Chinese man arrested for posing as delivery rider 43 times in a day with baby to gain sympathy
Man claims wife had left him and their baby, but police discovered that she still ‘lives happily’ with them
An influencer in China with over 400,000 followers was arrested by police after he fabricated a story about delivering food with his toddler daughter to portray himself as a single father.
The man, who operated under the handle @qianyibaobei on Douyin, claimed to be a single father to a toddler named Qianyi, whom he brought along while working as a delivery rider because her mother had abandoned them.
In large font across all his videos, he writes, “She does not have a mother.”
In one particularly sympathetic video, the man, dressed in the yellow uniform of food delivery app Meituan, states that he delivered 43 orders alongside Qianyi and earned 300 yuan (US$40) in a single day, so he could buy her nice food.
He also urged his audience to like his videos, revealing that he had accidentally injured his daughter’s face while working.
He amassed over 400,000 followers combined on Douyin and Kuaishou, producing more than 100 similar videos, and profited from live-streaming sales, all under the guise of supporting his daughter’s livelihood.
