Friends stay together only as long as they get along, but as soon as they stop getting along, there's nothing to do but go their separate ways. "It is New Year's Eve in the Veterans 'Home, and Qiu sits by himself, speaking with the voice of experience. In the gathering dusk, only his cigarette, alternately brightening and darkening, remains visible; his face fades into shadow.
朋友處得來，就多交一會兒，要交不來，也只能散夥了」，邱如華在除夕當天，一個人在榮家宿舍裡娓娓述道，近黃昏的天色中，只看得他嘴上的香菸一明一暗，臉色漸漸模糊。