(Toggle) Chinese actress Li Bingbing confirmed her relationship with Chinese businessman Hsu Wen Nan on Weibo in January (Jan 4) last year, sharing a photo of the pair gazing lovingly at each other in matching white T-shirts on the beach, as she wrote that “everything has been arranged for the best”.
Since then, there have been much attention on the May-December couple’s 17-year age gap with each other.
Despite that, the 44-year-old actress never shied away from news addressing this, and answered in an interview that “she is willing to give the relationship a shot” because she is “strong enough to control her emotions”. She also added that she is “not afraid of failure” and “is willing to face any consequences that may come with the relationship”.
The actress’ boyfriend, 27-year-old Wen Nan, was born in 1990 and has an older sister working in Beijing Film Academy. He studied in Beijing, and friends of his revealed that he is “pretty good at chasing girls”.
Ever since the actress admitted to her relationship publicly, netizens have congratulated the couple and urged them to tie the knot soon. Insiders reveal that it could happen in due time as marriage might be in the talks for the loving couple.
Since admitting their relationship publicly, the couple was often spotted having sweet interactions with each other, such as holding hands at the airport and celebrating the New Year together with hand-written Spring couplets.
Source: Toggle