The 5-year-old, identified by the nickname “Xiao Rui”, was abandoned last week by his father, who dropped him off at school as usual but failed to return to pick him up in the evening, according to local reports. . Xiao was carrying a backpack containing only a change of clothes and a mobile phone, Jiangxi Morning Daily reported via the South China Morning Post. The boy’s teacher, who the posts referred to as Chen, reportedly tried to contact his father. He spoke to Chen but he refused to take the child, stating that he was not the boy’s biological father – according to a paternity test – and that Xiao was now the school’s problem. Chen visited Xiao’s house later and found it empty and his mother’s whereabouts unknown. Local reports said they contacted the police, who contacted Xiao’s grandfather and uncle — but they also reportedly refused to take the boy. The boy stayed at his kindergarten for five days after his father refused to pick him up.Weibo Now, Nanning Radio and Television reported that the youngster was expected to be picked up by his biological mother this week. Users on Chinese microblogging site Weibo were outraged by the news, expressing concern for the boy and anger at his father on the platform. “Look at his innocent back, it’s really touching, other people’s children are pampered like babies, but [he] she has to face the harshness of the adult world,” another user commented.
