Serendipity as Chinese couple appear in same photo 11 years before meeting each other


The couple from Chengdu found out that they had both visited the May Fourth Square in the seaside city of Qingdao at the exact same moment in July 2000.. - Screengrab from MIAOPAI

CHENGDU: A couple from China, who have been married for five years, recently discovered that they had crossed paths as teenagers nearly two decades ago – and it was an old photograph that revealed this part of their love story.

The couple from Chengdu were left speechless, when they found out that they had both visited the May Fourth Square in the seaside city of Qingdao at the exact same moment in July 2000.

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