Chinese boy cycles 130km for 24 hours in bid to reach grandmother’s home to complain after fight with mother, found exhausted on expressway by police
- Mainland social media is stunned by a boy who cycled for nearly 24 hours trying to reach his grandma after a fight with his mother
- The boy told the amazed police who found him that he had cycled through the night while eating bread and water he had brought from home
An 11-year-old Chinese boy cycled for nearly 24 hours in a bid to reach his grandmother’s home to complain about his mother after a fight, leaving mainland social media amused.
The boy was found exhausted and alone in an expressway tunnel by passers-by in the early evening of April 2, local media outlet Meilizhejiang reported.
The police officers who came to collect the boy were surprised to discover he had been cycling for 22 hours covering nearly 130 kilometres after departing his home in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province.
The boy was trying to reach his grandmother’s home in Meijiang, a county in Zhejiang about 140 kilometres away, so he could air his grievances after he fought with his mother.
During the journey, the boy navigated by following road signs and admitted he had taken a wrong turn several times.