Li's life story came spilling out the moment they met, but when the conversation turned to his wartime childhood, his facial expression became savage and his right hand cut fiercely across his stomach. Lin didn't know if his startling gesture was a reference to ritual suicide or the cruelty the public experienced during the war.
李伯伯一見到她就開始「講」自己的故事，談到小時候目睹的戰爭景況，老伯伯露出猙獰表情、右手往肚子猛劃一刀，不知是表示切腹自殺還是殘害百姓，驚悚感十足。