterfly entered Xue Che's body, no one expected her to become one with it. Just like three years later, Xueche was quietly taken away by the Grim Reaper. Only Leo knew that she had become an ice butterfly, hiding in his mind…
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