For Rosa to recount such things herself is indeed difficult. After all, Rosa was only 12 years old that year, and she was in a state of terror and distress... Shi Nian decided to take control, guiding her and accompanying her to retrace that year once again.
Shi Nian asked, "I remember on the phone that day, you vaguely mentioned 'starting with drawing, reading, listening to music.' You used the word 'start.' Does that mean initially you didn't directly go to give yourself to that old man?
In Shi Nian's palm, Rosa's fingertips were icy cold.
"Yes," she answered with a tremble, "Everything was sunny, peaceful, and beautiful at the beginning, so I absolutely didn't expect things to happen like that later... And because of this, when those things happened afterward, I was more terrified and found it harder to endure."
Shi Nian thought silently to himself, there might be two reasons:
