A newlywed couple in China have received a special gift at their wedding from their former teacher who banned them from dating at school.
The bride and groom were presented some love letters they wrote by the high school educator years after he confiscated the romantic notes.
Footage of the touching scene has sparked a trending topic on China’s Twitter-like Weibo, which gathered more than 220 million views in the space of one day.
The teacher was invited to the wedding by the couple as their guest.
He told his former students he had planned to return them the love letters when they graduated, but he had never got around to it.
He said he could finally give the items back to their owners at their wedding.
It is thought that the teacher had taken the letters away to ensure that the two pupils would concentrate on studying.
Apart from the confiscated letters, the guest had prepared another gift for the couple: a pair of tailor-made wedding rings.
‘I have here two wedding rings which were ordered and customsied for you by me.
‘The two wedding rings have carvings to mark the dates when you started school, graduated from school and today when get married,’ the teacher can be heard saying while holding an envelope.
‘These are souvenirs for you. I wish you happy forever.’
The teacher is seen giving the envelope to the bride and groom afterwards.
Web users have been touched by the teacher’s emotional speech and his thoughtful presents.