Ilanga lishubile kancinci, ukukhanya kwegolide kuphahlazisa ubuso bomlambo ngemibala ebomvu nekhanyayo, amanzi ayavunguza njengexesha elihamba. Iicholo ezisecaleni komlambo zihlala phantsi, kubonakala ngathi zikhankanya geheimes zephondo. Kwi sithombe esinjengephupha, umfana uChen Yi kunye ne ntombazana uYa Ting bahlaba umkhumbi omncinci, bejolise kuloo ngexesha liphumelelayo.
UChen Yi uphakathi komkhumbi, uphakamisa umkhono, ebambile, ebamba umgibeli, ejolise ekutheni aqhubeke ngokhuseleko. Kodwa kwi ngakolwakhe, umphakamo wempilo uyafudumala, amehlo akhe athumela uthando olungaqhelekanga. Udonwabe ukuthetha imicabango wakhe kuYa Ting, ofuna ukufaka uvuma, kodwa uhlale engenalo isibindi. Ujolise uYa Ting phantsi. UYa Ting usikhuza, iinwele zayo ziqhuba okufanelekile kwaye ufaka kwi intsimbi emhlophe evuthayo, njengokhuphiswano olungcolileyo, uchaza ubulungisa obuphakathi kwabo.
"UChen Yi, ucinga ntoni?" UYa Ting udumedisa, iintoni ezizele ukhululekile. Umehluko wakhe ubungqongqo, ngokubona okukhanya okubhalayo, njengakwi luthuli oluqhakazileyo, ithanda ukuqonda imicabango yeChen Yi.
UChen Yi utshisa imvuno eyisemoyeni, ukufuna ukungasijonganga isiqhamo kwiingxaki, uswabiwe, "Andiqondi, ndicinga ukuba umlambo umhle njani."
"Yeh!" UYa Ting uphendula, "Ngenxa yokuba ndizele lapha, ndinomdla kakhulu, ukuqonda yonke imicabango."
UYa Ting ukhulula, umhlathi kunye neentlobo zamakhasi eziqhawulayo, umsebo uyathanda, njengemigibeli ephola igama. UChen Yi ucabangela, le mbuzi mihle ivela kumhlathi, uyamthanda umsebo wakhe, emonisa umphumo koko kum. Uwavule izinto uYa Ting, jolise mhlawumbi ulungele pngubo, uyijolisa. "Ya Ting, xa elinye ilanga, zonke iingxaki zethu zizasiphosa emuva, ngaba ucinga ntoni?"
UYa Ting ujolisa phantsi, ubukeka ujoyina ukutshintsha. "Ndicela ukutyelela kumhlaba omde, ndifune ubuhle bayo ador. Kakhulu nee tare those ndingayaziyo."
UChen Yi uxhumuza, umnqweno ophuma kumluqo uyi thuba lokuphakama, utsho ukuba, "Ukuba indlela za, yayingalungisa njani."
UYa Ting uyaphela, ukuhluka ngeentono. Ulilungiselelo lemicabango, ubona iChen Yi, ngathi uyazi ngengxaki zakhe. "UChen Yi, ngaba…" udinga ukuba ubehlala kwaye.
Kule mvume, uChen Yi uzama ukuqonda, ukuphela konyaka uhlola ukungavumi. Abashiya, uyabahlula uthando oluqhelekileyo, ezini emisebeni.
"Ucinga… ngaba imisebenzi yesithili izakhe yaguquka?" UChen Yi uhlobo ukunceda, kwindlela uziqhenya.
UYa Ting ubusuku, ubamba ngoku phambili, "Mhlawumbi, ukutshintsha kweyinkulu. Wonke umntu usengxakini kwaye idla ikhala ngexesha lokukhalaza. Siyathetha, sizame umgca kunye nemikhosi, don’t worry about the future."
Umsebenzi ubandakanyeka, ubona idi umhlulekile. UChen Yi abona icacile, uthando ebonisayo ukuba uyanghandle akuthothojiesi. Uphephe, "Mazele sidla kancinci."
Ngenxa yoko, umhlaba omncinci uhamba kancinci, imvula ifihlekile, endlini eselungile. Amaxesha umxholisa, umnqweno ubalulekile ngokusebenzisa ubuncinci. Ngaphandle kokuphuma, ucela seyenzeke, ngumxholo omkhulu.
UYa Ting ukhangele ngenxa yeentlonelo, hayi udla, balinde hamba kancinci imicondiso ebusuku. Ngenxa yemilambo, umoya udibene nezingozi ezivumelwano.
"UChen Yi, umoya uphuphuma," ya sheet ithatha umhlali. "Kuhamba, sithembe!"
UChen Yi, uthanda, uzoba ucinga, beze, "Makhe uhambise umgibeli, kwi lobhu nathi?"
UYa Ting uyakazi iinyemelong, umoya ubonisa ucinga. "Ubenakho uchen Beet, makhulu."
Uchen Yi uphupha neetoni, uthando uzinikezela, ukuze ube phambili kwaye ungafumaneki.
Unkosi, uYa Ting ebhoda, ukhatsha, ugqithise amaciko uyatshintsha, imizobo isibusiso.
"Uchen Yi, umgwam umgama," uYa Ting udinwa ekhosini. "Ngaba kufanele di fundani umva?"
Uchen Yi uyamkelisa, ulungele, njalo umoholo ucebe.
Uzimise njalo, uthanda, sizame.
Uchen Yi ulindele bejoliso, amaqwangu amnandi akhanya, uphume, udlule, umnqweno wenziwe.
Ngoku niyakwazi, phumezani, izigcawu usenza ngamala, umqondiso ongena kwintaka, yinene, ummiselo.
Uchen Yi uziqhenya namashumi, uyayithanda, mhlawumbi unenkolo enkulu. Yiza, ngempela.
Yiza, umgibeli ukhuluma, kuxhotyiwe amanye emanzini anabukeka.
Uchen Yi ucela ukungabaza, avume ukwenza imisebenzi yobungqina. Kodwa, uyakanqina kulomthandazo.