In a long life, how many friends come and go, and how many friendships are worth holding on to? There have been partners that we thought would be with us for a lifetime, but they got separated along the way. How many people we treat sincerely have not been honest with us? The friendship story of the famous writer Zhang Ailing reminds us who are worthy friends.

1. Zhang Ailing and Yan Ying

They are classmates who went to college together for four years. They were so close that some people thought they were gay. They would go to school together and come home from school together, always sit in the school cafeteria to eat together, and even sleep together at night. But they are not gay, just good friends. Their personalities are opposite, one is taciturn, the other is enthusiastic and cheerful. In short, fate brought them together. After graduation, Yan Ying went to Japan and often told Eileen Chang that she had made a lot of money and had countless suitors behind her. As time went by, Eileen Chang felt that these friends were no longer the same, and in the end the relationship between them became weaker and weaker.

2. Zhang Ailing and Su Qing

Both of them were famous talented women in the literary world at that time. They admired each other's works and took care of each other in their daily lives. However, what Zhang Ailing didn't know was that her lover once had a relationship with her best friend. Because Su Qing could not accept that her old lover was with her best friend, she always felt that this relationship had hurt her a lot. Maybe it was jealousy, maybe it was embarrassment. In the end, this love triangle led to the friendship between them not continuing.

3. Zhang Ailing and Kuang Wenmei

However, Zhang Ailing’s friendship world has not always been so gloomy. She and Kuang Wenmei have always maintained a very deep friendship. Kuang Wenmei liked Zhang Ailing's writing very much and often visited Zhang Ailing's home, where they talked about everything. Zhang Ailing maintained her friendship with Kuang Wenmei for almost the last forty years of her life, and wrote more than 600 letters to Kuang Wenmei during these forty years.