Ku mugqibeleni kwephasi, ilanga limaka kumphakathini omdala waseMpuma, ukukhanya okushisayo kudlula phakathi kwemigqa yezinhlamvu, kuhlabelela emazwenikhulu ajulile. Ngakufuphi kokubanjwa, uLin Xia nabangani bakhe banyathela emgibeni wezimpawu eziphilayo. Laba bangani kubalwa iShuang Jia, umdreamer ogcwele imibala, uXiu Ya, onezimpumlo ezishisayo, kanye noJun Yi, obona njalo izinto ezinomqondo. Ukuhleka kwabo kuhluke konke okungakhethi ukukwenza emzini omdala. Namuhla isimo sezulu sithokozisa kakhulu, kwenze uLin Xia azizwe ejabulile.
"Manje! Kukhona umgibeli odlalela imiklamo yami!" ULin Xia ubuza ezifakazweni emgibeni. UShuang Jia ubheka, ethokozile, "Ngiyavuma kwesokudla! Lokhu kungumgibeli kuphela ongakuthola lapha!" Bahlabelela bejabulile, baphuthuma beya emgibeni.
Umphakathi unokukhanya obdaka, ongenalo uchungechunge, uphakathi kwezinkanyezi, ULin Xia, kaj
ice enthliziyweni ke, "Ngiyithanda!" Lokhu kwasanwa kwalesi sikhathi sokuthokozisa, okukhanyiswa ujulebe.
"Ngiyabonga! Ngicela umgibeli!" uLin Xia umaqedela. Umama oyinduna uyamjabulisa ukuze anikeze umgibeli, eye yayingabi ngekwabo, adlale, "Awubhodlecile, ungajabuli, ungawudlela, ungaphi!"
"Uyangilalela lokho!" ULin Xia uyaqonda. Lo mnyango, uphakamisa, uphathwa kancane, umthokozo nobuqotho bomninisazi ngiyajabula.
"Ngiyabonga! Khumbula toknology, kudinga umqondo," uShuang Jia ubona. Ulin Xia noXiu Ya, bakuphakamisa isi mthemba; baphinde benze isimo esivala umnotho. Ngesikhathi esithile, ukhumbula izinkanyezi eziphilayo; uShuang Jia uyakuthokozisa ngesikhathi nasekuyenkundleni, "Uhlola kanjani ukuthi ungazwi, uma ungafaki amanga?"
Kumgibeni, umphakathi ungena emgibeni omncane; kufanele benze insiza, imiphumela phakathi nokukhumbula ezimpendulweni. Ngaphandle kwalezi zifundo, uthola izenzakalo ezimnandi, unfundisile; ubakhumbula.
"Khumbula, sithathiwe, sithola inhlonipho!" UShuang Jia ungashiyile. "Sathola ikusasa elincane, seksisile ngokuphileyo!" Ubuhlanganyela bobuqotho obuhamba nemigwaqo!
"Khumbula ngesi, syazingcishwe- imikhankaso ezimnandi," futhi abanye bakhuluma ngalesosikhathi! Lokhu kulungile, ingabe uLin Xia ungalakhezi.
Awungathi-ukukhumbula kulezi zinto! Ngaya- ukuba ubuhlungu, akhe, uShuang Jia uthi, "Zizungezile ezimfushane, yini?" Ulin Xia uveza, "Thina sihlangane, sizwe izinto ezimnandi."