old dream

Chapter 394 Orchid Thief
Colin simply asked Rui to go back to Danaro first, and he changed the ticket to tomorrow morning.

Yes, he lied to Giovanni.Because according to the original arrangement, it is actually impossible to keep up with the flowering period of the ghost orchid.Colin delayed for a little time, but it wasn't because he was too interested in the orchid itself, but because Colin had been feeling relieved that Giovanni's condition had improved these days, so he wanted to share with Old Fang Witness that moment together and draw a good end to the past of the five hands.

When Colin came to the conservatory, Giovanni was busy measuring the humidity and temperature in the air.His movements were unhurried, just like the positions before the battle were set up before.Seeing Colin coming, he didn't show any overjoyed expression, but said copiously: Find a place to sit by yourself.

"Be careful not to take too much breath, hold your breath a little bit."

Giovanni said without looking back:

"If you exhale too much, the humidity and carbon dioxide levels in the greenhouse will change."

".Is this an archaeological site?" Colin said helplessly, but he also understood Giovanni's painstaking efforts and lowered his breath.Because even if he didn't deliberately understand it, he still knew how fragile this orchid from the depths of the swamp was.

More fragile than newly unearthed cultural relics.

As if being blown by the wind a little bit will kill you.

"During the 25-hour light period, the temperature should be controlled at 22 to [-] degrees, and during the [-]-hour dark period, the temperature should be [-] to [-] degrees."

Giovanni muttered, not knowing where he learned it.In the nearly half a year of cultivation, all the parameters have been thoroughly learned by heart, but he is still afraid of forgetting or remembering wrongly, so he reminds himself by repeating.

The carbon dioxide concentration in the air is between [-] and [-]/[-].

The humidity should be maintained at 80% to 90%, so Giovanni also planted a lot of usnea near the ghost orchid to maintain the humidity. Hanging from the wood.

These usnea acted like a miner's canary.If Songluo died, then Guilan would definitely not survive.But the reverse is not necessarily the case. Even if Songluo is alive, Guilan is also likely to die.

The moonlight shines gently through the glass at the top of the greenhouse, and the flower buds of the ghost orchid seem to be opening a little bit.

Colin was amazed that Giovanni could predict the flowering period so accurately. If there were no five hands, maybe he would have become a florist or something.

In other words, a person like him can do anything well.

"You must be wondering why I suddenly planted orchids." Giovanni said softly.

Colin nodded, but still remembering the other party's reminder, he tried not to speak.

"Actually, I quit gambling and drinking without much effort, and I did it easily. Later, when I was bored at home, I accidentally saw a report in the newspaper."

Giovanni packed up all the conditions needed for the orchid to bloom, patted his muddy legs, and sat next to Colin.

"There was an orchid dealer, or orchid thief, who seemed to have been looking for ghost orchids from birth, but it was illegal to pick them anywhere. The man waded through the swamp eight months of the year, and the rest of his life For the next four months, he spent the first half of his life in the fields looking for news with farmers and hunters, but in the end he found nothing. His wife ran away with a pastor, and his two children died of diarrhea one after another. The younger son was buried After that, he began to lose his mind, wandering aimlessly, from one city to another, tried many other jobs, porter, miner, seaman, but finally failed to settle down. One day he suddenly walked into the The swamp he is most familiar with is also the most dangerous. He didn't bring anything, and his clothes were thin, like a child going back to bed to sleep. But this time, he saw a A ghost orchid in full bloom."

It was autumn, obviously not its flowering period.

There are no more than twenty ghost orchids in this area, but no more than two hundred in the whole world.

Their flowering rate in the wild is less than one-tenth.

How did such a fragile ghost appear in front of him at this very moment, right here, through the long river of time that has evolved over billions of years?

At this time, the orchid thief heard a voice, a ghostly voice that made him stunned.

At first he thought it was the ghost orchid, but plants can't speak, so he soon realized that it was the voice of the soul, and he found that his mouth could not help but whisper to himself:
".thanks."

The voice was trembling, accompanied by tears falling down.

All the painful sacrifices became willing at this moment.

Giovanni got the ghost orchid seeds from the orchid thief.

The painstaking effort put in to cultivate it afterwards is not inferior to that person in the slightest.

Colin held his breath involuntarily, because the ghost orchid was blooming.

Most flowers need green leaves to set off themselves.

But the ghost orchid has no leaves, only thin flowers on the slender stems, absolutely lonely.

It was planted on a single walnut, moisture-retaining and non-perishable, surrounded by hanging pineapples.

A ghost orchid that hasn't bloomed is extremely inconspicuous, but Colin can always see it at a glance.

Because the whole conservatory exists for it.

In a few slow hours, the buds of the ghost orchid opened, revealing its strange few white petals.There are six petals that are extremely slender, with thrilling arcs, while the bottom petal is extremely wide, like the hem of a ghost.

It has no leaves, so it is almost floating on the dark and wet walnut wood.

a white ghost
Why does such a beautiful thing come with the harshest conditions in the world?
Is it fragile because it is beautiful, or is it beautiful because it is fragile?

Ke Lin stared blankly at the blooming ghost orchid, unable to speak for a while.

Giovanni was also watching, but his eyes were full of confusion, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

So in the end, it was he who looked away from the ghost orchid and asked Colin:

"Are you touched?"

Colin nodded involuntarily, but he didn't know whether it was entirely because of its beauty, or because he saw Giovanni's hard work on it.

That's it.

Giovanni looked at the ghost orchid again, and nodded accordingly.While nodding, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

But it was an extremely stiff smile that seemed to be forced out.

It turns out that normal people would feel moved.

"Going back to Danaro tonight?"

"Yes." Colin replied in a daze.

"There will be no more bloody wars on the Stade side," continued Giovanni.

All is at peace forever.

"Um"

"So, I beg you," he said, don't leave me in a place like this.Giovanni didn't look at the orchid anymore, but pleaded with Colin:

"Please take me with you."

(End of this chapter)