Lockdown Love: Woman Stuck in Her Blind Date's Home Gets Engaged to Him
- The lady, identified as Zhao Xiaoqing was engaged by the man she found herself stuck with after China announced a countrywide lockdown
- She recently disclosed that she will become engaged to her man Zhao Fei during the upcoming Lunar New Year festival when the lockdown is lifted
- The two lucky lovebirds who share the same surname, are both 28 years old
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When COVID-19 hit the world, many things and people were left in an unfortunate state due to lockdowns and other restrictions.
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Love and luck
However, there are some who were lucky to experience positive stories such as landing great businesses and relationships.
Well, a Chinese lady named Zhao Xiaoqing was among the lucky ones as she was able to finally land her better half in very weird circumstances.
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Zhao Xiaoqing was for an entire month trapped at her blind date's home after the government announced a countrywide lockdown.
The sad phase came and went but Zhao will forever live to remember 2020 as the year she managed to find a husband, albeit not intentionally.
Zhao will soon walk down the aisle with the man, Zhao Fei who she was stuck with during the pandemic lockdown after he went down on one knee to ask for her hand in marriage.
Opportune engagement
According to SCMP.com, Zhao was recently engaged by the man she found herself stuck with after China announced a countrywide lockdown.
Zhao disclosed through social media that she will become engaged to Zhao Fei during the upcoming Lunar New Year festival when the lockdown is lifted.
Briefly News has learnt the lady has been living at Fei's home near Xianyang, Shaanxi province, central China, since mid-December.
“I very much treasure the love between us,” she said.
“This is the biggest harvest for me in the year of 2021. I am thankful for this special karma.” she added.
Family organised the meeting
SCMP.com reported that the couple, who share the same surname, are both 28 years old.
The man of the house said Fei was introduced to her by her family as a blind date, and the two met for the first time at the beginning of December 2021, when he visited her home in Baoji.
In related news, a Chinese woman identified as Wang left tongues wagging after revealing that she was forced to stay with her blind date after a lockdown was imposed in his area.
As earlier reported by this publication, Wang disclosed that she went for dinner at her blind date's house in Zhengzhou, China, and while still there, the area was put under lockdown when COVID-19 ravaged the globe.
Lockdown love
According to The Guardian, Wang said she couldn't leave the house.
She shared videos detailing her to stay at her blind date's house on China's biggest social media platform, WeChat, leaving netizens awed.
Wang also shared a series of videos of her man cooking and doing house chores while she slept.
The lady said she was forced to delete some of the videos after friends of the quiet and reserved man saw the videos and called him.
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