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Online gaming has developed a bad reputation, particularly in the Far East where internet cafés allow players to while away the hours among like-minded individuals, sometimes to the detriment of their mental well-being and physical health. It was in one such locale back in 2007 that Li Lin and Li Juan first met and bonded over their mutual love of online games. The pair, both under 21 at the time, soon had a child—a son born within a year of their meeting. Less than a week after his birth, they left him alone at home while they went to play games at a distant internet café. Their second child came in 2009, a girl this time, and the happy couple realized that childcare and internet café usage both cost money and required a massive investiture of time. It was at around this point that the idea struck them: why not have someone else invest that time and money into the child, and make some cash on the side while they were at it? 
Said the parents, “We don’t want to raise them, we just want to sell them for some money.” Hopefully the authorities will pull the plug on this couple’s gaming habit. |