These days, Delphine often finds herself unintentionally reminiscing about past moments, mostly the trivial little things from when she first arrived in Southeast Asia.
Now that her body is becoming heavier, she grows lazier, confined to the house every day and stifled by the monotony. Most of her time is spent following Mrs. Li or Yunji as they tend to the flowers.
The old three-story villa is surrounded by lush greenery, with flowers blooming year-round. When Delphine noticed the roses blooming beautifully behind the house, she took a pair of pruning shears one afternoon and went to trim their branches.
Roses are thorny and hard to prune, but with ample time and patience now, she persevered.
After trimming a small patch of the flower field, she cut seven or eight roses that were in full bloom. Just as she was about to take them inside, she accidentally pricked herself on an overlooked thorn, and blood immediately welled up.
