Li Bo: a professional breaker-up for couples

There is an old Chinese saying that "It is worse to destroy a marriage than damage a temple." But these days there are people dedicated to helping others "say good-bye" to their "sweethearts".

As a part-time "break-up agent" he persuades others to break up instead of staying together, and does not finish working until the couple is completely separated.

Li Bo: a professional breaker-up for couples

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Helping a friend break up with his girlfriend

31-year-old Li Bo lives in Nanqiaolijing community, Longxi Town in Yubei District and works at a real estate company as a planning officer. He started acting as a part-time “break-up agent” after rescuing a friend from trouble.

Li said that a good friend of his Zhang Yang was once about to marry his ex-girlfriend Chen Fang, but they separated because Chen fell in love with another man. A year later, Chen discovered that her new boyfriend was no good for her and wanted to become Zhang's girlfriend again. At that time, Zhang already had a new girlfriend. However, Chen waited for Zhang outside his home every day and even visited his office. Zhang said, "There is no possibility that I will be Chen's boyfriend again, but Chen was so persistent that Zhang's new girlfriend could not tolerate the situation."

As Li also knows Chen, Li agreed to talk to her on Zhang's behalf in order to make things clear. "Chen was relatively emotionally stable during my 4-hour talk with her largely because I was present as a third party. I finally persuaded her to stop being so stubborn," said Li.

The case made Li aware that if the love between two people is already gone but one person finds it hard to tell the other this face to face, he or she needs to ask someone else to say "good-bye" for them. At the end of May this year, Li posted notices on different online forums such as Tianya and Ganji saying: If your relationship is facing practical problems such as false emotion, cheating or loss of feelings and you are unwilling to reject or part with your partner face to face, please contact me."