This Is Just So Romantic,

a Chinese man spent a small fortune as well as a lot of time and effort,

turning this drab, dull island,

into this pink paradise, 

 Xiao Xu, a young man from Hetou Village, in China’s Guangdong province, went above and beyond to win back the heart of his ex-girlfriend,

even to the point of making a bridge to it,

over the course of a month, he spent around 100,000 yuan, at tody's rate £11,127 or $15,392, turning the wasteland rising up from a lake near his village into a fairy-tale Love Island complete with fake cherry blossom trees, swings, river rock arrangements, and more,

He even convinced some locals to give him a hand and turn this place into the ultimate love letter to his former partner,

30-year-old Xiao Xu met his ex-girlfriend while working in the city of Guangzhou, and the two were together since 2018 until last year, when he decided to return to Hetou Village, to take care of his elderly parents. Unfortunately, his girlfriend, who was born and raised in Guangzhou, didn’t want to give up the city life, and her family didn’t approve of her living in the countryside either. So they broke up…

but that wasn’t the end, as far as Xiao was concerned, and to show his former partner that he still loved her, he devised a plan to put his feelings for her on full display,

after finishing work on the project, the hopeless romantic sent photos of it to his ex-girlfriend, confessing that he had done it all for her, soon, photos of this pink oasis located in an otherwise bland Guangdong village started going viral on Chinese social media. News outlets sent reporters on location to find out its story,

over the last couple of months, Xiao’s pink island has hosted countless photo ops, as well as several wedding ceremonies, and it has become a symbol of love, the Love Island has fulfilled its purpose of sending a message of love, and its creator is at least happy about that, “The Love Island did not fulfil itself, but it fulfilled others and witnessed the love of others, which is also a good thing,” Xiao Xu told Purple Bull News, Xu Jingfeng, deputy secretary of Hetou Village told the same news outlet that the overwhelming success of Love Island has inspired local authorities to start promoting it on the internet in the hopes of boosting tourism even more, did I mention the reply to the photographs of the island that Xiao Xu sent to his girlfriend? she wrote back, “Thank you for your sincere dedication! You will find something better than me,” dam, don't you just hate it when that happens?