Chinese mum leaves son, 6, in hotel room for more than 2 weeks; staff act as carers
Abandoned youngster tells returning mother that he is ‘a little man who can take care of himself’; cleaner who cared for him is left in tears
A six-year-old boy in central China was left alone in a hotel for more than two weeks, touching hotel workers who stepped in to care for him like family.
According to Henan Television, the boy, nicknamed Chengcheng, checked into a hotel in Zhengzhou, Henan province, with his 25-year-old mother, surnamed Yue, in February.
She initially went out at night and returned during the day, but stopped returning in March and left no contact information.
For more than half a month, Chengcheng stayed alone in the hotel room.
He chatted with cleaners, asked them for hugs and often curled up by the window looking outside.
At one point, that drew widespread sympathy online, he asked the room’s smart speaker whether it had parents, before saying: “I want my mum to come back.”