Lord of the Dead Sea

Walking through the dull hospital corridor, looking at the ICU that was getting closer and closer, and thinking about the face that was about to appear like an angel, nurse Zhang Xin felt unspeakably uncomfortable.

Pausing in front of the door for a few seconds, thanks to the continuous efforts of nurse Zhang Xin, a bright smile finally appeared on her young face, like a blooming flower,

"Liu Yufeng, I'm here to see you, how are you doing today?"

Pushing open the door, Xiao Zhang looked at the boy lying on the hospital bed, and sure enough,

The boy showed a kind and innocent smile to himself as always, just like the first time the two met.

"Sister, you are here."

As a patient who was given a death notice by leukemia, Liu Yufeng endured the severe pain in his joints and sat up slowly. The smile on his face did not change because of the pain, because it is an essential skill for orphans, and it is used in orphanages. To please the adults who come to adopt children, each child has undergone this smile practice countless times.

Walked a few steps to the hospital bed and sat down. Liu Yufeng in front of Zhang Xin exuded a quiet charm, with long fluffy hair meticulously groomed. He looked like Rukawa Kaede in "Slam Dunk". His bright eyes are always a bit dodgy, and he doesn't easily look directly into other people's eyes. His nose is like a jade onion, his teeth are small and his lips are thin. With his melon-like face and his quiet bookish temperament, he looks like a kind angel.

What made Zhang Xin sad was that this kind angel fell ill with leukemia, commonly known as blood cancer.

In fact, leukemia is not incurable during this period, but it requires a lot of money,

Liu Yufeng, who has never been adopted, is a poor boy who relies on social welfare even when he is hospitalized. Usually, a bag of crispy noodles that costs one yuan is the only snack he is willing to buy, and he has to divide it into three times before he is willing to eat it.

The prices of those medicines and bone marrow transplants are a series of astronomical figures in his world,

It is the stars in the night sky that he will never touch.

"Sister, I dreamed yesterday that I was dead and carried out, and then I saw you crying."

Liu Yufeng stared at the white quilt covering his body and continued:

"Seeing my sister cry makes me so sad."

In two sentences, Zhang Xin felt weak and hurt like a needle prick, his nose was sore, he covered his eyes and tried to maintain a smile and said:

"No, no, there will always be miracles in this world, you can't give up, promise my sister..."

Slowly taking his hands out from under the quilt, Liu Yufeng stared at the black poker box in his hands, at the clown joker who seemed to be mocking fate and the world,

"I'm going to participate in the school's performance the day after tomorrow. My sister will also come to see it, okay? This is the only performance I can do. I want to show it to you."

As soon as she grasped Liu Yufeng's hand, Zhang Xin couldn't help shaking her head, tears welling up in her eyes, she has been with Liu Yufeng for a long time, she has regarded Liu Yufeng as her younger brother, and she even begged the family members for this younger brother, hoping that the family can help , but how could a family member from an average family agree to Zhang Xin's request, the result is self-evident.

"Your body can no longer support you to perform any performances, so just show my sister a magic trick with poker, okay?"

Shaking his head slightly, Liu Yufeng stretched out his hand to slowly wipe away the tears from the corners of Zhang Xin's eyes. Although he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, he still showed his signature smile,

Because, growing up in an orphanage, if you habitually show negative emotions,

It will be the same as naughty and disobedient,

considered a sin.

"Sister, help me, I want to stand on the stage and perform for you, and also put an end to my insignificant life."

Reaching out to gently hold Zhang Xin's hand, Liu Yufeng's eyes were piercing, looking directly at Zhang Xin's faltering eyes with tears in his eyes,

"This is my last wish, and I will give it to you with my most confident performance."

Zhang Xin, who suddenly burst into tears, nodded repeatedly. She felt Liu Yufeng's heart, and it could even be said to be his last wish.

"Leave it to my sister, she will definitely go to your performance."

Biting her red lips lightly, Zhang Xin wiped her tears and left without looking back.

For a moment, in the dean's office of the hospital,

A sad young nurse suddenly knelt in front of the silver-haired dean. The dean hurriedly stepped forward to help and inquire. After he understood the reason, he continued to enlighten the nurse, but the nurse refused to get up until he got a positive reply from the dean. .....

In the ward, after the infusion, Liu Yufeng fell asleep holding a poker box.

No one noticed, on the cover of the poker box, the joker smiled brightly, and suddenly stuck out his tongue and licked his scarlet lips, as if full of anticipation for Liu Yufeng's performance or death.

.....

Two days later, in 2021, at the East High Campus Cultural Gala,

"The mysterious poker show is about to start. This is a wonderful performance from Liu Yufeng, Class [-], Grade [-]..."

Following the introduction of the host of the school's cultural evening, Liu Yufeng in the background slowly pushed the second injection into the body. The effect of the medicine was very fast, and the body responded immediately. This is the "powerful medicine" that my sister begged for herself. , so that I can temporarily forget the pain and be full of strength.

As for the price, die?He was going to die, and he didn't care anymore.

Rather than lying on the hospital bed waiting to die, he would rather spend his remaining life in full bloom, giving it to his sister who has been taking care of him, and giving himself the hard-working pretending life.

Slowly opened the white suitcase, put on the black cloak, fastened the buttons, and Liu Yufeng's whole body was hidden in the hood.

Putting the clown mask he made into his pocket, he picked up the poker card that had accompanied him for 12 years, and looked at the mocking smile printed in his mind. Liu Yufeng also smiled.

The joker is mocking the world,

Liu Yufeng was laughing at himself.

At the bottom of the box was a piece of yellowed letter paper with several layers of scotch tape wrapped on both sides. It was written in a righteous font:

"Someone left you in my orphanage in the wind and rain, so I named you: Liu Yufeng, the child left in the wind and rain."

"You have been very obedient and sensible since you were a child, and you are like a kind little angel."

"I hope you can make many good friends in the future, be adopted by a good family, and spend your life happily."

"That deck of playing cards is the only clue to your life experience. The material is very special. After many efforts, I have not found the answer. I don't want to destroy it for further analysis. I hope you can reveal its secret in the future."

"Of course, I believe that when you grow up, you will understand that sometimes forgetting and letting go is also a kind of happiness."

---------President of Nuanyang Orphanage, Zheng Yong

---------June 2009, 6

This is a letter handed to Liu Yufeng along with playing cards when he was four years old. It was specially written for him by the elderly dean before he passed away.

Holding the color photo under the letter paper in his hand, looking at the kind-looking old man and the laughing baby in his arms, Liu Yufeng slowly closed his eyes, a tear fell from his fair face,

"I'm sorry to disappoint you. I embraced this world with kindness, and what I got was scars all over my body under the rising sun. If there is an afterlife, I hope I can live according to my own will. In order to live the way you expect, I worked really hard..."

After closing the suitcase and watching the staff lift his performance props to the stage, Liu Yufeng took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and rubbed his fingers together.

The strength is gradually returning, the severe pain in the body is gradually disappearing,

How long?

He finally felt himself alive again,

"Next, please, our classmate Liu Yufeng from Grade [-] and [-] will bring you a wonderful performance. The name of his poker performance is "Sister, Before the Flower Withers, It Will Bloom!"

In the last high-spirited introduction of the host, holding a mysterious poker box in his hand, Liu Yufeng hid his whole body in the cloak and slowly stepped onto the stage.

During this time, even Liu Yufeng himself didn't notice that,

under the cloak,

The clown on the poker box in his hand blinked suddenly, and his smile became more exaggerated, as if he sensed that Liu Yufeng was about to die. The five letters of joker flowed quietly like blood, especially bright red.