It’s not easy being a young single guy in China.
You live in the era of the 3 highs (三高时代 sān gāo shí dài).
And you have to go home for Spring Festival — where relatives look forward to meeting your nonexistent girlfriend!
Some Chinese online shopping sites have seen opportunity in this episode
that’s replayed each year in homes across China. They let you rent someone who can pretend to be your boyfriend/girlfriend and save you from embarrassment.
That’s assuming that you can pull off it off — that you can successfully 以假乱真(yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn).