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Yating Yang

A Chinese woman who hired a delivery driver to hike up a mountain and break a “love lock put there by her and her ex-boyfriend has amused many online viewers.
The unusual request unfolded through an online video on Douyin, shared by the driver, known as “Gold Medal Runner Brother”, which attracted 27,000 followers.
His IP address showed he was based in Henan province in northern China.
He often documented his “errand challenges” in which he fulfilled special requests for clients from being a proxy wedding guest to sending red envelopes or flowers on Mother’s Day.

In addition to dropping off meals, delivery drivers in China offer a variety of personal services, such as queuing up to buy milk tea, transporting documents, accompanying clients to hospital, and even caring for pets.
The cost of the services depends on the distance and time it takes to deliver them.
In this case, the client, Wang Mengmeng, paid 300 yuan (US$40) for the driver to climb Laojun Mountain in Henan to cut the metal lock she and her ex-boyfriend had placed there during their relationship.
“I went to Laojun Mountain with my ex-boyfriend and hung a lover’s lock, then I found out that he had done the same with so many girls. Now, when I think about it, I feel disgusted. Can you help me cut the lock?” Wang said.

The delivery driver expressed his disdain for her ex-boyfriend and accepted the request, driving four hours to reach the mountain site and taking a cable car to the top.
He discovered that identifying his client’s lock among the many others was a daunting task.
After a video conversation with Wang, he found the pink lock with the couple’s names engraved on it and broke it.
During his journey up the mountain, passers-by were surprised to learn about the special service.
Wang also asked the delivery man to cut a lock put there by her ex-boyfriend and one of his other former girlfriends.
To the entertainment of onlookers, he initially tossed the two cut locks into a nearby creek. However, Wang requested further destruction to signify that the relationship was irrevocably over.

After figuring out that the lock was made of zinc, he went to a specialist shop where he had it melted down before declaring that the bond between the couple was completely broken.
However, staff at the shop pointed out: “Brother, you’re not ending the relationship, melting it is actually merging it into one.”
The video has caused much amusement on mainland social media.
“You only hooked up in April and you broke up in July, so fast,” one person said.
“I wonder what else the drivers would do,” said another.


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