Now that the one-child policy has skewed the population, the prospect of a demographic crisis and an excessive number of bachelors is unavoidable.

Moreover, given the materialistic age we live in, the men left single are overwhelmingly likely to be those with little education and low earning power. This was most notoriously underlined by the infamous quote made by a woman on a matchmaking show in 2010: “I would rather cry in a BMW than laugh on a bicycle.”

But don’t give up Chinese guys. A man in Jiangmen has proved there is hope for those who don’t own a house or a car, according to Southern Metropolis Daily.

The couple, a 26 year-old from Hubei named Xiao Zhang and a a 24 year-old from Guizhou named Xiao Pan live in a 4.65 sq meter room that has been described as a “hole in the wall” behind his father’s clothes shop.

The couple’s room behind the shop

The wall that seperates it from the shop is barely more than white paper, which means that the Chinese proficiency for having sex silently, which was observed by Peter Hessler in “River Town,” will be tested to the full.

After attending their wedding on Sept. 24, Xiao Zhang’s former boss, a Mr. Xiao, who owns a company in Dongguan, said his eyes glazed over with tears when he observed the sincerity of their love.

The couple earn 3,000 RMB a month between them, but as one microblogger pointed out: “The reason why people get married is to find happiness, nothing else.”