Ngalesi sikhathi esikhulu, ilanga litshisayo likhanya ngemuva kwegquma le-basketball, lishisa phezulu emhlabeni ophelele we-basketball, njengokuthi kukhanyise ifa elinothile lendawo engashiyi emoyeni. Le ndawo iyinsika yezifiso, futhi ibhizini elikhulu labantu abaneminyaka eminingi yokuphila. U-Haoyu, oneminyaka eyishumi nane, umi esigcawini, amehlo akhe ehamba kahle ngokuthanda kwe-basketball okukhulu kanye nomgomo oqinile.
Namuhla, izihlalo ezisemqansini zigcwele abaxhasi abaphilayo, umoya ophithizelayo wezemidlalo osanda lapho ungaphakathi. Iqembu lika-Haoyu lihlangabezana nezinselelo ezinzima ezivela eqenjini elibizwa nge-'Flame Team', elaziwa ngokuhlasela okunamandla nezokuphepha eziqinile. Ngokulandelana kwezokukhuthaza ezivela kubabukeli, umoya ka-Haoyu uphathiswa kahle.
Lapho umshoshaphansi uqala, u-Haoyu ufaka isimo esihamba phambili, ehlakaniphile emisebenzini okukhanya kumsebenzi omkhulu awukhumbulayo. Ubelokhu eqonda ukuthi lokhu akusona umjaho kuphela, kodwa kuhambisana nesikhathi sokulandelana kwezifiso. Njengoba umjaho uqhubeka, u-Haoyu usebenzisa izinyathelo zakhe ezimnandi kanye nesibindi sakhe sokuphishekela, uphumelele ukweqa umgibe wobuchwepheshe, uhlakukela ibhola lokubanjwa njalo, avuse umoya wokuphuthuma.
Endaweni ye-competitive, u-Haoyu akazange akhombise kuphela amakhono akhe, kodwa ngaso leso sikhathi emhlabeni wakhe, umqondo wokuba neqhaza kweqembu usaqhubeka ukusebenza. Ngesikhumbuzo sokuvikela, u-Haoyu wathola umngane wakhe u-Wenxi osemva kwakhe, amehlo abo avula umoya, bobabili kanti nakanjani kuchitha isikhathi esithile bexoxa. U-Haoyu washeshisa ibhola layo ku-Wenxi, u-Wenxi waphakamisa ibhola elihle, ibhola lathi emva, izikhangiso zalalela abaphilayo ngempela.
Njengoba umjaho uqhubeka, ukuhamba nokuhlasela kweqembu kumkhumbuza ngokucindezeleka, u-Haoyu uzwa umoya obalulekile obalulekile eqhweni, uziqhenya ukumema abalingani, uveza u-'siyaphumeza, nathi kufanele sithembisane, uma sihlangabezana nezinkinga, amandla eqembu angahamba phezulu!' Amagama akhe efana nelanga, efudumele kuzo zonke izinduna.
Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Wenxi akakwazi ukuzigcina, wamnika u-Haoyu, "Uhlale unikeza nathi ithemba, Haoyu. Akufanele sisuke." Abanye abalingani bafaka amazwi afanayo, izibaluli zabo zibukeka zizothola umoya omusha, zikhumbule amandla okuphumelela.
Umjaho usuphelele, amanothi ahamba eduze, bobabili behlisa ibhodi yabo, umoya opholile uyaqhamuka. U-Haoyu nomhlaba ohlangene namandla akhulisa ixazululi, ubona umphumela ophumayo. Njengoba efana ne-rocket, uthola izinkumbulo eziyisithupha ezihlukahlukene, uzwa konke izicubu zomzimba wakhe zingama-flower, zishesha ukuhamba, imiphumela okufanele ithandwa.
Ngokwesaba, umgibeli weqembu lonyaka ubheka u-Haoyu, edinga ukungena ukuze aphumelele umjaho. Nokho, u-Haoyu waziphatha kahle, ukugwema okungamahloni, isisindo somoya sikhulu. Ngokushesha, umoya wokuvinjezelwa kwabo usethwe, u-Haoyu uyavuma.
Ngenkathi izinkanyezi ezishisayo ziyacaca, u-Haoyu usemoyeni, ibhola kuya naphakade, ubonisa ukuhlanganyela ku-basket. Le nqubo iphefumulelwe ngaleso sikhathi ngo-umbala. Abaxhasi basukuma emqansini, bahlaba u-Haoyu, umhlaba ubonakala ushaya. Ugibeli uzwa ukuzwa okukhulu, akazange akujabulele ukuzigcina kuphela.
Ngonyaka nokukhumbula kwendaba, umshoshaphansi uthola ukuphumelela okuqinile, amukele u-Haoyu, eqinisa ucyana. Umzamo wabo umphumela owanelisayo. Ngalesi sikhathi, bonke bazithola bejabulile ukuze baphumelele umuzwa wobudlelwano, uthuthukela kumoya omkhulu, ugijime kumzimba wabo.
U-mentor oshayisa u-Haoyu uboniswa, uphakamisa u-Haoyu, uthi, "Haoyu, indlela omkhombisa ngayo ibekwe emhlabeni ivula okungajwayelekile ngo-team spirit!" U-Haoyu umamatheka, usho, lokho kudinga wonke ama-akhawunti athandwa nabanye.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ilanga elishisayo lezinkanyezi lisetshenziswa ngemuva gebasket, likhanya eziningana. Umoya ohlangene nolwisa ungaphakathi kubonisa, njalo utanda izikhathi eziyinselele, uthanda amaBhola.
Njengoba izinkanyezi ziqhamuka, u-Haoyu uphenya umjaho wokuwa. Uyaqiniseka ukuthi, indlela ehambele phambili ikusasa, inezinkanyezi, uzogcina ibhodi, uzokwazi ukuqhubekela phambili, angashiyiwe?
Noma ibhodi elinokuhlupheka, u-Haoyu ubonisa, isikole sinezono, uma kudinga ukugcina umoya, umoya weqembu uhamba phambili, ukukholwa nakuwe. Amathuba nezikhumbuzo kuyahamba, zimemeza u-Haoyu, ukugijima okukhulunywa.