Cool Brother reunited with his family
This has even got into the western papers, so I suppose it would have been surprising if nobody at all had recognised Cool Brother.
Xili Bro, the vagabond of mix-and-match, reunited with family after 10 years | ChinaHush
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Xili Bro is with his family finally, after 0ver 10 years of seperation. Gone is the days when he has to drift on the streets, feeding from foods in garbage, and more importantly being teased as amusement. This post is a throughout introduction about this seek-after figure on Chinese Internet.
Xili Bro(犀利哥), a name netizens give to a cool looking vagabond appearing on the streets in Ningbo, generates overwhelming discussions for the last few weeks, following a post in tianya on Feb 21st, describing Xili Bro as the ultimate passer-by hunk in the universe. The post got 769,201 clicks and 4415 comments before 12 p.m. Feb 26th. And stories about this Xili Bro spread widely, making to websites like QQ.com, Netease, nownews.com, sohu.com etc.
Xili means sharp in style here. Although people talk about him, nobody knows who he really is, where he comes from, or what gets him there until lately when ongoing discussion, “admiration”, as well as sympathetic voices spread wide and far, and eventually reach Xili Bro’s family in Jiangxi Province. Cheng Guo Sheng(程国圣)，was 90% positive that the Xili Bro he saw on the Internet is his long-lost elder brother Cheng Guo Rong (程国荣). He soon contacted the website that posted an all-rounded video on Xili Bro and came to Ningbo on March 5th with his mother to meet Xili Bro, who was taken care by the asylum and sent to psychiatry hospital already.
According to Cheng Guo Sheng, Xili Bro is from Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province, he was father of two children when he left home for work at the age of 23 and soon lost contact with his family. Now his children were 10 and 11 years old, but unfortunately his wife was killed in a car accident last year. Cheng Guo Sheng also mentioned that Xili Bro was healthy and alright when he left, not clear why he was deliriously living on the street.
Xili Bro’s story could be dated back to January. All the fuss started by 2 photos token by a photography fan who was trying a Sony 70 400G at a Sony store in Ningbo as Xili Bro walked by with his cool air and interesting mix-and-match. He then uploaded these photos to fengniao BBS on Jan 30th to share about the camera.
“Alas, at this point, I can’t help thinking about this — how come there will be such contradict, against-nature existent” Read the post on tianya BBS that actually started to raise attention, “Here is the photo, I can’t say any more compliments on this, because any compliments would pale at this photo; a great snapshot indeed, and this Xili Bro, what more can I say; even when I was sitting in front of my computer I could feel the strong field coming from the photos…”
Some interesting comments on Xili Bro:
“As a matter of fact, he is really iconic, out beat those Japanese cowboy a few blocks already.”
“I’ve seen some handsome beggar before, but this, the body shape and the air… my first thought is “is this some star making movie here?”
“So man!! what are those talent spotters doing everyday? I can’t stand those buzzing around stupid men who think they are handsome on TV any further.”
Besides Xili Bro’s air, his distinguishing appearance and clothing also received “applauses”:
“western rough lines come with Japanese delicacy, absolutely Japan style mix-and-match, almost rival Hiroshi Fujiwara; hair features Japan’s hottest cowboy style; outfits from Japanese second-hand store go with LV paper bag, he is down-to-earth mix-and-match expert; from the perspective of color matching, his belt is surely a highlight – Gucci ×clot global limited- which could only be understood by those who devote themselves to fashion”.
Due to Xili Bro’s startling look and behavior, some people start to question Xili Bro’s identity as a beggar (people tend to call those homeless, rugged drifters beggar), until a post on cnnb BBS unveiled the mysterious mask on Feb 25th.
According to the author Laochanmao(老馋猫), he spent some time with Xili Bro, who he temporarily called Xiao Bai in August 2008.
The first thing he cleared is that Xili Bro is not a beggar at all, because he doesn’t beg, nor does he know how to due to his psychiatric problem.
“They have no identity, no family, they don’t even know what their name is.” Laochanmao explained about people like Xili Bro in Ningbo, “They are abandoned by the society, most of them end up dead without anybody knowing it. They are like in-between human and animal, with a little help they are human, otherwise the other.”
“The first time I contact him, he couldn’t articulate himself, probably because he hasn’t speak for a long time.” Said Laochanmao, “He was picking up cigarette butt. I asked him if he’s hungry, he said yes, and I gave him 10 yuan to buy some food. But he turn to a store for a pack of cigarette instead.”
“I asked him why not spend the money on food, and he pointed to a dustbin. I didn’t understand at first, but then I realized that food could be found there.”
Laochanmao also mentioned that Xili Bro sometimes wears woman clothes that he collects from garbage. “He once told me that he wants to find a woman to love him, I guess dressing like a woman could make him feel that way.”
Before the Laochanmao’s post, netizens are obsessed about Xili Bro: his melancholic eyes, manly mustache, miraculous hair etc. Now they started to express some care for him. Some asked netizens in Ningbo to send Xili Bro pack of cigarette, some urged for governments’ attention and help to this special group. And now, some say Xili Bro is lucky, some say he is being irresponsible for his children and family, some wish him get well soon and happy ever after.
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