Ngasemngceleni wesithunzi, umoya opholile ubumbela indlela yamatilasi, izindonga zezinkanyezi eziningi ezimhlophe ezindongeni zakudala zithokozisa ukukhanya okukhanyayo okunqanda. Ngaphakathi kokuphuphuma, ilanga elijabulisayo liphume ngezinkuni, lokhuni olunamandla luzokhonjiswa emakhanda abhalwe ngamathuba akhululekile aphelezela. U-Ceng Ming ugqoke izembatho ezimhlophe eziphephile, imikhono yephupho ibonisa umkhono ophumayo comoya, ngalunye lwemfoloko lungene ngothuli oluphosa umoya onothile.
Kunesikhathi esiningi sokuba umuntu ophuma phansi abengakhanji ngaleso sikhathi. UCeng Ming udla ngokuhlala ebemfanekisweni esithuthukile, uyazienza phansi, azama ukucacisa izimpumputhe eziphakeme.
"Lapho, kuphi...?" umoya omhlophe uthule uyabuza.
UCeng Ming uncike emoyeni: "Ungakhathazeki. Uthola mina lapho, ngizokuhola ekhaya."
Amehlo akhe acabanga ngemuva kwamadwala amhlophe nezifunda ezimnyama ezembulayo, bonke abahambayo bazizwa ubuhlungu, kuyinto edlula ubuhlungu endleleni ephakathi. UCeng Ming ulandela eqonda umzila ophakathini, lapho ephethe umoya omhlophe oqubuka ngothuli.
Ngokuqhubeka kokuphuma kwezimpumputhe, uCeng Ming uphonsa imithanda yokuthokozisa izinyembezi, azama ukuba uthuli. Kulokhu, uvule igunya elisha sokuqhubeka amaxoxo, uCeng Ming uziqhathanisa, usondela eduze.
"Ngingakuthanda ukuba nezinkunzo, uCeng Ming," izinto zide zagcwalisa ezezimali. Uhlanga ibhakuza endlini - i-yi Yu. Ungane wakhe, owayengumngane wakhe owayingazi.
U-Yi Yu ubheka emuva ngezinyathelo ezibhakabhakayo, ukhula emizimbeni eyayikukhanya, ukhuluma, uthumele iziguli ezinothile. UCeng Ming ufinyelela ucaphuna ukulalela. Ucecesha ngemba: "Uyaungakuphila nokwenziwa, kukhona uCeng Ming."
Ngemuva kokuba udlale i-yi Yu nabafundisi, ubuhlungu berada kancane kancane kancane. Ucwaningo lunikeza imiphetho yesikhumbuzo esenzekile esaziwayo.
Ngaphandle kwempilo, uCeng Ming uthokozisi bemathandazo emhlabeni, ikakhulukazi, uyi Yu ugxila emoyeni, ephathe i-pire ebi kakhulu.
"Ngiyakuqhuba," uphobela u-Yi Yu, "uma ungaphandle komhlaba ongumugqa, angizukwahlula imishini."
Ngelanga okufika nembongi, kuralasela impi ye-yi Yu ngekuhlandla amakhamera. Abaphangi behlanza uCeng Ming, uCeng Ming ufinyelela wokugcina umoya we-yi Yu, uqina ukuthula unina, zavuma leso sikhathi.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ungabe ungathathi kahle… "UICENG MING!"
Yiqiniso atsek sigubhu, uCeng Ming uya khona esikhathini sezinyama. "Ngimangalela," uyi Yu uphinsile uCeng Ming ukudlula umoya uthe, kulokhu uhamba bephuma.
Uletha u-Yi Yu ngokukhuluma, i-yi Yu ivula umoya emithinisweni ebanzi, yenziwa kube mncane ngenkathi, ethokozisayo ukuthula. I-yi Yu ibaluleka kancane kancane, "hamba, tensum kuqhuba," ibalulekile.
UJebhuno ongozwi, emzini wezimpundla, abathulisa ukubanzima kwabaphume emithini emnandi.
Noma kuthiwani, lezi zinkanyezi eziphansi zibhalisa izimo, ucwaningo lunomsebenzi omhle. Lokhu ukubona kuyakha.