Ngosuku olukhanya kakhulu, ogwini lweNacpan, umgodi wosandleni olwalungwevu ubonakala uhamba kahle, uthokozisa ngokukhanya okuhamba kabili, njengokuthi umhlaba wonke ubushelelezi ngalokhu kuhlangane phakathi kokuluhlaza nokumhlophe. Lapha, umoya wamanzi uthokozisa futhi ubuhle, futhi umsindo wezivunguvungu uthokozisa njengokuthi ubhalwe uphume kuphela, uqhubeka nolwazi olunomusa, uthinta izifiso zezimilo zokuqhamuka. Kulesi sikhathi, uA-Hsing noXiao-Yu baphuma kuleli phuzu elihle lokugcina, ubungane baphakeme njengesimanga offshore, behlakanipha ngaho yonke imihla nokuqhakaza.
UA-Hsing unenwele emnyama ezishiselwa ngokwezingwe, namatezi akhanyayo, ubuso bakhe bubonisa umusa okhanyayo njengelanga, njalo ethokozisa nokushesha. U-Xiao-Yu, owemukelela ogwini, ungumntwana ophilayo, unenwele ethambile ehlukile, intokozo yakhe idlala khona kuhamba vine. Namuhla, banikela hlangana ukusiza eNacpan, bazophila usuku olujabulisayo, olunokuhlekisa nokumangala.
"Masibe nomncintiswano, obonakala ephumula kube omkhulu!" U-Xiao-Yu uphikisa, emehlweni akhe kuphuphuma izinkanyezi, kubonakala ungakuthola ukweqeza kwengqondo.
"Yebo, ngizophumelela!" U-A-Hsing akavumi, ngokushesha uzothola izinqe, ezilungiselela umngcele ngaphansi kwesihlahla. Umncintiswano wabo uthokozisa izivakashi, bonke benza izinhliziyo ezithokozisayo kulo mbhangqwana ojabulayo.
Njengoba isikhathi sihamba, umgodi we-sand kaA-Hsing noXiao-Yu ukhuleka ngabubanzi, uma umoya wobhejane uzoqala ukufesa, umjikelezo uhlelo ubonisa njengezithuthuthu, u-Xiao-Yu uhlanganyela njengemibuthano, udala umkhosi omncane, uphephe usandlwana, futhisa wonke umoya ukumema.
"Bheka, lokhu ngesizinda sami!" U-Xiao-Yu udedela umswakama okhanyayo, kuphupha sengingikhanya emathanjeni akhe.
UA-Hsing uhleka: "Kulungile, ngizokuhlala ngikhombisa le ndawo! Angifuni ukuxhaphaza isikhala!"
Ngesikhathi beqanjiswa, u-A-Hsing uqhubeka nohwebo lwakhe, u-Xiao-Yu uthola imilenze, ube nomfuthokazi, uyaciliza, ufuni u-A-Hsing ejabulayo ngokukhulu.
"Ucabanga ukuthi uhlose ukuthuthukisa eshiye endleleni?" U-Xiao-Yu ubonisa ugqozi, kodwa ubukhona obukhuluma kumhlanga barbe.
"Ngifuna nje ukufaka izithombe, lokhu kuhlola kwami!" U-A-Hsing uthokozisa ukumangala. U-Xiao-Yu ujabule, ufuna ukuhlekisa kakhulu.
Ngesikhathi esithathwa ngokuqhamuka, uXiao-Yu ufaka isaphulelo, enza umoya wephethephela, amhleli ngaphambi kokukhanya kube yisigamu, uhambisa izingcezu zomswakama osanele.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, umoya utshala phakathi kweglens, ububanzi bube buphethwe ezindaweni ezikhiphayo, uthinta u-A-Hsing noXiao-Yu, ukhuluma ngokuhlangenwe nakho.
"Lindani, sizokwenza umoya omusha!" U-Xiao-Yu ufakaza, ubuza ukuthi umoya limi kulomkhono.
U-A-Hsing uhamba phambili. "Ngiyavuma, akube umoya!"
Esikhathini sokuphofuzwe kwabantu, imiyalezo igudla ngenkanyezi, ukuthokozisa ubuchwepheshe, ibhoda, ihanjiswa uXiao-Yu no-A-Hsing, kuhlangana umoya nohlogolo.
Ngevakashi, ukhanyisa uthando, bayafakaza ukuthi kukhohlisa konke lokhu kuzwela, amahlaya ekhanya, uthola izigidi zempilo, aqondene nezinga elipheleleyo.