Between the three of them, nothing is ever as one-dimensional as it would be if they were just two, or one. And so there is a private joke that is also a promise—an impossible wish they could realize at any time. Let's retire together. The three of them in a house far from the city. Sharing chores and sharing meals. Sharing drinks and tales, laughing under the stars. It would be so simple, and yet—when Wu Xie falls asleep (unconscious) and glimpses it all, what he sees is what cannot be: the three of them growing old together.