Renting a date for the Chinese New Year is becoming more and more popular in China. Getting the rented girlfriend pregnant is probably less common.
Last year, a 38-year-old bachelor from Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, was reminded by his parents that they were still waiting for him to get married, Xinhua reported.
Afraid of going home for Chinese New Year without a date, the man decided to hire a fake girlfriend.He posted an advertisement online, saying he is willing to pay a lot of money to rent a girlfriend that he could take home for the holidays. A young university student from Xuzhou finally replied, hoping to make good money.
Thinking the young couple wanted some privacy, the parents made them sleep in the same bed. Unfortunately, they couldn’t keep their hands to themselves.
A few months later, the girl discovered she was pregnant. With no actual boyfriend to help her raise the child, the desperate young woman decided to have an abortion.
She contacted the man several times to ask if he could cover part of her medical costs, but he refused.
This year, right before the Spring Festival she looked him up again, but his answer was still the same. After that she sought legal assistance and on February 16, the man finally agreed to pay her 3,000 yuan in compensation for the mishap.
