Colors of Youth

The novel is set against the historical transformation and development of the old industrial city of Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town. It follows five ordinary children born in the 1980s—Jiang Youyun, Jiang Long, Jiang Mingliang, Jiang Lin, and Jiang Bin—who are also classmates. Their life destinies, symbolized respectively by red, black, gray, blue, and yellow, form the main storyline. It depicts their ups and downs in struggle and friendship, transformation and growth, joys and sorrows, partings and reunions, showcasing the magnificent upheavals of social transformation and revealing the fickleness of life amid changing circumstances. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Colors of Youth — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠