When he was very young, Jinshi loved his father. The young man was consistently kind, even-tempered, and he had the most wonderful laugh. He always paid Jinshi special attention and the small boy thought the world of him.

One day, Jinshi was approached by a man that he didn 't remember seeing before. He was tall and gaunt. Jinshi's mother stepped ' between them, and there was something incredibly frightening about how wild the man 's eyes turned. An unfamiliar woman suddenly appeared. She was even older and more withered than the man. Jinshi noticed his mother drop to her knees in the position of respect. He knew to do as she did and assumed the same position. He glanced up at his mother, and there was something in her eyes he 'd never seen before. It frightened him almost as much as the strange man and old woman.