Woman suffers death of a child, a divorce and paralysis, but in remarkable twist of fate ends up marrying her best friend’s son
- Yin Houping lost her son and then became paralysed in an accident, then she and her husband divorced and she no longer lived with her daughter
- Her best friend saw her pain and introduced her to her son, the pair hit it off and are now happily married
Yin Houping, 34, never imagined marrying her best friend’s son and having another child after being paralysed from the waist down in an accident in 2017 and divorcing her husband in August 2020.
Yin first met Huang Junping, 51, her best friend and current mother-in-law, in Yichang, Hubei Province, central China, after the two became neighbours in 2014; at that time, she had just lost her three-year-old son in a drowning accident, Yin told the South China Morning Post.
If there are only two of us in this life, I am willing to take care of you until we are both old
Yin became close to Huang whom she found to be understanding of her grief. The two soon became close friends.
When Yin’s second child, a girl, was born in 2015, Huang assisted her in caring for the baby.
However, misfortune struck Yin again, and she became paralysed after being hit by a falling tree branch in 2016. She stayed with her mother, while her husband and daughter remained at their home.
After the accident, her husband wanted a divorce which she refused until 2020 as the couple barely saw each other for over three years. Her husband took their daughter to live with him.