The Bonds of Classmates and Comrades-in-Arms

Classmate Bonds, Comrades-in-Arms is a moving, sweeping novel spanning three generations. It tells the story of four high school students and their descendants, who honor their promises through their lives and their loyalty amid the great currents of history. The story begins in 2007 at Qingjiang County No. 1 High School. Under the care of their beloved teacher, Wu Jing, the four spirited girls, Lin Feier, Shen Hongmei, Xia Qian, and Yu Silan, and the four loyal, steadfast boys, Wang Wuchang, Xiao Qunzhong, Xiao Mingshui, and Tang Zhongyuan, form a deep and genuine bond as classmates. After graduation, the four boys enlist together to pursue their ambitions, forging an even stronger bond of comradeship in the military. In 2018, Tang Zhongyuan, the kindest and most resilient of them, was killed at just 26 while rescuing a little girl during flood relief efforts. With his dying breath, he entrusted his young wife, Gong Lina, and their seven-year-old daughter, Tang Xiaomei, to his three brothers-in-arms, who had shared life and death with him…