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12-Year-Old Girl Elopes With Boy She Met Online Through A Game

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12-Year-Old Girl Elopes With Boy She Met Online Through A Game12-Year-Old Girl Elopes With Boy She Met Online Through A Game

A 12-year-old child ran away from home to be with a boy she met online after aruging with her parents. He planned to get a job to sustain their lifestyle.

Some dream of throwing a lavish wedding with scores of people, while others fantasize an intimate ceremony with few cherished guests. The heart wants what the heart wants, after all. But few would have been as bold as this child ran away from home with her online sweetheart.

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The girl contacted the boy with a plan to run away | Image source: iStock

China Press reported that 12-year-old Xiao Zhang from Dazhou, Sichuan had conveyed her desire of running away from home to unite with her 15-year-old boyfriend, Xiao Lei from Taiyuan, Shanxi after an argument with her parents.

After mulling over their options in secret, they hatched a plan. Xiao Lei would embark on a train journey to Dazhou to pick up Xiao Zhang before heading back to Taiyuan together.

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They planned to head back to his hometown where he’d get a job to support them | Image source: iStock

The girl’s father then discovered that Xiao Zhang had run away from home and boarded the train to be with a boy whom she had met online. He went on to call the railway police on Nov 26, as per The Shanghaiist.

On Dec 12, the Jilin Railway Public Security released a video that showed the police’s discovery of the couple who had been travelling by themselves on the train, according to The Beijing News.

 

Xiao Lei explained that they met through a video game a few months back and have been dating online ever since.

Due to the conflict between her parents, Xiao Zhang did not want to stay at home, she said. Hence, she wished to look for him at Taiyuan and would only head back to her parents’ once she found a job.

He tried to convince the cops that he was able to support both of them — he claimed to be earning 1,800 yuan (S$350) per month and has plans to rent a place as well. Xiao Zhang would be able to enjoy her life by playing games on her phone at home, he assured.

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Police asked passengers to help convince the children to return to their respective parents as the child ran away from home. | Image source: AsiaOne

If that doesn’t work out, he would then bring her abroad, confident that he would be able to support her overseas. Ah, young love.

The police officers got hold of some passengers to counsel the young couple as they brought the kids back to their respective parents.

According to China Press, the police in Dazhou contacted Xiao Zhang’s parents afterwards and safely sent her back home to them.

 

This article was first published on AsiaOne and was republished on theAsianparent with permission. Republished here with the permission from TheAsianParent.

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