Because he was staying at He Pengfei's house, He Pengfei played host and set a table to welcome Zhao Yu and the five others who had arrived earlier.
By a happy coincidence, there were eight people in total, just enough to fill one table.
Who were those eight?
Bai Zhizhan, He Pengfei, Zhao Yu, Li Jie, Jin Hong, Shen Pu, Zhu Huasheng, and Zheng Jiangming, the latter five being the iron brothers of Bai Zhizhan.
Like Bai Zhizhan, they were all naval officers from the civilian class.
If they had had any family background, who would have studied aerial reconnaissance?
Despite living together in a dormitory for five years, these six young men each had their distinct characteristics.