China women living together for years spark discussions on female cohabitation and support

Two women in southern China who have lived together for 13 years have gone viral and sparked an online discussion about female cohabitation.Liang Shichun, 59, and her best friend Li Yan, 51, bought a house together in Nanning, Guangxi province, and share everything from household chores to the mortgage.Both women had unhappy marriages and chose not to remarry, instead opting to live together and support each other.Liang Shichun and her best friend Li Yan have lived happily together for 13 years. Photo: weixin.qq.comTheir friendship, which has lasted more than two decades, included Li being treated like a daughter by Liang’s late mother.Liang said that her ex-husband always ignored her work efforts and verbally abused her, while Li discovered her ex-husband married her for company housing benefits.Disillusioned with marriage, the two women met in a factory and began a lasting friendship.They launched a construction waterproofing business and rented a home.