(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-02-22 09:51

An engineer at an IT company in Shanghai, rented a girl to be his girlfriend in an attempt to please his parents during the Spring Festival holiday - but his plan backfired.

"I am 28 years old and have no girlfriend. My parents worry about me being single so I thought I would please them by asking a woman to pretend to be my girlfriend," Zhou Chao said.

He paid the woman and took her home but his parents found out and were angered by their son's action.

Zhu Yi, a social affairs expert in Chongqing, said both Zhou and his parents were in the wrong. Zhou should not have resorted to cheating to please his parents and they should not have pressurized the young man.

(Chongqing Commercial Daily)