In Waiting, Lin Kong falls in love with Manna Wu while in the Chinese Army away from his wife Shuyu. Since adultery is considered very dishonarable in their culture, they are forced to hide their feelings until Kong can get a divorce with Shuyu. The problem comes when Shuyu refuses to settle the divorce and he is forced to wait 18 years by law to get the divorce without her consent. Kong and Wu s relationship struggles over those years, and against all odds, they cling together and survive. But, the years end up changing them drastically and now their relationship doesn t seem to be the same.
Love has many forms.
One of the forms that love comes in is love of the family. Whether the relationship is by blood or just close friends, love powers humans to come together and cling against all odds. The Brothers Three, Ade, Joe, Santigie, cling together as friends at an early age, and plan their lives together. This is different from the other circumstances because the clinging is what actually leads them to failure. The brothers spend their life together going nowhere.