Pierced by Cupid’s Sedan, Woman Forgives and Marries Motorist Who Accidentally Ran Her Over

February 25, 2025 journo

Can you remember the day, perhaps the moment, you met the person who would become your spouse?

Well for an unnamed Chinese woman, it’s a day extremely difficult to forget—because she probably thought it would be her last.

Whilst crossing the street on an electric bicycle, the 23-year-old looked over and saw a car flying towards her at inevitable speeds. The driver, reported with only the surname Li, was driving fast through the streets of a city in Hunan Province because of an emergency.

At that moment, Cupid swapped his bow and arrow for Li’s car. The woman was hit, and the impact broke her collarbone. Li rushed over to her to apologize and call an ambulance but received a surprising reply from his victim: “No worries” she said.

Li said she seemed to be a very kind person. The woman’s parents absolved him of his guilt and opted not to press charges, South China Morning Post’s Fran Lu reports. Feeling the obligation, Li visited her at the hospital every day to make sure she had everything she needed, during which time they grew close.

Three weeks after the collision, the woman confessed her love to the man who nearly killed her in a story that has lit up Chinese social media. At first, the 36-year-old Li rejected her, saying he was too old, however, they remained in touch and eventually went out to see a movie together.

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She discovered she was pregnant in September, and, bedecked in the reds and golds of traditional Chinese raiment, were married in February.

Li said marriage was not in his life plan before he met her. He thanked his wife in a social media post for her “bravery.”

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Moving in with his wife’s parents as they lived closer to his work, Li reports that they refused the still-used “bride price” of Chinese custom, knowing their son-in-law to be in debt. Instead, they told him to invest it in his business.

Interestingly, striking his wife on the road was his sixth such incident in two months, but was also the last since that fateful.

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