When I came out of the subway station, Beijing was already filled with the atmosphere of late autumn.

Although I had only been away for a week, there was a sense of things being different.

Life continued calmly for a while.

One day, Song Liang casually asked, "How old is your cousin?"

I truthfully replied, "She's three years older than me, so twenty-six."

"What?"

He widened his eyes in surprise:

"Isn't she only two years older than me?

"She's only twenty-six and already has two children?"

"But she does look very young, if she didn't have kids, people would believe she's a college student."

I pressed my lips together, his subconscious words echoing in my ears: "Isn't she only two years older than me?"

The last time I heard similar words was in the office.

A colleague had a crush on a new intern, asked their age, and the first thing they said was, "Oh, they're three years younger than me."

Asking deliberately and subconsciously calculating the age gap shows a certain level of concern.

Late that night, I noticed a faint light near the pillow.

When I looked up, it was dark again.

Song Liang's breathing had a steady rhythm, his phone upside down, tightly held in his palm.

I couldn't sleep, staring into the darkness until three in the morning.

He finally fell asleep.

I quietly took his phone, unlocked it with his fingerprint.

In the chat window with his cousin, there was only one message.

【Sister, you are so charming, like a purple rose swaying in the wind. Have you seen a movie called "Innocence"?】

All other chat records had been deleted.

Song Liang was probably waiting for this message to be replied to, and fell asleep waiting.

Although he was an engineer, he was quite artistic, having watched almost all of the top 250 movies on Douban.

He especially loved "Innocence".

In the movie, the male lead already had a pure white fiancee.

Yet he uncontrollably fell in love with his notorious cousin.

A forbidden love that society does not allow, romantic and moving.

Song Liang, are you trying to place yourself in that story?

That's a bit self-indulgent.

Just as I was about to put the phone back, his cousin replied.

【Really? Thank you. I haven't seen that movie, I'll watch it another day.】

His cousin is a smart person, she wouldn't be unaware of Song Liang's intentions.

She replied with so many words...