Xiao Yun's parents thought that their daughter was dead after she ran away 10 years ago and never surfaced.
Last week, police in China found the 24-year-old alive and well, having spent the last decade living and playing in internet cafes.
The South China Morning Post and Star Online reported that the woman had run away when she was 14 after an argument with her parents. Since then, she's been playing the video game "CrossFire" and spending her days living, playing, and sleeping in internet cafes, the Star Online reported.
Police found the woman using a fake ID card during a routine check of an internet cafe. Once they took her to the station, she confessed that she had run away and had been living on handouts from other cafe users, occasionally picking up a cashier job to make some extra money.
After some initial resistance, Yun agreed to meet with her parents, who reportedly had not changed their phone number in the hopes that she might call.
"I have a stubborn personality and a short temper, so I used to scold her. But it's been 10 years and now she's an adult. I will never scold her again," her mother told the Qianjing Evening News.
