Late at night.
Shi Su was trapped in a nightmare.
Terrifying flames surrounded her, getting closer and closer, smoke billowing everywhere, choking her throat, obscuring her vision, the fire devouring everything.
"Let me out... help..."
"No..."
The scene shifted in the darkness to a windowless room, a scrawny figure reeking of alcohol approached, collapsing in front of her too delirious to resist: "Shi Su, I've wanted you for a long time, be good, don't move, did someone put something in your water too? It won't hurt, come let me take care of you..."
"No... get away... go..."
"Don't touch me... go..."
"No—"
Shi Su let out a low cry, suddenly sitting up in bed, drenched in cold sweat, eyes fixed on the wall in the dark, gasping for air, as if the billowing smoke and the nauseating stench of alcohol were manifesting in front of her, she couldn't breathe.
