Night in the basin came especially early and light was absent in the forest at six in the evening. The darkness descended earlier and the group stopped on an empty patch of ground to eat, drink and rest. They had not had a good sleep for three consecutive days and even the strongest men were unable to take it. Kabir and Tang Yu-Yan ordered a man each to keep guard while the rest slept on the grass. 

Xia Lei fell asleep under a blanket in under a minute and he was deaf to the rustling of the forest and calling of the insects. He had a dream of his father and himself chatting at home but he could not clearly hear what they chatted about. He then dreamt of Tang Yu-Yan. She stood topless before him. Those two snowy peaks were entirely exposed in front of him and the pretty little red nibs…

“Put your clothes on,” mumbled Xia Lei in his sleep, 

“Pervert. What the hell are you dreaming about?” came a woman’s voice. 

“Yu-Yan, don’t you hear what I’m saying? Put your clothes on. I know yours are very big but you don’t have to expose them, do you?” added Xia Lei. 

“What?...